2 JAN 2018 AT 1:25

When I try to imagine the important people in my life, I don't see their faces but the emojis they use. That they bombard my WhatsApp window with. A friend uses this πŸ•ΊπŸ»a lot and now every time someone sends me this, it reminds me of her. Or that frequent user of 🌸 who changed my habit of using throbbing red hearts that look like jiggly bums with a subtler flower. And another one who replaced the flower with a sunflower. 🌻 More character. Or the perpetual smirk face emoji 😏 that the unimpressed non-Sardar friend (reference: Kanan-Biswa PMR) sends. Or the 😜 that the perpetually funny (sometimes lame) friend adds on to every retort. Or the πŸ™„ my school crush says every time I try to flirt.

Right now, I was talking to a friend who alternates between πŸ™‚ and ':)' and I asked how does she decide which one to use. She wrote:

"😊 is more mechanical. :) more personal."

I sent a : ) in return. She replied with a πŸ™‚

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