Decrepit Old Man Tells Kids About How the Smiley Face Used to Be a Parenthesis

Decrepit old man John Cruller, 34, has been posting on an ancient social media website known as “Facebook,” complaining about emojis to his 327 friends.

hard-drive.net

Sep 13, 2021 · 3:00 PM UTC

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SaltLevelsMax · Sep 13, 2021 · 7:43 PM UTC

SaltLevelsMax @Saltlevelsmax

13 Sep 2021

Replying to @HardDriveMag

Trying to send >:( on Twitch and getting >😭 fills me with sorrow. I want text emotes back.

Taure David Rockett · Sep 13, 2021 · 3:15 PM UTC

Taure David Rockett @RockettPowered

13 Sep 2021

Replying to @HardDriveMag

SHUT UP! SHUT UP SHUT UP SHUT UP!

Guilherme Pallas · Sep 13, 2021 · 4:21 PM UTC

Guilherme Pallas @guipallas

13 Sep 2021

Replying to @HardDriveMag

I'm not ashamed to admit I'm the decrepit old man. I feel like most of the text versions have so much more charisma than the face emojis. But what I absolutely hate is stuff like fb auto converting text to emojis. It drives me nuts

joshua graham stan · Sep 13, 2021 · 5:14 PM UTC

joshua graham stan @Nevie161

13 Sep 2021

Replying to @HardDriveMag

Ah, the retro emotes

AGT · Sep 13, 2021 · 3:10 PM UTC

AGT @AnimalGamerTest

13 Sep 2021

Replying to @HardDriveMag

He doesn't look *that* old

Twibat · Sep 13, 2021 · 7:14 PM UTC

Twibat @TwibatSparkle

13 Sep 2021

Replying to @HardDriveMag

Back in my day, we called them "emoticons", and if you wanted to use one of them new fangled picture ones you had to hope and pray the forum you were on supported them!