Originally Posted by lynzy420 (Post 4274644)

Finally someone who will admit what I alluded to, thank you Dawn...at least you admit it...there are also times when people use them to taunt and hurt and belittle (not accusing you Dawn)...I do hate those ones...why can't these people say what they really mean in written word??? and why does anything go so deep on a personal level? Really? This is your community, you need to stick together...thick and thin...or like those in the past, people will just leave.

I'd like to believe that we are all compassionate enough to accept each other with our own differences and personalities- after all, those of us on here know each other well enough to know when something is bothersome...why not rally around that person instead? I don't expect newbies to understand all the ins and outs of each of us...but maybe I expect more from the regulars and time and time again I see the swords being swung...

My real intention here was a jab at Sugarmamma, who loves to torture me with them smileys...the smileys don't bother me...like ya all think they do, its the words they sometimes replace that bother me....suppose a smiley is better than the words sometimes...I don't know...but I was just goofing...no secret I don't like em...never have never will I do love a smiley, a real smiley...not a smartass grin in sunglasses....

Double meaning....yes, some of them do....the ones I listed? I made those up in jest....maybe;):cool:

At the end of the day.....whatevah:ghug::friendsh:

Originally Posted by lynzy420 (Post 4274070)

Remove smileys please. People post them to me and I always misread them, at least that's what "they" say....I know that when someone puts the winky one at me they are saying "did I piss you off enough?" I also know that when they put the toothy one in their posts they are saying "only you know what I relly mean" The one with questionmarks means "Mods will never delete this post wench" and the one with the upward smirk is "mods are on my side so don't think of reporting me", the one with sunglasses well I can't even repeat what that REALLY means...can we just have a go to hell button?

Originally Posted by lynzy420 (Post 4274218)

hahaha....."they" know what I mean:cool:

And a certain someone sent me every single solitary smiley there is known to Iphone in a crank text!!!

Originally Posted by BabyGirl Rosie (Post 4274583)

Oh no! I'm a smilie person. But I promise Lynzy I never post them with the meanings you are talking about. Hmmmmm guess I should be more careful in the future using them! On the IPhone Lisa taught me a good one haha. I now use it all the time. It really does have a double meaning. Know what I'm talking about Lisa??!!

Originally Posted by lynzy420 (Post 4274420)

Jeannie your too funny! Why do they run so fast? lol

Originally Posted by Wylie's Mom (Post 4274639)

Aw Lynz, you are too funny :D! (smiley not sarcastic)

Think of it this way...whenever people *do* use a smiley in a sarcastic / mean / immature / confrontational / triggering way -- it really makes them look like a total a-hole, in my opinion. So, if that's how they want to appear, who are we to argue with their opinion of themselves?

There is funny well-meaning sarcasm, and then there is mean NASTY sarcasm. And in this case, I'm talking about The Nasty we see here on occasion.

Just for the record, I always mean my smileys with their literal meaning, not their opposite/sarcastic meaning.

Originally Posted by lynzy420 (Post 4274644)

I do hate those ones...why can't these people say what they really mean in written word??? :

Originally Posted by wemple2 (Post 4276990)

Just smile!!!