I sent a friend a message on Facebook earlier.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Actually it was a comment on a post from a west coast cousin.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Sort of a cousin. She\u2019s a cousin on my wife\u2019s side. So would that make her a \u201ccousin-in-law\u201d?<\/p>\n\n\n\n
My comment was meant to be funny but I could see how it was taken as serious. I did not include the smile or laugh emoji. She reprimanded me. Or maybe it was only a suggestion.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Since then, I am careful to include some expression of tone of voice in almost all comments (after all, there aren\u2019t very many) and it invariably ends up with some kind of emoji.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The written word is not like an actual voice call without some kind of emoji, or so I learned.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Emojis can be made on posts by typing a series of characters like (colon close parentheses) for smile \ud83d\ude42 or <3 which makes a heart, (colon open parentheses) for sad \ud83d\ude41 or by clicking on the icon of the emoji and selecting a ready-made expression. Some may consider them as substitutes for interjections. \u00a0I see the emoji as akin to the text abbreviations like lol for\u00a0 \u201claugh out loud\u201d or rofl for \u201croll on the floor laughing\u201d. They are a little more visual, normally with a facial expression for happy, mad, sad, broken-hearted, surprise or even red-faced for angry.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Are emojis a fleeting fad? If they are, what is next? Am I considered to be an old fogie because I am not up on the latest?<\/p>\n\n\n\n
What happened to effective journalism? J-School back in the 70\u2019s didn\u2019t teach us how to write using these things.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Maybe all the snow and ice from the past week threw me a bit off my rocker? It gave me time to think. Social distancing and self-isolation is one thing, knowing I can\u2019t even get out of my own driveway is another.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
We did build a snowman. He bit the dust Sunday afternoon\u00a0but not before we were able to get a picture <3.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
It is great to see warmer weather with abundant sunshine.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
When you\u2019re finally able to get out and about this week pick up the local newspaper. \u00a0Get one before they\u2019re all sold out. Better yet, subscribe .<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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