Technabob » smileys http://technabob.com/blog Cool Gadgets, Gizmos, Games and Weird Science Mon, 13 Feb 2012 21:30:40 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 Emoticons: Get Off of My Screen and Onto My Shirt http://technabob.com/blog/2008/12/10/emoticons-get-off-of-my-screen-and-onto-my-shirt/ http://technabob.com/blog/2008/12/10/emoticons-get-off-of-my-screen-and-onto-my-shirt/#comments Wed, 10 Dec 2008 12:32:14 +0000 Alisha K. http://technabob.com/blog/?p=5960 joke and a dig…]]> Cheesy emoticons — they’re not just for your IM client anymore. Thanks to ClixWear, you can plaster semi-colon smileys and less-than-threes on your chest (and regions beyond).

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Emoticons are designed to help add context and tone to text-based conversations (because it’s important to distinguish between a joke and a dig), but all the winking on these shirts begs the question of whether the pithy little labels are meant seriously or sarcastically.

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Fake diva, or real diva and snarkily proud of it? It’s a mystery! So much for clarity in communication.

[ClixWear, via Chip Chick]

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