I never see these used at all. Indulge me...where are you seeing them used on the board?
I admit that I can’t recall anywhere specific I’ve seen the “cool.gif” and “mellow.gif” emoticons used (but then, I’m generally bad at recalling things
), and I have never quite understood the contexts in which they are applicable anyway. For the first, however, there is a nearly identical post icon (Cancerian Tiger seems to use that post icon a lot, and maybe the “cool.gif” emoticon as well, but I tend to get them mixed up, so I can’t say for sure
), and for the second there is the dinosaur emoticon
, which, I am not mistaken, conveys the same meaning. Therefore, I have fewer qualms with you removing those emoticons.
I, for one, use the "" emoticon all the time. It's one of my favorites, and I am very disappointed that you removed it. sad.gif dino_sad.gif
Sorry. Its back, but I still don't see you using it.
Easy there.
Try as I might to post as often as I can (I’m probably overly obsessed with doing so as it is), I only manage about three posts a day,
not all of which the
emoticon is appropriate for. But just to appease you, here are links to some of the posts in which I have used it:
http://z7.invisionfree.com/thegangoffive/i...dpost&p=9121776http://z7.invisionfree.com/thegangoffive/i...dpost&p=9122655http://z7.invisionfree.com/thegangoffive/i...dpost&p=9122857http://z7.invisionfree.com/thegangoffive/i...dpost&p=9123544http://z7.invisionfree.com/thegangoffive/i...dpost&p=9126620http://z7.invisionfree.com/thegangoffive/i...dpost&p=9126671Yes, they all link to the same thread, but that’s where I mostly use the
emoticon. I use it in PMs, too.
Anyway, thank you very much for reinstating it.
The
emoticon may be the least used of all, but people still use it. (When I said, “I've seen
plenty of other people use it,” my fingers were probably typing separately from my brain; a lapse of absentmindedness that led to me including “plenty” sort of reflexively.
) This is one of those emoticons that has limited applications, and that may be why it’s not used very often. I’m just saying, there are probably people out there (Rat_lady7, for instance
) who do use it, and would be sad to see it go. I was simply advocating for what I thought other people might think of that emoticon being deleted, even if I didn’t give a coprolite about its removal myself. *shrugs*
A “shrugging” emoticon! Now that would be a useful one!
The violin dude is imagery on "cry me a river". Sometimes you hear people whining on about things and it implies on the "whining" of a violin.
I thought it meant that the person using was finished with something, or had nothing to say or do, and so was just “fiddling” around.
My Microbiology professor pantomimed the action of that emoticon all the time during his lectures.
(This is why it’s dangerous for me to use certain emoticons; if I don’t understand the appropriate context in which it can be used, I might use it in an inappropriate situation, which could lead to misunderstandings.)
Whaddaya know?! I just used this emoticon
four times in one post! (Make that five.
) Tell me now that you've never seen me use it!
EDIT: Sorry, I forgot;
DOES have an equivalent post icon (the heart-shaped one), though they look nothing alike.
