Ok, the title was an overuse of emojis as a joke. But seriously, I like some limited use of emojis because it helps me convey intention/emotion so that I’m less misunderstood and also adds some more feeling/fun to text content 😄

  • EveryMuffinIsNowEncrypted@lemmy.blahaj.zoneEnglish
    232·
    2 months ago

    Because I’m a millennial semi-luddite who (typically) prefers emoticons.*

    *Contrary to popular opinion, emoticons ≠ emoji. :) is an emoticon, while 🙂 is an emoji. (Sorry, this is a pet peeve of mine. Lol.)

        • EveryMuffinIsNowEncrypted@lemmy.blahaj.zoneEnglish
          5·
          2 months ago

          They are not objectively better or worse overall, though one or the other may be objectively better in individual contexts.

          Individual people may prefer one over the other, though. I am one of them.

            • EveryMuffinIsNowEncrypted@lemmy.blahaj.zoneEnglish
              5·
              2 months ago

              Well, if you’re typing on a computer as opposed to a phone, for instance, it’s typically a lot easier to type out an emoticon as opposed to an emoji. Therefore, emoticons would likely be objectively better.

              Likewise, if you’re typing on a smartphone, most people have an emoji drawer they can pop open in a jiffy and choose what they want.

              Then again, even in both of these situations, it also depends on what crowd you’re in: some people honestly just prefer emoticons because it’s what they grew up with, like me; others prefer emoji, for varying reasons.

              Most instances where one is objectively better suited than the other are based on subjective criteria.

    • Grass@sh.itjust.works
      21·
      2 months ago

      by definition they should really be the same though or at least both qualifying as emoticons. emoji are more icons than emoticons are, and the translation from japanese is literally just picture letter/symbol

      • EveryMuffinIsNowEncrypted@lemmy.blahaj.zoneEnglish
        6·
        2 months ago

        I never said emoticons are icons.

        • Emoji are picture-like and each one is a single-glyph.

        • Emoticons are not picture-like but resemble letters or punctuation, and are typically composed of multiple glyphs to make a coherent whole.

      • EveryMuffinIsNowEncrypted@lemmy.blahaj.zoneEnglish
        1·
        2 months ago

        I never claimed emoticons are icons, and honestly, I don’t see how they being or not being icons is even relevant to their definitions.

        It’s not about what is or is not an icon, but how many individual glyphs comprise them: all emoji are their own Unicode codepoints, each a single glyph; meanwhile, all emoticons are composed of combinations of multiple glyphs.

        For example:

        🙂 is one glyph.

        :) is two glyphs, : and ).

        (Annoyingly, that would also mean kaomoji, despite ending with the “-oji” affix, would also be technically emoticons. But that more a peculiarity of orthography than a contradiction.)