slrn emoji

[Leonard Blaisdell]

😀 I should have used alt.test, but I want to see if I can create a
emoji using slrn, and I'm already here. Did I? I'll know if I did.
Thank you for your patience, and carry on. ;) or 🤙🏻

leo

[Bruce]

On 12 Apr 2023 06:24:52 GMT, Leonard Blaisdell

Bravo!

[songbird]

i see a smiley. :) i don't go hunting for them to see
what i can type in for more... simple ascii does the trick
well enough for me.


songbird

[Sqwertz]

On 12 Apr 2023 06:24:52 GMT, Leonard Blaisdell wrote:

> �� I should have used alt.test, but I want to see if I can create a

> emoji using slrn, and I'm already here. Did I? I'll know if I did.

> Thank you for your patience, and carry on. ;) or ����

Emoji's are for little girls.

-sw

[Cindy Hamilton]

Unnecessary apostrophes are for greengrocers.

https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/greengrocer%27s_apostrophe

--
Cindy Hamilton

[itsjoan...@webtv.net]

YAY! 🤜🤛

[Bruce]

Ghe ghe.

[Sqwertz]

On Wed, 12 Apr 2023 21:06:59 GMT, Cindy Hamilton wrote:

> On 2023-04-12, Sqwertz <sqwe...@gmail.compost> wrote:
>> On 12 Apr 2023 06:24:52 GMT, Leonard Blaisdell wrote:
>>
>>> �� I should have used alt.test, but I want to see if I can create a
>>> emoji using slrn, and I'm already here. Did I? I'll know if I did.
>>> Thank you for your patience, and carry on. ;) or ����
>>
>> Emoji's are for little girls.
>
> Unnecessary apostrophes are for greengrocers.

Then since I have an extra, I wont need one here.

-sw

[Ed P]

I' bought' a bunch' on closeout' so' can' use' them' freely'

[Bruce]

Careful or you'll end up here:
<http://www.unnecessaryquotes.com/>

[Leonard Blaisdell]

> YAY! 🤜🤛


And a fist-bump to you! I noticed a couple replies that didn't evoke the
emojis.
"<ED><A0><BD><ED><B8><80>" and "������" for the happy face.

It must be a character set thing. They know who they are.

Oh, I found the "give the finger" and "pointing at you" emoji, but I can't
find the "poop" emoji. Sometimes, those could be useful, in order, for
one particular poster. ;)

[itsjoan...@webtv.net]

This one? 💩

[Bruce]

On 15 Apr 2023 01:51:39 GMT, Leonard Blaisdell

Tell me who it is and we can confront that person together!

[Leonard Blaisdell]

I don't see it. Possibly, because I run a Mac, Apple is trying to save
me from myself. Now, I'm going to try this as a 'spearmint, and it is in
no way directed toward you. :)

🖕🫵💩

I copied your emoji from above. It seems like a great way to release
emotion without swearing.

Good news for the group. I'm done with the 'spearmint and going back to
the keyboard.

[itsjoan...@webtv.net]

Mac's don't have emojis that you can right click on an area of the screen and you
get a box with different options? Some of the options are voice typing, emojis,
and paste.

[Leonard Blaisdell]

I haven't really researched emojis, but bringing up the emoji menu on a
current Mac is control-command-space bar. I learned that a couple of
days ago.
I just did a Siri-query and was directed to the Emojipedia. That's
enough for now. I'm an old dog. These are new tricks. ;)
You, GM and a couple of others made me curious, because I started seeing
emojis pop up on my newsreader, some time ago. I wondered if I could
send them. I can. Depending upon the newsreader character set, some
can't...I assume.

[Bruce]

On 15 Apr 2023 07:37:10 GMT, Leonard Blaisdell

I had to follow 20 minutes worth of very detailed instructions to be
able to produce emojis with my news reader. And I haven't used them in
RFC yet, but it should work 👍

[Leonard Blaisdell]

I can't say. Let's just call that three emoji combo a "fyb".

