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Posted 07 January 2008 - 06:30 PM

smiley? :)

Wierd question I know.... :lol: but on my site it is considered a sarcastic smiley .. and you have to be careful on how you use it :lol: Anyone else find this? (I tend myself now to see it as a sarcastic smiley, think I Have been brainwashed into it)
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Posted 07 January 2008 - 06:34 PM

I consider "rolleyes" to be a "sarcastic" smile myself.
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Posted 07 January 2008 - 06:35 PM

For a sarcastic smile, I'd use :rolleyes:

For the smiley face, it's just a smiley face. I generally interpret it as making a sentance 'soft'. Like...
"That's enough :) " is just a gental reminder to go back on topic, wheras:
"That's enough." is more what you put when you're closing a topic
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Posted 07 January 2008 - 09:17 PM

I think its ok , its not sarcastic at all :)

I do tend to over-use smilies myself though (both on boards and on msn / aim etc) , most lines have one or more :blush:
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Posted 07 January 2008 - 09:29 PM

:) is not sarcastic at all.

:shifty: <_< :rolleyes: might be interpreted as sarcastic though.
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Posted 07 January 2008 - 09:42 PM

:rolleyes: or <_< is sarcastic and yes, I have used them many many times. :) is just a smile, don't people on your board believe in smiling?
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Posted 07 January 2008 - 09:45 PM

View PostSunlite, on Jan 7 2008, 09:42 PM, said:

:rolleyes: or <_< is sarcastic and yes, I have used them many many times. :) is just a smile, don't people on your board believe in smiling?



Yes lol but tend to use this :D
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Posted 07 January 2008 - 09:50 PM

when I post on my board using :D , my members start PMing me asking what I'm up to, :lol:
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Posted 07 January 2008 - 10:24 PM

Compare the current smiley (v2): Posted Image with v1.3's: Posted Image

Any of them look sarcastic? I find the current smiley a bit 'odd', but maybe I'm not used to looking at it, yet. :ph34r:
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Posted 07 January 2008 - 10:30 PM

It must be my site lol we also think this one --------> ;) is a bit a kinkyish (is that a word? ) since it altered
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Posted 07 January 2008 - 10:32 PM

Since I've been beat on for being blunt in my replies, I tried to use the :) smiley to lighten things up. I've been told that my usage of it seems sarcasmic though :P So it seems that people see it differently everywhere. I'd like a "you're number 1" smiley for some uses though :-"
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View Post*zigzag, on Jan 7 2008, 11:30 PM, said:

It must be my site lol we also think this one --------> ;) is a bit a kinkyish (is that a word? ) since it altered


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Posted 07 January 2008 - 10:40 PM

old wink looked like he is taking a dump :S
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Posted 07 January 2008 - 10:42 PM

To me, :) is more or less a generic greeting type smiley.


Of course, I'm spoiled by having so many terrific emoticons to choose from. Posted Image


View PostPyroReview, on Jan 7 2008, 01:34 PM, said:

I consider "rolleyes" to be a "sarcastic" smile myself.

I usePosted Imageto say, "As if..." or "Yeah, right..."



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For the smiley face, it's just a smiley face. I generally interpret it as making a sentance 'soft'. Like...
"That's enough :) " is just a gental reminder to go back on topic, wheras:
"That's enough." is more what you put when you're closing a topic

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View Post*zigzag, on Jan 7 2008, 10:30 AM, said:

smiley? :)

...on my site it is considered a sarcastic smiley

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Posted 13 January 2008 - 06:54 PM

JustCuz, I think you could hold a conversation with your smilies. ;)
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