Can we get rid of the angry smilie?

aliasojo

I have never seen a smilie so able to inflame a discussion as this one. People sometimes use it to signify how strongly they feel about something rather than to signify anger, but it's not conducive to healthy discussion.

You wouldn't shake your fist at someone in real life during a discussion, even if you did feel strongly about the subject, so why use an angry smilie when posting?

It only puts people's backs up and serves no useful purpose.



*cue all the 'witty' posts full of angry smilies*

Tojo_Ralph

aliasojo wrote: »

I have never seen a smilie so able to inflame a discussion as this one. People sometimes use it to signify how strongly they feel about something rather than to signify anger, but it's not conducive to healthy discussion.

You wouldn't shake your fist at someone in real life during a discussion, even if you did feel strongly about the subject, so why use an angry smilie when posting?

It only puts people's backs up and serves no useful purpose.

*cue all the 'witty' posts full of angry smilies*

Do you mean this angry one? ..... Or the Mad one? :mad:

Anyway, speaking about angry emoticons in general, maybe people do react badly to such emoticons, but to be honest I have not noticed and I would suggest that the use of the sarcastic emoticon is more likely to result in an angry response than the use of an angry emoticon. :rolleyes:

Come to think of it, I like angry emoticons, although I don't use them. For me they convey the mood of a poster and their personality and lets me know something about them and what they feel without them having to find the words.

As for fist shaking, I would agree we don't see much of that in the real world, but folk sure as hell do get angry. We do see folk getting all steamed up, using expletives, going a funny colour and growling ..... which is what angry emoticons convey.

marleyboy

I think its a little EXTREME to ban a smilie, I mean shall be ban sentences too, because they too can be emotional replies to signify how strongly they feel about something.

aliasojo

marleyboy wrote: »

I think its a little EXTREME to ban a smilie, I mean shall be ban sentences too, because they too can be emotional replies to signify how strongly they feel about something.

Now you're just being ridiculous. :rolleyes: Not worthy of further discussion.

marleyboy

Yep, just as ridiculous as banning a smilie, lets end it on that note

Quasar

My favourite ever angry smiley is this one:

:rotfl:


I take your point though, aliasojo.

mountainchrisriver

/\ brilliant... :rotfl: :rotfl:

MSE_Martin

I take the point. Yet you can show anger at many things... eg

British Gas :mad:
MoneySavingExpert :mad:

Dirty nappies :mad:

I don't think the anger smilie is to blame no more than the word "anger". More how its used

aliasojo

MSE_Martin wrote: »

I don't think the anger smilie is to blame no more than the word "anger". More how its used

Without doubt. That's the whole point though, people use it and misuse it willy nilly, causing friction where there doesn't need to be any. If it wasn't available, they couldn't do that.

However, I'm not about to take to the streets with a banner over it.

It would be an interesting experiment to banish it for a week to see who REALLY missed it though. :whistle:

Browntoa

I find that spinning Martin smilie annoying

all the spammers use it :money:

lol

Savvy_Sue

Browntoa wrote: »

I find that spinning Martin smilie annoying

all the spammers use it :money:

lol

Huh! I use it too, sometimes! Especially when there's been a completely OT bit of discussion and I suddenly spot a moneysaving suggestion to get things back on track! :rotfl:

I have trouble with this one: :rolleyes: I know it's mean to be sarcasm, but to me that's just a 'ho hum, here she goes again' look of the kind I get every day from my lads. No malice intended!