Smiley request...

[squeekster]

What's the possibility of adding a thumbsup smiley? Like this one:
http://images.cybertechhelp.com/foru...s/thumbsup.gif

[UncleBeer]

Great. Just what we need. A stupid smiley to slap on all the stupid "Me, too!" posts.

[Squink]

Originally Posted by UncleBeer

Great. Just what we need. A stupid smiley to slap on all the stupid "Me, too!" posts.

I agree.

[UncleBeer]

That's 'cuz you're stooooopid, too.

[Colibri]

Originally Posted by UncleBeer

That's 'cuz you're stooooopid, too.

Because he agrees with you? Is this some kind of logical puzzle?

[ivylass]

We have a winkie smiley, a smiley smiley, and a sticking out your tongue smiley. We don't need a Thumbs Up smiley. We need one to cover another emotion, like a pukey smiley.

[Cheez_Whia]

Another vote here for pukey smiley.

[NoClueBoy]

A breakdown of smiley usefulness as I see it:



- Basic, useful for softening an otherwise smarmy or annoyed sounding post.

- One of the best smilies ever, often doesn't even need any text explanation.

- Star Trek uses, plus it's usefull for when you aren't sure of whether to use the roll eyes.

- Can be used as a thumbs up or for punctuating a bragging post.

- Self explanitory, no?

- Similar in use to . Can also be a great debate taunt.

:wally - Can't use it anywhere but Pit, messes up line breaks, sentimental value to some Dopers.

- Can't even tell it's a winking smiley

;j - Love it! Can be used in almost any situation since it doesn't really look like a HOJM.

- Similar in use to and

- Self explanitory, no?

- Not very useful. does a better job.

- Useful for pointing out TMI, blatant stupidity, etc... Very useful.

- Basic

- Basic




I vote against any puke smiley.

[Scott Plaid]

Originally Posted by NoClueBoy

- Not very useful. does a better job.

It calls itself "embarrasment" (Sp!) Personally, I would have this replaced by "blush" and use it when receiving compliments.

[NoClueBoy]

I vote for a Scott Plaid smiley!

[RyJae]

These would be some nice additions.

The Pit Smiley
MPSIMS Smiley
Cafe Society Smiley
GD smiley

[Bosda Di'Chi of Tricor]

I want a 1920s Style Death Ray Smilie.

[RyJae]

Originally Posted by Bosda Di'Chi of Tricor

I want a 1920s Style Death Ray Smilie.

Would that resemble this here ray gun?

[Scott Plaid]

Originally Posted by NoClueBoy

I vote for a Scott Plaid smiley!

You want one that depicts a twenty-something guy wearing a leather jacket, and sporting a Jew-fro and long sideburns (Old-school Scott) or maybe a twenty something guy with a normal looking haircut, same sideburns and a plaid shirt(New and improved style)?

Um... thanks, I think. Or maybe I am being whooshed.

[Wolfian]

I vote for Fat Scott.

[Ethilrist]

I vote for a "wtf" smiley...

[InternetLegend]

Please tell me I can rest easy in the sure knowledge that no one would ever add animated gif smilies to this board.

[RyJae]

Originally Posted by InternetLegend

Please tell me I can rest easy in the sure knowledge that no one would ever add animated gif smilies to this board.

They do not have enough hamster's to do so. Rest assured.

[Scott Plaid]

Originally Posted by Abbie Normal

They do not have enough hamster's to do so. Rest assured.

That's a relief.

P.S. ::Checks self::

Nope, no jumpsuits, no deep fried peanutbutter and banana sandwhiches, and no poping pills like they wer M&Ms. Thus, ther is no such thing as a fat Scott P.

[Cranky Hermit]

I vote for both a pukey smilie and a WTF smilie. And/or possibly a combination of both...

[PigBoy]

I just want to ask how we have survived all these years without this smiley.

It's just one of several in the dancing fruits and vegetables category!

