Emoji insecurities, anyone else have them?

[Still-alive]

So i have this insecurity (maybe silly or not) where say if a person normally uses emoji's while talking with you, well if they ever say something without the emoji it makes me feel just a tad uneasy and like i maybe said or did something wrong. i don't make a big deal out of it or ever really say anything about it, but yeah i just get used to seeing emojis on each message so when its not there suddenly its noticeable.

In person while talking to people i got their facial expressions to work with, but over texts or dms we just got emoji's to help convey a persons mood either towards you or in general. so I tend to use them often so people just get what im feeling at any given moment.

:( :) :* ;) :P ;P

this guy posits that emoji's are changing the way we communicate with one another generally and for the better. pretty interesting watch.

Yes i have them

No i don't have them

With certain individuals i have them, but with others i don't

[DarkCarousel]

I dislike them, overall. But sometimes there's limited response to something but you want them to know that you read and acknowledge their message. I'll use and emoji for that. Especially in a group text where everyone has seemingly acknowledged them and I need them to know that I read it too.

[Still-alive]

That’s pretty good though. Lets them know you read it and your mood when you read it. Cuts right to the chase

[Kayla45]

I'm not insecure about using emojis, it really just depends if I'm using my phone or computer, I can easily go all out with emojis on my phone, while on my computer I don't know how to make them. 🤷‍♀️

[Still-alive]

i only know the basic ones on computer. :) :( ;) ;( :') :'(

[Kayla45]

Haha, exactly! I think phones are SO much better suited for it, I don't have time to remember unicodes on computer for emojis xD

[Still-alive]

lol also adding 'haha' also helps with me if no emojis are used ;) :D

[CallmeTheKnight]

If you can sense the tone of the conversation, why would you need me an emoji to show how you speak?

I think we became too reliant or too comfortable with texting and using emotions to express ourselves for majority of a conversations through email and texting.

[Static_In_The_Attic]

As for me this is the only emoji I use & if I’m going to type using codes I’ll use Morse Code instead ..-. ..- -.-. -.- / . -- --- .--- .. ... !

[loves2learn]

I often use emojis. Sometimes I feel like i over use them. But an absence of an emoji doesn’t mean someone said something wrong. It’s just me trying to control my emoji addiction. Lol. If I’m upset people will know only. Only a few people on here have really pissed me off.

[Still-alive]

Yes i know its more of a me issue then them lol.

[crazyish]

I've never really thought about it. Probably the opposite. Sometimes I get confused on the emojis 😆 and like @loves2learn I tend to think I over use them lol

I must make different facials for things because there are emojis that don't work for what I am trying to convey lol like a pouty face emoji would be nice..

[Still-alive]

Well you use them often so i never felt like something was off with you or anything while talking with me :)

[crazyish]

Do I over use them? Lol

[Still-alive]

Not at all madam :)

[Anonymous]

I wouldn't call it an insecurity for me, but it makes me less comfortable when someone doesn't use emoji's during texts; I can understand not using emoji's if you're texting your boss or someone on a professional level, but emoji's are a big thing for me since they convey emotions better than plain text. I'm a big emoji person, so it usually rubs off on whoever I text regularly and they begin using emoji's but people that don't come off as cold and boring haha. Weird, I guess.

[Still-alive]

Samesies!

[kaylaS91]

yeah I totally get what you mean. Especially in cases where you're just getting to know someone and sarcasm or things such as sexual innuendoes could be super easily misread if not accompanied by an emoji.

[Still-alive]

Oh yes you got that right

[just_a_potato]

I do have that to quite a degree. I'm quite sarcastic and use a lot of dark humour. I get afraid people won't be able to pick those kinds of things up or do so at the wrong messages. Gotta express myself somehow lol.

[Still-alive]

😂😂😎🐶

[AmandaYVR]

No. I never think about the absence of them. I think they've overused by a lot of people. 1M+ words available and we're down to laughing crying emojis? We're going backwards.

[Still-alive]

I disagree with that. You should watch the video. Language isn't a fixed thing it changes and evolves over time. Go back 500 years in england and it will sound like a completely different language than what it is now. heck just go back a century and you'll see that a lot of the punctuations we use were different Along with the rules to use said punctuation. Emojis are likely here to stay for a long time. They are quick easy ti use and give a clear understanding as to the general mood a person is conveying to others.

So in my opinion its not backwards but another evolution

[AmandaYVR]

I don't disagree that language is ever-evolving. But we add to language, more quickly than we remove. Therefore, it gets larger and larger, the well of options.

Emojis are more similar to pictographs on cave walls than to the depth and breadth of language. (Except emojis are most commonly used to display emotion, which I admit, pictographs do not. But, for instance, a devil is understood in emojis and pictographs.)

And they are used to gloss over deeper emotions sometimes. Not always, but sometimes.
A single emoji, in place of a written comment, can speak volumes about the receiver's lack of effort in replying otherwise.

