# Are these new-style smiles here to stay? **URL:** \ **Category:** About This Message Board\ **Created:** [April 1, 2005, 1:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-these-new-style-smiles-here-to-stay/297158 "2005-04-01T01:29:31Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Ranchoth](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ranchoth/32/1066_2.png) [@Ranchoth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ranchoth)\ **Post date:** [April 1, 2005, 1:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-these-new-style-smiles-here-to-stay/297158/1 "2005-04-01T01:29:31Z")
No offense, but they just look a little too…“Playskool” for my tastes. ---
**Author:** ![Queen\_Tonya](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/q/4491bb/32.png) [@Queen\_Tonya](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Queen_Tonya)\ **Post date:** [April 1, 2005, 2:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-these-new-style-smiles-here-to-stay/297158/2 "2005-04-01T02:03:39Z")
I was thinking it was a nod to Easter egg dyes. 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Sample\_the\_Dog](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/8797f3/32.png) [@Sample\_the\_Dog](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sample_the_Dog)\ **Post date:** [April 1, 2005, 2:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-these-new-style-smiles-here-to-stay/297158/3 "2005-04-01T02:27:26Z")
I was going to start a thread called **Who uglied up the board?** but I guess y’all beat me to it. The whole place looks like my kids’ Easter baskets, not just the smilies. Oh well. Can’t have everything. Where would you put it? :eek: 😃 :smack: 😛 :rolleyes: :dubious: :o ---
**Author:** ![TubaDiva](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tubadiva/32/507_2.png) [@TubaDiva](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TubaDiva)\ **Post date:** [April 1, 2005, 2:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-these-new-style-smiles-here-to-stay/297158/4 "2005-04-01T02:48:59Z")
We’ve got a ways to go before we start addressing cosmetic concerns, and certainly smileys are down a few places on the “to-do” list. Please give us time to do the really big things right now, like get this subscription deal happening and sort out the member issues, and look for bugs, and then we’ll start talking bells and whistles, okay? In the meantime, if you don’t like smileys, don’t use them. I’ll look through the settings and see if the smiley display can be individually turned off; you can turn off other elements of a post, including signatures, if you don’t wish to see them, so perhaps that can make some folks happy. your humble TubaDiva ---
**Author:** ![Sample\_the\_Dog](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/8797f3/32.png) [@Sample\_the\_Dog](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sample_the_Dog)\ **Post date:** [April 1, 2005, 2:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-these-new-style-smiles-here-to-stay/297158/5 "2005-04-01T02:55:46Z")
Yeah, but now all my old posts that used to have the “can you believe this jack@ss?” rolleyes now have the “what a whimsical notion!” rolleyes. :rolleyes: ---
**Author:** ![AngelicGemma](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/439d5e/32.png) [@AngelicGemma](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AngelicGemma)\ **Post date:** [April 1, 2005, 12:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-these-new-style-smiles-here-to-stay/297158/6 "2005-04-01T12:08:03Z")
They took away our blow job smilie! :eek: ---
**Author:** ![Khadaji](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/9e8a1a/32.png) [@Khadaji](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Khadaji)\ **Post date:** [April 1, 2005, 2:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-these-new-style-smiles-here-to-stay/297158/7 "2005-04-01T14:34:00Z")
I like 'em much better than the old ones. This one :o looks much more embarrassed than the old one. The others are more clear to me too. ---
**Author:** ![Ethilrist](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ethilrist/32/4604_2.png) [@Ethilrist](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ethilrist)\ **Post date:** [April 1, 2005, 2:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-these-new-style-smiles-here-to-stay/297158/8 "2005-04-01T14:47:21Z")
Don’t like the new smilies? Don’t use them. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![AngelicGemma](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/439d5e/32.png) [@AngelicGemma](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AngelicGemma)\ **Post date:** [April 1, 2005, 4:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-these-new-style-smiles-here-to-stay/297158/9 "2005-04-01T16:35:33Z")
Have they switched back the smilies. Or is it because I’ve switched computers? ---
**Author:** ![Ethilrist](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ethilrist/32/4604_2.png) [@Ethilrist](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ethilrist)\ **Post date:** [April 1, 2005, 4:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-these-new-style-smiles-here-to-stay/297158/10 "2005-04-01T16:41:46Z")
I see new smilies. Try going to another site, emptying your cache, and come back. Bring some pie this time. ---
