Is Mn depressed? Why are nearly all the emoticons negative?

[ElectricSheep]

Ok, there's smile, grin, and wink. And now there's flowers, brew and wine. Faaaairly positive.... but the rest are drear

Couldn't we have some ways of expressing support, encouragement, understanding etc - just ways of being nice, like you would be to a friend.

Eg sympathy, [perhaps a hand to hold emoticon], a proud/you're doing/done really well [a rosette emoticon?], congratulations [balloon?], understanding [nodding head?!].... you get the gist.

I recently made an ironic comment and a few posters went - 'are you serious???'

So how about an emoticon for sarcasm and/ or irony?

... since we are on the subject, a rolling of the eyes emoticon would be good.

Yes yes! And tickers!

[deadpan emoticon]

[cwtch]

I think there are plenty of emoticons.

And I don't think they are overwhelmingly negative

positive
positive
positive
negative
negative
neutral
neutral
negative
negative
negative
neutral
positive
positive
positive
positive

I count 7 positive, 5 negative, 3 neutral

Trills - me thinks you prove my point.

Shouldn't they be nearly all positive? Mn is such a positive place [I agree totally BS we do need an irony one].

Seriously, we need all the help we can get to keep mn friendly, positive and naice imho.

Oh. that you feel we're not enough.

Have you had ?

Gransnet have why can't we have

And... [Kitten] both neutral smiles

The one is quite often a bit funny when I use it.

I like them. We are restrained.