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I read the whole thing. The emojis serve a purpose. Text doesn't serve that purpose. I don't know how to describe the niche they fill with text. They're not a

I read the whole thing. The emojis serve a purpose. Text doesn't serve that purpose. I don't know how to describe the niche they fill with text. They're not a stand-in for emoticons. You don't get it. It's okay. Not everything is for you.

AnIdiotOnTheNet 8y ago
> I don't know how to describe the niche they fill with text. Consider the possibility that this is because there isn't one.
- rainbowmverse 8y ago
  HN doesn't support emoji, so here's an example: https://cybre.space/@Riley/100149464360818801 https://cybre.space/@Riley/100149464360818801 The meaning is immediately clear to anyone familiar with the reference. It's basically a pictographic language that leans heavily on a shared culture that's largely internet-based.
  - AnIdiotOnTheNet 8y ago
    Ah, I get it, it's value is making the people use it feel special because only "the right kind of people" will get their jokes. Just a new generation of children using slang. Why was that so difficult to use words to describe?
    - rainbowmverse 8y ago
      >> "Ah, I get it, it's value is making the people use it feel special because only "the right kind of people" will get their jokes. Just a new generation of children using slang." You sure do have some text there. >> "Why was that so difficult to use words to describe?" The medium is the message.
  - EpicEng 8y ago
    Oh, so inside jokes. Yeah that's totally new and groundbreaking.
    - zimpenfish 8y ago
      Do you similarly disdain things like Cockney Rhyming Slang and Polari because they're effectively "inside jokes" that express things you could equally well express with "plain words"?
EpicEng 8y ago
>I don't know how to describe the niche they fill with text. They're not a stand-in for emoticons. So you can't explain it, but it's I who "doesn't get it". Ok then. I'll excuse you for a bit as it's going to take some time to untwist your brain from that logical contortion.

AnIdiotOnTheNet 8y ago

> I don't know how to describe the niche they fill with text. Consider the possibility that this is because there isn't one.

rainbowmverse 8y ago
HN doesn't support emoji, so here's an example: https://cybre.space/@Riley/100149464360818801 https://cybre.space/@Riley/100149464360818801 The meaning is immediately clear to anyone familiar with the reference. It's basically a pictographic language that leans heavily on a shared culture that's largely internet-based.
- AnIdiotOnTheNet 8y ago
  Ah, I get it, it's value is making the people use it feel special because only "the right kind of people" will get their jokes. Just a new generation of children using slang. Why was that so difficult to use words to describe?
  - rainbowmverse 8y ago
    >> "Ah, I get it, it's value is making the people use it feel special because only "the right kind of people" will get their jokes. Just a new generation of children using slang." You sure do have some text there. >> "Why was that so difficult to use words to describe?" The medium is the message.
- EpicEng 8y ago
  Oh, so inside jokes. Yeah that's totally new and groundbreaking.
  - zimpenfish 8y ago
    Do you similarly disdain things like Cockney Rhyming Slang and Polari because they're effectively "inside jokes" that express things you could equally well express with "plain words"?

EpicEng 8y ago

>I don't know how to describe the niche they fill with text. They're not a stand-in for emoticons. So you can't explain it, but it's I who "doesn't get it". Ok then. I'll excuse you for a bit as it's going to take some time to untwist your brain from that logical contortion.