Ascii emote <> emoticon mismatches

[Temragon]

In game, "o_O" / "o.O" alias to ":shock:", which should be (and looks like) "O_O". "o_O" literally looks like ":suspicion:". This conveys alarm instead of mild confusion.

Similarly, :D maps to ":laugh:" when ":satisfied:" matches more closely. This conveys outright hilarity instead of amicable positivity - making fun of someone instead of rolling with a mistake.

:| maps to ":awkward:" when ":expressionless:" exists. This wrongly conveys strong anxiety/frustration instead of mild annoyance.

 

Every time I use these it conveys totally the wrong meaning. I've been using emotes since AIM and haven't had such weird matchups! There's already appropriate icons for them.

I guess it'd be hard to change them at this point for people who have gotten used to them, but ugh, every time I use them it communicates the wrong thing.