Real Men Don't Use Emojis

[Professor Moriarty]

My favorite blogger is of the opinion that men should never use emojis, especially heart and kissy emojis.
I use them when texting female relatives or friends. Chicks dig them. But do they think I'm femme for using them?
What is you opinion on this pressing matter.

 

[captainsousie]

Bolshevik!

 

[Servant King]

I'm not against them, per se. I'm more opposed to calling them emojis.

Aw dammit, I just said it, didn't I?

 

[Richmond B. Funkenhouser]

I've never used one.

I'll click the like, love, or laugh button on here.

But I've never used one in a text.


Edit:

Nope!

I have used one. I've used the thumbs up when my phone suggest it sometimes.

I've stopped though. I realized that I don't know how it's perceived.

 

[jpmcwjr]

Couldn't agree more: They don't belong in forums.
I use them in text messages with close friends only, but as an adjunct, not in place of words!

 

[jpmcwjr]

Originally, this was listed as soft serve chocolate ice cream!

 

[telescopes]

 

[Professor Moriarty]

where do people get that animated pipe smoker emoji? Do you copy and paste it from somewhere?

 

[BingBong]

I used Nokias way into the smartphone age; emojis in text messages used to come up as squares, devoid of any meaning but "something non alphanumeric". Oh the wonderful miscommunication that caused - some messages were simply a string of squares. The good old days.

 

[karam]

What is you opinion on this pressing matter.

My opinion is to disregard anything following the "real X don't Y" formula :*

 

[Uguccione]

What is you opinion on this pressing matter?

that it's a huge load of bullshit.

 

[HeavyLeadBelly]

My favorite blogger is of the opinion that men should never use emojis, especially heart and kissy emojis.
I use them when texting female relatives or friends. Chicks dig them. But do they think I'm femme for using them?
What is you opinion on this pressing matter.

lol sounds like a combination of insecurity and toxic masculinity. I honestly don’t care if people use emojis or not but find it silly that someone would question a person’s masculinity over it. SMH <3

 

[cosmicfolklore]

I am not about to start sending you guys kisses and heart emojis, ha ha. But, I also tend to think guys who tell other men what is manly and unmanly lack that thing which makes us men.

I use the emoji when I post something that the critically weak might not understand is either sarcastic or meant to be ironic. But, history has shown that most guys don't understand or take visual ques well. So, I suggest that if someone is an engineer, just go ahead and save yourself some stress and block me. You won't understand my humor, and I get tired of explaining things that are a step above stupid puns or dad jokes.

 

[telescopes]

where do people get that animated pipe smoker emoji? Do you copy and paste it from somewhere?

 

[HeavyLeadBelly]

 

[pantsBoots]

My favorite blogger is of the opinion that men should never use emojis, especially heart and kissy emojis.
I use them when texting female relatives or friends. Chicks dig them. But do they think I'm femme for using them?
What is you opinion on this pressing matter.

Sounds like Andrew Tate or one of those other "here's what it's like to be a real man" types whose demographic is males that grew up without a dad around.

I don't like emojis, but I have noticed women seem to like them and respond in texts. If I'm flirting with or dating a girl, I use them because they like them. I'm aware not all women are the same, but this has been my experience with Gen X and Millennial women.

 

[ThermionicScott]

This man uses emojis pretty much every damn day.

 

[The Libertine]

I use them when interacting with my clients. Most are gen z so it comes across as familiar. I never use them in conversations with my colleagues.

 

[MattRVA]

I use them but usually feel foolish for doing so. Haha

 

[walkingpipeguy]

I use emojis sometimes when texting women. It helps to convey "tone of voice" in written form. Without them, women sometimes have a habit of reading a tone into things that wasn't intended, so emojis can help with that.