Nobody says boo when we use numerals to represent numbers instead of spelling them out. Actually, some people do say boo. There are several rules about when numerals are acceptable. Why is that? If it's good sometimes, why not all the time? If some numbers can be represented graphically, why not all of them?
Smilies are awesome. :) But it's so stupid how old people hate them and make you feel bad for using them. :(
I never use smilies, at least not in my prose. But I do not disapprove of them. I do not disapprove of the use of bold, italic, or underlined text either. All of this stuff is good. It's a graphical representation of speech. And that's all writing is at its core anyway, so why should we allow some and ban others?
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