Typing, especially IM’ing and texting, deprives humans of two of the three modes of expression we use to communicate: body language and inflection. Even in full bodied paragraphs, there is usually enough context to provide some sort of tone, or at least give the writer opportunity to provide a tone, even if they don't. IM’ing and texting are especially difficult because each message is so ridiculously short.
Hence the need for emoticons.
Or at least, I think that's the reason that the guy who invented emoticons thought of when he first made them up.
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