3 minutes ago, Paiman said:

I don't really take it personally. This Forum is Entertainment, Exchange of Information and others.

 

Everybody is entitled to his own opinion. If I notice different Emoticons given, so be it.

 

Sometimes I go for a reply on a topic, other times I might be lazy and only give one Em.

 

Why get upset?

 

 

It's a debate on a interesting topic, I want to hear people's views. 

2 minutes ago, transam said:

That might have been me, I wake up in the morning confused........????.......................????

Better than me. I get up in the morning, but wake up later.

20 minutes ago, Trillian said:

If you were to do that I would find it funny because it would be. But you have to admit there is something not quite right with a personality who religiously posts three confused emoticons, on three random posts, from the same poster, in quick succession, every day.

Stop posting and see if the emoticons stop.   555   LOL   PML   Joke!

1 hour ago, faraday said:

Bloomin' heck Ian, that's not only harsh but completely unnecessary.

 

Yup, I give out the confusion emoji, when I see that someone has posted something, which, in my opinion, has not been thought out correctly, & to explain why I feel that way, would take too long to explain - (perhaps someone could give me advice on sentence construction) ????

There are however, two notable characters who routinely award me said emoji. They're boring, but I would not label them as having "poor mental health" I'd use another word that rhymes with 'banker'. ????

 

Perhaps it's better not to get ones pantaloons in a twist, na?

 

What you have to consider is that the 'sad' and 'confused' faces are the nearest to the heart. Lazy people, who do not want to click the heart, simply click on the nearest faces.

 

Personally, I'd like to see far more of these little faces on offer.

16 minutes ago, worgeordie said:

Sir, You replied to many of those posting in this thread,

but you did not reply to Colin when he pointed out you

yourself had given him a SAD emoticon ,just before you

made your own post.????.........

regards worgeordie

Exactly mate.... Talk about 2 faced, Trillian making a BIG fuss about sad emojis, but does exactly the same.

Soap box warrior, with nothing else to do, but get upset about nothing.????????????????

1 minute ago, transam said:

Perhaps you are taking it too seriously....????

Possibly but I don't think I am, as I said earlier this is a gnat that buzzes around the head size of issue rather than a fighter bomber attack.

 

I know from what people have written here and previously elsewhere that many posters find emojis aggravating and annoying, mostly it's about context. Being allowed the freedom to post nonsense and banality unhindered on topics that interest them demands those same posters reciprocate when others post on serious subjects, yet that coin hasn't dropped with many folk and probably never will.

18 minutes ago, Trillian said:

In fact I replied immediately after his post, in post number 4.

 

And please don't refer to me as sir, I don't call you Madam or Miss.

OK Sir, will never do it again.Sir

regards Worgeordie

1 minute ago, colinneil said:

Exactly mate.... Talk about 2 faced, Trillian making a BIG fuss about sad emojis, but does exactly the same.

Soap box warrior, with nothing else to do, but get upset about nothing.????????????????

"Thou doth protesteth too much", as we both know full well!

1 minute ago, owl sees all said:

What you have to consider is that the 'sad' and 'confused' faces are the nearest to the heart. Lazy people, who do not want to click the heart, simply click on the nearest faces.

 

Personally, I'd like to see far more of these little faces on offer.

I've given you a confused one!

I honestly do hope that wasn't a misprit: faces, faeces

1 minute ago, worgeordie said:

21 minutes ago, Trillian said:

In fact I replied immediately after his post, in post number 4.

 

And please don't refer to me as sir, I don't call you Madam or Miss.

OK Sir, will never do it again.Sir

regards Worgeordie

As long as that one wasn't a misprit either: cur.

3 minutes ago, Trillian said:

"Thou doth protesteth too much", as we both know full well!

Is there an emoticon for bad English....'doth protesteth' should be 'doth protest' or 'thou protesteth', in my second person singular understanding anyway. But if you disagree, give us a sad or confused.   555

21 minutes ago, Trillian said:

 

 

And please don't refer to me as sir, I don't call you Madam or Miss.

Judging by your silly comments on this silly thread, yes a proper little Madam.????????????

18 minutes ago, stouricks said:

Is there an emoticon for bad English....doth protesteth should be doth protest, in my second person singular understanding anyway. But if you disagree, give us a sad or confused.   555

In the original version of Hamlet the word is written as protesteth and has only fairly recently been modernised to protest, even some stage production still use the olde English version.

 

"In Act III, scene II of Hamlet, the prince's mother dryly utters one of the most famous lines penned by Shakespeare, "Methinks the lady doth protesteth too much."  The phrase has come to mean that one can insist so strongly that something isn't true that people begin to suspect that it is".

