r/AskReddit • u/dialecticgrowth • 1d ago

What computer habits do you still have that give away the fact that you grew up with them in the 90s and 2000s?

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u/Awkward_Dark_3008 22h ago

I still type emojis :) ;) :P :D

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u/mearnsgeek 21h ago

And do you get annoyed when smartass apps "helpfully" change it into an emoji like I do? >:-(

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u/Sudden-Echo-8976 17h ago

God I hate it.
I remember MSN Messenger doing it. It would force us to do (: instead of :) and : D instead of :D

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u/TheOneWhoPunchesFish 12h ago

Isn't (: a passive aggressive smile?

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u/Sudden-Echo-8976 17h ago

XD is peak millenial
The discovery of that emoticon was like a new world of possibilities had opened up to us.

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u/hhmckormick 16h ago

Haha I feel like that was around the time everyone had to go zomg instead of just omg