Women and emoticons

[AnthonyParticipant 241]

Ever since I became MGTOW, I’ve noticed really annoying things about women and texting. Almost all of them use f~~~ing emoticons in chatrooms, forums, and text.

I used to be big on using them when I first started to go into chatrooms as a kid, but I grew out of that s~~~ because it got annoying as f~~~.

Here’s a list of some emoticons:

http://cool-smileys.com/text-emoticons

I honestly don’t get why women are so obsessed with using them. I get why younger people like using them, especially if they’re new to chatrooms and texting. But why would f~~~ing 50 year old women use emoticons so much?

This is one reason why I hate mobile texting. Especially with women. And, for some reason, the only time I ever see men texting are when they’re texting women. Men almost never text each other and if they do, it’s very short sentences.

[Jan SobieskiParticipant 28791]

I agree. Sometimes I’m not sure if I was texting at 40 y.o. Woman or her 12 y.o. daughter. All the how r u? And crap.

Love is just alimony waiting to happen. Visit mgtow.com.

[FullMetalExoParticipant 2383]

this is my favourite.
Raaargh!
(╯°□°)╯︵ ┻━┻

I do agree, that excessive use of emoticons kills conversation to be honest, Im a sinner in that I must admit.

-----------

[Anonymous 29]

Anthony wrote:

I used to be big on using them when I first started to go into chatrooms as a kid, but I grew out of that s~~~ because it got annoying as f~~~.

That’s because you are a man.

Anthony wrote:

I honestly don’t get why women are so obsessed with using them.
But why would f~~~ing 50 year old women use emoticons so much?

Simple things amuse simple minds.

[FullMetalExoParticipant 2383]

In general for me, its a bad habit or I do have a reason, when me and friends chat and find/share something funny.

Im thinking, there could be many not so different reasons on why a women would use smiles/emoticons constantly, for seemingly NO reason:
1) pretending everything is ok
2) or like she is fun/having fun
3) in a state of depression, emotional instability/covering it up

-----------

[Mr. SpockParticipant 10926]

They should be called emoticuns because they only get used when women and/or children are involved. Sometimes it can be hard to differentiate between the two.
I think they use them because they are too lazy to write out the whole thought. It started with abbreviations like OMG and then they started using “u” for “you” and all the other lame shortcuts. Someone with some creativity and too much time on their hands began to see how many different pictures they could make with the available symbols on a keypad/ keyboard. When women saw this they just thought that they were just SO cute.
Since the laziness has soaked in even further, they have pre-made emoticuns because now they are too lazy to write out the shortcuts. I don’t have much interaction with women and even less via cell phone or email but when I do and I see this stuff I try to distance myself from it.

Feminism isn't about equality with men, it's about leverage over men.

[AnthonyParticipant 241]

Mr. Spock wrote:

They should be called emoticuns because they only get used when women and/or children are involved. Sometimes it can be hard to differentiate between the two.
I think they use them because they are too lazy to write out the whole thought. It started with abbreviations like OMG and then they started using “u” for “you” and all the other lame shortcuts. Someone with some creativity and too much time on their hands began to see how many different pictures they could make with the available symbols on a keypad/ keyboard. When women saw this they just thought that they were just SO cute.
Since the laziness has soaked in even further, they have pre-made emoticuns because now they are too lazy to write out the shortcuts. I don’t have much interaction with women and even less via cell phone or email but when I do and I see this stuff I try to distance myself from it.

Yep. A lot of people are way too lazy to text out full sentences. I mean, if you’re going to text to begin with, type the full sentence at least.

[KeymasterKeymaster]

Anthony wrote:

Almost all of them use f~~~ing emoticons in chatrooms, forums, and text.

So true. I understand the use of emoticons because typed words are missing tone of voice, but there is a difference between saying “‘you’re such an asshole” with a smiley face after it (necessary if you’re joking)…… and doing what women do…….

• “I went to the store today and they didn’t have my favorite salad dressing ” (or some generic statement )….. followed by “LOL”
• “I haven’t heard from you in a while” (wink smiley smiley wink wink)
• An entire row of crying icons….. to indicate she’s “laughing”?

…. and my personal favorite is something like…….

• “lol this really p~~~es me off”.

We see that in comments and get tweets emails like that all the time. Well which is it, sister? Is it “lol”? or are you p~~~ed off?? Make up your mind. It’s as if women don’t know how to say or write anything directly that’s actually “funny” so they have to make a point of attaching “lol” onto it — to try to make it funny. And “lol” doesn’t actually MEAN she’s laughing. She uses it to pretend she is laughing when she could be furious. That’s when emoticons become pointless.

There are so many clever ways to communicate effectively and NOT being clear on whether you’re joking or not is actually a plus — because women reinterpret EVERYTHING — so just type straight with no emoticons and she drives herself nuts on the other end because she doesn’t take anything at face value.

I received an email from a chick that had 🙂 or 😉 after every sentence. It was out of control. Just write, for f~~~ sake. And if you have to say “kidding” or “not kidding” after everything , then get some f~~~ing writing skills or just stop “kidding” and put it down straight. But they can’t. And when they do – and you reply directly – they lose their f~~~ing minds too!

I received an email from an Ex GF asking if I was “coming home for Christmas”.

I just replied…..

“I don’t understand the question. This is home.”

Imagine being a woman and reading that response. She will now spend 2 whole minutes reading those two sentences and re-interpret that s~~~. She will wonder “what does he MEAN? Is he snapping back at me?” and read all kinds of crap into it that wasn’t even there.

…. but if I put a “wink” 😉 on the end ( or a smiley) would soften it for her.

No. It just means “I don’t understand the question. This is home.” Period.

Women are also terrible at formatting an email properly. They don’t say “Hey name! Its’ been a long time. I was wondering if you’re visiting family this year because it would be great to see you. If you’re available, lets have a good f~~~ for old times sake. Please let me know! – Hername”.

That’s what she MEANT to say.

But no. She sends one line “Are you coming home for Christmas?” Now imagine how she will drive herself crazy if I just answered it with “No.” and nothing else. She would think that’s “rude”.

•••••••••

I received a text from a girl I went to school with after 28 years(!) of nothing. She got my number from a mutual friend of ours. After 28 years, the first words I hear from her in a text are “where do you live?”

I texted back “? Who is this?”

She says – ( get this ) – “LOL it’s Jane from school!”

WTF??? “LOL”?? You’re creeping me out! Getting a strange text from someone who didn’t introduce themselves asking where you live and it’s “LOL”?? She’s insane!!! Imagine if I facebook messaged a chick from school – where she knows who it is – and ask :”where do you live?” I’m gonna instantly be a “creeper stalker”. But women will just text you “where do you live?” and when you respond with “WTF WHO IS THIS?” ….. they “lol!”.

CRAZY!!!

Emoticons?? F~~~ing learn to communicate directly.

If you keep doing what you've always done... you're gonna keep getting what you always got.

[AnthonyParticipant 241]

Jan Sobieski wrote:

I agree. Sometimes I’m not sure if I was texting at 40 y.o. Woman or her 12 y.o. daughter. All the how r u? And crap.

Same. I can’t tell how old they are when they text. And to make things even worse, many women no matter what age type like that.

FullMetalExo wrote:

In general for me, its a bad habit or I do have a reason, when me and friends chat and find/share something funny.

Im thinking, there could be many not so different reasons on why a women would use smiles/emoticons constantly, for seemingly NO reason:
1) pretending everything is ok
2) or like she is fun/having fun
3) in a state of depression, emotional instability/covering it up

I think it might be a combination of those things. Still not completely sure why most women type like that. I can understand if you’re a guy and typing to women like that, but even then, I’d assume it’s only to get pussy.

Anonymous wrote:

Anthony wrote:

I used to be big on using them when I first started to go into chatrooms as a kid, but I grew out of that s~~~ because it got annoying as f~~~.

That’s because you are a man.

Anthony wrote:

I honestly don’t get why women are so obsessed with using them.
But why would f~~~ing 50 year old women use emoticons so much?

Simple things amuse simple minds.

Agreed. Most men that are around my age (I’m in my mid 20s) don’t even like texting all that much. They really only do it to cater to their girlfriends/wives.

[ILiveAgainParticipant]

?

[Cipher HighwindParticipant 1144]

Females’ usage of emoticons, ALL CAPS, &c demonstrates their puerile nature as that is how a child writes on the computer.

