lvxferre, 10 months ago My usage is fairly restricted: old school :^) for non-sarcastic irony (¬¬) for eye rolling shorthand emojis (e.g. if talking about Stardew Valley, instead of “the four hearts event” I might type “the 4♥ event”) as a way to avoid a specific word for metalinguistic reasons (e.g. “⟨dog⟩ is the signifier, 🐶 is the signified”)
My usage is fairly restricted: