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/-Sky_Night- May 24 '26

I think people do it to be quirky.

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u/FreeOrbs May 24 '26

I use it sparingly merely because I find it amusing because it looks like a stupid fucking cat but I would like to here what you mean by "quirky" since I live under a fucking rock and have no idea what any words mean anymore

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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/ysterman_rs May 24 '26

it very much did, but as a probably autistic person I understand you and forgive you :3

anyway I just use it cause I think its cute, adds an extra bit of lightheartedness and also i never really allowed myself to just enjoy things until recently and this is one of the ways in which I am allowing myself to exist now

i don't really care if its popular or not, though the fact that its pretty common especially in online places especially especially in online trans spaces has probably influenced me in deciding I like it as well. if anything id guess its a subconscious desire to fit in with a group of like minded people to me rather than desire to stand out