driftfleet | text. this is all just one big sin and i must go to confessional goodbye

Who: Jarvis and you
Broadcast: Fleetwide
Action: N/A (unless you have an idea for something!!)
When: Now-ish. Before everything goes horribly later for us all.

Oh, I've finally figured this whole texting thing out; quite an incredible thing, electronic writing! ヽ(´▽`)/

I do miss the smell of fresh paper and the way ink settles on paper as you write, but I cannot deny this is positively enjoyable.

Look at what a young gentleman from the last waystation had shown me. They are all the craze in Japan, I've been told! o(^▽^)o

The idea is using symbols to create faces. (♥o♥)

A means of conveying emotion without relying solely on punctuation or italics or what have you.

I feel so very old already, and I'm not even 40!! ⊙﹏⊙ I suppose I'll be very old myself when these things finally start to evolve.

ヾ(・ω・*)ノ Please tell me, from those in later years, what sort of changes to writing has happened since the 1940's? The progress is so very impressive.

If you will excuse me! I must complete my ᕙ(⇀‸↼‶)ᕗ daily gym visit, but I will reply ASAP.

As soon as possible, that is. :))))

♥(ˆ⌣ˆԅ)

(╭ರᴥ•́) I believe this one is a dog in a monocle.

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I suppose too much of anything would drive one mad.

Fortunately, we are in the deepest reaches of space! ☆=(ゝω･)/

And fortunately, it doesn't seem to be very popular here. Little victories.

I think it's a shame!

They're very adorable. And cheery! ヽ(´▽`)/

I don't know about that. If the person behind the screen isn't a cutesy girl, it's the opposite of adorable.

Now why is that!

Aren't they for expression??

Sure, all right, I'll retract my statement - Cutesy girl of any age or a high school boy.

... I don't understand how age plays into leaving little faces on messages.

Those are the ones most likely to use them, that's all. Every once in a while you get people who are in neither category who use them specifically to be annoying. Spamming them.