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General Discussion => Controversy Corner => Topic started by: OoBeY on 2003-02-16, 23:56



Title: Stop abusing the smilies
Post by: OoBeY on 2003-02-16, 23:56
Thats really starting to piss me off. I don't really like em a whole lot (most of them have no real 'use' in a message), but I can still personally tolerate maybe 1 or 2. However, I'm really getting sick and tired of seeing crap like:

:beer:  :omfg:  :thumb:  :hat:  :zzz:  :daddy:  :hail:  <_<  :lol:  :D  :rolleyes:  B)  :P  :huh:  :angry:  :zzz:  :hat:  :evil:  :thumb:

Just... lay off on the damn smilies, will you?


Title: Re: Stop abusing the smilies
Post by: dev/null on 2003-02-17, 00:12
Indeed. A few of them do have a short-lived gimmick, but for the most part many of them are just annoying (especially when placed in huge chains for no reason).


Title: Re: Stop abusing the smilies
Post by: Tabun on 2003-02-17, 00:45
more animated horror. animation in gen: good - animation in literature: bad
darth vader & luke skywalker confrontation smileys * 1000 / week <- beyond bad!


Title: Re: Stop abusing the smilies
Post by: Demonwench on 2003-02-17, 03:19
I think the new smileys are cute.  I don't find them annoying at all.


Title: Re: Stop abusing the smilies
Post by: dev/null on 2003-02-17, 04:20
The smilies themselves are easy to cope with, it's the fashion that they're used in that bothers me. Long strings of animated bliss is not what I call good forum etiquette.


Title: Re: Stop abusing the smilies
Post by: OmEgA-X on 2003-02-17, 06:54
NOOOOO the smileys are gods! i worship the smileys! i cant live withoutt he smileys!!


Title: Re: Stop abusing the smilies
Post by: Phoenix on 2003-02-17, 09:22
Everything in moderation I say.  I happen to LIKE the animated smileys.  I don't think you should have 1500 in one post however.  As for :daddy: you seem to miss the humor.  It's basically saying "Who's your daddy?"  I can grasp this subtlety, and I'm a bird?


Title: Re: Stop abusing the smilies
Post by: Tabun on 2003-02-17, 09:47
No-no, I quite see the joke of it - and it IS fun! it just doesn't stay that way, after I'm annoyed by it 12 times for one forum visit. Ofcourse, to my non-animated-forum-content-preferring nature, just a pic of the smiley where vader is holding up the dad sign and a crying luke smiley would do the joke just fine too, and would take 20 times the abuse before getting REALLY annoying ;]