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Ah... the happy face. I get it. It's cute. It's happy. It's all, have a nice day, but these keyboard faces are running amok and getting on my last nerve.

;) - a wink? honestly, I don't trust people that wink at me in real life, much less someone who winks with a semicolon.

^-^ - what is this? a cat peeping over a wall?

:X - are you dead? thinking of becoming a pirate?

:'( - crying? seriously? are we now so inept at expressing ourselves that a crying keyboard face is necessary for me to comprehend your sadness?

:D - are you aghast? really happy? what are you trying to tell me?

Just stop it! They aren't clever. They have the power to make any perfectly normal thought look silly... unless you are eight. ):>