contentbot@lemmy.caB to Cool Guides@lemmy.caEnglish · 4 months agoA cool guide to Japanese Emoticonsi.redd.itimagemessage-square40fedilinkarrow-up1394arrow-down124file-textcross-posted to: coolguides@lemmit.online
arrow-up1370arrow-down1imageA cool guide to Japanese Emoticonsi.redd.itcontentbot@lemmy.caB to Cool Guides@lemmy.caEnglish · 4 months agomessage-square40fedilinkfile-textcross-posted to: coolguides@lemmit.online
minus-squarecordlesslamplinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2arrow-down5·4 months agoThis is just what we use before the days of smartphones. And it’s definitely not something exclusive to Japan nor invented in Japan.
minus-squareRoger Mexico@mas.tolinkfedilinkarrow-up11·4 months ago@cordlesslamp @partybot They sure were invented there. North American style were sideways. :) #old
minus-squarecordlesslamplinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·edit-24 months agoAt least in southeast Asia, teenagers has been doing that since the late 90s - early 2000s (I was one of them). AFAIK, the Japanese emoticons use a lot of Japanese characters (letters?). For example, ／(=✪㉨✪=)＼ or (ﾉ´ヮ`)ﾉ*: ･ﾟ
This is just what we use before the days of smartphones. And it’s definitely not something exclusive to Japan nor invented in Japan.
@cordlesslamp @partybot They sure were invented there. North American style were sideways. :) #old
At least in southeast Asia, teenagers has been doing that since the late 90s - early 2000s (I was one of them).
AFAIK, the Japanese emoticons use a lot of Japanese characters (letters?). For example, ／(=✪㉨✪=)＼ or (ﾉ´ヮ`)ﾉ*: ･ﾟ