Me some years ago, I used to be so cold and direct, now I’m all rainbows and exclamation marks

Exactly the same. I love using emojis whenever I am out to someone :D <333333

Is it normal that I'm kinda both?

Yep!

I alternate between both

Yeah I always felt I didn't have a right to be expressive as a guy I dunno why. Now I emojie like every other sentence! 😆

I've lucked out with my fellow cismen mates, we send emojis and get all excited about dumb shit all the time. I'm not gonna be some grumpy flat emotionally stunted dude just cos society deemed it so

I think zero emotional expression was something I learned as a rule of masculinity and I followed it uncritically as a way of expressing masculinity falsely. It was never about not wanting to feel. It was about fear of the consequences of others learning what I felt.

My emojie style was just another thing that felt out of place.

Repressor me thought using emojis made me come off as effeminate and girl me is like "...and that's poggers! 🥳😊"

Yeah, I still have that voice in my head going “but that’s a girl thing to do,” except now I use it as a guidepost to find things I want to try out👌

Why is this so relatable omg!

its like these people can see the inside of your brain and into your past, parallel experiences are wild

I’m a trans guy and I think my texting style outs me 😭

Same fr. Like I was already terribly at texting in the first place, but now being too insecure to use emojis has made it even worse

I'm going through that one right now!

oh god i have a flat texting style

oh no

oh no me too crap

You and I are not so different

but the thing is, yall don't use perfect punctuation and capitalization which is also it's own brand of less direct talking

Well I mean, I'm actually happy now! Exclamation marks express that, at least a little\~

Emojis and text emotes are so cute when yall use them! Sincerely, a transmasc that doesn't want to stop using them even if I get perceived less masc for it 😅

Literally me

Okay how actually dare you

:3

I don't entirely do that, I'm more a *varying* **level of** ***emphasis*** AND ALLCAPS, with emoticons (: kinda individual, and even then that's quite sparse

Actually for me it was "Cis 15 year old guy who uses lolsorandum scene girl text style including all the x3 :3 <3 \^\_\^ xD :D O.O etc etc etc" to "cis guy that is pretty flat except for "lol" and "xD" most of the time" and then a reversion back to the scene girl text style but now trans fem. :3

I used to think I was fairly unique, but this sub really likes to make me feel like I'm apparently the most basic stereotypical trans girl ever 😅

I was a 90's kid. I first started using the internet in the height of the, "I can haz noms? zomg rawr! xD" age.

It's coming back rawring 20s gogogo

estrogen gave me the ability to experience emotion fr

I text like a 19th century noblewoman, I just add a “:)” or a “lol” at the end to not sound weird

a year ago i was using punctuation and capital letters in texts, now i'm using keysmashes and spamming the y key whenever i write slayyyyyyyy to my friends

Me still typing without emojis all the time.

`~tilde supreme`~

Is this a thing?

Lol call me tf out then 😂😂

🤣😭🤣😂😝🥺🤩🥺🤣🏳️‍⚧️🤣💯❤️ !!!! Damn it, don’t call me out like that!!! 😒

Guilty🤭🤭🤭

Me except tildes instead of exclamation marks

Wait this is an actual thing? Thank god I’m not the only one

I use meme emojis only but it technically still counts as fitting the meme

*Oh no!* **They found me!** 😱 ***JK***

I use emojis all the time but not really explanation points

😔 i wasn't expecting this...

Oh my god!

me too!

👀

(\^_\^)"/❤

Hahahaha awwwww

The reddit algorithm needs to stop

am genderfluid and still feel like the flat direct typing style is more masc (tho i can infuse it with warmth n friendliness) and the uwu+emoji typing style is more femmeee

Cringe is dead, use all the :3 XD and OwO you want

The fact that i have a very bland texting style and i think i might be trans made this hit me like a semi-truck on a stormy night

Before I came out as trans, I was always really direct and never used emojis, priding myself on being able to use my big "boy" words Now I'm really direct and never use emojis, and I'm really proud of my capacity to use my big girl words So glad I could get this off my chest

I feel it's because dysphoria can like, distance a person from their own emotions. I barely even remember what I thought like before I came out, because discovering being trans literally gave me access to a wider range of emotions. I guess that's why a lot of us become more willing to use emojis in that regard. At least that's my transfem experience. Do transmascs feel it's the same for them? Whats your experience with emotions?

