fear of smiley faces
Monday, Sept. 30, 2002 - 10:26 a.m.
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How long have you been using email? The reason I�m asking this question is because I got an email from my mother today and in it she confessed that she has forgotten what the smiley faces and other internet-speak mean and she is worried about conveying unintentional �secret messages� � her words, not mine. I got my first address in the early 90s which doesn�t seem so incredibly long ago and yet I can�t seem to remember what life was like pre-email. However, not ONCE have I forgotten how to USE my email! Ok, so perhaps if I had not used it for an extended period of time it might take me a couple of emails to get the hang of it again, but my mother uses it EVERYDAY! She uses it for both personal and professional reasons so I can�t imagine how she could get a chance to forget things and start worrying about the hidden meaning of a :-) Perhaps as she is falling deeper into her 40s she is beginning to develop paranoia and because we share genetic material this is something I need to start watching for in myself...
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