It’s complicated! I’ve always been stubbornly anti-emoji,
Same. Could not be bothered, didn't want to know.
because I’ve deemed them childish and superfluous.
Indeed! They mostly look crap, communication is always going to be clunky. I don't speak 'cartoon', thank you very much! I don't want to communicate using baby babble!
It’s really just since my recent adventures on this forum that I’ve begun to embrace them.
Tell me about it. That's exactly when I started. And my usage has gone up since I've been on MJJC. I can't decide if that's a bad thing, lol.
Is the set standardized these days?
I think so but probably only in very broad terms. The convo here illustrates that quite well, I think. Me and
@hope using two emojis in the exact opposite way and yet neither of us is wrong. It is fascinating!
Because I seem to remember that that hasn’t always been the case.
In the early days I don't think they were standardised but, then, I wasn't using them or paying a great deal of attention so I'm not completely sure.
A standardized set makes it a bit easier, I think.
I do use the 'notes' attached to each emoji. Placing the cursor over each one gives you an idea of how to use it but, of course, sometimes I disagree with the description or it's just crap in some way or doesn't seem to match the visuals at all.
= exploding head, apparently. Well, an exploding head emoji would be endlessly useful to me but this thing here does NOT suffice. Doesn't even get close to being what I need. I've looked online for alternatives and there are plenty out there but they are all so wrong.
I guess any language is always going to have its limitations.
That's a hardworking emoji. I use that one a lot!
Anyway, I have a hard time getting those subtle things that are communicated between the lines
Sometimes emojis can help with that which I think is why we use them. But other times they just add to the potential confusion.
Where is Esperanto when you need it? Dead in the water?
(“mellan raderna;” I’m guessing you use this idiom, too?)
Mostly we talk about
'reading between the lines' rather than 'communicating' but, yeah, same thing.
in real life, which I suppose makes it a bit even harder for me to traverse the emoji jungle.
I get it. I never used emoticons. And emojis can look like baby babble to me. Otoh, they can be really colourful and quite jolly and funny and I do like that. In theory, emojis should suit me quite well. I'm quite sloppy and slangy with my English usage. As a native English speaker I don't hesitate to use my own language in a really sloppy way when it suits me! But sometimes emojis just feel like a step too far. I can't decide!
Is there an emoji authority? That would help.
I'm not sure it would help that much. We'd all just argue. Aaaaarrrrgggggggghhhhhhhh !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
A VAR for visual language? Nooooooooooooo !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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