Say What You Really Mean with Downloadable Cindy Sherman Emoticons — openculture.com

As the world becomes increasingly dependent on virtual communication, the potential for misunderstanding is ever present. I resisted the use of emoticons and stickers at first. They struck me as the pictorial equivalent of LOL. If that’s the best you can manage, why try at all? I’ve since reversed my position. Several things contributed to this change in attitude: By curating my emotions and Facebook stickers carefully, I’ve cobbled together a visual shorthand vocabulary that works for me. It’s a matter of self respect. (And self preservation. My wardrobe’s already running afoul of the Secret Internet Police. Why give them ammo to accuse me of unseemly clinging to a long gone sticker-obsessed girlhood?)

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