I was functioning just fine on even 4 hours of sleep...don't know what's happened. Although I'm sure if I went a few consecutive nights on just 4 or 5 hours, I'd probably get right back to feeling comfortable with that.
Allow me to clarify...he does NOT hate all posts containing only smileys, whether the smileys be positive or negative. He ONLY hates smiley-only posts when, in his opinion, the smiley-only post is posted for the SOLE purpose of garnering attention or sympathy.
When you merely wish to express empathy with someone's sad or angry posting, amusement, boredom, whatever...a smiley-only post is, according to Ewen, perfectly appropriate and reasonable.