#emoji useage

[icewindandboringhorror]

Begrudgingly trying to look for a new phone because my current one (which I’ve had for 8 years) is having some issues but like......hhh.. Every person I know who has a newer phone like.. theirs SUCKS lol.. you can’t take the back off/battery out, some you can’t even change out the microSD because apparently they expect you to just use evil ~~cloud storage~~ or whatever nonsense, they come with so many apps built in which you can disable but not fully delete (wasting space on the phone), can’t control when updates happen, one of my friend’s has to be connected to the internet just to get voicemails??? like having to be connected to wifi or mobile data just for some BASIC functionalities is insane (I prefer to keep my internet disabled at all times unless using it, hate the idea of just being internet connected constantly in the background and having all these apps sending and receiving data and giving dumbass notifications when I’m not even actively using them), SOME of them don’t even have a built-in GENERIC notes app or media player (like I’m just supposed to download spotify instead of using my collection of youtube to mp3 files?? lmao) or photo viewer (I know someone who doesn’t have a generic ‘photos’ app, just “Google Photos’ which prompts them to make an account and login every time they open the wretched thing), etc. etc. etc. 

Genuinely, if it weren’t for my need to be able to use the internet to map and check bus directions/look up things on the go when needed, organize/transport files, and take photos on a whim when I may not have my camera with me - I would legit just get one of those basic non-smart phones where you can only text and make calls lol ... alas... ToT

[oceanmojis]

custom emoji commission for @ayiemojis-reblogs!!

thanks for commissioning us!

(watermarked to avoid useage, if you would like to use a similar emoji from us, feel free to order or request!)

[g0om]

hungarian journailsts emoji useage is insane

[galleryyuhself]

~Galleryyuhself~ This emoji thing is serious business.

for more information-:https://unicode.org/emoji/proposals.html

[clearblue--water]

The album has to be called ‘13’ because it’s her favourite number and has followed her throughout her life and it’s hidden upside down throughout the video. But it also has to be ‘home’ because it shows every place she’s called home and she’s had a lot of childhood throwbacks lately. But then it also has to be ‘kaleidoscope’ because there’s one in the video and that represents a cluster of butterflies which she’s posted about a lot. And it must be called ‘metamorphosis’ because shes went through those life stages and wrote about it and the video takes places in a chrysalis. And it also has to be called ‘hearts’ because of her emoji useage and love and drawing one under her eye. But it also needs to be call ‘angel’ or ‘wings’ because it’s shown so frequently in the video. And then it could also be called ‘me’ because of the single and it would be fitting for an album telling a story about her. DO YOU SEE THE PROBLEM HERE!!!!???!!!!! Every theory fits for one album. We have an issue folks.

[confettihipster]

i want you all to know that i’ve suspended my campaign for a guillotine emoji which admittedly was v edgy of me but instead we need a bootlicker emoji which has more scope for useage

[aliceellablog]

In. The. Bin.

Ok... so I messed up big time and I’ve been paying such a heavy price…..

It was Sunday night (a bank holiday weekend) and the gals and I had our yearly house party planned - we had been round to our moody as hell neighbours to warn them as nicely as possible that we were going to have people round… please note… ONCE A YEAR!! -  but we may as well have told them we were going to burn down their house and shit on their dog.

We took them a box of chocolates which they then THREW back over into our front garden!!! WHATT?!?!?! Oh well at least that meant we got to eat them!! Ant to be honest…well.. that just made us wanna make even more noise!! MWA HA HA ;)

So for once I was actually feeling quite up for it! I didn’t feel great but I didn’t feel terrible, so I got meself all glammed up and ready for #clubtropicana. This was the theme pf the party although to be honest I think I definitely took it the most literally and may have over dressed ;) (classic)- and even did me nails with lil’ flamingoes on them :) :) oh and we forgot to actually play ‘club tropicana’ that night which we all found hilarious the next day!!

I had decided I was gonna have one, maybe two small drinks and aim to go to bed at around 12/1am - I’m never asleep by then anyway! But one drink lead to another….and then I couldn’t have cared less! I was having a bloody great time! It was so good to see some old friends and sing Destiny’s Child at the top of my lungs! And it was so so nice to actually be up and about and ‘happy’ with my housemates....

Before consuming any Vodka...

Aaaaaand after....

I know I keep referring to them as that, but they are actually my bestest friends and I freakin’ love them so much!!! I am SO lucky to live with them and they make everyday that bit more doable… so massive shout out to Nicki, Grace, Katie, Tilly and Bahvika :) -Sorry just had a #totesemosh moment there!!

Anyway after all my planning I still didn’t get to bed until 4am and don’t know quite how that happened!!

The next day….was…hell. I was not a well bunny :( I know it was self inflicted but my god I felt so sorry for myself!! I spent the entire day in bed unable to hardly move (other than a very random hour where I felt great in the evening…none of us understood that one!)

