aibu to hate the emoticons?

[madhousewife]

I really loathe when people use 'the look' when they don't agree with something said, it's bad enough in real life, but on a message board, don't you have the balls to spit it out?

just saying.

YANBU - you can take exception to them if you like, but you must know what is going to happen to your thread....

Unreasonable!!! Next.

know a threads gone tits up when humphy wee faces appear

and yes the fuck you face to indicate disapproval when they probably have got the nerve to say so

I like it. I think it's expressive. YABU

well you're not allowed to say 'fuck you' are you, your post gets deleted

ps someone is going to rock up and do loads of humphy faces

niggle - I know, bring on the emoticons.
mitch - we'd all be a lot less stressed if we could just say fuck you without being deleted.

except for the unfortunate person everyone is saying 'fuck you' to? :)

I'd just have a or a myself.

i like the face is can be used for all manner of emotions, its not just a fuck you face

my cat just shit in my cornflakes for example

is really lame when posted as 1st response to op.i always think is that the best you could muster fanny baws

I think we need a sarcasm emoticon and a definite fuck you emoticon, rather than using the passive aggressive .

Yanbu.

There are certain unbearable posters who use it all the time.

its when is passive aggressive or sneaky

oh well if you dont mind buying a dres that makes you look like a set of curtains flapping in the wind,i wish you the best luck

Who, Bibity.

Is it me?

I think some people overuse the emoticons, but I think MN is fairly restrained compared to t'other pinkypurple place.

At least the fucking s have disappeared.

Or maybe they haven't [ironic]

what about the ?

ah seriously, 2 weeks of jockhats and 3 months of pombears, and we get a one-day wonder of a fucking shamrock?

FFS.