Leah asks:
what is your stance on emoticons, and are there ones you favor? What about emojis? I prefer emoticons, for the record, but maybe it’s because I like to kick it old school.
#1: Gchat used to have these super cool emoticons that would move and turn around after you made them. So the less than 3 would rotate and fill into a pink heart. The winky face would wink at you. And so on. (Especially the secret hidden ones like the monkey and rock on and stuff.) Those were the best.
#2: Emojis are silly and sometimes fun. I use them sometimes for ridiculousness. I prefer emoticons like you, as I am what you might call ancient school.
Grumpy Rumblings (of the formerly untenured) 
October 26, 2018 at 4:02 am
Raise your hand if you used to do CALKULASHUNZ on your red led calculator display to make it say swear words. WHO’S OLD SCHOOL NOW? HUH!? 😹😹😹
October 26, 2018 at 11:47 am
BOOBS
October 26, 2018 at 12:03 pm
TEE! HEE!
October 26, 2018 at 12:04 pm
Don’t you mean 58008?
October 26, 2018 at 5:29 am
ummmm old school really ~~~ slide rule………..
October 26, 2018 at 9:11 am
Loltruth!
October 26, 2018 at 1:09 pm
Yeah. I learned on slide rule and trig tables—getting a scientific calculator as a graduation present from college was a big deal! It was the HP-45, so not the first model, but still very expensive: “It was introduced in 1973 with an MSRP of $395 (equivalent to $2,178 in 2017).” [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/HP-45]
I use neither emoticons nor emoji—words and standard punctuation are enough for me.
October 26, 2018 at 6:05 am
Shrug emoticon, everything else emoji.
October 26, 2018 at 7:35 am
October 26, 2018 at 12:24 pm
UGH