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Lusitano
Tol Eressea
Sep 28 2013, 1:50am
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bumbling idiot needs no smileys
Snif snif..
Vous commencez ŕ m'ennuyer avec le port!!!
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ryouko
Lorien
Sep 28 2013, 2:04am
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My best friend's wife got to see this
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She went to see the 3D of Wizard of Oz and said that they showed the new trailer. And boy was she happy to get to see it before me. Grrr.....rubbing it in! 
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LordotRings93
Rohan
Sep 28 2013, 2:18am
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It should be online any day then.
Lover of Medieval Fantasy
"I know what I must do. It's just... I'm afraid to do it."
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Joe20
Lorien
Sep 28 2013, 2:19am
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Any idea what was shown in the trailer? Can you find out? haha
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Ardamírë
Valinor
Sep 28 2013, 2:58am
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How does one 'not wraith' exactly? 
'Twas in the Land of Willows that I heard th'unfathomed breath
Of the Horns of Ylmir calling - and shall hear them till my death.
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Elessar
Valinor
Sep 28 2013, 3:03am
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That's a total Freudian slip due to my trying to type on my iPhone. 
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Bumblingidiot
Rohan
Sep 28 2013, 3:07am
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bumbling idiot needs no smileys
Snif snif..
A smiley free, rabbit-themed joke.
A rabbit goes into a bar, slams five quid on the counter and orders a cheese toastie.
Barman's never seen a talking rabbit before, but serves him anyway.
Rabbit finishes eating, gets up, goes to the counter, slams another five quid on the bar and orders a ham toastie.
Barman is surprised such a small rabbit can eat so much, but serves him anyway.
Rabbit eats the ham toastie, but then starts choking and falls off his chair and writhes on the floor.
Barman rushes up to the stricken rodent. "What's wrong? What's a'matter?" he asks.
Rabbit turns in agony to the barman, and with his last breath says
"Mixinmetoasties!"
Worst joke I've ever heard.
"Oh dear, oh dear, oh dear."
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Ardamírë
Valinor
Sep 28 2013, 3:10am
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I assumed it was an autocorrect, but it was such a perfect little slip that I felt it needed a little attention 
'Twas in the Land of Willows that I heard th'unfathomed breath
Of the Horns of Ylmir calling - and shall hear them till my death.
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ryouko
Lorien
Sep 28 2013, 3:25am
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She didn't say what happened. Since she's not a fan, I'm sure she wouldn't really know what all was going on. She just simply commented how close Richard Armitage looked(she did get to see it in 3D after all). She enjoyed ribbing me about it, since I'm a huge fan of Richard Armitage.
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Elessar
Valinor
Sep 28 2013, 3:36am
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I totally missed it when it happened. I'm glad you pointed it out as it gave me a little chuckle. lol
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DanielLB
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Sep 28 2013, 7:47am
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I thought it was a rather clever joke!
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(Wraiths being greedy Men, easily corrupted by Sauron. You being impatient to see the trailer). Nevermind.
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DanielLB
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Sep 28 2013, 8:02am
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Not that this has anything to do with the original topic, but ...
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Smilies are an essential part of an online forum. Because you are not face-to-face with the readers, it is easy to forget (or ignore) that a person sits on the other side of the internet. Forums posts are naturally devoid of any emotion. When we communicate and talk with people in real life, we often vary tone of voice, expression, body language and sounds such as sighs and laughter - all of these help us work out just what that person is trying to say.
A online forum is devoid of any of this. In order to help replace some of these missing spoken communication cues, and to let people understand what you mean, using bold, italics, emoticons and other ways (punctuation etc.) is necessary. Facetiousness and sarcasm can be misunderstood very easily, and using a simple  can signal humerous intent (which is why Aragorn the Elfstone was confused). And when something is misunderstood, that is often when petty remarks start. Quite easily, humor can be taken as insult.
Now, I'm not saying you *should* use smilies immediately. Do what you like.
As to why authors never used smilies ... well, their works were not devoid of emotion. And all the body language things I described above are often described to convey emotion in books. You don't need a smiley in a book, when an author plainly says the character was being sarcastic.
Personally, I like this emoticon best . His eyebrows are very hairy.
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dormouse
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Sep 28 2013, 8:53am
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Why so desperate to get out of Rivendell?
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I could spend the rest of my life in Rivendell - if I couldn't get to Lorien!
(Please note - I'm giving you a chance to make another post, explaining your longing to escape! )
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QuackingTroll
Valinor
Sep 28 2013, 9:20am
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Pretty sure this new one isn't in the cinema yet, or we'd know about it.
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Starling
Half-elven
Sep 28 2013, 9:20am
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I reckon he looks like Oscar the Grouch.
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Starling
Half-elven
Sep 28 2013, 9:23am
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Since I need over 1000 more posts to depart Valinor, I intend to make a lengthy series of mindless, drivel-filled, and irritating posts. Enjoy.
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dormouse
Half-elven
Sep 28 2013, 9:32am
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So do I - never thought of that....
Tell you what - I'll enjoy yours if you enjoy mine! 
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Starling
Half-elven
Sep 28 2013, 10:00am
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Let these be the many hours in which we draw swords together.
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QuackingTroll
Valinor
Sep 28 2013, 11:43am
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If so, I'm nearly there! ^o^
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QuackingTroll
Valinor
Sep 28 2013, 11:50am
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Oh, I just thought of something fun!
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According to my profile I registered on 6th Oct 2010, if I can manage 30 posts in the next week then on 6th Oct I can make my 3000th post to celebrate 3 years on TORn 
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Thranderz
Rohan
Sep 28 2013, 2:41pm
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I simply walked into Mordor.
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Lusitano
Tol Eressea
Sep 28 2013, 3:45pm
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that made me laugh.
For 3 seconds, precisely.
More than the full extent of jacksons inserted humour, IE falling chairs, toilet cracks, etc...
PS : Radaghast doesnt like your post.
Vous commencez ŕ m'ennuyer avec le port!!!
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Ethel Duath
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Sep 28 2013, 5:02pm
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Mods up! I have been thinking exactly the same thing--only
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you beat me to it! I actually would vastly prefer to use wording and description to make things clear; and coming from a time when letter-writing was a ubiquitous means of communication, one had to use a lot of words to make sure to be understood. People as formal as my grandmother would often put "ha!" in parentheses after something she intended to be funny or ironic (she was never sarcastic) to make sure not to be misunderstood. I'd consider that an early form of Smiley. Or letter-writers would say: "I'm just being sarcastic" or "Just joking." It was tricky.
On boards and messaging and all, the danger of being misunderstood is even greater, being more conversational, and rapidly back and forth, so people generally don't want to resort to writing in "letter style," which can take lots of re-writing and significantly more words in some cases, to not be misunderstood.
I feel odd and even lazy using emoticons as much as I do, but I decided it was much better to be understood and to not hurt feelings in a conversational setting than to be the "purist" I really would rather be. I probably overdo it at times, but it's worth it to me to be understood in a very social setting like this.
And like you said, authors can "set the stage." Also, authors aren't having a direct, real-or-almost-real-time conversation with the readers.
Treatise over.
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