Ah right! I understand now.
I don’t use them very often at all, the emoticons I mean, and it does have the effect of causing people to read the majority of things I type as being sarcastic. I have a feeling that is what the rolling eye emoticon is supposed to impart. Maybe people just automatically add that one on the end of everything someone types unless they put another emoticon on, like a wink one or something.
But, when loads of people use the wink to mean….. I am being patronising, and the smile to mean.. I’m laughing at you. Well you see it all gets a bit tricky!