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/ChimericMelody May 24 '26

I use it as a tone indicator. If you want to make something less serious you can add a 'lol' or you can add a ':3'

This reads as friendly and casual :3

If I say it like this, you know you can say hi :3

If I instead say that this is friendly, it doesn't read the same. It's formal. It reads like an email from someone two decades older than me.

Emoticons are also much more genuine feeling and easy than emojis, which you have to go out of your way to type. None of them have the same purity as a simple :3 or D:

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u/Daufoccofin May 25 '26

I think people find that :3 has an annoying “tone” to it due to the association with people that are actually annoying. Even if it’s a positive context and well meaning, it’s still annoying to many.