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I stopped reading at the first use of emojis. It may be harsh, but I am not a 3-year-old. I don’t need a picture book, so I am clearly not the target audience.

RhodesianHunter 6y ago
Why do you feel that characters that together compose words are adult, while characters that form an image conveying human emotion are not? Is a laughing emoji not the most efficient way to convey that you're joking or think something is funny?
- ponker 6y ago
  Emojis have their place, but this article uses just literal emojis right next to the actual word they represent. It's pretty much the most pointless use of emojis that I have ever seen.
- notforever 6y ago
  For me personally there is something about letting words conjure an image in my head instead of relying on pictures. A good joke is funnier without a laughing emoji. And what's the point of emoji's in "but this journey is a marathon ️, not a sprint ️" sentence for example. For one, marathons are still run just slower.
- ta1234567890 6y ago
  Agreed. There are in fact many languages (e.g. Mandarin and Japanese) that use symbols, in their written form, to represent concepts instead of letters, and some of those symbols were originally pictures, just like emojis. The cool thing about emojis is that not only they can represent whole concepts in one character, but a lot of them are almost universal across languages and cultures. Pretty much anyone in the world understands an emoji of a laughing face.
- bbarnett 6y ago
  Some sitcoms use laugh/fake audience tracks, and some people hate those too. I think parent should have used 'formal', as there are still different writing styles. Formal, business, intimate, friend, etc. Many do find emoticons inappropriate in some formats...
- Hnrobert42 6y ago
  I suppose because the author used both the word running and the emoji, the implications is that I need the emoji to understand the text. I agree that emojis which express emotion not conveyed in text are useful. ;-)
thefrog 6y ago
Hate to say it, but I agree. It was so annoying.

RhodesianHunter 6y ago

Why do you feel that characters that together compose words are adult, while characters that form an image conveying human emotion are not? Is a laughing emoji not the most efficient way to convey that you're joking or think something is funny?

ponker 6y ago
Emojis have their place, but this article uses just literal emojis right next to the actual word they represent. It's pretty much the most pointless use of emojis that I have ever seen.
notforever 6y ago
For me personally there is something about letting words conjure an image in my head instead of relying on pictures. A good joke is funnier without a laughing emoji. And what's the point of emoji's in "but this journey is a marathon ️, not a sprint ️" sentence for example. For one, marathons are still run just slower.
ta1234567890 6y ago
Agreed. There are in fact many languages (e.g. Mandarin and Japanese) that use symbols, in their written form, to represent concepts instead of letters, and some of those symbols were originally pictures, just like emojis. The cool thing about emojis is that not only they can represent whole concepts in one character, but a lot of them are almost universal across languages and cultures. Pretty much anyone in the world understands an emoji of a laughing face.
bbarnett 6y ago
Some sitcoms use laugh/fake audience tracks, and some people hate those too. I think parent should have used 'formal', as there are still different writing styles. Formal, business, intimate, friend, etc. Many do find emoticons inappropriate in some formats...
Hnrobert42 6y ago
I suppose because the author used both the word running and the emoji, the implications is that I need the emoji to understand the text. I agree that emojis which express emotion not conveyed in text are useful. ;-)

thefrog 6y ago

Hate to say it, but I agree. It was so annoying.