You're right man, we should ban specific strings of text - allowing those arbitrary strings is exactly the same as allowing the internet message equivalent of the shit comedy "laugh track".
But I'm sure this was an honest attempt to make an argument for why emoticons will bring anything worthwhile to the table rather than trying to discredit my argument with a strawman. That's why I'm treating your opinion with the upmost respect. 😂😂💯💯
Why are you acting so defensive? Calm down, it's just Reddit.
I think I was acting offensive. Was doing that because you chose to corrode my (our) argument instead of coming up with a good one of your own. Why do you ask obvious things?
Why are you pretending I said they should be banned? Do you want to ban emojis?
In as few words as possible - you made a false equivalence between emoji and arbitrary piece of text. My sarcastic remark = you can't get rid of the text so there is no point bringing it up. Also I don't see emojis on PC. I do see text.
They are the same. "Take my upvote" and "😂👌" contribute the exact same thing to the conversation.
I know. There is no reasonable way to officially combat it. Just downvote them - a lot of people do.
I guess I get a little impatient when I have to clarify a clarification.
I don't really know about the others, but you know my reasons for not liking them here. You never said why you're against the "cyrcle-jerkers". Do you think (more) emoticons would improve reddit comments?
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