Kaomoji: Japanese Emoticons

In the beginning of internet and instant messaging – lack of face-to-face talk resulted in mistakenly taking parodies and humorous jokes the wrong way. Kaomoji is a result of manga and anime fans who wanted to correct those mistakes, avoid awkward writing situations, and express words more creatively.

Kinda interesting how searching for an "ears ringing" kaomoji just dovetailed with the Wittgenstein book I am reading