Agree, Erin. Emojis annoy the shit out of me, mainly because they are fake. They make the false claim that a picture is worth a thousand words, but they underperform this claim by nine hundred ninety-nine. As a bandaid for the chasm of disintimacy the smartphone has almost singularly created, the pretend emotion they lay claim to nearly always falls flat. What have we become as a species that we have allowed ourselves to be sold a bill of goods like this. Texting replacing real conversation and tiny symbols replacing real emotion. This is devolution at its worst.
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It feels inappropriate to “like” this one. 🧩
A tiny puzzle piece!
No wonder I feel illiteracy creeping over me. 😢
As a compromise I have liked this post but will make this comment an emoji-free zone.
Great satire and I agree, your well-chosen photos beat an emoji any day.
I agree about Jennifer Coolidge. fabulous in Christopher Guest's movies!
Thanks, Jules.
As for Coolidge, whenever she is on the screen, I cannot take my eyes from her. I simply LOVE her!
Me too! Very, very funny!
Oh, how it needed to be said! Out, out, damned emojis!
Agree, Erin. Emojis annoy the shit out of me, mainly because they are fake. They make the false claim that a picture is worth a thousand words, but they underperform this claim by nine hundred ninety-nine. As a bandaid for the chasm of disintimacy the smartphone has almost singularly created, the pretend emotion they lay claim to nearly always falls flat. What have we become as a species that we have allowed ourselves to be sold a bill of goods like this. Texting replacing real conversation and tiny symbols replacing real emotion. This is devolution at its worst.