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Emojis As A Form Of Communication

Stop the fighting and use emojis.

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Emojis As A Form Of Communication
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Emojis have become a part of our generation. Everyone, including adults, uses emojis either in text messages or to update social media. In my opinion, emojis are pretty serious because there are over three hundred emojis for you to choose from. And of course we can't forget about the different skin tones! Now if you can't change the way people communicate, you can at least make it better. And I believe emojis help with that.

For me, the main reason I use emojis are to express how I'm feeling. My top emojis are the laughing crying emoji, blowing kiss emoji, hair flick emoji, and annoyed emoji. I use these the most because they represent my personality and express what emotion I'm feeling with that particular conversation. There have been plenty of times where I'm trying to have a serious conversation and the person I'm talking to thinks I'm angry at them because I'm not using emojis. If I'm trying to talk about something serious, I won't sit there and send you emojis because in some cases, they take away from the context of the conversation.

Now on the other side of the argument, there are people out there who say: "Just pick up the phone and call them like we used to!" Although that is a valid point and I try to talk on the phone as much as I can, it's not always easy. For instance, if I'm at work (where I'm allowed to text, but not call), I will text you instead of call you because that's the easier form of communication for me. But on the other hand, if I ever get into an argument with my friend or boyfriend, expect a phone call from me because I don't fight over text. All it does is stir up more drama and then the fight will never end.

Although some people text way too much, I believe a lot of the time it's the best form of communication because you are able to keep doing what you're doing without having to hold the phone to your ear. Now they even have voice control such as Siri and Google Now where you can send text messages by just talking to your phone. With my generation, texting has gotten overused and people will use it as the only form of communication and no matter how many times I say I'm not like that, I'm only one person. Every single one of us makes up this generation so just because I think one way doesn't make me right.

As you can see, the argument goes back and forth. I have personally seen people get into fights about it. The front of the argument may be ridiculous by the underlying issue is there. So what do you think: emojis help conversations or should we still call someone when we want to have a conversation?

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