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Emojis

TheCatWoman

I can't read emojis, part of it is the size of the things, they're way to small, but also I can't interpret them, I know that looking at a face and reading what emotion it's showing can be a problem for ND people, but everyone else seems ok with them. Ami I the only one with problems?

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  • I don’t know what most emojis mean and when I look up their meanings they can have several which have seemingly no connection to one another. Also, the various emoji reference directories differ from one another.

    I sometimes use the smiling, laughing, sad, puzzled and confused emojis because they are useful if you are saying something in a tone of voice that can’t be portrayed in words. I sometimes send a friend pink hearts and other variations of hearts to mean loving friendship rather than romantic love. I’m always worried that I’ll send the wrong thing and somebody will think I’m after a romantic liaison. 

  • in reply to ArchaeC

    I've tried enlarging them, but I still have to stare at them for a long time to work out what it is, by which time the point of it has disapeared, a bit like having to have a joke explained to you, the meaning sort of gets lost.

    I thought that one of the common things with autism is an inability to read emotional expression in faces? So why is it so odd to be confused by an emoji?

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  • in reply to ArchaeC

    I've tried enlarging them, but I still have to stare at them for a long time to work out what it is, by which time the point of it has disapeared, a bit like having to have a joke explained to you, the meaning sort of gets lost.

    I thought that one of the common things with autism is an inability to read emotional expression in faces? So why is it so odd to be confused by an emoji?

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