Do you know about Decome?

 So recently, I've developed a tiny obsession with these little gif emoticons called "Decome." It's a Japanese term derived from "deco-mail" or "decoration mail" and they are little cute gifs that you can send through email and mobile phones (though it seems these kinds I'm about to share are mostly exclusive to Docomo phones as far as I know) Although I've also seen these referred to as "Favicons."

Blogger is annoying in that it can't squish these images together in one row, so here's a long line of them:

THEY'RE SO CUTE THOUGH!! If you want to see more, I've gotten these from this Neocities site. I don't know about you, but if I had these instead of emojis, I would use these ALL the time. I can only go so far looking at these: 🤣😮😝😭

There are seemingly a lot and maybe plenty more that aren't archived. But I wish I could use these everywhere. My phone, my emails, chat messages, you name it. And I know it's easy to put them into Discord, but Discord can only put so many in which is a bummer to me. 

I've also been debating lately about buying a flip phone of my own. It would be an extra expense of course, but sometimes I'm tired of carrying a flat block in my pants that's way too big to fit in my pocket. If I could have something simple for just calls and texting, I think I would be happy and not so distracted. As of now though, I do feel too attached to my smartphone. It plays music, games, connects to social media... it's almost sad thinking about how reliant I am with it when I'm starting to feel like I shouldn't be.

Not saying that smart phones are bad in any shape or form, these are amazing pieces of technology. But thinking about it now, I do miss the simplicity of a flip phone, and I only had one for just a few years before I gave in and grabbed a smart phone when I was a kid. 

I digressed there, but my point is, I kind of wish Decome would become more of a thing. Personalized cute gifs like these just to place here and there~ Gosh, browsing Neocities and seeing all these amazing buttons, dividers, frames, blinkies, etc. It's been bringing me back, wishing websites could look fun again. I don't know, it's very jaded of me to say, but I'm glad to see people still carry on the old internet spirit~

Alright, I'll leave you with more of these cute boogers: