cilantro wrote:...in the history of humanity no one has ever used an emoticon to indicate genuine anger.

Cilantro, just so you know, when I saw your frowny, angry emoticon in your first post on the topic, I actually did think you were pissed off. I saw the misrepresentation of the word "Gaylord" that you were getting at, and expected to see either a smiley emoticon or no emoticon at all. But when I saw the emoticon you used, I thought, "Hold on...I think he's serious!"

You might be right that in the history of humanity no writer has ever used an emoticon to indicate genuine anger, but in the history of humanity some readers have thought that it indicated genuine anger. I know, because it just happened.

I apologize for any misunderstanding, then.

Soooo....was the portion size satisfactory, jleblanc05?

riddlemay wrote:

cilantro wrote:...in the history of humanity no one has ever used an emoticon to indicate genuine anger.

Cilantro, just so you know, when I saw your frowny, angry emoticon in your first post on the topic, I actually did think you were pissed off. I saw the misrepresentation of the word "Gaylord" that you were getting at, and expected to see either a smiley emoticon or no emoticon at all. But when I saw the emoticon you used, I thought, "Hold on...I think he's serious!"

You might be right that in the history of humanity no writer has ever used an emoticon to indicate genuine anger, but in the history of humanity some readers have thought that it indicated genuine anger. I know, because it just happened.

Let me just say that cilantro is the king/queen of snark, and all LTHers would be well advised to assume anything he/she says is a joke.

Me, I think cilantro's posts are among the funniest on the site. A great diversion.