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Old Mar 20, 2010, 4:59 pm
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Originally Posted by judolphin
Points

  • People on Flyertalk are good enough at condescension to begin with
  • The emoticon usually does nothing but make the person using it look like a jerk
  • It does not promote discussion in any way
  • It helps threads that are emotional to begin with, degenerate more quickly

Counterpoint

  • This emoticon is a nearly foolproof way to weed out the douches and lame-o's who think they're clever

Thoughts?
Agreed. The only emoticon that is really necessary for written communication is the , to show that what was written was in jest.
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