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[–] FleetingTit 57 points 7 months ago (2 children)

Emojis generally replace the period but come after a question mark or exclamation point.

Can I borrow your pen? 😊

I borrowed your pen πŸ˜…

You little shit! πŸ‘Ώ

[–] [email protected] 7 points 7 months ago

This looks best to me.

[–] BradleyUffner 0 points 7 months ago

What if there are multiple sentences?

[–] insaneinthemembrane 25 points 7 months ago

After... I've said what I have to say, now I'm making a face at you. See?

[–] [email protected] 22 points 7 months ago

After. It's a visual commentary on the text you just wrote. It's not part of that text.

[–] [email protected] 11 points 7 months ago

I treat them as a separate element to the text, and as such aren't really part of the punctuation or grammar, so I try to keep any at the end of the entire message to convey the actual expression I had making it. πŸ˜‰

[–] slazer2au 9 points 7 months ago

πŸ‘AroundπŸ‘everythingπŸ‘.πŸ‘

[–] [email protected] 9 points 7 months ago

I just treat them like the floating pics in a word documentation. So baπŸ‘Œsically anywhere.

[–] [email protected] 8 points 7 months ago (1 children)
[–] ForgottenUsername 5 points 7 months ago* (last edited 7 months ago)

I think so as well 😁.

[–] [email protected] 7 points 7 months ago (1 children)

IMO, they generally replace a period, comma or exclamation when used. In the cases where it's a necessary question mark or something like that, I'd put the emoji afterπŸ‘

[–] Caesium 4 points 7 months ago

yep, to me emojiis and emoticons act as punctuation. helps keep things more casual :3

[–] [email protected] 5 points 7 months ago

Before (unless intended otherwise). Imagine the case in which the paragraph continues...

Roy fell when we were walking. πŸ˜‚ It was kind of worrying.

vs

Roy fell when we were walking πŸ˜‚. It was kind of worrying.

In the first one, it seems that you are laughing about the fall being worrying. In the second, the laugh is about Roy, and then the next sentence reads in a more neutral tone, which was my intent.

Maybe it doesn't look as nice, but to me it makes more sense.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 7 months ago* (last edited 7 months ago) (1 children)

ΒΏPor que no los dosπŸ™ƒ?πŸ™ƒ

(Edited to add proper punctuation for the language. Thanks @squirrel!)

[–] [email protected] 8 points 7 months ago

πŸ™ƒΒΏQue?πŸ™‚

[–] [email protected] 5 points 7 months ago

If one is going to use emojis, it is contextual.

An emoji is roughly equivalent to body language, facial expressions, and/or audible cues. They should be inserted wherever the intended action would occur.

An example: man, I laughed my ass off. 🀣

Would be acceptable, but: man, I laughed my ass off🀣. would be better because the laughter is integral to the sentence.

However; man, I laughed 🀣 my ass off. would also be acceptable because it is being used to demonstrate the action.


Something like: cats make my heart happy. πŸ’“ 😊

Would need it to be outside the sentence because it reinforces the message instead of being part of the message.

Emojis can be the equivalent of hand movements in a way, so where they get placed is about where you would place a gesture.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 7 months ago (3 children)

Never, is the appropriate answer.

[–] [email protected] 7 points 7 months ago (1 children)

They’re for languages when mood cannot be derived from wording alone. So, sometimes? πŸ€·β€β™‚οΈ

[–] [email protected] 1 points 7 months ago

What language prevents you from establishing mood in wording alone? (Well, wording+punctuation, at any rate.)

[–] dingus 1 points 7 months ago
[–] [email protected] 1 points 7 months ago
[–] morphballganon 2 points 7 months ago

Either after or as a replacement, when appropriate XD

[–] [email protected] 1 points 7 months ago

Before :). Otherwise I am getting angry ΰ² _ΰ² . Smilies add context to the current statement. So a smilie afterwards just catches the overall vibe. πŸ˜ŒπŸ€“πŸ˜Œ And this may be rude to someone. πŸ™„