breitbart.com/tech/2017/03/08/cia-keeps-database-of-japanese-style-faces-emoticons-to-use-tn-online-forums
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wikileaks.org/ciav7p1/cms/page_17760284.html

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Why you on breitbart

whats breitbart ?

this is old lmao

"Nate Church, Breitbart’s resident anime expert, spoke briefly about the emoticons saying, “The worst part about these “Japanese style” ASCII expressions, is that they’re not even very good. The majority of Japanese ASCII is meant to mimic the emotional shorthand used in both manga and anime. Any of these would stick out like a sore thumb in the communities for which they’re intended. What the CIA really needs is a dedicated weeb.”

of course breitbart would have an anime expert who is knowledgeable in ascii art

Does "Ahegao" count as a Japanese style face?

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that's the least weird thing they are keeping a databse of

funny tho

I wonder how many agents are on here

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cia keeps database of ktt smileys

Love secret service stories like this lmaooo, so fkn interesting

Too bad not all SS agencies in the world play games

Purge anime avi users

I don't think he's actually that knowledgeable. Of course, if the goal of the CIA is to monitor USA/western weeb communities, these would be out of place... but like... these kinds of emojis/emotes are so common there's literally a button on the Japanese keyboard (at least on your phone) for them

so assuming the CIA is "not operating on US soil" (lol) having this database actually makes sense

2channel CIA lurkers

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Lights out for all the weebs with dragon maid dps

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