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No patronizing. I loved it.
What the hell? Sorry, as a terminally online sorry sack of shit I've been trained to see emoticons purely as code for sarcasm.
Sorry, I'm a millennial who grew up with emoticons B-), so when emoji came along 😎, I've loved using them every since. But I realize among most crowds they can come across as not very serious, lol. If you know me, all my emoji make perfect sense. 😅
I'm old too, how did you get this far without the crutch of irony?
Oh I use plenty of irony. I just use it very obviously. "You'll know 🤡🙃🤪" when I use it. Also highly contextual. Sometimes I won't need to use formatting or emoji, the context and knowing me will be enough.