😳 <- this emoji but without the blush or romantic connotation. im not blushing im staring you directly in your fucking eyes

if you excuse the bad editing it would look like this

can we hit 150k before this piece of shits one year anniversary

u know before yellow emojis took over as automatic, the one we used for this exactly was O_O . which has unfortunately become the shortcut for the stupid blushy one. but we also used to emphasize the emotion by making the mouth bigger, O_________O . there was also o_O , for when you're weirded out, and o_o for small weirds or intrigue. you could use a period instead of an underscore for the mouth, o.o, O.O, which was a little more like shock.

there was also -_- for when you're annoyed. -_-* for pissed. the asterisk is a forehead vein. a very bad day or very bad joke could result in -___________-********** .

anyway that's your history lesson for the day, dont forget your roots.

do u think the inventor of the colon has any idea how much joy they've brought this world. they invented her

:3

her

:D

her

:]

and dozens more

sometimes i get sad ):

but then I remember ,

:3 !

:D !! (⁠つ⁠≧⁠▽⁠≦⁠)⁠つ

!!!

^⁠‿⁠^

he gets jazzy when sent through the js syntax highlighter

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