The Japanese see differently. And only the Japanese can see facial expressions and animals in some of those smilies, but some of those are quite clear and fun ? ¯_(?)/¯ (??) (???) (???) (???) ?(?_?? ???? ? ???? (=^. .^=)oo
I have always loved these! Heck, since the first boom of Myspace when it was the biggest social network online ^_^