I don't mentally read most emotes with < and > in correctly. <3 and >/////< are fine, but it's ones where two are pointing the same way.

<_< and >_> I've only known as unamused or annoyed, also interpreting them as looking the direction of the chevrons which I think is wrong?

So when someone sends >.> I wonder if I've done something wrong, and >////> and similar are odd to me too.