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Poll! Express yourself
Jan. 19th, 2007 04:39 pmIt’s Friday afternoon, I probably have to work most of the weekend, and I am trying to work, but it’s so boring. Random curiosity prompts me to ask the following in a . . . (wait for it) Poll! (You knew that was coming.)
Although I never use emoticons in the many, many emails I write at work, even in the informal messages to people who are friends as well as fellowslaves workers, I can barely make a post or reply in LJ without using emoticons—although my regular repertoire is extremely limited. It basically consists of:
: ) and : ( and :p and ; ) and :D and *_* and :o and, occasionally ^^;.
I kind of find them essential shorthand in the absence of people being able to hear my actual tone. (Especially since I occasionally think I'm funny with the whole sarcasm/irony/dry wit thing and it can get me into trouble.) But I sometimes wonder if they just encourage me to be more lazy about expressing myself.
So that (and the whole extreme procrastination thing) brings me to:
[Poll #910014]
[ETA: Curse you typos! And you too, LJ, for not letting me edit!]
Although I never use emoticons in the many, many emails I write at work, even in the informal messages to people who are friends as well as fellow
: ) and : ( and :p and ; ) and :D and *_* and :o and, occasionally ^^;.
I kind of find them essential shorthand in the absence of people being able to hear my actual tone. (Especially since I occasionally think I'm funny with the whole sarcasm/irony/dry wit thing and it can get me into trouble.) But I sometimes wonder if they just encourage me to be more lazy about expressing myself.
So that (and the whole extreme procrastination thing) brings me to:
[Poll #910014]
[ETA: Curse you typos! And you too, LJ, for not letting me edit!]
