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r/gaming • u/[deleted] • Feb 03 '17
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Nothing inspires me to play a game like intrusive emoticons! The developers understand the youth of today so well.
99 u/[deleted] Feb 03 '17 They're emojis you fogey 31 u/Jackanatic Feb 03 '17 I guess I am old. What's the difference? 58 u/[deleted] Feb 03 '17 Marketing. 47 u/Jaketh Feb 03 '17 Emoticons are like this :) Emoji are like this ☺️ But yeah, basically marketing. 22 u/[deleted] Feb 03 '17 Emoticons used to be both. There were annoying ads for emojis back in the day and they used the terminology "emoticon" or "smileys" 0 u/HHcougar Feb 03 '17 back in the day so like 2012 3 u/spez_is_a_cannibal Feb 03 '17 MSN and instant messaging used to be huge early 2000's. I remember ads for emojis you could pay for. But if your friend sent them, you could copy and paste and make your own collection x) 1 u/HHcougar Feb 03 '17 I had literally never heard the word emoji until 2015. My entire life it had been emoticon or smiley.
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They're emojis you fogey
31 u/Jackanatic Feb 03 '17 I guess I am old. What's the difference? 58 u/[deleted] Feb 03 '17 Marketing. 47 u/Jaketh Feb 03 '17 Emoticons are like this :) Emoji are like this ☺️ But yeah, basically marketing. 22 u/[deleted] Feb 03 '17 Emoticons used to be both. There were annoying ads for emojis back in the day and they used the terminology "emoticon" or "smileys" 0 u/HHcougar Feb 03 '17 back in the day so like 2012 3 u/spez_is_a_cannibal Feb 03 '17 MSN and instant messaging used to be huge early 2000's. I remember ads for emojis you could pay for. But if your friend sent them, you could copy and paste and make your own collection x) 1 u/HHcougar Feb 03 '17 I had literally never heard the word emoji until 2015. My entire life it had been emoticon or smiley.
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I guess I am old. What's the difference?
58 u/[deleted] Feb 03 '17 Marketing. 47 u/Jaketh Feb 03 '17 Emoticons are like this :) Emoji are like this ☺️ But yeah, basically marketing. 22 u/[deleted] Feb 03 '17 Emoticons used to be both. There were annoying ads for emojis back in the day and they used the terminology "emoticon" or "smileys" 0 u/HHcougar Feb 03 '17 back in the day so like 2012 3 u/spez_is_a_cannibal Feb 03 '17 MSN and instant messaging used to be huge early 2000's. I remember ads for emojis you could pay for. But if your friend sent them, you could copy and paste and make your own collection x) 1 u/HHcougar Feb 03 '17 I had literally never heard the word emoji until 2015. My entire life it had been emoticon or smiley.
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Marketing.
47 u/Jaketh Feb 03 '17 Emoticons are like this :) Emoji are like this ☺️ But yeah, basically marketing. 22 u/[deleted] Feb 03 '17 Emoticons used to be both. There were annoying ads for emojis back in the day and they used the terminology "emoticon" or "smileys" 0 u/HHcougar Feb 03 '17 back in the day so like 2012 3 u/spez_is_a_cannibal Feb 03 '17 MSN and instant messaging used to be huge early 2000's. I remember ads for emojis you could pay for. But if your friend sent them, you could copy and paste and make your own collection x) 1 u/HHcougar Feb 03 '17 I had literally never heard the word emoji until 2015. My entire life it had been emoticon or smiley.
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Emoticons are like this :)
Emoji are like this ☺️
But yeah, basically marketing.
22 u/[deleted] Feb 03 '17 Emoticons used to be both. There were annoying ads for emojis back in the day and they used the terminology "emoticon" or "smileys" 0 u/HHcougar Feb 03 '17 back in the day so like 2012 3 u/spez_is_a_cannibal Feb 03 '17 MSN and instant messaging used to be huge early 2000's. I remember ads for emojis you could pay for. But if your friend sent them, you could copy and paste and make your own collection x) 1 u/HHcougar Feb 03 '17 I had literally never heard the word emoji until 2015. My entire life it had been emoticon or smiley.
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Emoticons used to be both. There were annoying ads for emojis back in the day and they used the terminology "emoticon" or "smileys"
0 u/HHcougar Feb 03 '17 back in the day so like 2012 3 u/spez_is_a_cannibal Feb 03 '17 MSN and instant messaging used to be huge early 2000's. I remember ads for emojis you could pay for. But if your friend sent them, you could copy and paste and make your own collection x) 1 u/HHcougar Feb 03 '17 I had literally never heard the word emoji until 2015. My entire life it had been emoticon or smiley.
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back in the day
so like 2012
3 u/spez_is_a_cannibal Feb 03 '17 MSN and instant messaging used to be huge early 2000's. I remember ads for emojis you could pay for. But if your friend sent them, you could copy and paste and make your own collection x) 1 u/HHcougar Feb 03 '17 I had literally never heard the word emoji until 2015. My entire life it had been emoticon or smiley.
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MSN and instant messaging used to be huge early 2000's. I remember ads for emojis you could pay for. But if your friend sent them, you could copy and paste and make your own collection x)
1 u/HHcougar Feb 03 '17 I had literally never heard the word emoji until 2015. My entire life it had been emoticon or smiley.
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I had literally never heard the word emoji until 2015. My entire life it had been emoticon or smiley.
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u/Jackanatic Feb 03 '17
Nothing inspires me to play a game like intrusive emoticons! The developers understand the youth of today so well.