Compared to their sideway English cousins, inline Japanese emoticons (Kaomoji) are far more complex - and dare I say it - much more awesome (~_^).
At first glance, the handheld stamp above looks normal enough, but upon closer inspection, you'll soon realize that it makes hundreds of (analog, no less) cute Japanese emoticons. Fanboy has more pics: Link
Previously on Neatorama: 10 Things You didn't Know About Emoticons :)
*NEERRRRRRRRRD*?????????
JK
ftr - the iPad does not have that special character I needed to make my little hands of joy. I substituted the question mark. (>_
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