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It seems you understand my point.

I take your point, as demonstrated here, that even straightforward written language can be completely misunderstood, and that emoji might help alleviate that, though how they could help in the particular case here is not clear to me.

GGP asserted that if I participate here, where emoji are forbidden, that implies they aren’t as useful as I think they are.

I provide equally ridiculous examples of how engagement in a venue that restricts things has no bearing on whether or not those things are generally useful. It simply means that society has agreed those things aren’t appropriate in every context.

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