# any way to make it so smilies do not appear in posts for me? **URL:** \ **Category:** About This Message Board\ **Created:** [April 14, 2010, 6:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/any-way-to-make-it-so-smilies-do-not-appear-in-posts-for-me/536101 "2010-04-14T18:45:22Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 15\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![vinniepaz](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/b4bc9f/32.png) [@vinniepaz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/vinniepaz)\ **Post date:** [April 14, 2010, 6:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/any-way-to-make-it-so-smilies-do-not-appear-in-posts-for-me/536101/1 "2010-04-14T18:45:22Z")
Is there a setting that would delete smilies from posts when I read them? I tried turning off “show images” in the user CP but nothing happened. Ideally I’d like them not to show up at all, but that’s probably not realistic. I would be OK if they just appeared as plain-text. Is there any way to make this happen? ---
**Author:** ![Smeghead](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/f1d935/32.png) [@Smeghead](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Smeghead)\ **Post date:** [April 14, 2010, 7:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/any-way-to-make-it-so-smilies-do-not-appear-in-posts-for-me/536101/2 "2010-04-14T19:23:40Z")
My ad-blocking software lets me rightclick on the images I don’t want to see any more and add them to my blocked list. ---
**Author:** ![TBG](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/c89c15/32.png) [@TBG](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TBG)\ **Post date:** [April 14, 2010, 9:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/any-way-to-make-it-so-smilies-do-not-appear-in-posts-for-me/536101/3 "2010-04-14T21:09:33Z")
Yep, just block ```auto http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/images/smilies/* ``` and no more smilies for you! ---
**Author:** ![vinniepaz](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/b4bc9f/32.png) [@vinniepaz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/vinniepaz)\ **Post date:** [April 14, 2010, 10:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/any-way-to-make-it-so-smilies-do-not-appear-in-posts-for-me/536101/4 "2010-04-14T22:20:24Z")
:smack: i should have thought of that ---
**Author:** ![akennett](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ee59a6/32.png) [@akennett](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/akennett)\ **Post date:** [April 14, 2010, 10:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/any-way-to-make-it-so-smilies-do-not-appear-in-posts-for-me/536101/5 "2010-04-14T22:34:45Z")
Did you seriously just use a smiley in your thread asking how to make them not show up? ---
**Author:** ![Smeghead](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/f1d935/32.png) [@Smeghead](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Smeghead)\ **Post date:** [April 15, 2010, 1:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/any-way-to-make-it-so-smilies-do-not-appear-in-posts-for-me/536101/6 "2010-04-15T01:25:56Z")
> [@akennett](#): > > Did you seriously just use a smiley in your thread asking how to make them not show up? He doesn’t know. ---
**Author:** ![samclem](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/a9a28c/32.png) [@samclem](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/samclem)\ **Post date:** [April 15, 2010, 1:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/any-way-to-make-it-so-smilies-do-not-appear-in-posts-for-me/536101/7 "2010-04-15T01:44:58Z")
> [@akennett](#): > > Did you seriously just use a smiley in your thread asking how to make them not show up? > [@Smeghead](#): > > He doesn’t know. He came back two hours after his post. He might have nor revisited it. Or, he might just not have an answer. Time _may_ tell. … ---
**Author:** ![vinniepaz](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/b4bc9f/32.png) [@vinniepaz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/vinniepaz)\ **Post date:** [April 15, 2010, 2:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/any-way-to-make-it-so-smilies-do-not-appear-in-posts-for-me/536101/8 "2010-04-15T02:13:16Z")
^that’s on some big brother type shit ---
**Author:** ![srzss05](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/898d66/32.png) [@srzss05](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/srzss05)\ **Post date:** [April 15, 2010, 2:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/any-way-to-make-it-so-smilies-do-not-appear-in-posts-for-me/536101/9 "2010-04-15T02:31:41Z")
> [@vinniepaz](#): > > ^that’s on some big brother type shit Yeah, I thought that was a strange response as well (from sam). ---
**Author:** ![ToeJam](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/dfb087/32.png) [@ToeJam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ToeJam)\ **Post date:** [April 15, 2010, 3:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/any-way-to-make-it-so-smilies-do-not-appear-in-posts-for-me/536101/10 "2010-04-15T03:02:46Z")
:eek: ---
**Author:** ![BigT](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bigt/32/12044_2.png) [@BigT](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BigT)\ **Post date:** [April 15, 2010, 7:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/any-way-to-make-it-so-smilies-do-not-appear-in-posts-for-me/536101/11 "2010-04-15T07:18:12Z")
> [@srzss05](#): > > Yeah, I thought that was a strange response as well (from sam). You guys do realize all of us can do that same thing, right? For example, ToeJam was last online at 12:32, a little more than 2 hours after his last post in this thread. Check your profile page. It’s public information. (Unless you like to go invisible.) ---
**Author:** ![samclem](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/a9a28c/32.png) [@samclem](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/samclem)\ **Post date:** [April 15, 2010, 11:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/any-way-to-make-it-so-smilies-do-not-appear-in-posts-for-me/536101/12 "2010-04-15T11:12:10Z")
> [@BigT](#): > > You guys do realize all of us can do that same thing, right? For example, ToeJam was last online at 12:32, a little more than 2 hours after his last post in this thread. Check your profile page. It’s public information. (Unless you like to go invisible.) I’ll GET you and your little dog, too! :p:p …giving away information like that…😉 ---
**Author:** ![vinniepaz](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/b4bc9f/32.png) [@vinniepaz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/vinniepaz)\ **Post date:** [April 15, 2010, 2:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/any-way-to-make-it-so-smilies-do-not-appear-in-posts-for-me/536101/13 "2010-04-15T14:10:08Z")
i thought you meant I came back to this thread, which was accurate. can you tell who looked at what thread, and when, or just when someone last visited the board? ---
**Author:** ![srzss05](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/898d66/32.png) [@srzss05](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/srzss05)\ **Post date:** [April 15, 2010, 2:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/any-way-to-make-it-so-smilies-do-not-appear-in-posts-for-me/536101/14 "2010-04-15T14:39:12Z")
> [@BigT](#): > > You guys do realize all of us can do that same thing, right? For example, ToeJam was last online at 12:32, a little more than 2 hours after his last post in this thread. Check your profile page. It’s public information. (Unless you like to go invisible.) Yes, I know everyone can do so, that’s why I thought it was a strange thing to point out like that. ---
**Author:** ![Sapo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ec9cab/32.png) [@Sapo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sapo)\ **Post date:** [April 15, 2010, 6:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/any-way-to-make-it-so-smilies-do-not-appear-in-posts-for-me/536101/15 "2010-04-15T18:53:26Z")
> [@vinniepaz](#): > > i thought you meant I came back to this thread, which was accurate. can you tell who looked at what thread, and when, or just when someone last visited the board? If you typed that from a computer with a webcam, they can even tell how your eyes dart from one word to the next, revealing what things you find of interest. I suggest a quick run to the supermarket to buy many rolls of tin foil (which is now the much less effective aluminium, of course).