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Oh the article is real
https://google.com/amp/s/www.breitbart.com/tech/2017/03/08/cia-keeps-database-of-japanese-style-faces-emoticons-to-use-tn-online-forums/amp/
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Within the data dump a folder called “Japanese Style Faces” can be found. These consist of ASCII expressions designed to represent faces and emotions, commonly used on internet message boards to denote a particular reaction. Some of the faces are listed below.
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ª{•̃̾_•̃̾}ª
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¯＼(º_o)/¯
¯(º o)/¯
¯_(⊙︿⊙)_/¯
¯_(ツ)_/¯
°ω°
°Д°
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°ﺑ°
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¿ⓧ_ⓧﮌ
Ò,ó
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ô⌐ô
ôヮô
ŎםŎ
ŏﺡó
ʕ•̫͡•ʔ
ʕ•ᴥ•ʔ
ʘ‿ʘ
˚•_•˚
˚⌇˚
˚▱˚
̿ ̿̿’̿’\̵͇̿̿=(•̪●)=/̵͇̿̿/’̿̿ ̿ ̿ ̿
͡° ͜ʖ ͡°
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Some have hypothesized that these emoticons are designed to help CIA hackers infiltrate online communities, posing as normal users of internet message boards in order to collect data or possibly push a particular narrative.
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.”
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I've known more coherent downies.
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I remember seeing some of these faces on web forums back in the early to mid 2000's
After that, mobile phones introduced the masses to the internet and emojis replaced the ASCII expressions in a quick and orderly fashion (
being one of the few to survive this). Besides Japanese people, I haven't seen anyone use them recently so yeah, it does stick out. For 2017, unless this is an old database, this makes the 
look real out-of-touch.
In all honesty, when I read "Japanese style faces", I thought that glowies were collecting stills from weebshit to use for profile pics so they wouldn't stand out from the rest of the basement dwellers
For infiltration purposes that would actually make sense.
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Unsurprising
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