# How do you use smilies? **URL:** \ **Category:** About This Message Board\ **Created:** [September 4, 2011, 12:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-you-use-smilies/595121 "2011-09-04T00:18:02Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 19\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Hari\_Seldon](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/hari_seldon/32/5173_2.png) [@Hari\_Seldon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hari_Seldon)\ **Post date:** [September 4, 2011, 12:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-you-use-smilies/595121/1 "2011-09-04T00:18:02Z")
I tried putting a smilie in a post and all I got was [http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/images/smilies/smile.gif](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/images/smilies/smile.gif). ---
**Author:** ![Idle\_Thoughts](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/838e76/32.png) [@Idle\_Thoughts](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Idle_Thoughts)\ **Post date:** [September 4, 2011, 12:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-you-use-smilies/595121/2 "2011-09-04T00:20:54Z")
You don’t use the actual address/link to the smile…you just use simple keys. 🙂 = : ) (without the space) 😛 = : p 😉 = ; ) Or you should also be able to click on each one as you’re composing your reply (if you’re not using quick reply, that is). The smiles will be in the box to the right of the reply box. ---
**Author:** ![John\_Mace](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/john_mace/32/185_2.png) [@John\_Mace](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/John_Mace)\ **Post date:** [September 4, 2011, 12:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-you-use-smilies/595121/3 "2011-09-04T00:21:50Z")
😕 That shows up a 🙂 for me. Did you just click on the smiley to the right of the reply box, or did you type : ) without the space? ---
**Author:** ![Lynn\_Bodoni](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/e47c2d/32.png) [@Lynn\_Bodoni](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lynn_Bodoni)\ **Post date:** [September 4, 2011, 2:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-you-use-smilies/595121/4 "2011-09-04T02:09:49Z")
Scroll down to the bottom of this page. You’ll see a little box on the left side, which says “Posting Rules”, which tells you what you can post and what you can’t. It also has some links, and one of them is to the [smilies](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/misc.php?do=showsmilies) list. There’s also a link to the BB Code. ---
**Author:** ![XT](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/xt/32/456_2.png) [@XT](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/XT)\ **Post date:** [September 4, 2011, 2:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-you-use-smilies/595121/5 "2011-09-04T02:42:53Z")
[QUOTE=Idle Thoughts] Or you should also be able to click on each one as you’re composing your reply (if you’re not using quick reply, that is). The smiles will be in the box to the right of the reply box. [/QUOTE] Yeah, that’s pretty much what I do. When I’m posting from my phone I just do without, as I can never remember the exact syntax. From my iPad or laptop I just click on the one I want to the right. -XT ---
**Author:** ![Zoe](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/a4c791/32.png) [@Zoe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zoe)\ **Post date:** [September 4, 2011, 1:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-you-use-smilies/595121/6 "2011-09-04T13:36:28Z")
> [@](#): > > **Hari** : How do you use smilies? Generally I use them to annoy **elucidator** when he’s been wicked. ---
**Author:** ![Hari\_Seldon](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/hari_seldon/32/5173_2.png) [@Hari\_Seldon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hari_Seldon)\ **Post date:** [September 4, 2011, 3:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-you-use-smilies/595121/7 "2011-09-04T15:07:48Z")
What I did was drag the smiley. I will now try clicking. 🙂 Was that obvious? Yes, it worked, but who knew?:smack: ---
**Author:** ![guizot](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/guizot/32/3636_2.png) [@guizot](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/guizot)\ **Post date:** [September 4, 2011, 3:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-you-use-smilies/595121/8 "2011-09-04T15:28:37Z")
> [@Hari\_Seldon](#): > > What I did was drag the smiley. I will now try clicking. 🙂 Was that obvious? Yes, it worked, but who knew?:smack: No doubt you were raised with a deprived operating system. We understand. ---
