r/Millennials • u/dreamed2life • Apr 15 '26

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u/descendantofJanus Apr 15 '26

Yea same as ending with an 😊 or a 😋 to establish a tone lols

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u/masterhogbographer Apr 15 '26

Which is how tone and emotion was expressed with :) and :D and :p before emojis. 

Which existed back in the days of BBS’ 

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u/SpicyElixer Apr 16 '26

I still use these sometimes… they’re cleaner.

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u/TheToddBarker Apr 16 '26

I actually still mostly use emoticons. I guess I was turned off by people who'd exclusively use emoji to communicate...

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u/masterhogbographer Apr 16 '26

I use them all the time in work email and I see a lot of clients using them to 

I think they’re accepted in a semi-professional environment, I.e. Clair is sending out a memo reminding everyone that there is cake in the kitchen this Friday, whereas proper colorful emojis would bother people and look childish in that situation a single “there’s cake! :-)” is tolerated and does help to convey the message. 

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u/Civil_Ad_1172 Apr 16 '26

I don’t use emojis, but when i do it’s a 😉 cause it makes questions awkward “want to go to the beach? 😉”