She : It was nice. It got good towards d end. :D
He : Ya, I know. loved Sonakshi Sinha. She's haaaawt.
She : ROFL. You like Sonakshi ? :o I prefer Vidya. :p
He : Had fun tonight.
She : Me too :)
He : ;)
She : :)
He : :)
She : See you tomorrow. Good night. :x ;)
He : Ya, you too. Good night. ;) :x
She : :)
(subtext while reading above messages)
She : Oh my God. He likes Sonakshi. I hate that girl.
He : She put a tongue-out-smiley. She looks so cute that way. I guess Vidya Balan's okay too.
She : Why was there no smiley face ? Is he mad at me ? Did I hurt him by ROFL-ing his taste in Sonakshi Sinha ?
He : She put a smiley-face but not a big grinned smiley face with a 'D' like before. Does that mean she didn't have as much fun as I did ? Or that this message didn't interest her as much as the previous one ?
She : He winked. Oh my God. Oh my God. Is it just his usual mischievous wink or is he flirting with me ?
He : Awww. That smiley is so sweet. Looks adorable. Really can see her smiling like that in my mind.
She : Now it's a normal smiley. Does that mean the other one was just a silly wink ?
He : Oh shit. A kissey-smiley. This is a big step man. It's more than friendship in her heart. I was sensing it all through the evening.
She : Oh my God ! Oh my God ! Oh my God ! He winked and kissey-smiled back. This is true love. I am in love. We are in lovvvvvve.
He : That's the most beautiful smile I've ever seen in my life. I'm in love.
Some day in the near future, aliens will invade and enslave us. They will go through our rich cultural history ( mainly via Wikipedia ) and in the literature section, will read the romantic works of William Wordsworth, Shakespeare and yes, even the Twilight books. And then they will read sms-conversations like the ones above from our Whatsapp/Gmail/message inbox. And they will shoot themselves in the head, distraught over how they could master traveling through space but couldn't decipher the magic language of the smiley-face that we human beings speak so easily.
P.S. Not that it concerns anyone, but as part of three wishes granted by a genie, Shakespeare rose from the grave again recently. He realized that his traditional brand of romantic declarations were not needed anymore now that a single kissey-smiley-face does the same job. Last heard, he's reinventing himself writing a new romantic action-thriller-comedy.
It's tentatively titled "Et :s tu :) Brute 2 :p - The ;return :of Cleopatra ;x".
I don't think he's got the hang of it yet.
That's a funny write up. I'm imagining an old guy awake from death and thinking its not his world at all.
ReplyDeleteIf smileys could speak... then a lot of us would be really in trouble! Nice post!
ReplyDeleteI know. Seems like its become an integral part of chat conversations, rt ? Funny considering we've only had mobiles since a decade or so.
DeleteWe are so used to texting and chatting with smileys I really don't think we could manage without them! :) :P
ReplyDeleteI can almost see myself using it even in penpal letters if I had to write them today..
DeleteShkspr will kill himself if he saw what we did to his beloved language.
ReplyDeleteSomehow smileys remind me of all those carvings and sign language in the pyramids in Egypt.
Now thats an association I never made till now.
DeleteAnd I'd prefer to think that the great bard would follow my path - try to reinvent himself. You never know - we may yet get the latest greatest comedy ever :D
Awesome post :) :) :D :D :P :P.....
ReplyDeleteThanks :D :D
Deletei will come back to write a detail comment...mean while..
ReplyDelete:) :) :D :D :D :P :P :P
Hmm... 3 big grin smileys and 2 small smileys. Not to mention 2 tongues out. Wow ! Thanks. Thats a huge compliment :D :D :D
DeleteReally Nice post Roshan. Read this between work and that was refreshingly funny :D
ReplyDeleteThanks Jaish... like many before you, couldn't stop yourself from adding a " :P ", could you ?