 

https://www.definitions.net/definition/Protesteth#:~:text=Editors Contribution-,Protesteth,cover up a hidden truth.

10 minutes ago, bluesofa said:

honestly do hope that wasn't a misprit: faces, faeces

It's an interesting debate. What I'd like to know is whether it is best to fart in front of a fan or behind.

 

I think behind, but Mrs Owl says both are nasty.

11 minutes ago, Trillian said:

I know from what people have written here and previously elsewhere that many posters find emojis aggravating and annoying, mostly it's about context. Being allowed the freedom to post nonsense and banality unhindered on topics that interest them demands those same posters reciprocate when others post on serious subjects, yet that coin hasn't dropped with many folk and probably never will.

You could be simply trying to enhance your 'community reputation'.

 

Novel way to do it Trillian.

Emoticons are more meant to be like casual remarks. Don,t put too much meaning into them.

 

 

 

 

 

 

2 minutes ago, colinneil said:

Judging by your silly comments on this silly thread, yes a proper little Madam.????????????

And you certainly know about silly comments do you not!

 

A question for you Colin: I know from your posts that finance and economics are not your thing and either don't hold any interest for you and/or you don't know much about the subject, that's fair enough. Similarly, I'm not interested in one liners, throw away comments, dropping poo bombs on government or building dry stone walls. Those things being true, why would you bother to post exclusively sad or confused emoticons on subject matter you don't understand and haven't read? Just curious. 

1 minute ago, Paiman said:

Emoticons are more meant to be like casual remarks. Don,t put too much meaning into them.

In truth this is more about a handful of posters that another poster alluded to earlier than about emoticons themselves..

6 minutes ago, Trillian said:

In truth this is more about a handful of posters that another poster alluded to earlier than about emoticons themselves..

I think I understand.    Your on a mission.

This would fit this Sad Topic imo. Thats if ones allowed one there days

1 minute ago, Paiman said:

I think I understand.    Your on a mission.

Not really, I'm curious to know what others think about the subject which is why I posted, if I don't find out I shall go back to reading about economic issues in Asia and attend a meeting or two.

2 minutes ago, pineapple01 said:

This would fit this Sad Topic imo. Thats if ones allowed one there days

So why are you here, reading and contributing, is it really the best of all your alternatives right now?

1 minute ago, Trillian said:

So why are you here, reading and contributing, is it really the best of all your alternatives right now?

Like the Majority just Fun.

2 hours ago, Trillian said:

Talk of (one of) the devil(s).

 

Using emoticons in a reasonable and sparing manner may be useful or beneficial, repetitive daily clicking without even reading content (and we do know who wont read what), is not.

It's really simple. Readers don't agree or agree and don't want to a long winded discussion with you. You appear to have a misplaced ego.

Now you can award me a negative emoti.????

36 minutes ago, Trillian said:

In the original version of Hamlet the word is written as protesteth and has only fairly recently been modernised to protest, even some stage production still use the olde English version.

 

"In Act III, scene II of Hamlet, the prince's mother dryly utters one of the most famous lines penned by Shakespeare, "Methinks the lady doth protesteth too much."  The phrase has come to mean that one can insist so strongly that something isn't true that people begin to suspect that it is".

 

https://www.definitions.net/definition/Protesteth#:~:text=Editors Contribution-,Protesteth,cover up a hidden truth.

Who says Billy S was correct?   LOL

6 minutes ago, checkered flag said:

It's really simple. Readers don't agree or agree and don't want to a long winded discussion with you. You appear to have a misplaced ego.

Now you can award me a negative emoti.????

"A misplaced ego", what is that pray tell?

 

You see I asked you a question in order to find answer to something I don't understand, much better than clicking an amohi and never finding that answer...far better all round.

Just now, stouricks said:

Who says Billy S was correct?   LOL

It's what it was and still is for me and many other people, your mileage may vary.

33 minutes ago, owl sees all said:

It's an interesting debate. What I'd like to know is whether it is best to fart in front of a fan or behind.

 

I think behind, but Mrs Owl says both are nasty.

I'd go for behind the fan too.

If you stand in front, the dispersing wind might circulate around, towards the offender. That way you could 'get your own back'.

1 minute ago, Trillian said:

"A misplaced ego", what is that pray tell?

 

You see I asked you a question in order to find answer to something I don't understand, much better than clicking an amohi and never finding that answer...far better all round.

Seems long winded for don't agree

Anyway, as I said before, they are only casual remarks. May be some like to provoke, which is also fine.