# Can we please have the old smilies back?
**URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-we-please-have-the-old-smilies-back/912826
**Category:** Site Feedback
**Created:** [June 24, 2020, 7:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-we-please-have-the-old-smilies-back/912826 "2020-06-24T19:40:34Z")
**Posts on this page:** 20
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### Author:  [@Malleus\_Incus\_Stapes](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Malleus_Incus_Stapes)
#### Post date: [June 24, 2020, 7:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-we-please-have-the-old-smilies-back/912826/1 "2020-06-24T19:40:34Z")
The -headsmack- guy was my favorite emoji on any site; I even have it saved on my computer.
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### Author:  [@Omniscient](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Omniscient)
#### Post date: [June 24, 2020, 7:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-we-please-have-the-old-smilies-back/912826/2 "2020-06-24T19:43:34Z")
Gonna really miss that guy if he can’t be added.
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### Author:  [@Fiendish\_Astronaut](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Fiendish_Astronaut)
#### Post date: [June 24, 2020, 8:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-we-please-have-the-old-smilies-back/912826/3 "2020-06-24T20:34:15Z")
> [@Malleus\_Incus\_Stapes](#):
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> The -headsmack- guy was my favorite emoji on any site; I even have it saved on my computer.
Are you able to add it to your keyboard and use it easily in email etc? If so how can I get it???
(appreciate you can’t use it here obviously)
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### Author:  [@Giraffe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Giraffe)
#### Post date: [June 24, 2020, 9:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-we-please-have-the-old-smilies-back/912826/4 "2020-06-24T21:12:11Z")
You can download it here if you want it: [https://giraffeboards.com/images/smilies/addons/smack.gif](https://giraffeboards.com/images/smilies/addons/smack.gif)
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### Author:  [@Fiendish\_Astronaut](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Fiendish_Astronaut)
#### Post date: [June 24, 2020, 9:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-we-please-have-the-old-smilies-back/912826/5 "2020-06-24T21:21:57Z")
Thanks!!!
Now I need to work out what to do with it…
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### Author:  [@Snowboarder\_Bo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Snowboarder_Bo)
#### Post date: [June 24, 2020, 9:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-we-please-have-the-old-smilies-back/912826/6 "2020-06-24T21:29:54Z")
Aye: not impressed with the new collection of smilies. I do like the extended collection (which looks like it was taken right from an iPhone), just not the face emojis so much.
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### Author:  [@Malleus\_Incus\_Stapes](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Malleus_Incus_Stapes)
#### Post date: [June 25, 2020, 2:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-we-please-have-the-old-smilies-back/912826/7 "2020-06-25T02:14:48Z")
> [@Giraffe](#):
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> You can download it here if you want it: [https://giraffeboards.com/images/smilies/addons/smack.gif](https://giraffeboards.com/images/smilies/addons/smack.gif)
How? I see a picture of Smacky Guy, but not anything to do with him.
(I tried using the upload button to post my own saved image, and it worked fine in preview, but when I tried to submit it told me I couldn’t post images. So what’s the friggin’ point of having that button, them? Decoration?)
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### Author:  [@GreenWyvern](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GreenWyvern)
#### Post date: [June 25, 2020, 2:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-we-please-have-the-old-smilies-back/912826/8 "2020-06-25T02:19:33Z")
[ ](https://giraffeboards.com/images/smilies/addons/smack.gif)
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### Author:  [@Malleus\_Incus\_Stapes](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Malleus_Incus_Stapes)
#### Post date: [June 25, 2020, 2:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-we-please-have-the-old-smilies-back/912826/9 "2020-06-25T02:39:30Z")
@GreenWyvern
Nope, still tells me I can’t put images in a post. I can’t even quote you.
EDIT: I hope this isn’t a Sam’s Simple issue, because it’s the only interface I’ve found halfway readable.
EDITEDIT: Doesn’t work in Graceful, either.
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### Author:  [@GreenWyvern](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GreenWyvern)
#### Post date: [June 25, 2020, 2:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-we-please-have-the-old-smilies-back/912826/10 "2020-06-25T02:45:13Z")
> [@Snowboarder\_Bo](#):
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> Aye: not impressed with the new collection of smilies. I do like the extended collection (which looks like it was taken right from an iPhone), just not the face emojis so much.
These are standard Unicode emojis, used all over the place by everyone. If you don’t like them, complain to the [Unicode Consortium](https://home.unicode.org/emoji/about-emoji/)
[Unicode Emoji List, v13.0](https://unicode.org/emoji/charts/emoji-list.html)
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### Author:  [@GreenWyvern](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GreenWyvern)
#### Post date: [June 25, 2020, 2:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-we-please-have-the-old-smilies-back/912826/11 "2020-06-25T02:47:35Z")
> [@Malleus\_Incus\_Stapes](#):
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> @GreenWyvern
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> Nope, still tells me I can’t put images in a post. I can’t even quote you.
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> EDIT: I hope this isn’t a Sam’s Simple issue, because it’s the only interface I’ve found halfway readable.
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> EDITEDIT: Doesn’t work in Graceful, either.
