I find your post to be positive in tone.

I will not be, in sychronicity, abandoning use of the colorful evocative smileys, even though they are IMO like language itself an imperfect means of conveying ideas.

Meanwhile, of some equivalent merit/importance/novel interest, an older George Bush ?Norwegian remarkably look-alike is speaking Chinese with a credibly authentic Scandinavian accent in connection with black & white Olympic skiing events on the local Chinese language HDTV channel.