Seriously, the huge amount of smilies are among the biggest reasons I post.
"*Boring thread...* *Boring Thread...*:zz:"
"Oeh!:yuush: In this boring thread I can use a smiley I never used before:want:, LETS POST IN THERE!:rofl:"
So yeah, good work, Crayo.
...And that other guy with the long name. :tongue:
I also think the smilies give the written text an extra dimension when read:blush:. That's fun.:X3:
Oh, god, I do.
When I'm supposed to write something serious it's just so unbelievably hard for me not to use them.
I love expressing emotion, and the smilies are also very well made, so I love looking at them as a designer, too.
It's due to the wrong assumption that showing emotion by using smilies is unprofessional.
People tend to connect professionalism with shallowness, dullness. There's little room for emotion in that 'ideology'.
However, this is strictly a case of mind of matter. If you don't mind, it doesn't matter.