I ate Chinese in bed and was fully in the bin. This is what my house mates (mainly Tilly) call being hung over! Or if someones being an utter knob it’s always ‘get in the bin’! - As you can imagine, this emoji gets a lot of useage in our group whatsapp chat!!

The next day came and went, as did the next…and the next...ahhhh..what had I done?? It took me a full week of resting with only a few little outings to the local shop to get food to recover. It’s been two weeks now and I would say that I am now finally over it. Two god damn weeks.

So the question is… was it worth it?? And what do I do next time there’s a party or event?

Well I actually did go to something this Saturday eve. I didn’t drink anything and left early…. But it did feel really rubbish doing that. And omg the amount of people who asked ‘why aren’t you drinking’ and basically mock you for it. MEH. Trust me I want to!! And then when you leave early and it’s all like ‘why are you leaving so soon? Don’t go!’ Like they think you’re the most boring human on the planet.

People will judge me wether I like it or not. Everyone judges everyone. I judge people. It’s life. No-one is truly going to understand my daily struggles but me.

I have to accept the fact that I look healthy, and learn to live with the look that people give me on the tube when I (very politely) ask if they need the seating for people less able to stand. I always feel so embarrassed and only ask when I really do need a seat but I’ve never had anyone just get up and say ’sure!’

And I guess it’s even really hard for people reading this blog to understand - like, I partied, got tipsy and was up till late….but the week before I was ill A LOT and I had to spend pretty much two weeks resting after- like on a day to day basis I know I can’t manage that level of activity at all- ugh- it’s SO hard to explain- A new friend of mine asked me just yesterday ‘So what is M.E?’ and I found it so hard to explain- I just told him it’s a real struggle with fatigue, and doing little things feels like doing really big things and how I was in a wheelchair for years and had a stairlift put in my house and couldn’t walk, talk, or even watch tele for years….. but then it’s like ‘oh so you’re better now then?’ And it’s like…. Yea I am SO much better than I was…. But man how I feel day to day is naaaat ok!!

But having said that, I think that what I have to do is to somehow learn to be happy with a day to day life at home, just pottering around the house. A day to day life of just making lunches and dinners for myself and watching tele series' and then somehow being able to think of anything else that I can do on top of that as a bonus.

I also somehow have to accept that I can't do what all of my other friends can?? How do I not get down depressed and so sad about that?? Oh jealousy… what a horrible thing you are!!!

I’m sure I will figure it out- I am very lucky I have so much amazing support from my close friends and family and even you guys on this old inter web thing :)

Other than the house party and resting there’s not been much to tell over the past two weeks - The last few days have been much better though and I’ve managed two songwriting sessions so at least that’s something :) And they were good ones too! Wooop :)

Especially when one of the studios has a doggy!!!! yaaaaassss!! :) :) :)

Other than that... oh we did call the police on a man who was masturbating outside our house on the street and trying to look into peoples windows…. That was an amusing evening!!!

So on that very strange note… I’ll be back in two weeks :) Please do get in touch :) :)mwah xx

[1992deluxe]

jason momoa's use of the 😜 emoji is really important to me

[aikainkauna]

@ushas42 replied to your post “Pro-top, Tumblr: typing out “haha” never made anyone look smart or...”

I don't think it's "smart or cool" but I do it a lot in chats and things to indicate when I'm kidding or to just not come across as an asshole because it's so easy to accidentally look dickish in text based communications and I'm always nervous that I'll come across the wrong way.

I understand that, but you’ve described the exact function of smileys. Didn’t we use to exchange mesages with smileys like 10 years back? Because this is another trend thing, I think? I don’t remember you using the “haha” before as much, only on Tumblr, and I even remember wondering “what’s happened to Ushas because she sounds like a teenager now?” Like, literally, and I don’t mean that in an asshole sense because I know you’re not a hurf-durfing Beavis and Butthead type; that was in more of a “wow, our environment affects our language way beyond generations” sense.

The thing is, the usage of smileys has gone down a lot in textual conversation when it’s not phone emoji, either, so is this another generation thing? Is it... old-person-y to type :) or :3 or :q or something now? Just like “LOL” is old-person-y? Or do the smileys come across as even more nervous, now? Because I can see how typing smileys might mean/signal “I am nervous and anxious as I say this and slap a smiley on so you won’t think I’m being a dick.” I mean, I feel like an idiot slapping a “:)” on sometimes. And if someone uses it at me, I’m like “Christ, have I made her that nervous?” So my useage’s slid more towards the less common :3 because it’s not used to death for me, yet, and I’ve noticed a couple of my friends using that, too. I think FFF even picked it up from me.

It’s still better than the haha, though. The absolute worst is when you can actually *hear* the haha and it’s literally someone saying that out loud. I also wonder if that’s a case--that it’s more grating to those of us who “hear” text extremely acutely. A smiley’s just a smiley (it will just convey a face), but putting in that laugh will sound exactly like the sort of RL nervous laugh (or the sort of sarcastic, Avonic remark). I’m sorry, but it’s never not going to sound like anything else to my ears.