Oiconomia@feddit.de to Memes@lemmy.mlEnglish · edit-21 year agoThere's more reasons to feel old than just old memesfeddit.deimagemessage-square235fedilinkarrow-up11.56Karrow-down128
arrow-up11.54Karrow-down1imageThere's more reasons to feel old than just old memesfeddit.deOiconomia@feddit.de to Memes@lemmy.mlEnglish · edit-21 year agomessage-square235fedilink
minus-squareDigestive_BiscuitlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·1 year agoI’ve never thought about that. Could it be because :) became the shortcut for emoji?
minus-squaresupremeloser@lemmy.sdf.orglinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·1 year 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 = )