KAKAOTALK EMOTICONS HOW TO

A sane option, and an option that will slowly drag you into a slavery where KakaoTalk and your conversation partner are the only omnipotent masters. You can literally go from exchanging hilarious emoticons one moment to deadpan silence the next. Sure they have, they just don’t want to reply right now, and now you are left wondering what suddenly came up that was more important. You then notice the little yellow “1” which indicates that the other has not “read” your message.

Being in the middle of a chat back and forth with someone when the messages just stop coming in.

KAKAOTALK EMOTICONS HOW TO

Koreans probably learn how to do this in school, in fact, I’m confident that they even attend private academies after hours to learn how to torture each other with this devilish app. They are just designed to make you captivated by their cuteness, so you don’t realize that you’re gradually being pulled into a dark underworld that will continue to mess with your brain.

There is nothing cute about these little minions what so ever. Even the sanest person will, with time, be driven mad by the KaTalk paranoia that follows from the frequent use of this app.ĭon’t be fooled by the seemingly innocuous emoticons with names like Frodo, Peachy (who’s really just a bare butt – I mean you are you kidding?!), and Ryan. To unknowing foreigners, the KakaoTalk app (or KaTalk as Koreans call their go-to communication tool) can be a true landmine field of unwritten rules, secret etiquette and, well, pure hell. Forget phone calls, people will just have a long chat going on KakaoTalk instead.

You cannot go out of your house without instantly hearing the annoying, cuts-through-your-bones, signature KaTalk chirp from someone’s phone.įor Koreans, texting is the preferred method of communication. Skype, Whatsapp, Line, KakaoTalk… Wait, did I say KakaoTalk? Yes, though globally available, this seems to be THE most popular chatting app in Korea. I’m all for new technology that now connects us to anyone anywhere at any time, and I have several apps installed on my phone for that exact purpose. I consider myself a pretty modern, high-tech, new-world-embracing kinda gal. Warning: May contain large doses of sarcasm.

Kakaotalk emoticons