Originally posted by Cirque
I find that if your message is written well then its more concise.
Grrrr, are you saying my messages are incomprehensible!? X(
<--- I\'m kidding see Originally posted by Cirque
1337 speak and those things is no mans land.
I don\'t think you\'ll have any argument from anybody here on that one

I do find smilies a necessary and useful tool though. So much of our communication lies in visual things like gestures, facial expression and voice intonation, those things are totally lost in short messages, such as those in a forum or text message. Smilies are a good way of providing us with those non-verbal forms of language and communication in a social environment such as this, and can often help a reader get a better understanding of exactly what the author of the message is saying, and can sometimes avoid nasty misunderstandings.
Anyway, I totally digress off topic...