march 4, 2003
		Here is a contribution from The Tempest, enjoy! --Citizen D
				(: Emoti-FUCK OFF! :)
			I hate emoticons. What's an emoticon, you say? Fuck you. Emoticons convey an emotion through the use of either an ASCII "face" or some stupid icon. I hate them with a passion. People like to sprinkle them throughout their text, so you won't take things the wrong way. Well, I took them the wrong way and now I want to kick your ass. I like to convey emotion the old fashioned way, by accurately and concisely writing what I mean. For instance, you can clearly understand my stance on emoticons. I love people who think they have just discovered emoticons. They insist on using them all the time, like you have never seen them before. Yeah, good job Magellan, now shut the fuck up. People who use emoticons seem to think that they are cute. These are the same people who think that puppies and flowers are cute. I hate puppies and flowers. I hope that puppies eat flowers and die. If they had an evil emoticon, I might put it here. I have news for these people, emoticons are not cute, they are not clever, and they are not necessary. If you have any writing skills at all, the reader will be able to understand what you mean by your tone, punctuation and content. Emoticons are a sign of an inept writer and anyone who uses them should be branded as such. Learn to write, you lazy bastards. Correct writing is a necessary skill in our modern world. So learn to say what you want to say and don't rely on some annoying face to do it for you. It doesn't make you look clever, it makes you a fucking moron. - The Tempest