[Bruce]

On 15 Apr 2023 08:02:59 GMT, Leonard Blaisdell

<leobla...@sbcglobal.net> wrote:

>On 2023-04-15, Bruce <Br...@invalid.invalid> wrote:
>> On 15 Apr 2023 01:51:39 GMT, Leonard Blaisdell
>><leobla...@sbcglobal.net> wrote:
>
>>>Oh, I found the "give the finger" and "pointing at you" emoji, but I can't
>>>find the "poop" emoji. Sometimes, those could be useful, in order, for
>>>one particular poster. ;)
>
>> Tell me who it is and we can confront that person together!
>
>
>I can't say. Let's just call that three emoji combo a "fyb".

The first one is the f-bomb, the second one is "you" and the "b"
stands for "buddy"? I don't know who the person is. It can't be me
because I thought we were getting along pretty well, in spite of our
differences of opinion.

[Leonard Blaisdell]

On 2023-04-15, Bruce <Br...@invalid.invalid> wrote:

> I had to follow 20 minutes worth of very detailed instructions to be
> able to produce emojis with my news reader. And I haven't used them in
> RFC yet, but it should work 👍

It did, for some. I'm under the impression that it won't, for some.
I'm a bit sorry that I brought it up. I just thought that my newsreader
was archaic and wanted to try something new after wondering why I could
see emojis within it.
Let's go back to regular posting, shall we?

[Bruce]

On 15 Apr 2023 08:31:09 GMT, Leonard Blaisdell

Don't you like them?

[Leonard Blaisdell]

On 2023-04-15, Bruce <Br...@invalid.invalid> wrote:

> The first one is the f-bomb, the second one is "you" and the "b"
> stands for "buddy"? I don't know who the person is. It can't be me
> because I thought we were getting along pretty well, in spite of our
> differences of opinion.

No! No! No! The emoji combo means "For You Bruce". We're pals! See,
that's why I don't use emojis. They can be misinterpreted.

[Bruce]

On 15 Apr 2023 08:52:51 GMT, Leonard Blaisdell

Good one :)

[Thomas Joseph]

Leonard Blaisdell wrote:

> I haven't really researched emojis, but bringing up the emoji menu on a
> current Mac is control-command-space bar. I learned that a couple of
> days ago.

I have never used an emoji and hope never to do so, but I did test
your suggestion and it worked. I was not expecting it to work
because most things I try don't work, so I was pleasantly surprised.
Too bad it wasn't for something I actually care about. But still it
worked and that alone made me feel good - maybe for the rest
of the day.

[Bruce]

Happiness is found in the little things.

[GM]

Here is one that represents "Bruce", lol...

💩

--
GM

[Michael Trew]

Here's a print-screen to show what emoticons I can see from my 10+ year
old newsreader. Most of them don't render, but some less odd-ball ones
show up.

https://postimg.cc/xcDsf6Hv

[GM]

Gads, that's a clunky interface...

☺

--
GM

[itsjoan...@webtv.net]

On Sunday, April 16, 2023 at 12:30:08 PM UTC-5, Michael Trew wrote:
>

Ummmm, ok. 🤔

[Thomas Joseph]

Bruce wrote:

> Happiness is found in the little things.

I want to get down to the point where I need a microscope
to find happiness. Really small things. This way I can have
the happiness all for myself unless others are carrying around
microscopes too. As my life grows small around me, and
within me, I want to be able to find even smaller things in
which to find happiness. In particles of dirt and pieces of
dust beneath earths lawn.

[Thomas Joseph]

GM wrote:

> Here is one that represents "Bruce", lol...
>
> 💩

I'd have to magnify that a hundred times to know what it is,
and even then I might not know. Bruce is a negative annoyance,
hanging around waiting to complain about other people by
calling them complainers. But he responds to my posts so
I find myself unable and unwilling to unfriend the fool.

[Bruce]

On Sun, 16 Apr 2023 17:00:39 -0700 (PDT), Thomas Joseph
<jazee...@gmail.com> wrote:

>GM wrote:
>
>> Here is one that represents "Bruce", lol...
>>
>> 💩
>
>I'd have to magnify that a hundred times to know what it is,
>and even then I might not know. Bruce is a negative annoyance,
>hanging around waiting to complain about other people by
>calling them complainers.

At least I don't go around saying that I want to see people killed or
raped, like your chum you're talking to here. Bloody retard.

