When we were writing by hand, as kids, our ink was blue, the writing was seen as expression of our personal qualities. No need for emojis? Seemingly we were trusting our words. Our written representation of thoughts and feelings, or maybe of doubts about the adequacy of language, looked sufficient.
Nowadays our writing takes the form of printed text. No sign of personal qualities could be seen in words composed of Times New Roman characters.
Our hands do not make swinging, continuous movements anymore, only a kind of monotonous pecking. That is the practice, and the noise, where emojis are born.
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