I use Gboard which has them in the emoji menu:
ʘ‿ʘ
ᕙ(@°▽°@)ᕗ
(゜o゜;
(^3^♪
¯\_( ͡° ͜ʖ ͡°)_/¯
(┛◉Д◉)┛彡┻━┻
ಠ︵ಠ
╏ ” ⊚ ͟ʖ ⊚ ” ╏
→(° °)┗
I resisted using emojis for a long time, but I changed jobs during Covid and was working from home permanently. I suddenly worked with a bunch of people I had never met before, and I realized that these people don't know my demeanor, so they don't know how to read my tone. I found emojis are almost necessary to convey tone in this situation. And after that, it kinda stuck.
I read somewhere that proper emojis are more accessible for screen readers, so I've avoided using the old style smiley versions and textmojis ever since.
Whatever suits the point. Emojis are a tool for communication, and should not be shunned just because some butterflies just them as personal flair. Emoticons are classic and hearken back to an earlier time, when things were bespoke and not run through committees for approval before we're allowed to use them. ᕦ⊙෴⊙ᕤ
I generally don't use emojis because I don't think I understand the nuances of emoji well enough to throw them out there for strangers on the internet to interpret.
So far I have used exactly one emoji here, and only once so far.
😉
I'm not a big emoji guy overall, but there are certain jokes and such that require inflection in your voice or certain body language to land properly. Obviously that's not an option in a text basud conversation so emoji fills in that gap for me.
I don't particularly mind people using emojis in other ways, though I do think using a lot of them gives off a weird vibe, but for me personally I mostly prefer to use my words, and using emojis only sparingly makes them feel like they have more impact to me when I do use them.
94 Comments
xeddyx@lemmy.nz · 48 pts · 2y
They're called Kaomoji btw.
https://www.unicodepedia.com/kaomoji/
fer0n@lemm.ee · 14 pts · 2y
Didn’t know that, thanks :)
tsonfeir@lemm.ee · 4 pts · 2y
A few of those actually use emojis in the kaomoji
FartsWithAnAccent@lemmy.world · 35 pts · 2y
I use text emoticons like I always have :D
Risk@feddit.uk · 28 pts · 2y
Timeless.
(╯°□°)╯︵ ┻━┻)
lazycouchpotato@lemmy.world · 7 pts · 2y
┬──┬ ノ( ゜-゜ノ)
Risk@feddit.uk · 5 pts · 2y
(ノಠ益ಠ)ノ彡┻━┻
TopRamenBinLaden@sh.itjust.works · 5 pts · 2y
┻━┻ ︵ ¯\ (ツ)/¯ ︵ ┻━┻
Risk@feddit.uk · 2 pts · 2y
(☞゚ヮ゚)☞
ExLisper@linux.community · 6 pts · 2y
Your parenthesis don't match .
Risk@feddit.uk · 12 pts · 2y
I'm sorry.
Send_me_nude_girls@feddit.de · 15 pts · 2y
OwO
For some emotions there isn't even an emoji yet.
UwU
Risk@feddit.uk · 9 pts · 2y
And let's hope there never is.
Squirrel@thelemmy.club · 3 pts · 2y
I miss my forum emoticons.
sigmaklimgrindset@sopuli.xyz · 1 pts · 2y
tux0r@feddit.de · 33 pts · 2y
I do not use emojis.
eating3645@lemmy.world · 43 pts · 2y
ಠ︵ಠ
fer0n@lemm.ee · 13 pts · 2y
I think the "regular" emoji feel somewhat out of place here
tsonfeir@lemm.ee · 13 pts · 2y
Why would anyone need to express emotions in a universal language?
🙄
Risk@feddit.uk · 12 pts · 2y
¯\_(ツ)_/¯
zikk_transport2@lemmy.dbzer0.com · 2 pts · 2y
Blizzard@lemmy.zip · 20 pts · 2y
(・へ・)
(╯°□°)╯︵ ┻━┻
( ͡° ͜ʖ ͡°)
(-‸ლ)
ᕕ( ᐛ )ᕗ
ಠ_ಠ
¯\_(ツ)_/¯
xDˣᴰ
Pseudoscience@lemm.ee · 3 pts · 2y
Do you copy and paste every time you use text emojis with specail characters? Do you have them saved on your phone/computer for easy access?
EssentialCoffee@midwest.social · 11 pts · 2y
Sync has a ton built in, so just a button click.
( ͡° ͜ʖ ͡°)
ಠ_ಠ
(╯°□°)╯︵ ┻━┻)
┬──┬ ノ( ゜-゜ノ)
¯\_(ツ)_/¯
༼ つ ◕_◕ ༽つ ᕕ( ᐛ )ᕗ
(☞゚ヮ゚)☞
ヾ(⌐■_■)ノ♪
(ノಠ益ಠ)ノ彡┻━┻
ლ(ಠ益ಠლ)
(👁 ͜ʖ👁)
(งツ)ว
ʘ‿ʘ
ʕ•ᴥ•ʔ
(•_•)
( •_•)>⌐■-■
(⌐■_■)
[̲̅$̲̅(̲̅ ͡° ͜ʖ ͡°̲̅)̲̅$̲̅]
(シ_ _)シ
CeruleanRuin@lemmings.world · 1 pts · 2y
Gboard also has them. ლ(・﹏・ლ)
Shave_MyBeever@lemmy.world · 5 pts · 2y
If you are on Android...
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.slaughter.look.of.disapproval
Vecto@sopuli.xyz · 4 pts · 2y
I use Gboard which has them in the emoji menu: ʘ‿ʘ ᕙ(@°▽°@)ᕗ (゜o゜; (^3^♪ ¯\_( ͡° ͜ʖ ͡°)_/¯ (┛◉Д◉)┛彡┻━┻ ಠ︵ಠ ╏ ” ⊚ ͟ʖ ⊚ ” ╏ →(° °)┗
(Just a few examples)
Pseudoscience@lemm.ee · 1 pts · 2y
Thanks for the tip! ♪ \(^ω^\ )
moody@lemmings.world · 4 pts · 2y
If you're on Windows, press the Windows key and the period key to get the emoji keyboard.
cubedsteaks@lemmy.today · 1 pts · 2y
Windows also lets you right click for emojis
Rai@lemmy.dbzer0.com · 2 pts · 2y
Is that a Windows 11 thing? I don’t have that on Windows 10 Pro or Enterprise.
cubedsteaks@lemmy.today · 2 pts · 2y
I only have Windows 10
Rai@lemmy.dbzer0.com · 2 pts · 2y
Hmm, curious! Does it work everywhere? Like, in Word or Excel or whatnot? I have never seen that feature!
cubedsteaks@lemmy.today · 2 pts · 2y
oh I don't know, I don't really use word or excel anymore. I've only seen it work in Chrome cause I'm a filthy Chrome user.
fer0n@lemm.ee · 4 pts · 2y
Voyager has some of these built in now
PrincessLeiasCat@sh.itjust.works · 3 pts · 2y
Oh shit I learned something new today. Thanks OP!
Blizzard@lemmy.zip · 2 pts · 2y
I have them pinned in my phone clipboard xDˣᴰ
Bishma@discuss.tchncs.de · 17 pts · 2y
You can't go wrong with a table flips (╯°□°)╯︵ ┻━┻
they just make me (ノ`´)ノ ~┻━┻
and then I like to ─=≡Σ((((╯°□°)╯︵ ┻━┻
fer0n@lemm.ee · 16 pts · 2y
┬──┬◡ノ(° -°ノ)
Dempf@lemmy.zip · 3 pts · 2y
(ノಠ益ಠ)ノ彡┻━┻
CeruleanRuin@lemmings.world · 2 pts · 2y
(┛❍ᴥ❍)┛彡┻━┻
zyratoxx@lemm.ee · 15 pts · 2y
Personally, I'm OK with emoji as long as you don't spam them (3+ times the same emoji is spamming imo)
1 emoji for a normal expression
2 emoji for a heavy expression
3 emoji is still acceptable but my personal limit of tolerance
Sentinian@lemmy.one · 13 pts · 2y
I've always read 3+ back to back as a form of satire or sarcasm
zyratoxx@lemm.ee · 0 pts · 2y
I mainly encountered boomers when reading more than 3 emoji
dandroid@dandroid.app · 13 pts · 2y
All of the above.
I resisted using emojis for a long time, but I changed jobs during Covid and was working from home permanently. I suddenly worked with a bunch of people I had never met before, and I realized that these people don't know my demeanor, so they don't know how to read my tone. I found emojis are almost necessary to convey tone in this situation. And after that, it kinda stuck.
atlasraven31@lemm.ee · 9 pts · 2y
3 emojis that complete a thought like:
🛩️💥🥂
RGB3x3@lemmy.world · 3 pts · 2y
Celebrating a plane explosion?
atlasraven31@lemm.ee · 2 pts · 2y
I miss my favorite hot dog vendor 😞🌻
sarcasticsunrise@lemm.ee · 2 pts · 2y
General Pringles?
atlasraven31@lemm.ee · 2 pts · 2y
SHOIGU!!!!
Duamerthrax@lemmy.ml · 9 pts · 2y
None and I installed an emoji blocked on firefox.
