Kaoiro emoticon stamp turns bureaucracy on its head

It's a well established norm in civilized geek society that visual representations such as "=)" can and should be used to substitute for the laborious exercise of expressing emotions through words or actions. Taking that notion to its logical extreme, the Kaoiro emoticon stamp comes with 7 rows of symbols that the hardworking digi-linguist can convert into an almost limitless variety of text-based visualizations. Just look above should you need inspiration. You'll need to pull together $51 to buy one, plus $18 for shipping (or ¥2,700 plus ¥1,700 for shipping to North America, roughly $47, directly from the manufacturer), but that's surely peanuts to pay for having the ultimate document tarnisher around.

[furquanatique Posted Apr 28th 2010 9:36AM]

:~o

[Gavin M Posted Apr 28th 2010 9:44AM]

@furquanatique

Oh you got one too? =^}

[Schmerzlichtod Posted Apr 28th 2010 9:51AM]

@Gavin M
Hey Guys!
\ ( ^ o ^ ) /

[N900 Posted Apr 28th 2010 9:56AM]

@Schmerzlichtod T.T'' yea...

[sshole Posted Apr 28th 2010 10:24AM]

(\__/)
( O.o)
(> < )

[shadowj0 Posted Apr 28th 2010 11:50AM]

@sshole

8======

With only 7 character spaces on the stamp, it will not finish how long that dick should be.

[Hmm Posted Apr 28th 2010 12:41PM]

8======@sshole

[JamesR Posted Apr 28th 2010 1:36PM]

@Hmm

LOL! Just snorted water on my keyboard, thanks :P.

[IndiaTech Posted Apr 28th 2010 5:10PM]

@sshole

Pika, Pika?

[admlshake Posted Apr 28th 2010 9:41AM]

This is perfect!! I'm going to buy this for the ass in the cubicle near mine. When he starts stamping boobs on everything (thinking he's smarter than everyone else and nobody will notice) someone in upper management will hopefully do something about him.

[Sarig Posted Apr 28th 2010 10:04AM]

@admlshake

You know he'll just use it on your stuff instead. Why arm your enemy?

[sshole Posted Apr 28th 2010 10:24AM]

@admlshake Or you could just stamp boobs on his forehead...

[shadowj0 Posted Apr 28th 2010 11:48AM]

@Sarig

He meant to use on the papers of the asswipe in the cubicle next to his.

[chad3670 Posted Apr 28th 2010 9:43AM]

but will it do this? ಠ_ಠ

[N900 Posted Apr 28th 2010 9:52AM]

@chad3670 I don't know, but I'd sure like to stamp that on a tax return.

[PesterEdit Posted Apr 28th 2010 9:44AM]

Thank you for your recent application to attend Harvard University. We have reviewed your submission thoroughly and while impressive, we regret to inform you that we have decided to decline it at this time.
( ; - ( )~~~

[rederikus Posted Apr 28th 2010 9:44AM]

Very retro. Make a great silly Xmas present :).

[Gas Posted Apr 28th 2010 9:51AM]

As a teacher* (and geek**) I LOVE this! I'm going to have the time of my life stamping little angry/sad faces when kids fail their HW test. PAY ATTENTION!

And as an environmentalist*, this is greener than stickers**!

* Blatant lie
** Debatable

[mukatuna Posted Apr 28th 2010 9:52AM]

\ ^_^ /

[serapthi Posted Apr 28th 2010 9:53AM]

$18 shipping...for a stamp? How big is this stamp?

[Uncontrol Posted Apr 28th 2010 10:16AM]

@serapthi it looks pretty big man

[thenebula Posted Apr 28th 2010 10:16AM]

@serapthi What do you expect...it ships from Japan!

[NHAnimator Posted Apr 28th 2010 9:58AM]

Great. Now I'll end up spending half the day trying to decipher everyone's emoticons. Thanks, Engadget. What's next? Lolcat word processing software?

[Adeptus Posted Apr 28th 2010 8:06PM]

@NHAnimator
I can has print nao?

[Chris Li Posted Apr 28th 2010 10:22AM]

They are earning serious money alone from the list price!

It's only 2,835 Yen @ Japan

http://www.gung.jp/kaoiro/

[feelings Posted Apr 28th 2010 10:40AM]

(>'o')>

[LiveFromThe215 Posted Apr 28th 2010 10:58AM]

*raises the roof on this one*
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/_____________\
^( ^_^ )^

[Hi there Posted Apr 28th 2010 11:05AM]

Using ink for emoticons seems wrong... and for nearly $70 it seems even more wrong.
I still want one though...

[Old fogie late bloomer Posted Apr 28th 2010 11:39AM]

I have to say, this is pretty awesome.

\ @_@ /

[macgregger Posted Apr 28th 2010 11:50AM]

I've just lost all faith in humanity.

[ackthbbft Posted Apr 28th 2010 12:07PM]

Can it do smiley-Homer?
~(_8^(|) D'oh!

[michaspi Posted Apr 28th 2010 12:19PM]

:3

[michaspi Posted Apr 28th 2010 12:19PM]

@michaspi:

>:3

[ZeroCorpse Posted Apr 28th 2010 12:59PM]

Couldn't you just-- you know-- DRAW a smiley face with a pen?

[cdubc2012 Posted Apr 28th 2010 2:15PM]

@ZeroCorpse

What sort of craziness are you talking about man!?

[manIK Posted Apr 28th 2010 1:10PM]

I just see a lot of breasts with *really* strange nipples... anyone else?

[KosherTelephone Posted Apr 28th 2010 1:25PM]

@manIK
( T _ T )

[zangetsu2 Posted Apr 28th 2010 2:16PM]

But can it triforce?

[Teslanaut Posted Apr 28th 2010 3:04PM]

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[isotrex Posted Apr 28th 2010 6:31PM]

This is freakin' lol. I love it!