At first glance, the colon-three emoticon appears innocuous and quaint - a simple cat-like smile. However, beneath its facile form lies multilayered semiotic significance and implications of textual play. The asymmetry between its innocent visage and the hints of deeper meaning evokes theorists of postmodern irony. Upon transmission, ":3" enters dialogic relations that imbue it with contextual valence beyond its basic denotation.
It signifies through apophasis - expressing more through what is not directly referenced or stated. The smirk underscores an ambivalence between genuineness and jest that reflects the problematics of virtual communication analyzed by Landow or Turkle. Whether intended sincerely or in jest, the sender relinquishes a measure of interpretive control to the receiver. Thus ":3" emerges as a Derridean trace - always deferred and differing according to the positions and preunderstandings that interlocutors bring.
The ":3" holds the ambivalent potential for cheeky subversion and sly subtweeting, all while maintaining an outward appearance of childish naivety. When others see you sending ":3" they know you are thinking on a higher level and reading between the lines. It is the emoji for the woke and aware.
It signifies through apophasis - expressing more through what is not directly referenced or stated. The smirk underscores an ambivalence between genuineness and jest that reflects the problematics of virtual communication analyzed by Landow or Turkle. Whether intended sincerely or in jest, the sender relinquishes a measure of interpretive control to the receiver. Thus ":3" emerges as a Derridean trace - always deferred and differing according to the positions and preunderstandings that interlocutors bring.
The ":3" holds the ambivalent potential for cheeky subversion and sly subtweeting, all while maintaining an outward appearance of childish naivety. When others see you sending ":3" they know you are thinking on a higher level and reading between the lines. It is the emoji for the woke and aware.
User 1: Hey, want to go catch that new movie this weekend?
User 2: I'd love to! :3
User 1: Sounds good, I'll get the tickets. Let me know what time works best for you.
User 2: Can't wait! :3
User 2: I'd love to! :3
User 1: Sounds good, I'll get the tickets. Let me know what time works best for you.
User 2: Can't wait! :3
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Within weeks, or even months, according to Nic, Jerry' said something that has offended Ejm, even tho that was a lie, she left the server. Even tho she was the temporarily owner, she left the server regardless of the consequences and the aftermath that would come right on in within that action, that single action that would make that game turn into an abiss. The entire team totally colapsed from the server, but Nic decided to ruin the server, deleting the rules and the verification channel (which was the ONLY way to get access to the full server.). They even banned, warned and kicked people for no reason, and they were ruining everything only because they were the classic "do what everyone does" type of person. Everything was shattered. That is how the gold days were just another memory to get in the back of your head and nothing else. The server was raided by it's own team, for no reason. All of the old team members left even before this event was going to happen, all of them left for the same reason. Stress, drama, overworking themselves, and so on. A lot of people were happy that Utmv went down, because it's staff was bad in general, tho it's owner had nothing to do with it, which made quite a few people get pity for him. The golden days were no more, and the nostalgic staff members were not to be found on the staff. This project might not be fully doomed, there may still be hope, but only time will tell.
Within weeks, or even months, according to Nic, Jerry' said something that has offended Ejm, even tho that was a lie, she left the server. Even tho she was the temporarily owner, she left the server regardless of the consequences and the aftermath that would come right on in within that action, that single action that would make that game turn into an abiss. The entire team totally colapsed from the server, but Nic decided to ruin the server, deleting the rules and the verification channel (which was the ONLY way to get access to the full server.). They even banned, warned and kicked people for no reason, and they were ruining everything only because they were the classic "do what everyone does" type of person. Everything was shattered. That is how the gold days were just another memory to get in the back of your head and nothing else. The server was raided by it's own team, for no reason. All of the old team members left even before this event was going to happen, all of them left for the same reason. Stress, drama, overworking themselves, and so on. A lot of people were happy that Utmv went down, because it's staff was bad in general, tho it's owner had nothing to do with it, which made quite a few people get pity for him. The golden days were no more, and the nostalgic staff members were not to be found on the staff. This project might not be fully doomed, there may still be hope, but only time will tell.
Person 3: Drama after Drama, When do you think it'll end?
Person 4: Soon enough, It will stop and everything will go back to normal.
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Person 4: Soon enough, It will stop and everything will go back to normal.
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