[KeymasterKeymaster]

Anthony wrote:

Agreed. Most men that are around my age (I’m in my mid 20s) don’t even like texting all that much. They really only do it to cater to their girlfriends/wives.

I hate it. To me it’s the dumbest s~~~. I see women actually TEXTING full blown conversations with people while waiting for a coffee. Put down the f~~~ing phone and speak to a human standing next to you.

Texting is for “parking, be there in 5”…… or “car exploded send help”..

….. not “so what side are you on politically?”

Gents, don’t ever let a woman sucker you into a conversation in a text.

If you keep doing what you've always done... you're gonna keep getting what you always got.

[Anonymous 42]

I can’t find one for “f~~~ off and die”, that would be my favorite!

[KeymasterKeymaster]

This is my favorite emoticon. If facebook had this, I would be back on there in 2 seconds and “like” every status update and picture a woman posted.

“Im feeling fat today”

“Maggie changed her relationship status to “in a relationship””

“I just found out Im pregnant!”

If you keep doing what you've always done... you're gonna keep getting what you always got.

[AnthonyParticipant 241]

Keymaster wrote:

Anthony wrote:

Almost all of them use f~~~ing emoticons in chatrooms, forums, and text.

So true. I understand the use of emoticons because typed words are missing tone of voice, but there is a difference between saying “‘you’re such an asshole” with a smiley face after it (necessary if you’re joking)…… and doing what women do…….

• “I went to the store today and they didn’t have my favorite salad dressing ” (or some generic statement )….. followed by “LOL”
• “I haven’t heard from you in a while” (wink smiley smiley wink wink)
• An entire row of crying icons….. to indicate she’s “laughing”?

…. and my personal favorite is something like…….

• “lol this really p~~~es me off”.

We see that in comments and get tweets emails like that all the time. Well which is it, sister? Is it “lol”? or are you p~~~ed off?? Make up your mind. It’s as if women don’t know how to say or write anything directly that’s actually “funny” so they have to make a point of attaching “lol” onto it — to try to make it funny. And “lol” doesn’t actually MEAN she’s laughing. She uses it to pretend she is laughing when she could be furious. That’s when emoticons become pointless.

There are so many clever ways to communicate effectively and NOT being clear on whether you’re joking or not is actually a plus — because women reinterpret EVERYTHING — so just type straight with no emoticons and she drives herself nuts on the other end because she doesn’t take anything at face value.

I received an email from a chick that had or after every sentence. It was out of control. Just write, for f~~~ sake. And if you have to say “kidding” or “not kidding” after everything , then get some f~~~ing writing skills or just stop “kidding” and put it down straight. But they can’t. And when they do – and you reply directly – they lose their f~~~ing minds too!

I received an email from an Ex GF asking if I was “coming home for Christmas”.

I just replied…..

“I don’t understand the question. This is home.”

Imagine being a woman and reading that response. She will now spend 2 whole minutes reading those two sentences and re-interpret that s~~~. She will wonder “what does he MEAN? Is he snapping back at me?” and read all kinds of crap into it that wasn’t even there.

…. but if I put a “wink” on the end ( or a smiley) would soften it for her.

No. It just means “I don’t understand the question. This is home.” Period.

Women are also terrible at formatting an email properly. They don’t say “Hey name! Its’ been a long time. I was wondering if you’re visiting family this year because it would be great to see you. If you’re available, lets have a good f~~~ for old times sake. Please let me know! – Hername”.

That’s what she MEANT to say.

But no. She sends one line “Are you coming home for Christmas?” Now imagine how she will drive herself crazy if I just answered it with “No.” and nothing else. She would think that’s “rude”.

•••••••••

I received a text from a girl I went to school with after 28 years(!) of nothing. She got my number from a mutual friend of ours. After 28 years, the first words I hear from her in a text are “where do you live?”

I texted back “? Who is this?”

She says – ( get this ) – “LOL it’s Jane from school!”

WTF??? “LOL”?? You’re creeping me out! Getting a strange text from someone who didn’t introduce themselves asking where you live and it’s “LOL”?? She’s insane!!! Imagine if I facebook messaged a chick from school – where she knows who it is – and ask :”where do you live?” I’m gonna instantly be a “creeper stalker”. But women will just text you “where do you live?” and when you respond with “WTF WHO IS THIS?” ….. they “lol!”.

