01-23-2011, 11:23 AM
Interesting, and both are new to me. [
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The one reason comes to mind why a person wouldn't use a smiley, is if the intent is to make the reader question whether it's a parody/joke or a straight comment.
If you tag it with smilies, you lose that ambiguity, which can be used to provoke thought.
I agree 100% that if you want to say something is OBVIOUSLY a joke, then be obvious and use the Smilies.
Smilies are not enough to make a joke funny if it isn't.
]The one reason comes to mind why a person wouldn't use a smiley, is if the intent is to make the reader question whether it's a parody/joke or a straight comment.
If you tag it with smilies, you lose that ambiguity, which can be used to provoke thought.
I agree 100% that if you want to say something is OBVIOUSLY a joke, then be obvious and use the Smilies.
Smilies are not enough to make a joke funny if it isn't.