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I might be old, but I miss the times when a few characters ( ":) :( :D :P :> :-) ") were enough, and I didn't have to update my fonts every now and then so I wo

I might be old, but I miss the times when a few characters ( ":) :( :D :P :> :-) ") were enough, and I didn't have to update my fonts every now and then so I wouldn't see empty square in text.

chrisco255 3y ago
Welcome! You've got mail.
pflenker 3y ago
You are comparing the benefits of the „good old times“ from the drawbacks of the present. Drawbacks from the past include that the number of things you could express with ascii emojis is very limited, anything that goes beyond the usual palette of emotions required explanation and context, and several old school emotes or single line ascii art require a monospaced font to be rendered in an understandable way. Another important thing is that ascii emotes are easier to type in on a keyboard than on mobile, whereas context aware emoji keyboards on phones make it very easy to enter those. And the phone is what people are usually using to communicate.
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- lapcat 3y ago
  > You are comparing the benefits of the „good old times“ from the drawbacks of the present. Drawbacks from the past include that the number of things you could express with ascii emojis is very limited, anything that goes beyond the usual palette of emotions required explanation and context Here's a crazy idea: how about people use words to describe their feelings? Or is that too "old school"?
  - dagmx 3y ago
    Pictograms predate words for expression. So the “oldest school” would be no words at all.
- Findecanor 3y ago
  > the number of things you could express with ascii emojis is very limited Only limited by your imagination ... and sometimes your keyboard layout. :-þ There is also the web-board convention of expressing smiley-faces using a word surrounded by commas, e.g. :facepalm: This degrades gracefully to human-readable text when not supported, unlike . Edit: An unsupported character was censored when I posted, thus proving my point.
Applejinx 3y ago
I still use those on the regular, and people think it's because I'm all about texting, which is far from the truth. It's from Usenet :)
KineticLensman 3y ago
yes, those, and the Andalusian Video Snail _@/

I might be old, but I miss the times when a few characters ( ":) :( :D :P :> :-) ") were enough, and I didn't have to update my fonts every now and then so I wouldn't see empty square in text.

chrisco255 3y ago

Welcome! You've got mail.

pflenker 3y ago

You are comparing the benefits of the „good old times“ from the drawbacks of the present. Drawbacks from the past include that the number of things you could express with ascii emojis is very limited, anything that goes beyond the usual palette of emotions required explanation and context, and several old school emotes or single line ascii art require a monospaced font to be rendered in an understandable way. Another important thing is that ascii emotes are easier to type in on a keyboard than on mobile, whereas context aware emoji keyboards on phones make it very easy to enter those. And the phone is what people are usually using to communicate.

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lapcat 3y ago
> You are comparing the benefits of the „good old times“ from the drawbacks of the present. Drawbacks from the past include that the number of things you could express with ascii emojis is very limited, anything that goes beyond the usual palette of emotions required explanation and context Here's a crazy idea: how about people use words to describe their feelings? Or is that too "old school"?
- dagmx 3y ago
  Pictograms predate words for expression. So the “oldest school” would be no words at all.
Findecanor 3y ago
> the number of things you could express with ascii emojis is very limited Only limited by your imagination ... and sometimes your keyboard layout. :-þ There is also the web-board convention of expressing smiley-faces using a word surrounded by commas, e.g. :facepalm: This degrades gracefully to human-readable text when not supported, unlike . Edit: An unsupported character was censored when I posted, thus proving my point.

Applejinx 3y ago

I still use those on the regular, and people think it's because I'm all about texting, which is far from the truth. It's from Usenet :)

KineticLensman 3y ago

yes, those, and the Andalusian Video Snail _@/