**Author:** ![AngelicGemma](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/439d5e/32.png) [@AngelicGemma](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AngelicGemma)\ **Post date:** [April 1, 2005, 6:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-these-new-style-smiles-here-to-stay/297158/11 "2005-04-01T18:08:17Z")
> [@Ethilrist](#): > > I see new smilies. > > Try going to another site, emptying your cache, and come back. > > Bring some pie this time. Ah ha! The new smilies are now back. Thanks. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![MovieMogul](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/f08c70/32.png) [@MovieMogul](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MovieMogul)\ **Post date:** [April 1, 2005, 6:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-these-new-style-smiles-here-to-stay/297158/12 "2005-04-01T18:57:43Z")
> [@Ethilrist](#): > > Try going to another site, emptying your cache, and come back. Since this instructions are more complicated than my non-tech-savvy brain can handle, I’m guess I’m going to continue to wonder what everyone’s talking about… ---
**Author:** ![mordecaiB](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mordecaib/32/7725_2.png) [@mordecaiB](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mordecaiB)\ **Post date:** [April 1, 2005, 7:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-these-new-style-smiles-here-to-stay/297158/13 "2005-04-01T19:37:56Z")
> [@ArchiveGuy](#): > > Since this instructions are more complicated than my non-tech-savvy brain can handle, I’m guess I’m going to continue to wonder what everyone’s talking about… **Archive Guy** , I posted to your question in [this](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=309754) thread. ---
**Author:** ![TubaDiva](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tubadiva/32/507_2.png) [@TubaDiva](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TubaDiva)\ **Post date:** [April 1, 2005, 7:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-these-new-style-smiles-here-to-stay/297158/14 "2005-04-01T19:57:34Z")
Jerry just changed back to the old smileys. your humble TubaDiva ---
**Author:** ![gum](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/bbe5ce/32.png) [@gum](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gum)\ **Post date:** [April 1, 2005, 8:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-these-new-style-smiles-here-to-stay/297158/15 "2005-04-01T20:08:27Z")
April 1st? 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Musicat](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/musicat/32/20189_2.png) [@Musicat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Musicat)\ **Post date:** [April 1, 2005, 8:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-these-new-style-smiles-here-to-stay/297158/16 "2005-04-01T20:08:35Z")
> [@TubaDiva](#): > > Jerry just changed back to the old smileys. Oh, I see. It was just an April Fool’s joke. Ha. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![InvidiousCourgette](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/e47c2d/32.png) [@InvidiousCourgette](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/InvidiousCourgette)\ **Post date:** [April 1, 2005, 8:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-these-new-style-smiles-here-to-stay/297158/17 "2005-04-01T20:11:58Z")
> [@TubaDiva](#): > > Jerry just changed back to the old smileys. Whoot! :rolleyes: I wanted to use that one again! ---
**Author:** ![Loopus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/loopus/32/15343_2.png) [@Loopus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Loopus)\ **Post date:** [April 1, 2005, 8:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-these-new-style-smiles-here-to-stay/297158/18 "2005-04-01T20:32:42Z")
I’m glad to see the old smiles back. Thanks Jerry! ---
**Author:** ![Binarydrone](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/3da27b/32.png) [@Binarydrone](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Binarydrone)\ **Post date:** [April 1, 2005, 10:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-these-new-style-smiles-here-to-stay/297158/19 "2005-04-01T22:54:32Z")
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**Author:** ![Frank](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/3d9bf3/32.png) [@Frank](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Frank)\ **Post date:** [April 2, 2005, 2:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-these-new-style-smiles-here-to-stay/297158/20 "2005-04-02T02:00:39Z")
> [@Binarydrone](#): > > Thankyou!Thankyou!Thankyou!Thankyou!Thankyou!Thankyou!Thankyou!Thankyou!Thankyou!Thankyou!Thankyou!Thankyou!Thankyou!Thankyou!Thankyou!Thankyou!Thankyou!Thankyou!Thankyou!Thankyou!Thankyou!Thankyou!Thankyou!Thankyou!Thankyou!Thankyou!Thankyou!Thankyou!Thankyou!Thankyou!Thankyou!Thankyou!Thankyou!Thankyou!Thankyou! What he said. [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-these-new-style-smiles-here-to-stay/297158.md?page=2)