we all had that period of time when we were young and had like a gazillion emoticons for literally every word. Then we got bored of it deleted most of them keeping a few good ones well thats what i did i assume everyone else did the same aswell... because i don't see much overuse of emoticons anymore. Untill.... i was talking to this kid and omg his emoticons literally every second letter... yeah i couldnt be bothered trying to read what he was trying to say....