Oiconomia@feddit.de to Memes@lemmy.mlEnglish · edit-22 years agoThere's more reasons to feel old than just old memesfeddit.deexternal-linkmessage-square222fedilinkarrow-up11.31Karrow-down125
arrow-up11.28Karrow-down1external-linkThere's more reasons to feel old than just old memesfeddit.deOiconomia@feddit.de to Memes@lemmy.mlEnglish · edit-22 years agomessage-square222fedilink
minus-squareDigestive_Biscuit@feddit.uklinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·2 years agoI’ve never thought about that. Could it be because :) became the shortcut for emoji?
minus-squaresupremeloser@lemmy.sdf.orglinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·2 years agoIt came before emojis/a shortcut for them. I would think it’s from T9 keyboards. If you wanted any of those types of characters, it was a cycle of a single button and : comes before =, so doing : ) was a lot less button presses than = )
I’ve never thought about that. Could it be because :) became the shortcut for emoji?
It came before emojis/a shortcut for them. I would think it’s from T9 keyboards. If you wanted any of those types of characters, it was a cycle of a single button and : comes before =, so doing : ) was a lot less button presses than = )