SMILIES pro versus con - Page 2

Happy Monkey · 04-17-2006, 04:37 PM

04-17-2006, 04:46 PM

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Originally Posted by Flint

Do you understand what I mean?
Do you understand what I mean?
Do you understand what I mean?
Do you understand what I mean?
Do you understand what I mean?
Do you understand what I mean?

In the context of this discussion, I actually don't understand what you - a person with the board name of Flint - mean. Your italics might well be my bold print; your bold, my italic. Commonly, bold print is used for emphasis, but I can't be certain that you and I share this same premise After all, you might be one of those high school drop outs I referred to earlier.

I will, however, assume that we both use bold print for the sake of emphasis. In that case your second sentence is directly aimed at the reader as an individual. The third sentence questions the reader's intelligence (her ability to understand). The fourth sentence questions the reader's ability to understand the subject being discussed, and the fifth sentence is a plea for personal understanding. The first and final sentences makes no sense to me, although they might to you.

I am playing devil's advocate here since I actually feel that the use of bold or italic print can be useful in conveying meaning. However, the use of colored print is more annoying than any emoticon. It draws one's attention to the word and not the content.

Spexxvet · 04-17-2006, 04:51 PM

Do you understand what I mean?

JayMcGee · 04-17-2006, 05:42 PM

neither emoticans or coloured (note correct spellling) text are of much use to the partially sighted....

dar512 · 04-17-2006, 08:32 PM

Oh goody. Another discussion about how to have discussions.

SteveBsjb · 04-17-2006, 08:34 PM

I shouldn't make the clone thread: "SIMILIES pro vs con"

Should I?

Cheyenne · 04-17-2006, 08:56 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Flint

Do you understand what I mean?
Do you understand what I mean?
Do you understand what I mean?
Do you understand what I mean?
Do you understand what I mean?
Do you understand what I mean?

NO, could ya'all please 'splain it again?

keryx · 04-17-2006, 09:13 PM

There's nothing wrong with using smilies. They are just another toy to use in the sandbox.

If you don't like them, don't use them, but please get that stick out of your ass.

Flint · 04-18-2006, 10:29 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by keryx

There's nothing wrong with using smilies.

I tried to present this beyond the level of wrong or bad.

Quote:

Originally Posted by keryx

please get that stick out of your ass

"First remove the beam out of your own eye, and then you can see clearly to remove the speck out of your brother's eye"

04-18-2006, 12:22 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Flint

I tried to present this beyond the level of wrong or bad.

No, you didn't. You came right out and said they degrade the user's humanity. I haver no problem with you hating smilies. Go ahead and hate them, but please don't tell me that you presented the topic neutrally when you used a negatively loaded term like "degrading to the user's humanity."

Flint · 04-18-2006, 12:34 PM

@marichiko: No, I didn't say that. I didn't say I hate smilies, and I didn't say that the use of smilies always constitues a degradation of the user's humanity. Read the words more carefully, and in context.

What I'm driving at is that real life is more nuanced than black and white. I didn't say I was neutral, clearly I stated an opinion, but it wasn't am articficially polarized opinion, it was an invitation to a substantive discussion, IE how are advances in technology changing the way people communicate?

04-18-2006, 12:57 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Flint

@marichiko: No, I didn't say that. I didn't say I hate smilies, and I didn't say that the use of smilies always constitues a degradation of the user's humanity. Read the words more carefully, and in context.

What I'm driving at is that real life is more nuanced than black and white. I didn't say I was neutral, clearly I stated an opinion, but it wasn't am articficially polarized opinion, it was an invitation to a substantive discussion, IE how are advances in technology changing the way people communicate?

Well, go back and read post no. lucky 13, and then maybe we can talk. I'll wait. A minute or two, anyhow.

wolf · 04-18-2006, 01:38 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Flint

I find SMILIES to be counter-productive to substantive communication.

You are counter-productive to substantive communication. And your friends. And your little dog too.

Nyaah.

:p

See, the smilie made that point much better than just the text alone.

wolf · 04-18-2006, 01:40 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Flint

"First remove the beam out of your own eye, and then you can see clearly to remove the speck out of your brother's eye"

Is there some corollary to Godwin's Law that references biblical quoting and/or allusions?

Maui Nick · 04-18-2006, 02:12 PM

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Originally Posted by Spexxvet

There is a third option:

I am aware that smilies annoy some people, so I will increase my use of them for that sole purpose: my ability to communicate is not a factor when using smilies. :p

04-17-2006, 04:37 PM	#16
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04-17-2006, 04:51 PM	#18
Spexxvet Makes some feel uncomfortable Join Date: Dec 2005 Posts: 10,346	Do you understand what I mean? Do you understand what I mean? Do you understand what I mean? Do you understand what I mean? Do you understand what I mean? Do you understand what I mean? __________________ "I'm certainly free, nay compelled, to spread the gospel of Spex. " - xoxoxoBruce

04-17-2006, 05:42 PM	#19
JayMcGee Cardigan-wearing man Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: Much Binding In The Marsh Posts: 1,082	neither emoticans or coloured (note correct spellling) text are of much use to the partially sighted.... __________________ I like wearing cardigans...... my current favourite is an orange cable-knit with real leatherette buttons.

04-17-2006, 08:32 PM	#20
dar512 dar512 is now Pete Zicato Join Date: May 2003 Location: Chicago suburb Posts: 4,968	Oh goody. Another discussion about how to have discussions. __________________ "Against stupidity the gods themselves contend in vain." -- Friedrich Schiller

04-17-2006, 08:34 PM	#21
SteveBsjb Operations Operative Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: Moved from Manhattan to Edgewater, NJ. Posts: 713	I shouldn't make the clone thread: "SIMILIES pro vs con" Should I? __________________ "It's only an internet community."

04-17-2006, 09:13 PM	#23
keryx Mrs. Fargon Join Date: Dec 2005 Location: La Crosse, WI Posts: 85	There's nothing wrong with using smilies. They are just another toy to use in the sandbox. If you don't like them, don't use them, but please get that stick out of your ass. __________________ Do not meddle in the affairs of wizards, for they are subtle and quick to anger.

04-18-2006, 12:34 PM	#26
Flint Snowflake Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: Dystopia Posts: 13,136	@marichiko: No, I didn't say that. I didn't say I hate smilies, and I didn't say that the use of smilies always constitues a degradation of the user's humanity. Read the words more carefully, and in context. What I'm driving at is that real life is more nuanced than black and white. I didn't say I was neutral, clearly I stated an opinion, but it wasn't am articficially polarized opinion, it was an invitation to a substantive discussion, IE how are advances in technology changing the way people communicate? __________________ **************** There's a level of facility that everyone needs to accomplish, and from there it's a matter of deciding for yourself how important ultra-facility is to your expression. ... I found, like Joseph Campbell said, if you just follow whatever gives you a little joy or excitement or awe, then you're on the right track. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Terry Bozzio**

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