Then I started using them. And found out that sometimes, a picture really is worth a thousand words.
Take the "Vomit" emoticon. When I came across a post that made me ill, I used to simply type the word "Vomit" and be done with it.
But a few weeks/months back, Our Leader TW added a bunch of new smileys, including this gem:
It conveys the pleasurable experience of a good barf in ways that the mere word "vomit" cannot.I also am fond of the
smiley, because it conveys a reasonably-friendly-but-cynical response, and frequently does so better than any words I could muster for a given occasion.Which smileys are your favorites? (Yes, killthesmiley, you may post about your least favorite smiley as well.)
is my favorite, even though this isn't that kind of board 
Otherwise, I'm fond of 
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I'm likin' this one 
all about?
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