On the Morality of LPSG's "smiley icons"....

[Calboner]

A few years ago someone sent in a question to the Chicago Manual of Style's Q&A page asking what was the official Chicago Style for the usage of emoticons in scholarly works.

 

[Qua]

The only time it bothers me is when NJQT says something that's clearly a matter of her own opinion, not a well known fact, or even factually incorrect in response to someone's often reasonable question and tags it with the :duh: icon. It's base and insulting, and she says enough :bsflag: that her overuse is highly ironic.

That's the only time the smileys grind my gears, so overall I don't have a problem. Well, that and the fact that the :bsflag: flag destroys the flow of posts

 

[Smaccoms]

What happened to all the emoticons? There definitely were too many, but now we hardly have any whatsoever. Most of human communication is accomplished non-verbally. Without them, I feel as though my posts have lost any soul they once had. So much potential has been lost...

 

[ronin001]

I own this one, so no one else is allowed to use it but me

 

[MickeyLee]

 

[ronin001]

You have declared war

 

[Smaccoms]

@MickeyLee Grant him no mercy, for he will do the same.