With the recent spate of excessive MSN-ing, I've realised how convenient emoticons are in conveying what you do not feel (a.k.a the socially correct response). For example, to a particularly obnoxious person, if you have nothing to say, you just keep dumping on the smileys. If you don't feel anything at any particular moment, you stiil drop a smiley to say 'hey i'm still with you and not zonking out in Wonderland'. I begin to believe more and more that emoticons mean the exact opposite of how they look. Wonder if anyone agrees?
Case in point: To the person I felt like stabbing tonight, I smiled the most.
Well but I suppose it isn't as hypocritical as it sounds because I smile when I visualise the point of contact when the knife point hits the person's chest, pierces the clean surface of the skin, rips through the muscles and spill the blood. Pretty.
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