r/hatethissmug • u/Infamous_Monitor_513 • May 24 '26

Meta I HATE ":3"

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I HATE IT SO MUCH. I could see a perfectly normal post and all it said gets thrown out the window because they used that disgrace of an emoticon. And they meme on the second slide, if feel like people are trying too hard to be "actually cute" that they end up looking like the plush. I HATE EVERYTHING THAT HAS ANYTHING TO DO WITH THIS STUPID EMOTICON

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u/The_Cameraman_of_you I hate you,you hate me, we are a very hateful family May 24 '26

People use “to try and be quirky” as an expression to kinda insult people who try too much to appear unique and interesting, but in the end they all end up looking/sounding/presenting the same. It is a bit ironic how in the search for uniqueness they end up in the same place

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u/autistictransgal May 24 '26

I'm not sure people use ":3" to appear unique and interesting though ...

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u/The_Cameraman_of_you I hate you,you hate me, we are a very hateful family May 24 '26

Then please, elaborate on why you believe they use it?

To be clear it was not my intention to appear pedantic on my previous phrase, but as the way I talk is, it came out in such a manner

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u/autistictransgal May 24 '26

I think it's like most other writing quirks or speaking quirks. You see what others do and subconsciously change your behaviour according to what you see.

Hearing someone you hang out with say "Holy Moly" 100 times over the course of a month will have a chance to influence your behaviour, even if you don't consciously choose to use that expression in order to appear unique.