Oh dear, can someone please explain emojis and how to use them?

[Deleted member 47099]

Sigh. I'm too dumb to figure this out. I don't even know the difference between a smilie and an emoji.

Do I need to learn them all off by heart now? Like a times tables of facial expressions with commands attached to them??

:confused:

Edit:

ooooh I tried typing confused with 2 :

(still confused tho)

 

[Deleted member 47099]

Okay, I have just found a cheat sheet for emojis

Emoji cheat sheet for GitHub, Basecamp and other services

eg

:frog: frog
:camel: camel
:hamster: hamster

I think I'm too old for this stuffffff :flushed:

Edit: except they don't seem to work..... :confused:

 

[Deleted member 47099]

So out of all these, why does only "confused" work??

:bowtie:
:smile:
:confused:
:simple_smile:
:laughing:
:blush:
:smiley:
:relaxed:
:smirk:
:heart_eyes:
:kissing_heart:
:kissing_closed_eyes:
:flushed:
:relieved:
:satisfied:
:grin:
:wink:
:stuck_out_tongue_winking_eye:
:stuck_out_tongue_closed_eyes:
:grinning:
:kissing:
:kissing_smiling_eyes:
:stuck_out_tongue:

 

[Deleted member 47099]

@somerandomguy and @Sietz you seem to know what you are doing re emojis... any advice for me re the above? ^^

 

[somerandomguy]

:laugh:

 

[somerandomguy]

Those don't appear to be the original names is why. The above is : laugh : not laughing.

 

[Deleted member 47099]

Those don't appear to be the original names is why. The above is : laugh : not laughing.

How do you know tho?
Is there a list?

 

[somerandomguy]

Also note that the way that it looks in preview is not what will appear on the post. The old smilies will all appear at the bottom for some reason. That's a bug.

 

[somerandomguy]

Is there a list?

Not that I know of. I just remember the best ones like :coffee: :bored: :wtf:

 

[Deleted member 47099]

Sigh
Can we make a list?

 

[somerandomguy]

Also the new emojis like ???? etc can be copied and pasted, unlike the old smilies!

 

[somerandomguy]

The ones I used above are coffee, bored, and wtf.