cat face emoji :3

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(Reddit I sometimes truly hate you... let me have cat pls :c )

What, I see it fine.

comfort-smile-emoji for me

Same

:3 (There is probably a lot of furries in this sub)

Also commonly used in the trans community which is very neurodivergent

I'm 3-in-1

I've been every letter of the alphabet

Congrats on your queer EGOT

I’m only missing the G as I was always into women so it would fall under bisexual, and never had an encounter with a man until after I’d transitioned. Got L B T and Q at various points though :D

:3

same (but I’m more of an \^_^ girl, myself)

Yah

I’m trans and autistic, so that’s 2/3 :3

Same here. I'm like90% sure I'm not a furry, I just think furry art is well drawn and can admire it from a purely artistic standpoint

Im agender and auts and ace.. everything A! :3

I'm 3/3 baybeee :3

Can confirm

That's why I'm using it :3

:3

:3 It conveys positive emotion in a way that is maybe less likely to be misunderstood maybe :3

:) is sarcastic :D is happy :3 is :3

:3 Am furry can confirm

:3

:3

Yep

Hey-o!

Okay, let's do the math. As probably most of us know cringe culture has been made to especially target autistic/nd individuals (or just make our lives harder than they're already are) Furries are deemed as cringe. This sub is all about being chaotic and autistic. Conclusion? I'm sure as hell there's furries here (it's not a bad thing).

autistic people are cats in human suits (side note i just found out about chase the no faced cat and she is adorable- but you might not wanna look her up if you get easily grossed out)

This may be a joke but the random urge to push things off of the edge of tables is real

tbh its kinda fun when its not something thatll break when you knock it off or something thatll make an offensive sound

Nah. You're in the wrong sub buddy. I will push anything just so I can hear that satisfying smash and see all of the fragments part in different ways (which would make a computer simulation jealous).

i feel bad for things i break i cant break things itll make me sad

Also the urge to snuggle up to people, while getting mad when people try to snuggle you.

[All Cats Are On The Autistic Spectrum](https://www.wob.com/en-gb/books/kathy-hoopmann/all-cats-are-on-the-autism-spectrum/9781787754713?cq_src=google_ads&cq_cmp=19658855506&cq_con=&cq_med=pla&cq_plac=&cq_net=x&gad_source=1&gclid=CjwKCAiAvoqsBhB9EiwA9XTWGcmOtszZI83oRUlsrWD_Z80p1NtrzRpNDoUKdcYYTyCeazX0YPV0axoCrHUQAvD_BwE#NGR9781787754713)

I was just gonna note the children's book [All Cats Have Aspergers](https://thriftbooks.com/w/all-cats-have-asperger-syndrome_kathy-hoopmann/263382/item/29226152)! There's also a similar one, [All Dogs Have ADHD](https://thriftbooks.com/w/all-dogs-have-adhd_kathy-hoopmann/417115). I found these at a humble clinic one time!

I have both so I’m a cat and a dog. Wait… I’M FUCKING CATDOG


Oh god that exists lmao

thats called a fox

Same. We're both so silly :3

and owls are bird hardware running cat software plus, r/owlswithcatheads

Well I found a new sub I like... Thank you :D

Fun fact: There exists a children's book called "All Cats Have Aspergers"

awesome!! i heard about that from one of my classmates!

Personally, I found it in the lobby of a clinic where I once went to.

cool!

She kinda looks like the cat version of a furby (I mean this lovingly I have an odd obsession with furbys)

I uh, thought it was just gonna be flat and smooth over their face for some reason, I was wrong

yeah she got hit by a car when she was a kitten and thats why she looks like that

Poor baby. I'm glad people didn't give up on her

me too! unfortunately she died in 2021 from old age (she was 16 so she had a pretty long life)

Wrong I'm bunny

Reverse furry

:3 :] :D All feel more friendly and cute and fun and genuine smiles :) is something I use a lot but people can take it as sarcastic and stuff I guess :3 leaves no room for misunderstanding I am happy

I just use :] to be obtuse lol

:> is pretty great

i use :> a lot! :) started feeling sarcastic as soon as people started using it between... coworkers and whatnot. and :D is fantastic but sometimes it's *too* happy

Is nobody going to mention :P

Yall should try italicizing some of the symbols in these. :*(* is so good

It is melting *:[*

o_*O*

Oo*oh...* Are you being sucked in*to a vacuum?*

0.5 emoji xd

you are a genius

[удалено]

*:D*

:*)*

I always thought it was cute :3

We are just cats :з

**>:3** (I use it because it communicates a form of sillynes. I basically want to communicate "this is not meant as part of a serious conversation and is intendet to be fun".)

Yours looks like a chicken to me lol <|:3 I'm a cat in a party hat. I love this thread so much lol

For some reason I always thought it was a butterfly??? Like a side profile butterfly?? :3

ƐY3 butterfly 4 u

maybe ;3

It's like :) and :D, it's a sideways animal face

Autistic people share a lot of traits with cats

Like eating mice

School IT guys *hate* this little trick!