ProperlyProperTea@lemmy.ml · 9 pts · 2y
(☞ ͡° ͜ʖ ͡°)☞
TopRamenBinLaden@sh.itjust.works · 7 pts · 2y
☜(°ヮ°☜)
PaupersSerenade@sh.itjust.works · 9 pts · 2y
Regular emoji is just easier. But I do have a keyboard shortcut for the ¯\(ツ)/¯ which is my main textface, if annoying to edit his arm back in
kratoz29@lemm.ee · 3 pts · 2y
I wouldn't use those if Lemmy apps didn't have them inbuilt ༼ つ ◕_◕ ༽つ
lukecooperatus@lemmy.ml · 6 pts · 2y
I read somewhere that proper emojis are more accessible for screen readers, so I've avoided using the old style smiley versions and textmojis ever since.
cubedsteaks@lemmy.today · 1 pts · 2y
what are proper emojis?
croobat@lemmy.world · 5 pts · 2y
😃
Bloodwoodsrisen@lemmy.blahaj.zone · 6 pts · 2y
My keyboard has a built in text face keyboard
( ≧∀≦)ノ
Swiggles@lemmy.blahaj.zone · 6 pts · 2y
I am old school :)
Pitri@lemmy.blahaj.zone · 5 pts · 2y
ASCII alone already does offer a rather wide range of emotions, no need for unicode. :D
EarlTurlet@lemmy.zip · 2 pts · 2y
🫨
sag@lemm.ee · 5 pts · 2y
Old school smileys :-) because My Keyboard app doesn't have a emoji board.
lvxferre@lemmy.ml · 5 pts · 2y
My usage is fairly restricted:
DavyJones@lemmy.dbzer0.com · 5 pts · 2y
🏴☠️🏴☠️🏴☠️
DominicDeligann@lemmy.ml · 4 pts · 2y
:) all day
Duchess@yiffit.net · 4 pts · 2y
The only one I use super frequently is :3 which I imagine isn't a surprise to anyone lol
CrypticFawn@lemmy.dbzer0.com · 4 pts · 2y
I like the classic ಠᴗಠ text faces
cwagner@lemmy.cwagner.me · 4 pts · 2y
SirSnufflelump@lemmy.ca · 4 pts · 2y
I don't use them on Lemmy, nobody else really does so it seems out of place. If I'm talking to one of my friends, it's a different story.
Franzia@lemmy.blahaj.zone · 3 pts · 2y
just fyi, Matrix has custom emojis per instance and custom to the user like discord does.
CeruleanRuin@lemmings.world · 3 pts · 2y
Whatever suits the point. Emojis are a tool for communication, and should not be shunned just because some butterflies just them as personal flair. Emoticons are classic and hearken back to an earlier time, when things were bespoke and not run through committees for approval before we're allowed to use them. ᕦ⊙෴⊙ᕤ
Vuipes@kbin.social · 3 pts · 2y
I only use them in games, but these:
xD
:D
:o
Usernameblankface@lemmy.world · 3 pts · 2y
I generally don't use emojis because I don't think I understand the nuances of emoji well enough to throw them out there for strangers on the internet to interpret.
Lt_Cdr_Data@discuss.tchncs.de · 3 pts · 2y
Emoji bad
Black_Gulaman@lemmy.dbzer0.com · 3 pts · 2y
Ü
snap@lemmy.world · 3 pts · 2y
Kolanaki@yiffit.net · 2 pts · 2y
I use what best conveys the emotion behind the text. 🤷🏻♂️
El_illuminacho@lemmy.world · 2 pts · 2y
No
Chadus_Maximus@lemm.ee · 2 pts · 2y
Twitch emotes baseg
nachtigall@feddit.de · 2 pts · 2y
All of them
Fondots@lemmy.world · 2 pts · 2y
So far I have used exactly one emoji here, and only once so far.
😉
I'm not a big emoji guy overall, but there are certain jokes and such that require inflection in your voice or certain body language to land properly. Obviously that's not an option in a text basud conversation so emoji fills in that gap for me.
I don't particularly mind people using emojis in other ways, though I do think using a lot of them gives off a weird vibe, but for me personally I mostly prefer to use my words, and using emojis only sparingly makes them feel like they have more impact to me when I do use them.
raubarno@lemmy.ml · 1 pts · 2y
Sauce
Risk@feddit.uk · 4 pts · 2y
Ah yes. That frequently expressed emotion.
denissimo@feddit.de · 1 pts · 2y
Ü
moody@lemmings.world · 2 pts · 2y
"Wisely@lemmy.world · 1 pts · 2y
ExLisper@linux.community · 1 pts · 2y
None, I never use emojis 🙅
can@sh.itjust.works · 1 pts · 2y
:) 🙃
pewgar_seemsimandroid@lemmy.blahaj.zone · 1 pts · 2y
🖨️
NessD@lemmy.world · 1 pts · 2y
MSN Emoticons.
redballooon@lemm.ee · 1 pts · 2y
Depends on my keyboard at the time
roguetrick@kbin.social · 0 pts · 2y
3==D
BobaFett26@lemmy.world · 0 pts · 2y
🗿
Pratai@lemmy.ca · -3 pts · 2y
Glimpythegoblin@lemm.ee · 2 pts · 2y
😵💫
sasha@lemm.ee · 1 pts · 2y
🫠
PixeIOrange@feddit.de · 0 pts · 2y
🇳 🇴❕