DeleteI love smilies. When u wonder, "what the hell am i supposed to answer to this nonsense", you can smartly give back a smilie or a 'lol' or 'rofl'.
ReplyDeleteLong live smilies! :) :) :)
I know, right ? Makes it easier. And yes, ROFL and LOL are the twin bodyguards for the smileys :D
DeleteVery nice post Doc... I am really conscious to use smiley now :P
ReplyDeleteHaha.. sorry for that ! I wonder if it makes anyone else feel the same way :D
DeleteOh God didn't know so much of in bn thoughts goes into each smiley tho I use it generously in chats. Should be careful now ;)
ReplyDeleteSays the girl who just winked at me :D
DeleteTruly smileys mean a lot with some special conversations :) I remembered the times when I used to chat with this special someone and imagine him with each smiley and and judge his mood based on it :P
ReplyDeleteI agree..we do judge the other person at times based on the little smiley at the end. This post is just a satire on that. And sad as it is to admit, dont think I've ever had that kind of chat :(
DeleteEarlier I used to wonder...if this yellow round face was a 'smiley', then the sad and crying ones will also be called 'smileys' :D See? Thats the thing! Seriously, when we chat or email, the tone of speech is conveyed by the smiley itself. If there is no smiley, and we read it on a low note, it may even sound official and rude! When you add a smiley to it, it speaks an entirely different story!
ReplyDeleteVery true. Its reached a stage where the words itself dont carry as much weight as the smiley that follows.. just try typing an 'i love you' and follow it up with ":)", ";)" and ":(".. see the difference the same three words now have ?
DeleteWoww .. this was a nice post .Made me remember of sum1 else .
ReplyDeleteGlad to hear that :)... or should I say ;) ?
DeleteAh the world of smileys!! How did men and women wrote to each other without them?
ReplyDeleteI sealed a letter with a lipstick kiss and not (k) or :x ...hahaha ;)
a lipstick kiss ? How old fashioned !! You could have atleast used a winky face by the side if not a kissy face directly.. :)
DeleteGod,let people not get distraught over unspoken smieyes :)
ReplyDeleteThis was such a fun post. :)
Thanks.. and seriously, people do read a lot into the little smileys these days. so use your brackets and x's wisely :D
DeleteAh smileys... can't imagine a world without then.. cute lil things... sooo expressive :)
ReplyDeleteYup... as I mentioned earlier, people now judge the words based on the smiley attached at the end !
DeleteHahaha! I cannot do without these cute emoticons, and whatsapp is only spoiling me.
ReplyDeleteMy favorite part, the postscript.
Yet again, I am a FAN of the way you write :)
True, whatsapp has taken it to the next level.. the choices.. oh heaven !! :D
DeleteAnd thanks for the kind words...
hahaha that was so nice perfect mind reading
ReplyDeleteThanks.. glad you liked it.
DeleteA smiley really helps in conveying that the comment was made in jest. Sometimes people tend to take things too seriously. Let me share an interesting anecdote, I read in the newspaper (NYT). After bagging an official deal, a lady sent a ‘big hug’ emoticon to her male office acquaintance. But on his iPhone the symbols didn’t appear like a big hug. From his perspective they looked like a view of, err, splayed lady parts: ({ }). He ran around excitedly, showing all his colleagues what the lady had sent. Half (mostly men) concurred with his interpretation, and the others (mostly women) thought he was some kind of a pervert.
ReplyDeletehaha.. that gives a good picture of us guys mentality too :)
DeleteGreat post... during a BB messenger chat last week, my husband asked me if I was angry over something. I realised I hadn't used a smilie in the last msg :-D
ReplyDeletetadaa.. you're living proof of the truth of my post :)
DeleteTrue. These Smileys are a lot more powerful than they appear. I remember going through a page long conversation between two people, with just smileys all over.
ReplyDeleteNIce :-)
haha.. I know.. have seen so many. That was the inspiration for this post :)
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