# Gimme more Emoji **URL:** \ **Category:** About This Message Board\ **Created:** [July 14, 2017, 5:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/gimme-more-emoji/791267 "2017-07-14T17:48:27Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 5\ **Page:** 3
**Author:** ![Spiderman](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/spiderman/32/230_2.png) [@Spiderman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spiderman)\ **Post date:** [July 18, 2017, 6:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/gimme-more-emoji/791267/42 "2017-07-18T18:32:16Z")
> [@BigT](#): > > (✖╭╮:heavy\_multiplication\_x:) Best I can do. > > > [@Northern\_Piper](#): > > > > Looks too much like the [Conklin clown](http://preserve.northernarmy.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/02/conklin_shows.png). No, the [KAWS](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/d/da/HK_TST_Harbour_City_night_Ocean_Terminal_exhibition_KAWS_Oct-2010.JPG) clown. ---
**Author:** ![FoieGrasIsEvil](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/foiegrasisevil/32/16638_2.png) [@FoieGrasIsEvil](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FoieGrasIsEvil)\ **Post date:** [July 19, 2017, 8:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/gimme-more-emoji/791267/43 "2017-07-19T20:05:31Z")
> [@Backwater\_Under\_Duck](#): > > The whole deal with emojis, the few that we have to deal with on the Dope, is that they let you drop something heavy and back out of it with a wink or a grin, or get real serious with a mad face … you lookin’ at me?… but they are merely shorthand notes to avoid real conversation. Which is contrary to the whole point of this board. I use them occasionally, more and more never. Yes I’m an _old-timer_. My post count does not show that, but my membership status does. You guys can have this when we’re gone. Give me enlightened engagement with intellectual discourse. Except for MPSMS. Thats cool too. That’s what I’m here for. But the trick is you don’t _have_ to use them. Just being able to choose from some more, particularly in lighthearted banter type situations would be fun. ---
**Author:** ![AHunter3](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ahunter3/32/368_2.png) [@AHunter3](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AHunter3)\ **Post date:** [July 19, 2017, 9:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/gimme-more-emoji/791267/44 "2017-07-19T21:13:24Z")
Twice we added custom smilies. Both times it started with a thread in which folks made suggestions and then there was preliminary voting to obtain the primary candidates and finally a championship match from which the winner was chosen. These were the winners (I don’t remember the consecutive order): :dubious: :smack: I never thought these events should take place too often (and thus clutter up the array of smilies with too many options). But I think it’s been well over a decade and we could probably consider accommodating another one. Or we could replace one of the existing ones. No one likes the modern rolleyes; the green one was so much more contemptuous and we want it back! The embarrassed face wasn’t good before (looked like a blowjob-face to many board regulars) but now it looks constipated and there’s a lot of room for custom improvement. ---
**Author:** ![gigi](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/a587f6/32.png) [@gigi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gigi)\ **Post date:** [July 19, 2017, 9:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/gimme-more-emoji/791267/45 "2017-07-19T21:28:25Z")
> [@DSYoungEsq](#): > > I love the fact that I’m forced to convey most of my meaning here by proper use of the English language. 🙂 Yes! ::thumbs up ---
**Author:** ![Lumpy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lumpy/32/446_2.png) [@Lumpy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lumpy)\ **Post date:** [July 19, 2017, 11:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/gimme-more-emoji/791267/46 "2017-07-19T23:52:53Z")
A emoji test post I made that apparently failed for most users: [emoji test - About This Message Board - Straight Dope Message Board](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=758938) Apparently cutting and pasting wasn’t working, even when the originals displayed properly. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/gimme-more-emoji/791267.md?page=2)