[SkipMagic]

Originally Posted by Abbie Normal

MPSIMS Smiley

Hell, no. We get the pirate.

[Loopus]

A barf smiley would be okay. jjimm designed a nice one a while back

[Ranchoth]

Originally Posted by Loopus

A barf smiley would be okay. jjimm designed a nice one a while back

I couldn't read the second link, but that first smiley is perfect. Not too "explicit" for the stuck up wim- sensitive dopers*, but it still gets the point across.




*Not that a smiley spewing animated technicolor puke across the page wouldn't be appropriate for some of the posts we have around here, though.

[Monstre]

Originally Posted by NoClueBoy

I vote for a Scott Plaid smiley!

You mean this one?

[Monstre]

Originally Posted by NoClueBoy

:wally - Can't use it anywhere but Pit, messes up line breaks, sentimental value to some Dopers.

This one really is the most useless smiley. The wink kills it -- makes it look like you're joking when you call somebody a putz. If you are joking, then restricting it to the Pit is silly. If you aren't joking, it looks like a really lame attempt at an insult -- an insult not backed up by conviction. It needs a sarcastic face, not a winking grinny face.

[Derleth]

We need jjimm's barfy and we should get rid of :wally.

;j can stay put because smilies don't need to make sense, but did you know the image is actually called happyyid.gif?

Check it out: http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/...s/happyyid.gif

[Tapioca Dextrin]

Isn't the Roger Moore smiley ??

[faithfool]

< --- He looks more like The Rock to me.

[Ethilrist]

Originally Posted by PigBoy

I just want to ask how we have survived all these years without this smiley.

It's just one of several in the dancing fruits and vegetables category!

Asked and answered...

[Arnold Winkelried]

We need the "neutral" smiley - for all those times when you want to say "I'm on the fence" or "I can't decide one way or the other" or "I could care less".

[bluecanary]

In the same vein, a white flag one meaning "I'm bowing out of this thread now"

Perhaps because I want to end the hijack, or alternatively because it's proving the old adage about arguing on the internet (which I won't post here for fear of a flaming).

[Madd Maxx]

Wouldn't want to get the Swiss Dopers all wound up. But again it's not like they would actually do anything about it.

[Ranchoth]

Always reminded me of Spock. "Fascinating, captain."

[Anaamika]

Originally Posted by PigBoy

I just want to ask how we have survived all these years without this smiley.

It's just one of several in the dancing fruits and vegetables category!

I do have to say I love nana.

But I vote for a pukey smiley, non-animated. Just a green one with his cheeks puffed out.

[NoClueBoy]

The only proper puke smiley would have to have a little dog coming out to feast on the vomit. But SDMB does not need or want animated smilies, so no pukey boy.


Seriously, can we vote out some of the less useful or unclear meaning smilies? The wink, the embarrassed, and the wally either need a revamp or a retiring.

[Fear Itself]

Here's a smiley for when there just isn't a big enough to do the job:

http://www.acsalaska.net/~fmurtley/

[Frank]

Originally Posted by NoClueBoy

Seriously, can we vote out some of the less useful or unclear meaning smilies? The wink, the embarrassed, and the wally either need a revamp or a retiring.

If we were to add a smiley, voting one out at the same time is a good idea.

[InternetLegend]

I have a sneaking fondness for the blowjob smiley, although as a semi-respectable married lady, I have never had occasion to use it for anything but illustration:

[Anaamika]

Originally Posted by InternetLegend

I have a sneaking fondness for the blowjob smiley, although as a semi-respectable married lady, I have never had occasion to use it for anything but illustration:

Don't you and your husband....


er....

...never mind.

If we're getting rid of a smiley, I'd probably say the :wally , too as it's really not much use. I like Happy Hasidic Jew.

[KeithT]

Can we pleeeeeease bring back Smashie?

Or his big brother, OG SMASHIE?