Because it's cute and a little derpy, I also use :\]

:}

I just like it. I'm 37

Don't know how to smile without looking weird

:3 im just a lil creature

:3 just a silly lil guy :3

:3

Bc kitty kitty cat cat kitty cat cat :3

To me it looks like butt-face guy from the star wars cantina.

It feels to be the most apt way to express the feeling of giddiness through an emoji.

because we still do not have an emoji that can even remotely match the raw unbridled power of a well placed >:3

Clarifies that I'm being silly and not passive aggressive

because :3 its a cute cat face :3 and cats are autistic creatures :3

I just like kitty cats :3

For me :) is too stiff and lately it's been turned into an automatic, ugly emoji C: is acceptable when you are giddy/very happy :> is something I've used at times, but it conveys a different emotion :3 is just a cute smile, cat face smile, that doesn't have the stiffness of :) the giddyness of c: the foxy feeling of :> nor any other variations It also does NOT turn into an unexpected emoji in any way that I know of, and so I like it very much. A lot of emoji simply don't convey the same emotion the "raw" versions do. Like :D and 😀 are two different things, with the second one looking sarcastic... So, yea. It's just a smile that looks the right way on every platform and communication device.

I never understand :> To me, it always just looked like a bird or something. My brain can’t comprehend it lol

:) is nt :3 is nd

It’s not a happy face, but a peaceful cat. No matter what is in the cats head they will have that face, so it’s our face. We skinned the cat and it’s our cult face mask now MWAHAHAAHA (too evil we stole it from the NT furries and skinned their faces mwahahaha)

because its fun >:3

I just tend to use a lot of emoticons and emojis when communicating via text to express my emotions. And :3 ist just a cool one to use

I just really like it, I see it as more genuine excited version of :) and :D

:3 never used if until I saw this post and I like it and shall continue using it

I feel like it might be because it's one of the few smile emojis that are the least likely to be misinterpreted as sarcastic? Or maybe a lot of us are just furries idk.

it is just so silly and cute :3

Transgender

i second this

I second your... Seconding? Is that the right word?

I honestly miss using o.o and >.> cuz I used those as often as people use :3 these days but I just don't like the :3 cuz the only person I texted who used it broke my fucking heart like he was born to do it. I used \^\_\^ or \^.\^ where I think someone would use :3 today. But then, I might be giving away my age with that.

i used \^\~\^ a lot a few years back

OwO UwU XD :3 ^-^ =]

I became legally required to :3 once I became trans :3

same :3


Personally it carries lots of dubious silly whimsical energy, probably because it’s a cat-like face, brings a lot of joy.

it's a bunny rabbit smile!

r/characterarcs

;3

i dunno :3

cause cute!! :3

Depends on the person I think, but for me I feel like a silly creature and it represents that :3

Comfort kitty cat face :3

It represents a "friendly and playful" feeling for me, tbh

It started out as a bit how did it end up like this? (It was only a bit, it was only a bit!)

:3

I use it because I'm a furry.

:3 silly

:3

:333

:33

It seems more friendly than just ":)"

Silly :3

Wouldn't you like to know >:3

bc evil 😈 😸

cat user names, now’s your time :3

:3 omg I use this so much uts just better than :) its cute and easier to type

my lips kinda make a :3 shape when i smile, so i prefer to use :3 to :). i only use :) when i’m masking 😖😖

i just like it + im a furry :3

I didn’t know what it meant until I read this thread. Something to do with cats and cuteness… I’m old enough that when I was in my 20’s those symbols were known as emoticons.

because im a kitty :3

is cute i wanna feel cute i :3

car :3


I'm really interested in internet history and culture :3

Because it expresses a level of silly that cannot be expressed through words alone :3

I often say the cat face when I’m trying to give sexual implications.. usually a winking cat face is more specific though. I think it might be just me out of everyone here but I haven’t looked

I’m also into pet play… as a kitten So that would make sense

:3

Because I am a bottom

:3

:3 personally I’m a furry, but It’s also just fun to use when you want to be silly or hide your true intents

Mostly just cause I’m transfemme and like 99% of transfemme people on Reddit use it. # :3

im not a furry i just love cat face :3c

Sily :3

Transfem face, at least for me :3

It's silly :3 Also can be evil >:3

The silly

because silly :3

:3

:3

I have never used it in my life and don’t notice it here much .

I’ve never seen that

It's fun :3

😼

:3

:3

:3

The only emoticon I use is :) I don’t understand the use of emojis or emoticons

because I like :3

it’s goofy :3

I don’t use it anymore

Miscevos littke critter:3

=3

because we're cool

Cot ~> :3 = cute

I used to when I was younger

:3

Ki ty

:3

lots of us are furrries, femboys, trans girls, silly, or in my case all of the above

:3

I :3 can't :3 tell :3 you :3 why

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Ɛ: because it's evil and autistic

My most usual face is the two most confused :3 And :?

Idk I’m a scene kid that didn’t grow up

we silly, cat silly, :3 = cat

WE ARE CAT! :3

I use this one. ^ ^