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This post is going to make you feel so old. While everyone with a smartphone might be familiar with "emojis", turns out that not everyone knows how to properly use these cute symbols when texting.

These smileys have steadily earned their way into digital culture royalty, and Apple even it allowed iPhone users to directly integrate emojis into their keyboard through the OS settings for iOS 6.

The widespread use of this style of texting has even made its way on to Katy Perry's video for "Roar." The move makes sense, since the pop singer's biggest audience is mostly teens, who commonly use this style to communicate with one another. As college freshman Hope R. explains:
When it comes to communicating with her friends, Hope says she just uses emojis to try to make the conversation a little more aesthetically interesting. She doesn't know when it started to be an everyday thing, but now she says it's weird when people don't use emojis. Again, she reminds me that they're right there in the keyboard, easy to get to and easy to use. 

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She also mentioned that emojis "lightened" the mood. If someone texted something that could be seen as mean, then an emoji would help make it seem friendlier.
As for making calls, Hope says she only does so when she has to contact her parents. It won't be long now before everyone ditches words altogether. Read the full post here.