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[Helgoland]

Seriously Gawker, why do you randomly have a gif of Miley Cyrus grinding herself from that twerking show on the sidebar?

Right.. 'popular on kinja' whatever that is.

fixed your link~

What are the meaning, origin, and other applicable facts of the "tilde as punctuation" thing people on the internet do?

I guess it's basically an expression of friendlyness, like a crossover between and .
I have weird reservations about , I only use it when I'm really, really happy/grateful/whatever. And for explaining stuff, I guess~

[Graknorke]

I'm beginning to feel like I have some kind of mini bi-polar disorder.

I keep having it where, for no reason, over the course of a day every so often, I'll be happy. Then sad, then happy...

Nah, that's normal human stuff. Bi-polar disorder is massive shifts that happen over months.

[Owlbread]

It's not "mini bipolar", you are just experiencing mood swings.

[Descan]

, especially the text-based version, always looked so very insincere to me. :/

[Graknorke]

, especially the text-based version, always looked so very insincere to me. :/

I wonder why that is. It's okay, I'm sure you can figure it out

[Dutchling]

, especially the text-based version, always looked so very insincere to me. :/

I agree

[MetalSlimeHunt]

I'm beginning to feel like I have some kind of mini bi-polar disorder.

I keep having it where, for no reason, over the course of a day every so often, I'll be happy. Then sad, then happy...

Nah, that's normal human stuff. Bi-polar disorder is massive shifts that happen over months.

Well, all mental disorders have a basis in normal behavior, so he's not completely wrong.

[10ebbor10]

I'm beginning to feel like I have some kind of mini bi-polar disorder.

I keep having it where, for no reason, over the course of a day every so often, I'll be happy. Then sad, then happy...

Nah, that's normal human stuff. Bi-polar disorder is massive shifts that happen over months.

Well, all mental disorders have a basis in normal behavior, so he's not completely wrong.

I found no evidence of any correlation between daily mood swings and Bi-polar disorder. For all we know, it might be a completely different feedback system.

[Helgoland]

I'm beginning to feel like I have some kind of mini bi-polar disorder.

I keep having it where, for no reason, over the course of a day every so often, I'll be happy. Then sad, then happy...

Nah, that's normal human stuff. Bi-polar disorder is massive shifts that happen over months.

Well, all mental disorders have a basis in normal behavior, so he's not completely wrong.

I found no evidence of any correlation between daily mood swings and Bi-polar disorder. For all we know, it might be a completely different feedback system.

Could be some freaky ultra-rapid cycling form - for all we know, the collection of symptoms known as 'bipolar' might be caused by many seperate diseases. Bipolar mood swings don't necessarily take months; my phases (when not or undermedicated, that is) take about a week each. Thankfully they're rather mild, no full-blown mania or epic-level depression~

[misko27]

Bi-polar disorder is where the part of your brain responsible for giddiness simply stars going, and going, and going, through days and nights, till they crash.

Bipolar disorder, also known as bipolar affective disorder, manic-depressive disorder, or manic depression, is a mental illness classified by psychiatry as a mood disorder. Individuals with bipolar disorder experience episodes of an elevated or agitated mood known as mania (or hypomania, depending on the severity) alternating with episodes of depression.

Mania can occur with different levels of severity. At milder levels of mania, or "hypomania", individuals appear energetic, excitable, and may be highly productive. As mania becomes more severe, individuals begin to behave erratically and impulsively, often making poor decisions due to unrealistic ideas about the future, and may have great difficulty with sleep. At the most severe level, individuals can experience very distorted beliefs about the world known as psychosis.

Individuals who experience manic episodes also commonly experience depressive episodes; some experience a mixed state in which features of both mania and depression are present at the same time. Manic and depressive episodes last from a few days to several months.
About 4% of people suffer from bipolar disorder.

Facts.

[hops]

, especially the text-based version, always looked so very insincere to me. :/

For me I think most sideways emotes look stupid and insincere.

[Graknorke]

, especially the text-based version, always looked so very insincere to me. :/

For me I think most sideways emotes look stupid and insincere.

I think all smileys look stupid and insincere. At least, the ones that aren't there jokingly (like most of the MSPA forum ones).

[lue]

Way to ruin the one shot we had at expressing emotion through text, guys. Thanks a bunch!



In all seriousness, I've never seen any hidden subtexts of malice behind any emoticons. (Except the ones actually designed to express evil, like >:)) I tend to use them when I'm not entirely confident the way I would be saying those things is conveyed. (Think things like this)

[Putnam]

I find it extremely difficult to see :) as anything other than sarcastic.

[kaijyuu]

I only detect sarcasm in emoticons when they contrast with the text.

"I hate your guts :)" is very sarcastic, where as "good job! :)" isn't.