I love that a person can say nasty things about another person so long as it’s followed with “Bless his/her heart” or “God love ‘em”. For example: I could say that ‘Joe Smith is dumber than a box of rocks God love him’ and it’s perfectly acceptable because I wish God’s love on him. Or I could say that ‘Jane gets around more than a travelling salesman, bless her heart’ and again, I’m A-OK to say such things.
As we all know, we are living in the age of technology and along with that comes the oh-so-overused emoticons. These emoticons are the down fall of communication as we know it. The “:)” has taken the place of “God love ‘em” as an “okay” to say mean things. Believe me, when someone says that ‘I’m not the sharpest tool in the shed’ I’d far rather it be followed with a wish for blessings on my heart than a “:)”. Somehow, it just isn’t as heartfelt for an insult or public mockery to be followed with a dreaded smiley face.
Now, to digress back to public mockery: don’t, for the love of pete, reply to all and make a snide correction of grammar (especially when it isn’t wrong. Trite, maybe, but not errant) and follow it with the “:)” to make it ok. It is not ok to point out an irritant in front of a panel of peers, or worse, a panel of superiors. It only makes you look like a dumb ass bully (God love ya).
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Comment by With This Diet I Lost Thirty Póunds in Only a Month — May 6, 2009 @ 1:36 pm |
EMOTICONS SUCK
Comment by T-nigs — October 12, 2009 @ 2:49 am |