Gifs and Emojis. The two languages I seem to communicate with my friends when we text. The only two. Is it only my friends and I or do other people ditch the words and speak through pictures as well?

From the beginning of recorded history, pictures have been the way of telling stories and passing down information. Have we just gone full circle with our language? Or as everyone seems to say, we are just getting dumber and lazier? Personally, I like to see it as another way to communicate with people I may not have been able to before. A smiley face is a smiley face, no matter your base language. 

Emojis were just the start to this whole, another language thing that seems to be happening. Then we developed gifs and it changed the game. Texts seem to lose their emotional sense when sent. How many times have you gotten mad at someone because they read, "ok" differently then "okay?" Probably one to many but add a simple emoji next to "ok 😝" and the message is clear. Funny, not sassy. 

So why are we so quick to brush off emojis and gifs as if they are a joke? Why can't we accept that our language is changing? Whether you believe it or not, emojis are creating a gateway to expression through language.

Okay, this was not meant to be a crazy deep blogpost but it does make me laugh when my friends and I strictly speak in gifs.