**Author:** ![John\_Mace](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/john_mace/32/185_2.png) [@John\_Mace](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/John_Mace)\ **Post date:** [September 4, 2011, 10:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-you-use-smilies/595121/9 "2011-09-04T22:02:29Z")
> [@Hari\_Seldon](#): > > What I did was drag the smiley. I will now try clicking. 🙂 Was that obvious? Yes, it worked, but who knew?:smack: It only took you nine years. Our lab chimp figured it out in 15 minutes. The crow did it in 10. 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Canadjun](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/76d3ee/32.png) [@Canadjun](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Canadjun)\ **Post date:** [September 5, 2011, 1:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-you-use-smilies/595121/10 "2011-09-05T01:12:05Z")
> [@John\_Mace](#): > > It only took you nine years. Our lab chimp figured it out in 15 minutes. The crow did it in 10. 😃 The chimp took 15 minutes?! Was it on drugs at the time? 😃 ---
**Author:** ![armedmonkey](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/d6d6ee/32.png) [@armedmonkey](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/armedmonkey)\ **Post date:** [September 5, 2011, 5:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-you-use-smilies/595121/11 "2011-09-05T05:49:21Z")
> [@Canadjun](#): > > The chimp took 15 minutes?! Was it on drugs at the time? > > 😃 In my defense, it was some _really_ good shit. ---
**Author:** ![Digital\_is\_the\_new\_Analog](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/a88e4f/32.png) [@Digital\_is\_the\_new\_Analog](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Digital_is_the_new_Analog)\ **Post date:** [September 5, 2011, 1:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-you-use-smilies/595121/12 "2011-09-05T13:56:57Z")
> [@Canadjun](#): > > The chimp took 15 minutes?! Was it on drugs at the time? > > 😃 Damn chimp stealing my stash again.. -D/a ---
**Author:** ![don\_t\_ask](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e68b1a/32.png) [@don\_t\_ask](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/don_t_ask)\ **Post date:** [September 5, 2011, 2:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-you-use-smilies/595121/13 "2011-09-05T14:40:16Z")
I have never posted a smilie. ---
**Author:** ![SiXSwordS](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/49beb7/32.png) [@SiXSwordS](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SiXSwordS)\ **Post date:** [September 5, 2011, 2:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-you-use-smilies/595121/14 "2011-09-05T14:59:40Z")
[del]a:(a[/del] a:) ---
**Author:** ![Chronos](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chronos/32/134_2.png) [@Chronos](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chronos)\ **Post date:** [September 5, 2011, 4:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-you-use-smilies/595121/15 "2011-09-05T16:24:16Z")
[del]\< ☹ \<[/del] General Custer ---
**Author:** ![SiXSwordS](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/49beb7/32.png) [@SiXSwordS](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SiXSwordS)\ **Post date:** [September 5, 2011, 4:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-you-use-smilies/595121/16 "2011-09-05T16:41:31Z")
[del]≤:D≤[/del] Steve Martin ---
**Author:** ![Digital\_is\_the\_new\_Analog](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/a88e4f/32.png) [@Digital\_is\_the\_new\_Analog](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Digital_is_the_new_Analog)\ **Post date:** [September 5, 2011, 5:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-you-use-smilies/595121/17 "2011-09-05T17:48:31Z")
> [@don\_t\_ask](#): > > I have never posted a smilie. So, we shouldn’t ask? -D/a ---
**Author:** ![Yookeroo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/yookeroo/32/323_2.png) [@Yookeroo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Yookeroo)\ **Post date:** [September 6, 2011, 2:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-you-use-smilies/595121/18 "2011-09-06T02:04:15Z")
> [@don\_t\_ask](#): > > I have never posted a smilie. There’s no shame in that. ---
**Author:** ![Malacandra](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/45deac/32.png) [@Malacandra](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Malacandra)\ **Post date:** [September 6, 2011, 7:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-you-use-smilies/595121/22 "2011-09-06T07:21:08Z")
Yeah, it’s easy: [noparse]🙂 ;)[/noparse] What? ☹