yeah I know you did not ask!
I’m frequently perplexed as to whether the human race is advancing or not. One area where we seem to be going backwards is in written communications. There are a few reasons for this, but big ones are platforms such as Twitter that only allow 256 – up from 128 –characters per posting and texting. Both promote the use of abbrvs. and acronyms, LOL. They also encourage the use of emojis, those ubiquitous smiley faces and other such small cartoons used as shortcuts for emotional content.
My text app has recently exploded with various emojis and other small images. I type in beer and a picture of a mug of beer appears. I type in disrespectful and a scowling, purplish face appears, and so many more.
Pretty soon we will eliminate all cascades of letters symbolizing various concepts in favor of the new hieroglyphics. King Tut and his Egyptian cohorts would be so proud.