emoticons (and texting)?

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Someone in school told me that I sound really rude and angry when I text because I don't use a lot of emoticons. She said that giving a one-word answer like "yes" to a simple question is not the correct answer. I'm really confused here. How is "yep :DDDD" any better than "yes"? Do you use lots of emoticons when you text?

I usually use emoticons that are simple. at the end like for instance my friend will say "Ket, im at the mall, where the hell are you?" and ill answer if im at home "ive been asleep -_-" or " argh s**t >.< i forgot >.<" or "we never arranged to meet up -_-'' but how about tomorrow ^-^ "

Or ill get "ket are u coming?" and ill be like "yeah!! ! XD"

I use these mainly: =) =( =/ =D =P xD xP XD XP >.< -_- -_____-
but there are a lot of other types of emoticons that can express how you are feeling in your head. it helps if u really like anime =P

I use a lot.

I use them a lot, but it is not becuase I enjoy it! I like to use them so that people use them with me. Then I know if they are angry with me or happy with me. A text message with no emotions can be intensely frustrating because there is no tone. What I find annoying is people who punctuate with "lol". Are they really laughing?

Well, I don't text. I also don't like phone calls because I can't see if they have a smile or a frown (that's the extent of my face-reading). I text someone maybe once a month?

I like it when NTs use lots of emoticons. Whenever I get an emoticonless text, I must take several hours to figure out whether they are incredibly upset with me or apathetic or if I'm just over-thinking it. Usually all 3.