I’m not a big talker, either in person or over the Internet. Being a professional writer mainly Internet-based clients, I often chat online via Skype on a job or another, and I always notice the large number of emoticons that are available for use.
As a writer, I have always been the best to express my emotions through words and descriptions. Is the population and trade in my business and I’ve always found that the use of emoticons a bit … well … annoying. Do not get me wrong, I myself have fallen prey to the occasional smiley face kiss kiss when my wife was in the chat, but I’m always going to need the smiley that tilts or clapping?
I’m soon going to find myself on the receiving end of a digital karate fight and I feel the need to pay my respects before cyber battle? I do not think so. I’m soon going to enter “Scott Pilgrim vs. the World” and have to fight my wife of seven exes? If it did, then I bet that ninja smiley would be useful.
Sometimes it is not the emoticon that is annoying, but rather the frequent use of them. I understand that I can be happy while talking to me, but I do not need to see a smiling face at the beginning and end of each post.
