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AI: Emoticons are Art

Emoticons are the best shorthand we have for clarifying emotion in texts : )

However they have branched far beyond simple feelings to become a minialist art form unto themselves  ^..^

We recently had cause to need an emoticon to represent table flipping anger. We came up with these

(∟°-°)∟┬┬

(╯°□°)╯︵┴┴

What are your favorite emoticon? Show us : D

Ryan

Ryan is a professional nerd, teaching engineering in the frozen north. Somewhat less professionally, he is a costumer, author, blacksmith, juggler, gamer, serial enthusiast, and supporter of the Oxford comma. He can be found on twitter and instagram @studentofwhim. If you like what I do here, feel free to leave a tip in my tipjar.

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13 Comments

  1. I think there is a great need for an emoticon fo the "drinky drinky" hand motion. I do not know what this emoticon is, but it is clearly the most important emoticon of our time. 

  2. My submission for the "drinky drinky" emoticon
    (*□*)⊅⊣  
    It's someone drinking from a wine glass.

  3. I'm a fan of the one Amy posted. I also rememer, way back from my AOL days…
    …a koala: @*0*@
    …and a couple of kitties: >^. .^<  =^. . ^=
    I also tend to use equals sign for eyes in my standard emoticons, instead of colon, like so: =) =D =/

  4. Here are my favorite special ones.
    (ノಠ益ಠ)ノ彡┻━┻
    (☞゚∀゚)☞
    (づ。◕‿‿◕。)づ
    Then there's my all purpose:  ¬_¬

     

  5. I tend to prefer sticking with emoticons that are easy to type, although Maki's are certainly very cool! My go-to emoticons are:
    >_< (embarassment/exasperation) or
    o_O (wtf/what I don't even)

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