Do you mean emoticon? I think that's what they're called.

I use emoticons when I'm too lazy to look for the right gif.

i've been using emoticons a lot more than gifs, recently

i have been weeping a lot:

and dancing: (the person who made those should make more, they're so adorable! )

during my assessment of the delusion of some:

when stanningish:

I use emoticons more than gifs, but I should probably switch.

The ones I use the most are and

I've been using way too much lately but the only alternative is which is overused by everybody.

Oh and could be used too I guess but I don't like it as much.

yes only because I'm too lazy to use gifs.