[Measure for Measure]

Mr. is a softened, less obnoxious version of .

Similarly, is an improved variant of .

What we need though is a better, less corny, winky. I even have a name for him: :bemused: .

[InternetLegend]

Originally Posted by Anaamika

Don't you and your husband....


er....

...never mind.

Well, yes, but goodness me, I'd hardly have occasion to post about it!


Oh, I just did, didn't I?

[Tripler]

Originally Posted by NoClueBoy

A breakdown of smiley usefulness as I see it:

I was under the strong assumption it always went like this:

- Usually used in the Pit, where one of the debaters is blissfully ignorant of what's going on--especially the argument.

- A fly just landed on my head, and I can't get my fingers off the keyboard to flick it off.

- Mostly found in Great Debates to initiate the thought that someone farted while posting. "Did you fart? Cause I sure didn't. Did someone fart?"

- Also normally found in the Pit where one debater is so burned, he puts on his #14 welder's goggles to avoid direct UV and IR rays. He's smiling because he can see again.

- "I just let my hand off the keyboard to smack that damned fly!"

- Used all over the boards to indicate that someone's coffee went cold/beer went warm.

- "I didn't get that fly. I hit myself in the eyeball instead. But it's okay, 'cause the damn fly is gone. . ."

- Used in General Questions in regards to good dental hygiene.

- Used when there's a lot of flies around one's head, and you can't take your hands off the keyboard to shoo them away.

- Normally used by those drinking, it indicates that the individual has left to praise the "Porcelain Goddess"

- Also used by those drinking while posting, to show the emotion when one realizes, "Hey, I don't remember eating that!"

- Again, one used when one realizes they've had too much, and will have to deal with the hangover.

- "Oh man, I hate hangovers."


I've been on these boards for five years, and that's what my introductory brochure to the SDMB mentioned, and I've always believed.

Tripler
Yeah, it's right here on Page 3.

[Anaamika]

Originally Posted by KeithT

Can we pleeeeeease bring back Smashie?

Or his big brother, OG SMASHIE?

[hijack] Whoa, so you're KeithT, huh? With 455 posts it's no wonder I never see you around. Hi, I'm taxi78cab's friend in Albany. *waves* [/hijack]

Originally Posted by InternetLegend

Well, yes, but goodness me, I'd hardly have occasion to post about it!


Oh, I just did, didn't I?

With the right smiley, no less.

[ouryL]

However read this!

[Susie Derkins]

Originally Posted by Fear Itself

Here's a smiley for when there just isn't a big enough to do the job:

http://www.acsalaska.net/~fmurtley/

Ooh! We need a farting smiley!! I think a farting smiley would show even more derision than . If you don't like a post it would enable you to fart in its general direction.

It would also have been useful in a certain recent thread .

Yeah, I'm just loaded with class.

[DeadlyAccurate]

Originally Posted by PigBoy

I just want to ask how we have survived all these years without this smiley.

It's just one of several in the dancing fruits and vegetables category!

In another thread, people are discussing this topic:

A federal appeals court ruled today that the president can indefinitely detain a U.S. citizen captured on U.S. soil in the absence of criminal charges, holding that such authority is vital to protect the nation from terrorist attacks.

There's probably no correlation between the dancing banana and this ruling, but let's not take any chances.

[KeithT]

Originally Posted by Anaamika

[hijack] Whoa, so you're KeithT, huh? With 455 posts it's no wonder I never see you around. Hi, I'm taxi78cab's friend in Albany. *waves* [/hijack]

*waves* Hi Anaamika! Taxi's told me quite a bit. We'll have to have an Albany mini-Dopefest sometime.

[Anaamika]

Originally Posted by KeithT

*waves* Hi Anaamika! Taxi's told me quite a bit. We'll have to have an Albany mini-Dopefest sometime.

Taxi's told me quite a bit, too. I wholeheartedly approve. Love to meet you some day.