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Tapfret
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Posted: May 31 2012 at 11:50 |
Its a perverted little smiley that wants to fondle the other little smileys. It should be banned and sent to smiley prison for perverse for perversions.
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A Person
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Posted: May 31 2012 at 11:52 |
I think the smiley itself looks condescending even though I know most people don't mean it that way, I usually use ;) instead of it.
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HolyMoly
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Posted: May 31 2012 at 11:53 |
Tapfret wrote:
Its a perverted little smiley that wants to fondle the other little smileys. It should be banned and sent to smiley prison for perverse for perversions.
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Still, it only suggests... it never actually does the deed. Which is actually even more unnerving.
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Snow Dog
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Posted: May 31 2012 at 11:54 |
A Person wrote:
I think the smiley itself looks condescending even though I know most people don't mean it that way, I usually use ;) instead of it.
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It comes down to being the same thing.
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A Person
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Posted: May 31 2012 at 11:55 |
Snow Dog wrote:
A Person wrote:
I think the smiley itself looks condescending even though I know most people don't mean it that way, I usually use ;) instead of it.
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It comes down to being the same thing. |
ture, it's a matter of preference.
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Snow Dog
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Posted: May 31 2012 at 11:56 |
A Person wrote:
Snow Dog wrote:
A Person wrote:
I think the smiley itself looks condescending even though I know most people don't mean it that way, I usually use ;) instead of it.
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It comes down to being the same thing. |
ture, it's a matter of preference.
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;-)
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A Person
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Posted: May 31 2012 at 11:57 |
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Tapfret
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Posted: May 31 2012 at 12:02 |
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darkshade
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Posted: May 31 2012 at 12:06 |
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Snow Dog
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Posted: May 31 2012 at 12:08 |
^ I actually don't wink at all but have known winkers.
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HolyMoly
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Posted: May 31 2012 at 12:12 |
If we could just put eyebrows on our posts, in the shape of our choosing, we'd be able to convey a wider range of subtexts.
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My other avatar is a Porsche
It is easier for a camel to pass through the eye of a needle if it is lightly greased.
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darkshade
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Posted: May 31 2012 at 12:14 |
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darkshade
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Posted: May 31 2012 at 12:16 |
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CPicard
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Posted: May 31 2012 at 16:15 |
Give me an ''A'' for this ''I'' and the Wink Emoticon will be your smallest problem.
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Man With Hat
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Posted: May 31 2012 at 17:22 |
I have nightmares of it. Always winking at me...chasing me down the halls...trying to eat my cakes.
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Dig me...But don't...Bury me I'm running still, I shall until, one day, I hope that I'll arrive Warning: Listening to jazz excessively can cause a laxative effect.
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zappaholic
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Posted: May 31 2012 at 18:25 |
Calm down, it's only ones and zeros.
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"Democracy is the theory that the common people know what they want, and deserve to get it good and hard." -- H.L. Mencken
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Man With Hat
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Posted: May 31 2012 at 18:33 |
YOU'RE ONLY ONES AND ZEROS!
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Dig me...But don't...Bury me I'm running still, I shall until, one day, I hope that I'll arrive Warning: Listening to jazz excessively can cause a laxative effect.
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colorofmoney91
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Posted: May 31 2012 at 18:44 |
NO U
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JJLehto
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Posted: May 31 2012 at 18:46 |
Snow Dog wrote:
Arrogant and condescending? No way. I have never used it like that either.
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Trust us all. You never need the wink to express such things...
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HolyMoly
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Posted: May 31 2012 at 19:00 |
Man With Hat wrote:
I have nightmares of it. Always winking at me...chasing me down the halls...trying to eat my cakes. |
I'm trying to eat your cakes too. Beware.
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My other avatar is a Porsche
It is easier for a camel to pass through the eye of a needle if it is lightly greased.
-Kehlog Albran
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