[Thomas Joseph]

Bruce wrote:

> At least I don't go around saying that I want to see people killed or
> raped, like your chum you're talking to here. Bloody retard.

You're right, he is more nuts than us. More nuts then me, that's
for sure. I don't want to see people killed raped, I only want to
read about it. It's more relaxing that way. I don't like getting too
close to the screen of life. Know what I mean? Some might say
I'm GM but without GMs guts. But then we really don't know GM,
do we? I'll bet he's not at all for watching a bunch of people getting
slaughtered and raped. He may even not want to see it on film.
But reading about it is different. It goes down easy. You can always
fling the paper down and walk away. Plus if anyone asks why you
didn't do something to stop the violence you can always say, "Because
I wasn't there, man - I only read about it." That's my approach. But
when I am there I do sometimes do something about it. I have saved
people from getting hurt, more than just once. But to read about it
in papers would not bother me as much.

I am a vicarious vulture

[dsi1]

Here's some info on this, pal. I don't mind helping you out because you're probably not a super-computer genius like some people claim to be on rfc. I don't find it to be "fun" probably because I'm no longer silly or "kicky" any more. These days, I'm as serious as a heart attack.

💩 Pile of Poo
Emoji Meaning
A swirl of brown poop, shaped like soft-serve ice cream with large, excited eyes and a big, friendly smile.

May be used to represent feces and other bathroom topics as well as stand in for their many related slang terms. It also enjoys a wide range of idiosyncratic applications, such as conveying a sense of whimsy or silliness, given its fun, happy expression.

Microsoft and Google previously depicted a literal pile of feces, Google’s design featuring stink lines and flies hovering above it.

[GM]

Do you have those "squat" toilets in your condo, like you had back in the Old Nipponese Home Islands, Unca Tojo...???


💩 <<<== some "whimsy" for Unca Tojo

🚾<<<== a squat tollet for Unca Tojo

😎 <<<== "Cool as a cucumber GM"

--
GM

[Bruce]

On Sun, 16 Apr 2023 17:18:39 -0700 (PDT), dsi1
<dsi...@hawaiiantel.net> wrote:

>Here's some info on this, pal. I don't mind helping you out because you're probably not a super-computer genius like some people claim to be on rfc. I don't find it to be "fun" probably because I'm no longer silly or "kicky" any more. These days, I'm as serious as a heart attack.
>
>💩 Pile of Poo
>Emoji Meaning
>A swirl of brown poop, shaped like soft-serve ice cream with large, excited eyes and a big, friendly smile.
>
>May be used to represent feces and other bathroom topics as well as stand in for their many related slang terms. It also enjoys a wide range of idiosyncratic applications, such as conveying a sense of whimsy or silliness, given its fun, happy expression.
>
>Microsoft and Google previously depicted a literal pile of feces, Google’s design featuring stink lines and flies hovering above it.

Hey dsi1, did I hit a nerve when I said you're a psychologically
damaged man with an inferiority complex? I thought you'd be relieved.
It's your coming out, man! Embrace the truth!

[Thomas Joseph]

dsi1 wrote:

> Here's some info on this, pal. I don't mind helping you out because you're probably not a super-computer genius like some people claim to be on rfc. I don't find it to be "fun" probably because I'm no longer silly or "kicky" any more. These days, I'm as serious as a heart attack.
>
> 💩 Pile of Poo
> Emoji Meaning
> A swirl of brown poop, shaped like soft-serve ice cream with large, excited eyes and a big, friendly smile.
>
> May be used to represent feces and other bathroom topics as well as stand in for their many related slang terms. It also enjoys a wide range of idiosyncratic applications, such as conveying a sense of whimsy or silliness, given its fun, happy expression.
>
> Microsoft and Google previously depicted a literal pile of feces, Google’s design featuring stink lines and flies hovering above it.