CRAZY!!!

Emoticons?? F~~~ing learn to communicate directly.

Exactly. I also get the use of “lol” sometimes if you’re in a chatroom or forum, But if you use them excessively to the point where it’s nauseating just to communicate with you on an online forum it just makes me want to ignore you even more.

I also might not pay that much attention to my formatting in chatrooms and forums, but at the very least, I try to use proper grammar. Plus, it annoys me even more when a grammar Nazis (usually women) try to correct my spelling when they don’t even use f~~~ing punctuation.

I also hate it when people don’t even know the difference between “your” and “you’re.” It’s like mobile texting has made them so retarded in the area of writing skills.

When I took college classes, the one thing I excelled at was writing essays. I remember even finishing a class within a whole weekend because it was nothing but writing essays. But texting in general has dumbed down our generation in regards to writing skills. And women love this, because it gives them more excuses to be lazy. It’s pathetic really.

[Anonymous 42]

[The Skank SpankerParticipant 1372]

I tell women nowadays that I hate texting. Otherwise they will be messaging me every hour:

“How was your day?”
“What have you been up to?”
“How are you?”

F~~~ that s~~~. They know I don’t like texting because I told them. So many times I just tell my dates and FWB’s “Nothing much, just masturbated”. Keep this up and they’ll stop asking how your day was. Works like a charm.

I learned to never ever make conversation of discuss things in texts. They take everything personal and feel offended if you don’t use enough emoticons. Just use it for ETA’s and small stuff.

[Elric GreenstoneParticipant 1637]

I find myself using emoticons and texts primarily when I don’t really feel like dealing with people. I consider it largely a substitute for letters (emails) and actual conversations, which require more effort. Emoticons allow me to maintain a (hahahahahahahaha) relationship with someone more easily by sending warm affirmations that mean absolutely f~~~-all.

People who want to text with me extensively, I find, are not actually interested in expending much effort in interacting with me or in attempting to build a friendship. There are individuals in my life who I text with on a regular basis. I think they consider us friends; I consider them acquaintances. If they can’t talk to me on the phone, I must not matter very much to them, I assume.

My oldest friend and I write letters to each other (emails) once or twice a week; usually a page or two of notes and reflections. We don’t talk a lot on the phone; he was never into talking on the phone. I consider us close.

I think a lot of it is the difference between data and information. Simply because you’re using 50x the frequency, so to speak, does mean your broadcast is 50x more useful. Women are good at filling all available time and silence with noise and drama. This does not mean they are imparting more information. They are simply wildly inefficient communicators.

I find it hard to listen to two women talking. There’s almost nothing being said. It’s part of the reason that stories written by women are mainly interesting to other women. They just go on and on and f~~~ing on without really a lot being communicated.

I interact on a regular basis with a female elderly relative. My current strategy is just to listen, and agree to the limited extent that I can. I realized some time ago that it really makes almost no difference what the Hell I’m saying, as it’s simply ignored.

I had a friend some time ago who is a drug addict. When communication switched from phone to text, I knew she was using again, and didn’t want to be caught out. She’d text a whole, whole lot, but it was largely meaningless.

"You can either love women, or understand women. You can't do both. Because once you understand women, you realize that there is really nothing to love."

[HitmanParticipant]

nitwit’s and cute little faces they can use to show how they ” feel ” ..civilization collapsing .

[AnthonyParticipant 241]

The Skank Spanker wrote:

I tell women nowadays that I hate texting. Otherwise they will be messaging me every hour:

“How was your day?”
“What have you been up to?”
“How are you?”

F~~~ that s~~~. They know I don’t like texting because I told them. So many times I just tell my dates and FWB’s “Nothing much, just masturbated”. Keep this up and they’ll stop asking how your day was. Works like a charm.

I learned to never ever make conversation of discuss things in texts. They take everything personal and feel offended if you don’t use enough emoticons. Just use it for ETA’s and small stuff.

I always found it hilarious that whenever I went into chatrooms and got used not to using emoticons, people always thought of me as more of an asshole because I didn’t use winky smileys or “:D” <<<this stupid thing anymore and get all offended.

People who use emoticons way too much take texting way too personally. They just read the words and not take into account that tone and body language can’t be used in texting. Thus, they read all into it and it drives them mad.

[Author]

Posts