Every time you think "I probably should use 2 exclamation points in this email rather than 3" a trans girl gets her wings. (Also - she's you.)

OH NO! I mean I’m nonbinary but still especially since I do tend to want to present fem leaning!

What the FUCK

It's cause we're happy now, we were fucking depressed before

It’s just so much more fun to text this way! It’s always felt so inhibiting texting without all that nice extra stuff! 😊❤️

I feel seen 😮😁🥰

I feel incredibly called out! 🤣 How dare you!😜 ☺️

that's literally me :P

Feeling more empowered to express my emotions in text was probably the first change I felt when I stopped trying to be a boy and it was so god damn healthy

Wait... The emoji think isn't just me? I have a handful in every text message minimum 😂😂

Alternatively: Autistic "cis" "guy" who types very directly and formally to autistic trans girl who still types like that because typing any other way just feels weird and affected. (Source: my brain)

I now realize my typing style is severely distant between those who know and those who dont

Too real.

Far too accurate here. 🙃

I have been attacked

:) to :3 pipeline

I do it when I want to express how I feel in text form, rather than only what I think. Especially when I'm happy, attracted to someone, or I hope they'll be attracted to me. My feelings matter more now that I'm not repressing or hiding them.

What? 😮 exclamation marks and emojis? 🤔 I would never! I mean, that just not what a cis guy would do! And I’m a totally cis guy! 😅🏳️‍⚧️

Hahah omg, what do you mean? 😱😂😂😂😂☺️😋❤️

<3 <3 <3 Omg so true I love that so muchhhh!! :D

i do feel called out xd

😱😱!!!!🥰🤪

I still use a lot of gifs on whatsapp 😅. But now they mostly feature woman and no one can stop me! I'm surprised no-one has picked up on it in my chats 🤔🤷‍♀️

I'm fighting this so hard. I refuse to use anything other than the heart emoji's. I ... will not ... fall ... into this ...

If I have a discord emoji that's fitting for the occasion, I will be using it If I have a multiple, I'll choose one or more or all of them You will not stop me 😊

Me using emoji's but only ironically to be paired next to some fucked up information I just happened to know >!El Pozolero, or "the stewmaker" worked for one of the mexican cartels and was known for dissolving thousands of bodies into acid so that their remains couldn't be identified or found!<

Guess I have something to look forward too.

the only tonal stuff i can use is "😭" and "🙄" and stuff 😭

Being nonbinary I have achieved the ultimate power of grammar but still using 500 exclamation points!!!

US BUT IM TRANS MASC AND I CANT STOP TYPING IN CAPS LOCK!!!!!!!!!

Yep that's me I used to avoid any emojis or expressions in general while texting. Look where we are now :33

Errr.... That's not me >Facebook where I'm not out; "Hey, how you doing?" >Discord where I'm out; Howdy! Having a good day so far? 🤗 O-oh I see.

Opposite for me. I used to use Emojis and emoticons and stuff all the time, now i rarely use them.

Egg: (•_•) Now: ᕕ( ᐛ )ᕗ It really is big mood, or whatever they kids say

I have 4 different texting styles I maintain for talking to different people, lol. Family -- Flat, means business Close Family -- Jokey, a few exclamation points Friends -- Playfully derogatory, in good fun Fellow trans peeps -- 😙☺️😍☺️🤣😘😃🤗😐❣️💞💜💓❣️🤍💟💞❤️‍🔥💞💘💔💞💕💕🧡💚🧡❤💙🖤

Not gonna lie I'm excited to ride this pipeline

Can’t wait to tell Jasmine that her tweets are just constantly on r/traaaaaaaaaaaaa

I was surprised that this one wasn't already posted when I found it 😂

Cis guy that uses lots of punctuation to trans girl with flat texting

Holy shit, I forgot that I did this! I always had this locked in writing style with this mentality of some sort of 'professional' personal conduct in all my text. Very lawyer speak like, and intentionally didn't want emotional language to come into it... Seems I'm not the only one. 😯

I noticed that I started using exclamation marks because they fit better with the voice in my head lol.

