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I'm not going to address the le newfag argument, as that's just a Kafka trap where 'yes'='lolno' and 'no'='lol yeah', and it's quite a pointless argument considering what I believe matters nowadays, is not necessarily the newness of the faggot, but the retardation he shows, which I fully accept being called a retard because in many ways I am.
But I don't think you're quite getting what I'm aiming for. In that case, let me drop the retardation for the sake of something resembling a smart discussion. See, I've been wracking my brain for the past few weeks on why imageboards have been dying, and the answers I've come up with is that 1) we've fallen into this rut of trying desperately to avoid stepping on eggshells so spergs don't shit up the board, 2) our whole memescape, for lack of a better word, has become stale and bland, mostly because of 1), but also because we're stuck on recapturing the glory of 8chan instead of trying to capture new glories, and 3) we've let ourselves be way too uptight, again because of 1) and 2). Therefore, the whole arguments with the emoticons was half-baked shitpost to try and make the faggots upset at emoticons even more mad, but also something of an experiment to see how I can push new ways to express in the imageboard landscape.
Obviously, it seems emoticons are not the preferred way. In that case, I shall focus my efforts on other means of memeing, preferably through discussing vidya playthroughs I'm doing (when I have the time), simple doodles (for I am not a good drawfag), and funnier shitposts. If you feel my response is ridiculous, then I shall accept that with enough grace and move on. If you feel it is subversive, then do note that this is done in the name of attempting to revitalize imageboard discussion, not in the name of shitting where I eat, so to speak. Thank you for your attention, and I hope you have a nice day, anon.
With warm regards,
Anon Y. Mous "the Retarded"