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Re:Apple introduces macOS Mojave by EpicEng on Monday June 04, 2018 @08:14PM (#17233873)
You didn't read. I said that you can convey any of these equally well in ascii. Yes, it's handy to be able to plug an :) at the end of a sentence which may otherwise sound rude/overly direct. That doesn't mean I need 1000 icons, and _that's what we're talking about_.
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Re:Apple introduces macOS Mojave by rainbowmverse on Monday June 04, 2018 @08:23PM (#17233928)
I read the whole thing.

The emojis serve a purpose. Text doesn't serve that purpose. I don't know how to describe the niche they fill with text. They're not a stand-in for emoticons.

You don't get it. It's okay. Not everything is for you.

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Re:Apple introduces macOS Mojave by EpicEng on Tuesday June 05, 2018 @02:24AM (#17235401)
>I don't know how to describe the niche they fill with text. They're not a stand-in for emoticons.

So you can't explain it, but it's I who "doesn't get it". Ok then. I'll excuse you for a bit as it's going to take some time to untwist your brain from that logical contortion.

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Re:Apple introduces macOS Mojave by AnIdiotOnTheNet on Monday June 04, 2018 @08:34PM (#17233989)
> I don't know how to describe the niche they fill with text.

Consider the possibility that this is because there isn't one.

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Re:Apple introduces macOS Mojave by rainbowmverse on Monday June 04, 2018 @08:49PM (#17234066)
HN doesn't support emoji, so here's an example: https://cybre.space/@Riley/100149464360818801

The meaning is immediately clear to anyone familiar with the reference. It's basically a pictographic language that leans heavily on a shared culture that's largely internet-based.

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Re:Apple introduces macOS Mojave by AnIdiotOnTheNet on Monday June 04, 2018 @09:08PM (#17234147)
Ah, I get it, it's value is making the people use it feel special because only "the right kind of people" will get their jokes. Just a new generation of children using slang. Why was that so difficult to use words to describe?
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Re:Apple introduces macOS Mojave by rainbowmverse on Monday June 04, 2018 @09:27PM (#17234233)
>> "Ah, I get it, it's value is making the people use it feel special because only "the right kind of people" will get their jokes. Just a new generation of children using slang."

You sure do have some text there.

>> "Why was that so difficult to use words to describe?"

The medium is the message.

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Re:Apple introduces macOS Mojave by EpicEng on Tuesday June 05, 2018 @02:25AM (#17235407)
Oh, so inside jokes. Yeah that's totally new and groundbreaking.
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Re:Apple introduces macOS Mojave by zimpenfish on Tuesday June 05, 2018 @06:16AM (#17236325)
Do you similarly disdain things like Cockney Rhyming Slang and Polari because they're effectively "inside jokes" that express things you could equally well express with "plain words"?
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