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[Mills Chapman]

Hello everybody. Is it just me, or does the inclusion of emoticons, whether it is one or multiple, at the end of a joke weaken - or perhaps even ruin - the humor of a joke? When I see emoticons at a joke's end, it's sort of telling me what to feel and implying that I won't obtain that feeling on my own and need help. It doesn't give me any time to let my laughter be triggered from within. I guess I like dry humor, where someone can tell a joke with only text.

That being said, I find that a great way to pick out one's jokes to read is to give a quick scan over the replies to see if any of them end with



That's the benchmark of quality.

[Nexties]

Mills Chapman

You should have already cracked up several hundred microseconds before your brain signaled your eyes look at the emoticon.

Unless you are looking at the emoticon before reading the joke.
Or unless the joke just wasn't that funny to begin with.
Or unless you may have had a little too much to drink.
Or unless you are stabbing yourself in the leg with a fork.

[Mills Chapman]

Hi Nexties. I think the yellow color of the emoticon draws my eye in before I get a chance to go through the text.

Either that or I'm a pouring a fork so my leg can drink.

Welcome to the forum by the way. That deserves a

[Brent2403]

Hi Nexties. I think the yellow color of the emoticon draws my eye in before I get a chance to go through the text.

Either that or I'm a pouring a fork so my leg can drink.

Welcome to the forum by the way. That deserves a

Mills - you are contradicting yourself now by adding an emotion onto the end of your post

[Mills Chapman]

Hi Nexties. I think the yellow color of the emoticon draws my eye in before I get a chance to go through the text.

Either that or I'm a pouring a fork so my leg can drink.

Welcome to the forum by the way. That deserves a

Mills - you are contradicting yourself now by adding an emotion onto the end of your post

Brent,

Almost, pal, but I said that emoticons in replies are great. They are a quick way to size up the joke at the top of the thread without having to read it. If all five replies end with , one can safely assume that the joke is going to be great and worth one's time.

On the other hand, I think emoticons in the first post - usually the joke - are bad because it is like a person laughing while telling the punchline. Those who tell jokes while laughing ruin it for the rest of us.