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submitted 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago) by HottieAutie@lemmy.dbzer0.com to c/nostupidquestions@lemmy.world

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 πŸ˜„

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[-] chottomatte@lemdro.id 7 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago)

Emojis make reading slower because you'll pay attention to both emojis and text , and try to understand it

[-] folekaule@lemmy.world 7 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago)

I don't mind them when used appropriately, but remember that us old people may struggle to make out which emoji we're looking at when the text is small.

To my eyes it also looks out of place in professional writing, so I would find it hard to take you seriously if you use emojis in such a context.

TL;DR: in a casual context, go nuts, but avoid for important communication where clarity and professionalism matters.

[-] 9point6@lemmy.world 7 points 1 month ago

Made me go and check, but surprisingly lemmy doesn't have an emojipasta community

I would have thought that one would have made the jump

  1. At the font sizes I tend to view text in, I can read text clearly but emoji just look like blobs. The details are so small that ALL of the faces look like yellow circles.

  2. There are so many emoji, many of them with only slight differences between them, that they render each other meaningless.

  3. So many of them are being used as something else and keeping up with their actual meaning is just not worth the time.

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[-] slazer2au@lemmy.world 6 points 1 month ago

You only speak one language in a sentence right? How often do you switch between languages in a single sentence?

Emoji are pictograms the same as east Asian languages are pictograms.

[-] Shadow@lemmy.ca 5 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago)

You know many words in any language, are borrowed from other languages right? You just used a Japanese word when you said emoji.

[-] Wilzax@lemmy.world 4 points 1 month ago

While true that the term originates from Japanese, it's important to note that emoji is a loanword that has been adapted into english by changing its pronunciation subtly, and replacing its spelling with a phonetically similar one in an alphabet not used in Japanese.

This is similar to when words and phrases are used without much adaptation in the middle of sentences that are otherwise in a different language. There's a certain je ne sais quoi about English and how it mixes loanwords (such as "calque"), calques (such as "loanword", where individual parts of the word are translated then recombined) and entire unchanged terms (such as "je ne sais quoi") freely, and to varying degrees depending on where you are and who you talk to.

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[-] Wilzax@lemmy.world 3 points 1 month ago

East Asian languages aren't pictograms. Most use phonetic alphabets. Among those that don't, very few characters use visual resemblance to convey meaning, and no language uses primarily pictographical characters.

[-] DarkThoughts@fedia.io 6 points 1 month ago

I dislike emojis in general.

[-] Mysteriarch@slrpnk.net 6 points 1 month ago

Overuse of emojis can also really be annoying for people using screen readers. They clapping hands get clapping hand to clapping hands hear clapping hands something clapping hands like clapping hands this. So it's also an accessibility issue.

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[-] blindbunny@lemmy.ml 6 points 1 month ago

I do them anyways ignore the downvotes live your true self β“‹β’ΆπŸ‡

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[-] Jimmycakes@lemmy.world 5 points 1 month ago

Because some people are afraid to have emotion

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[-] harsh3466@lemmy.ml 4 points 1 month ago

It definitely depends on the instance, but as a whole it’s probably a bit of carryover culture from the other place where emoji are not generally accepted.

[-] Randomgal@lemmy.ca 4 points 1 month ago

Because CoOl KiDs DonT UsE eMoTIcOns

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[-] Mandy@sh.itjust.works 4 points 1 month ago

To be fair, i dislike them everywhere

Even from the before times

[-] qaz@lemmy.world 3 points 1 month ago

I think that might have moved over from Reddit.

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[-] Drusas@fedia.io 3 points 1 month ago

I think using one here and there is fine. It's only annoying if there's more than one or if the comment is nothing but an emoji.

[-] dreikelvin@lemmy.world 3 points 1 month ago

I'm sorry if they're a emojoomer and hate progress

[-] HamSwagwich@showeq.com 3 points 1 month ago

Because you look like a ratchet ass ghetto idiot using them.

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[-] BuboScandiacus@mander.xyz 3 points 1 month ago

Because "muhh, back in my day on irc there weren't emojis and zoomers use them on tiktok so they're baaaad !!!1!!11!"

[-] FundMECFSResearch 3 points 1 month ago

I thought lemmy got an emojipasta community when I saw your post πŸ˜‚

[-] HottieAutie@lemmy.dbzer0.com 5 points 1 month ago

omg πŸ™ can you 🫡 imagine 🧠?? that would bee 🐝 crazyyy πŸ‘‰πŸ€ͺ

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[-] don@lemm.ee 3 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago)

I predate emojis by a bit, they never really caught on with me.

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