What is it with people who put this... thing...at the end of a sentence??

What is it meant to be? Are you too lazy to include a - between the : and )? Do you not understand that ":)" means NOTHING??

@kaffando
It was a 'smile' sign, long before emojis were invented.
Edit to add ;)
Guess this one.😊

@RHW

Yep, I remember that, but this person is young. Also, someone I work with does the same, and they're also young. So, no excuse for either of them.

I mean, I know in the scheme of world events, this doesn't even register on the importance scale, but it just does my head in...😂 🤣