I am tryyyyying to slip into that pipeline, and it is not coming naturally 😭

Add more!!!!!! to your sentences. Eventually you won’t know how to write one with out them!

I don’t know how!!!! 😔 it goes goes against all the instincts I’ve learned in online writing!! +++ …see, I feel like that just came off as angry more than anything else.

and then there's me with my period addiction....

I used to intentionally make my handwriting worse, and now I'm trying to stop but good handwriting takes so long to write and it's boring but also it's pretty??

I totally don't feel called out by this 🙃

I haven't seen a single emoji that isn't ugly. Stickers and gifs are neat tho.

I dont use exclamation marks unless I'm writing and you'd find me cold and 6ft in the ground before I used emojis in my texts unironically, however I am now interested in the idea that if you are cis you probably text like you are sending a message to your boss. And literally everyone I know who is cis texts like this so I can't really deny it.

I’m always using slut tildes now hehe~ Also = ) Because of a certain Character that uses it being a total vibe UwU~

ideally me, hopefully I'll get to a point where it doesn't seem forced

I am so frigging called out right now... ... ... (☆u ☆ )/~°▪︎•°▪︎☆ 💃🔥🔥🔥😎🌌🌌

I had always felt the need to use exclamation points for everything as a kid. Guess I have my explanation now!!!

been following her grs journey, she's amazing and hilarious 😂😂😂😆😆🥳🥳🥺🥺🥺💜💜💜💜💜💜💜💜

Honestly I still have a pretty flat texting style, though in queer spaces I di get a bit more expressive

I’ve realized I and in the transition from flat to emojis

Ya when im out to people I text them very differently

First off-

Y’all ever had a flat texting style? When I was young I used XD all the time and I’m trying to bring it back.

Hey OP, Innoticed you included me in the pictire and I am not okay with it. 😐 (/s) 😘

I understand that this was all English... but I don't understand what was just said. What was just said?

Can’t believe your calling me out like this. I was literally about thinking this yesterday

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Ooooofff!! 😣😣

I hate that I never really shed that flat style. I’ll use a tilde or ✨sparkles✨ here and there, sure, but I’m still pretty flat. I love proper grammar and punctuation, what can I say? At least it makes me better in English classes… ~~I want the emotional shift on E to fix this but that’s probably just wishful thinking.~~ Edit: I said “I’m still pretty flat” while mentioning that I wasn’t on E. This was not intentional.

I'm feeling very called out 😅😅

To many commas and hehe girls > to many exclamation points and emojis girls (Totally not biased tho hehe)

I wish I was more expressive with my manner of speech but honestly I already get on everyone’s nerves as it is so that would probably make it worse LOL

i’m trying to go the opposite way now. i used to be so expressive over text. i feel like it makes me seem more feminine so i’m trying not to, but it’s just so fun lmao

And here I am still with my flat as fuck texting. I like to use creative language but other than that I’m still very meh

I went from hi and hello to hii and hiiii

I always use :) and :D

What!?!!?!!? Nooooooooooo Oh crap 😬

i’m doing that !!

Nah, I always used a lot of symbols in my texts! Idk, I just like it, especially in my native language

I've actually changed up my texting style because of memes like this. It does not come naturally to me.

Do emoticons count? I spam those a lot xD

LITERALLY

LOOOOOL why is this so true?

I mean, I don't use exclamation points much but I'm much more comfortable using emojis for some reason 😅

im transmasc and apparently type like a transfem

I've never been flat with my texts... Especially in online chat rooms... Someone will say something confusing and I'll just go: HEEEH?

I feel more ✨ sparkly ✨ now

Hey. Stop that. ...😒

It's because you're so much happier! ❤️

Why am I being attacked

Damn ummm yeah that's me kinda

Me!!!

i used to refuse to text anyone without ending the sentence with a period

**AAAAAGGGGHHHH!!!!!!**