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people who use laughing smilies in odd places

Have you ever noticed this? Sometimes folks from this forum will use laughing smilies in places where there's no hint of funniness nor an attempt to joke at all. Often happens in other sections dedicated to music such as dj promotion, tracklists, etc. Examples:

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in a thread about a tracklist archive... Updated.

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in a thread about an amateur music prodution... nobody comments my track?!

Seriously, what the fuck. Why? Do these people think they are being funny in these random posts? Do they not notice the fucking icon is a small cartoon laughing? I've also noticed this tends to happen with people from eastern european countries, or people who have some trouble with the english language. Does this mean having trouble with english is correlated to having trouble interpreting universal wordless pictures?

Incidentally, I often do something similar which is to insert "lol" at the end of a sentence. Like this sentence, lol. It doesn't have much of a purpose, it's just an annoying habit to make it sound like I'm writing informally and/or like I'm not being completely serious about what I'm writing.

And yes, I thought this was important enough to write a lot about it and make a thread about it.

All new n00bs use this smiley

I don't know about the laughing ones but the misuses of smilies in general bug the shit out of me. I also noticed it's usually illiterate noobs who do that.

I remember stuff like:

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can any1 help me idenify tis grate tune pls??!

What the hell?

good point, and great thread ,, lol

least used smiley:

i dont understand it either

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Originally posted by Cloudburst least used smiley:

its a social thing



i laugh ----> you like me
laughter is the opposite of threatening. it's inviting. but sometimes people overuse the smilies as you've noticed. lol!!1


i prefer randomness & therefore lol at my own discretion.

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Originally posted by silene good point, and great thread ,, lol

Guffaw !!


( no, seriously, I did enjoy that one.)

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Originally posted by wizniz its a social thing

a similar thing that bothers me is the use of "np" (no problem(s)).

this is a reconstruction of an event that took place on IRC, about 3 years ago on my birthday:

( some guy ) happy birthday
( me ) thanks
( some guy ) np


i mean.. what is this?

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Originally posted by lacksesepsotygh a similar thing that bothers me is the use of "np" (no problem(s)). this is a reconstruction of an event that took place on IRC, about 3 years ago on my birthday: ( some guy ) happy birthday ( me ) thanks ( some guy ) np i mean.. what is this?

NP or no problem is another way of saying "you're welcome".

It's similar to Spanish "De Nada" which literally translates to "It's nothing".

Writing np on a forum/MSN is ok.
SAYING np in Real Life =

I've never really noticed it, so its not much of a problem in my book.

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Originally posted by THE_Chris Writing np on a forum/MSN is ok. SAYING np in Real Life =

Saying "N.P." means you're a fucking geek and need to get the hell off the computer and maintain yourself some type of life.

Saying "no problem" is cool beans.

there is a thread in the technology forum:
How do you BACKUP your data?

Good thread.

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Originally posted by Theresa Saying "no problem" is cool beans.

Ugh..."cool beans."

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Originally posted by lacksesepsotygh a similar thing that bothers me is the use of "np" (no problem(s)). this is a reconstruction of an event that took place on IRC, about 3 years ago on my birthday: ( some guy ) happy birthday ( me ) thanks ( some guy ) np i mean.. what is this?

There's nothing wrong with saying "no problem". You're an hater.

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Originally posted by r5a

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