[Account]

Damn I rarely use them, so if you don't receive emojis from me, I don't mean anything bad by that, it is just the way I type with everyone even my very close people

[Still-alive]

Yes it usually only occurs if the person does use them often and then sudden doesn’t. Like they established the precedence and when something deviates from that it makes me start thinking somethings up that they aren’t telling me.

So we good :)

[Account]

Awesome!

[MindYourEyes]

I guess it really depends. XD my guy always uses some emojis for the same certain things. If he stopped then it would look weird to me xD

[Still-alive]

yeah i see your excessive use of the laughing emoji lol

[MindYourEyes]

That too XD and people freak out when I don’t. Or they think I’m pissed off xd

[Still-alive]

i would just imagine your serious or RBF without emojis lol

[MindYourEyes]

Haha what’s an rbf XD

[Still-alive]

resting bitch face... aloofness pretty much lool

like this pic

[Goatmeal]

Before emojis, when people used to make smileys with equal signs and closing brackets etc. I was pretty insecure, but because I often didn't know what they meant. I was really late to get a mobile phone, so everyone else had a head start with their Nokia 3210s etc. I understood happy face and sad face, but that was about it.

[Toast792]

I dislike emojis, but a lot of people I know kept misreading my texts, so they asked me to use emojis more. So now I use them somewhat often.

[Still-alive]

Lol well they just help people out

[DizzyDesii]

99% of the guys I've talked to dont use emojis and that bothers me

[Still-alive]

Well i am that 1% then!

[DizzyDesii]

Haha nice

[Still-alive]

And im fortunate that women do use them typically lol

[WhiteWolf69]

I dislike using emojis all the time. Every now and then it's ok. I won't use them a lot because it can take what I say to the readers interpretation of the emoji. I like to make clear and consise statement so people know what I'm trying to say.

[Still-alive]

Just texting is just missing that human interaction you get irl with tgeir body language and facial expressions. Emojis are a way of easily conveying this.

[Gwenhwyfar]

Hmm. Never thought about that but I agree with you.

[Still-alive]

yeah its my own little insecurity i get lol.

[ChrisMaster69]

I use the a fair bit and had a chat this Morning about using them lol.

I may sometimes go overboard

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[karaspara]

Yeah I do this as well. Like you I never say anything but I always then think they must be in a mood with me which normally they aren't because funnily enough the world doesn't revolve around me lmao

[faye_girl]

I totally do this. I use a lot of emojis but when I'm being serious or if I'm upset I'll stop 😆

[Still-alive]

Yuppp that would immediately make me uneasy lols

[faye_girl]

It only really works when I'm mad tho hahaha cause when I'm sad I like to make it know with LOTSSS of sad emojis🥺🥺🥺🥺🥺🥺🥺🥺

[Still-alive]

Lol that works too

[purplepoppy]

I just add them for a bit of fun I don't treat them as words in their own right🖕🥯🥵

[Gracie28]

I don't speak emojis and I never will, I just know the basics and I still use them incorrectly so yes I have emoji insecurity.

[menina]

I've never heard about emoji insecurities. No, I don't have them. Not everyone likes to use emojis and some people don't even know how to use them.

[bolverk]

I do not use them even with younger members of my family, I know it drives them nuts when I send text message in long form

[invalid1]

Uuuuh.. Finally someone like me.
Yes, difinitely... Man I overthink emojis the most.

[humanearth]

Heck, I don't even know how to make them freaking little yellow guys. I guess I'm too old to be cool

[genericname85]

not really. i just use them naturally. though in a professional context, i don't use them.

[Aiko_E_Lara]

I don't. And I may feel like someone who isn't approachable but they just have to get use to it. I don't wanna spoil deep thinkers.

[Aiko_E_Lara]

I mean negative thinkers

[PaynefulPleasures]

👁️use them 😫 LoL 🤣

[Still-alive]

😂🤔😌😎

[humanearth]

Hell maybe you can show this old fart how to make them. I have a box of crayons and paper. Ready when you are

[PaynefulPleasures]

Awesome I love to color great therapy ❤️
@Still-alive ✌️💕😎

[jshm2]

No. Don't use emoji's if you're not up to speed with that crap.

[Still-alive]

i will still use them, but thanks for the concern

[COMMODOREII]

I will try to make sure i use an emoji bro.
😉😜😝😛😄😋😂

[Archerer]

Epitome of first world problems lol, just don't worry about it man. It literally doesn't matter

[shadowlunitic03]

[KittygosMeoWW]

I think emojis show personality 😅

[KittygosMeoWW]

*I like when people use them

[Still-alive]

Totally! :)

[ChrisMaster69]

@KittygosMeoWW yeah very much so…🐈

[exitseven]

yes, sometimes if I get the penis emoji.

[Brainsbeforebeauty]

🍆...😂

[FoxnEagle]

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[Brainsbeforebeauty]

No can't say as I do

[Still-alive]

;) :( :o

[Brainsbeforebeauty]

Lolol

[Jmmmfi4]

I just think they're for teenage girls

[Still-alive]

that means im hot thanks!

[Jmmmfi4]

What

[Still-alive]

I use emoji's al the time that means im a teenaged girl