When :( Won’t Quite Cut It (Because You Are Functionally Illiterate In The Traditional Form Of Human Expression)

“Ms. Dikeou is among the millions of people now turning to the animation snippets on phones to relay complex feelings and thoughts in ways beyond words and even photographs. That surge — tens of millions of the clips are sent every day on blogging site Tumblr alone — represents the next wave of mobile and visual communication, following the rise of photo-sharing services like Instagram and Snapchat, and the widening use of emoji…. They have become a mainstream form of digital expression, hugely popular with young audiences who never leave home without their smartphones.”