It's a cultural aspect. In English-speaking countries, a sideways face without parenthesis is more common, like your >:[ face. In Japan, it's more common to use an upright face, and for the sake of ensuring the characters of the face aren't to be confused with lettering, the parenthesis are used.
Oh Its Japanese Then Somehow That Seems To Be About The Only Other Earth Language I Encounter In Imports They Tried To Teach Me French At School But That Doesnt Count
I've noticed that as well. Percentile wise, the most common two cultural backgrounds are American and then followed by Japanese. American, I understand, given our location. But why Japan? Perhaps it is because we are more significant, for some reason.
But Significant In What Way And To Whom Not Being From Either Culture I Suppose I Know Americans Better Just Due To Exposure But You Might Know Japanese Well Enough If You Are One
Of course not, who gets married these days, and especially in a situation like this? All a lot of needless cultural mores to a culture I'm hardly even a part of.
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