If it ain’t broke, don’t “fix” it.
I miss the emoticons. I would like to see an area by which emoticons can be retrieved using the ":" symbol and alphabet letters and occasionally numbers to distinguish one generation of say "frown," for example from a more sophisticated disgust style frown. I wish I had memorized all those dozens upon dozens of past emoticons. It never occurred to me those expressions would be relegated to use only if one memorized each and every one. I miss the group hug emoticon. It has a healing and acceptable comforting in a group setting that does not hint at sexism. We have diverse interests of every kind here at USMB. We've seen emoticons disappear before. I don't get it. If it is an issue of copyright infringement or other legal cause couldn't we just be told? Is it an issue of expense? Last time I looked goodwill donations were eliminated from my screen and limited to $15 and $25. for various consideration including getting rid of unwanted ads that really annoy those of us whose only avenue is a tiny phone that retranslates the words some of us use that are beyond a third grader's vocabulary. There is nothing quite like talking using an adult well documented word in a political vocabulary list only to have an unseen monitor turning it into mockery or insane translation.
I'm very frustrated by the absence of emoticons on my phone usage for the past year.
Correction: why was my word changed from "annoy" to an unseen editor word "screw"? I don't use language like that. Someone or something changed what I said to a very very vulgar term and I hate it. Does the unseen editor change a silk purse into a sow's ear. How do I get this editor of every post I write off my back. I'm a senior on Social Security, and these days security software has changed from 9.95 for life to $19.95 a month. Is there no protection from manipulators of the words we say that make us appear to be speech zealots? That if not censorship is also censure-ship. I don't want it to look like I endorse the use of profanity in everyday usage. This correction has already had the editor blow up my usage. I'm sick of it. How do I get rid of this anomaly that DID NOT come from my keyboard.