I understand the purpose of emojis, I'm just not a fan no matter how "Idiosyncratic"
their "applications" might be. If people want to use emojis to express themselves
that's fine with me. I'm not going to war over it. But I don't typically pay attention
to them. I also tend, most of the time, to give short shrift to quotes from famous
people used at the end of posts to somehow verify their importance. I clicked on
a few keys as someone suggested the other day to see a list of emojis suddenly
appear on the screen. I was not expecting it to work. Anyway, to me they all sort
of looked alike no matter what they were designed to represent, as one guy
invented them all and will one day be as popular and renowned as Van Gogh or
Picasso to the point where experts are called in to verify the emoji work as legit.
Just like with jewels or paper money, delicate eye magnifiers will be used by
professional emoji experts hired to verify their source. "Is it a phony or do
you think the 'real guy' did this one?"

[Thomas Joseph]

Bruce wrote:

> Hey dsi1, did I hit a nerve when I said you're a psychologically
> damaged man with an inferiority complex? I thought you'd be relieved.
> It's your coming out, man! Embrace the truth!

Man, what a waste of words you just now directed at dsi1 when a single
emoji could have covered it all. But it has to be a top notch emoji created
by a top notch emoji master. They exist but they cost a bunch. In the
meantimes you'll have to be satisfied with common emojis used by other
people. The day will come when emojis are more than enough to properly
express our thoughts. Words are flawed, we all know that. They are on
their way out. Eventually even emojis will disappear as we evolve to the
point where we are able to communicate telepathically before evolving
further into a state where communication is not needed at all and is
considered an intrusion on our serene solitude.

[dsi1]

Absolutely not. You're not clever or insightful enough to see what I'm thinking. People of Hawaii aren't like the native people of your land that you look down upon - those people you treat like dogs and slaves. We are a proud but humble people. Mostly, I'm aggravated at people that ask a never ending series of stupid questions merely to initiate and sustain engagement. That's a waste of my valuable time. I won't let people steal my time.

[GM]

Sheesh, Unca Tojo is SUCH a GROUCH...!!!

:-\

--
GM

[Bruce]

On Sun, 16 Apr 2023 19:43:31 -0700 (PDT), dsi1

I don't look down upon anyone. That's just your damaged victim brain
talking.

[dsi1]

What we're witnessing (and you're ignoring) is the evolution of language into a phase made possible by the cell phone. My guess is that in the future, people will communicate with each other in pigeon using words from different countries and emojis - or I could be completely wrong.

[dsi1]

Your racism is so deeply ingrained in you that you're completely blind to it. You just think it's people having a little fun.

https://stuffdutchpeoplelike.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/11/sinterklaas.png

[Hank Rogers]

Hahahahahaha ... Look whose talking.

[Bruce]

Yep, the world's on the verge of a breakthrough. Soon, very soon,
we'll all be speaking Hawaiian Pidgin.

[Bruce]

On Sun, 16 Apr 2023 20:14:14 -0700 (PDT), dsi1

You can seek help or stay miserable for the rest of your life, Mr
Aloha. I hope you choose the first option.

[GM]

And all this over a lil' pile of poo...

Fer shame...!!!

--
GM

[dsi1]

Your mind tricks don't work on me. That's the breaks.
Yoose gets the last word - you lucky bastard!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LMfLNqWk4_0

[GM]

"Forget the power of technology and science, for so much has been forgotten, never to be re-learned...

Forget the promise of progress and understanding, for in the grim dark future there is only war...

There is no peace amongst the stars, only an eternity of carnage and slaughter, and the laughter of thirsting gods...

In the grim darkness of the far future, there is only war..."

🆘

--
GM

[Michael Trew]

Meh, it works well, and I know where the buttons are. Same version of
Thunderbird which houses my e-mail.

> ☺

Your teeny-tiny alien above is visible!

[Michael Trew]

Nope, that one is no good either. Oh well, I'll have to just guess, haha.

[cshenk]

None of them show on my system. No biggie.

[Leonard Blaisdell]

On 2023-04-16, Michael Trew <michae...@att.net> wrote:

> Here's a print-screen to show what emoticons I can see from my 10+ year
> old newsreader. Most of them don't render, but some less odd-ball ones
> show up.

> https://postimg.cc/xcDsf6Hv

Your newsreader converts some emoticons into emojis. I had typed a ";"
and a ")", and your reader created a winkey face emoji. Your newsreader
rendered the actual emojis I used into those rectangular blocks.
I have always typed emoticons in the past. In general, I will keep
that up in the future.
You should be able to read :), :( and ;) as emojis, but I typed them as
two character emoticons.
I'm pretty sure you have a cellphone. That's where emojis thrive.
But you knew that.

