I use them in messengers, not a lot. But on 4chan it's a sign of immaturity and alludes to Gaia.

I use:
:D
D:
o_o
:)
:(
:P
And that's it really, and that's only on messenger. I use T_T ironically

Because they're fucking retarded in many cases.

Except the ones that use Shift-JIS or other weird characters.

>>3798993
This.

These kinds of emoticons remind us too much of Gaia. Those along with using asterisks to denote actions for the sake of roleplaying are shunned.

:( :) =] =[ :3 :D D: ;_; ;.; Q_Q QQ :| are widely considered acceptable.

xD and XD would be punishable by death.

I always saw them as indicating a lack of intelligence, imagination and vocabulary on the part of the person using them.

mostly because you look like a fuckin 13 year old girl / weaboo using them.

:{D This is the only emote I think is worth actually using.

Desu Desu! Supah KAWAIIIIII!!!

^_________________________________^

>>3798993
>immaturity

Only one I use are :3 and D:, other than that they are just annoying to see and make you look like an idiot.

Even if you make a perfect, irrefutable argument, if you use emoticons, your arguments are invalid.

It's easy to overuse them. I'll use =( if my text might not make it clear that I'm actually sad about something, but other than that, I just try not to because I know that if I let myself use them more, I'll use them too much and look like a faggot.

I like them but I'm pretty lame. ;____;
I would use them more often if it wasn't frowned upon.

I have noticed that newfags and women actually use them rather frequently.

:3

on r9k, i see more ;___;'s than anyone should

oh boo hoo faggots

The only emote worth using is is fnsjketiojgtjknerthhioerstijo4iopy5i9046iu9046iou456 iou45iuoy54 ijo

oh a jumble of random characters
let's rage over them, i mean we're already on /r9k/ and have nothing better to do

The emotes in the third row are allowed and encouraged.

They are lulzy and infinitely entertaining.

emots are used heavily on gaia. In order to seperate themselves they try not to use them. No other REAL reason other than they are associated with faggots.

>>3799059
True that.
Also, seconded.

because using emoticons is like waving a giant banner that says HEY EVERYONE IM A HUGE FAGGOT. its not a 4chan thing, its the whole internet. this isn't the fucking 90s anymore.

>>3799112
^____^
OMG ur so rite!!!! XD
pplz need to calm down *crosses arms and looks down with furrowed brow*

LIFE WULD BE BTTER IF PPL WERE Ls worried bout other pplz D:<

>>3799038
>>3799040
These are both good answers
Anon doesn't read or care about your facial expressions irl, in written form they are intellectual diarrhea and illustrate the user's inability to communicate effectively through writing.

I wish I could post this. Basically the best emote you can find.

(9'.')9 Q('.'Q) Boxing

>>3799172

That's not true. You're having a conversation over the internet, you don't necessarily have all the time in the world to articulate every though or your reaction. In full prose, it's not proper.

However, I'm conversing with someone on the internet. Chill the fuck out, okay? >:

hehehehehehehehehehe

>>3799185
I DONT KNOW HOW TO MAKE THIS AND IT DOESNT SAVE IN NOTEPAD++

HOW DO I MAKE THIS PLEASE PLEASE TELL ME

>>3799185
This anon....this anon is awesome.

I bet you we would make great friends irl.

i use :> and :<

also :3 and sometimes ;~;

and i have a .txt file with all the crazy nippon emoticons that you cant use on this board

>>3799254
see subject field

you're welcome

I like this emoticon a whole lot

Typically I think that emoticons are better when they use non-standard characters. Things like :D D: :] :[ are fine and all, but the thing I put in the name field is just so cool.

BUT THATS JUST LIKE, MY OPINION, MAN

>>3799265
Yeah, I copied it from the filename of that image. I want to know what the unicode thing for it is. Like alt + whatever number, or at least what language those things are so I can grab them out of the character map.

>>3799303
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kannada_language#Unicode
You're welcome

And yeah, this alphabet is awesome.