To me, :/ has always been a fairly neutral expression, like ¯\_(ツ)_/¯ or 😐, I would have used :( to convey upset, but its certainly reasonable that others would read it differently.
I kinda hoped my other comments would have made it clearer, but again, text is a bad medium :( oh well
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The :/ face doesn’t help it seem like a joke. It reads like you’re genuinely upset about people misunderstanding art.
Text is a bad medium for conveying emotion.
To me, :/ has always been a fairly neutral expression, like
¯\_(ツ)_/¯or 😐, I would have used :( to convey upset, but its certainly reasonable that others would read it differently.I kinda hoped my other comments would have made it clearer, but again, text is a bad medium :( oh well