[Michael Trew]

Yes, the standard text ones all work well. Leo, the funny thing is,
that I used to work for Apple Care tech support, as recently as 2016.
It's funny, because I still don't have a smart phone; yet I can probably
still troubleshoot them -- just don't ask me anything about an Android
phone!

I must have done well, because I was promoted to supporting Mac
computers within months, which are much more complex beasts than the
mobile phones. (I've still don't have a Mac). I'd probably still work
there, had Apple not ended the contract with the vendor I worked for.

[Thomas Joseph]

dsi1 wrote:

> What we're witnessing (and you're ignoring) is the evolution of
language into a phase made possible by the cell phone. My guess
is that in the future, people will communicate with each other in
pigeon using words from different countries and emojis - or I could
be completely wrong.

I don't care one way or the other. I roll with the times a lot
easier than you want to believe. I have all my life. I'm just
saying the emoji is just more dumbing down in Blurbsville,
like on Facebook when someone announces a death in the
family and the same set of condolences pour in from all: "She
will be missed." "Our prayers are with you", and so forth, on
down the line. Now in these cases I can see emojis as being
just as good if not better than the words. I am a fair minded
person. I can type 70 minutes a minute. That's nothing special
but faster than most. I sometimes forget how much of a chore
it might be for some people to type their thoughts. Some may
struggle to write a small paragraph, so from them it's a gift to
others. I get it. But the emojis as they stand right now suck.
They are very unimaginative but serve a purpose in a world
were people don't really want to communicate but do so
sparingly to keep a long line of people on hold for when the
mood strikes. I don't give a shit what they do with the language.
I'm no grammarian. Go with the flow. I just think the emojis
lack imagination, just like the people who use them.

[Thomas Joseph]

dsi1 wrote:

> What we're witnessing (and you're ignoring) is the evolution of language into a phase made possible by the cell phone. My guess is that in the future, people will communicate with each other in pigeon using words from different countries and emojis - or I could be completely wrong.

You say that a lot: "And you are ignoring." Why do you say I'm
ignoring something? Simply because I didn't mention it. I am not
ignoring anything and am as much in tune with what's going down
in this world, if not more so. What is your problem? Can't you respond
without the insults all the time? You are an overly defensive bunker-
mentality type person masquerading as a free and open laid-back
man of the earth.

[dsi1]

You did indeed mention it:

"If people want to use emojis to express themselves that's fine with me. I'm not going to war over it. But I don't typically pay attention to them."

In my book not paying attention to something means you're ignoring something.
I understand that you sometimes like to be on both sides of an issue but I don't blame me if I don't know what the fuck you're trying to say.

[Thomas Joseph]

dsi1 wrote:

Thomas Joseph wrote:


> You did indeed mention it:

> "If people want to use emojis to express themselves that's fine with me.
> I'm not going to war over it. But I don't typically pay attention to them."

> In my book not paying attention to something means you're ignoring something.

> I understand that you sometimes like to be on both sides of an issue but don't

> blame me if I don't know what the fuck you're trying to say.

Wow, you're really desperate for an argument, aren't you? Interpreting
words as you see fit in order to validate an argument. I see my words
as you quoted them as pretty tame. Even level headed. Come on man,
be honest for a change - you know very well when a person says they
don't "typically pay attention" to something, it doesn't mean they never
paid it any mind to it at all. I have seen enough emojis to know I don't
care for them. I'm not trying to have them outlawed or voting for those
who use them to be summarily executed. If you don't know what I'm
saying there's a good chance it's because you don't want to. Either
that or maybe I just don't have anything to say. Whatever. It's not
just you - it's almost all of you, very hung up on factoids and technical
bullshit most of the time - incapable or unwilling or most likely unable
to use your imagination. You've got one, you know. It may be weak
from misuse, but I'm guessing you've got one. Not as good as mine
though. I'm an intuitive scientist, man - I flow on vibes, not a bunch
of words although I admit I do enjoy using them. So fucking what?