To quote a post you’re replying to, click on the speech bubble icon at the top left of the edit box.
To link to an external graphic, just put the link on a line by itself.
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### Author:  [@Malleus\_Incus\_Stapes](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Malleus_Incus_Stapes)
#### Post date: [June 25, 2020, 3:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-we-please-have-the-old-smilies-back/912826/12 "2020-06-25T03:02:17Z")
testingtestingtesting
[ ](https://giraffeboards.com/images/smilies/addons/smack.gif)
Okay, that worked. Although it will be a pain to have to find and pull up the image every time.
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### Author:  [@Senegoid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Senegoid)
#### Post date: [June 25, 2020, 5:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-we-please-have-the-old-smilies-back/912826/13 "2020-06-25T05:23:29Z")
Hey @Giraffe you’re here!
> [@GreenWyvern](#):
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> [https://giraffeboards.com/images/smilies/addons/smack.gif](https://giraffeboards.com/images/smilies/addons/smack.gif)
Cool! The other custom smilie I liked was :dubious:
[ ](https://giraffeboards.com/images/smilies/addons/dubious.gif)
Giraffe, can you post a list of all of their names that we can use?
Also, do you have the OLD roll-eyes smilie that we had several years ago?
ETA: Looks like that doesn’t work inside a quote box.
[ ](https://giraffeboards.com/images/smilies/addons/smack.gif)
And Disco-Nanny-Bot bothers me for inserting a link that somebody else has already inserted earlier in the thread.
[ ](https://giraffeboards.com/images/smilies/addons/smack.gif)
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### Author:  [@Senegoid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Senegoid)
#### Post date: [June 25, 2020, 5:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-we-please-have-the-old-smilies-back/912826/14 "2020-06-25T05:28:22Z")
> [@Malleus\_Incus\_Stapes](#):
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> testingtestingtesting
> [https://giraffeboards.com/images/smilies/addons/smack.gif](https://giraffeboards.com/images/smilies/addons/smack.gif)
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> Okay, that worked. Although it will be a pain to have to find and pull up the image every time.
I bookmarked it!
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### Author:  [@Giraffe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Giraffe)
#### Post date: [June 25, 2020, 5:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-we-please-have-the-old-smilies-back/912826/15 "2020-06-25T05:29:22Z")
I was more thinking the mods would add it if people wanted it, but whatever works.
Here is rolleyes: [https://giraffeboards.com/images/smilies/rolleyes-newer.gif](https://giraffeboards.com/images/smilies/rolleyes-newer.gif)
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### Author:  [@Senegoid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Senegoid)
#### Post date: [June 25, 2020, 5:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-we-please-have-the-old-smilies-back/912826/16 "2020-06-25T05:33:05Z")
@Giraffe, do you still have the older roll-eyes around somewhere (the one we had prior to the rolleyes-newer? Do you have a handy list of all the others?
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### Author:  [@Giraffe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Giraffe)
#### Post date: [June 25, 2020, 5:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-we-please-have-the-old-smilies-back/912826/17 "2020-06-25T05:36:13Z")
Hmm, if you want to see all the smilies on my board, you can check this link: [Smilie List - The Giraffe Boards](https://giraffeboards.com/misc.php?do=getsmilies&editorid=vB_Editor_001)
You can save the path to the image with a right-click.
And we do have an older rolleyes, but I’m not sure it’s the one you’re thinking of: [https://giraffeboards.com/images/smilies/rolleyes.gif](https://giraffeboards.com/images/smilies/rolleyes.gif)
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### Author:  [@Senegoid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Senegoid)
#### Post date: [June 25, 2020, 5:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-we-please-have-the-old-smilies-back/912826/18 "2020-06-25T05:48:24Z")
All that’s nifty! Do the animated gif’s work here? (Hopefully not!)
[https://giraffeboards.com/images/smilies/addons/fireworks.gif](https://giraffeboards.com/images/smilies/addons/fireworks.gif)
[ ](https://giraffeboards.com/images/smilies/addons/smack.gif)
[ ](https://giraffeboards.com/images/smilies/addons/banana.gif)
[https://giraffeboards.com/images/smilies/addons/headwall.gif](https://giraffeboards.com/images/smilies/addons/headwall.gif)
[https://giraffeboards.com/images/smilies/addons/cluck.gif](https://giraffeboards.com/images/smilies/addons/cluck.gif)
Seems like some do and some don’t. I’m sure the animated ones would not be welcome here.
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### Author:  [@I\_Love\_Me\_Vol.I](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/I_Love_Me_Vol.I)
#### Post date: [June 25, 2020, 5:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-we-please-have-the-old-smilies-back/912826/19 "2020-06-25T05:51:49Z")
Please. No animated emojis. Good grief. No. Just no.
I can’t believe I’m seeing that under the SDMB banner. it just seems so… very wrong.
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### Author:  [@GreenWyvern](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GreenWyvern)
#### Post date: [June 25, 2020, 6:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-we-please-have-the-old-smilies-back/912826/20 "2020-06-25T06:57:11Z")
> [@Senegoid](#):
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> Cool! The other custom smilie I liked was :dubious:
🤨 🙄
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