the emoji dilemma (2024)

By Xah Lee. Date: . Last updated: .

the emoji dilemma

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Am thinking, gonna adopt a messaging style sans emoji. Express via the rich heritage of human animal lang sans the debilitating fuck of the pol ridden tracking plush tech of the weeaboo jargon emoji fuck of the ignoramuses n technoheads.

though, to be sure, online instant messaging is a new way of human communication beginning in the year of our lord 1990s, and in this channel of expression, it seems to me, traditional writing system n style is lacking, and emoji feels a void.

to wit, a 😘 onscreen at the right moment, is more effective implicit than any explicit verbiage.