The geography is problematic. In the event of a war between Boing Boing and Buzzfeed, each would see Neatorama as a potential staging base for an invasion of the other.
I use it in love letters and formal business letters when the standardized style calls for it. But in normal work correspondence, such as when I'm writing emails to Alex, I don't. I wouldn't want Alex to think that I'm flirting with him.
Well, not I. When I signed up for a Facebook account, one of the very first things I did was block an ex. I have no idea why anyone would still be friends with an ex. But then I've never understood how people make the 'Let's go back to being just friends' thing work.
@The Rat King--I'm sympathetic to your point of view. If I had, for example, a Mosin-Nagant with a functional vintage stock, I'd leave it alone. But if the stock had to be replaced, why not do so with a playful theme, such as Fluttershy's cutie mark?
Also, phallus-signs throughout Mediterranean cities directed sailors to brothels. No literacy was needed.
The character of fraternities and sororities varies from campus to campus. Those at my college had a reputation for partying.