# How do you use the damn smilies?

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-you-use-the-damn-smilies/21479>\
**Category:** About This Message Board\
**Created:** [June 5, 2000, 7:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-you-use-the-damn-smilies/21479 "2000-06-05T19:12:48Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 10\
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**Author:** ![SuaSponte](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/67e7ee/32.png) [@SuaSponte](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SuaSponte)\
**Post date:** [June 5, 2000, 7:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-you-use-the-damn-smilies/21479/1 "2000-06-05T19:12:48Z")

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See question in subject field

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**Author:** ![Bullroar](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/ea5d25/32.png) [@Bullroar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bullroar)\
**Post date:** [June 5, 2000, 7:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-you-use-the-damn-smilies/21479/2 "2000-06-05T19:15:00Z")

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You have to start posting, then hit the blue link on that page that says “Smilies” or “vBcode” 🙂

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**Author:** ![yojimbo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/yojimbo/32/232_2.png) [@yojimbo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/yojimbo)\
**Post date:** [June 5, 2000, 9:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-you-use-the-damn-smilies/21479/3 "2000-06-05T21:50:14Z")

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Sua , a good tip . If you see a poster do something you don’t know how to do hit the reply with quote icon (the icon with quote beside it) you will then see what the poster typed to do the action .

**Do** _it_ with this post to see how I did stuff .

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And click [here](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/index.php?action=showsmilies) to see the rest of the smiles .

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**Author:** ![UncleBeer](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/977dab/32.png) [@UncleBeer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/UncleBeer)\
**Post date:** [June 5, 2000, 11:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-you-use-the-damn-smilies/21479/4 "2000-06-05T23:49:55Z")

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The real question is, why do you want to use the damn smilies?

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**Author:** ![ChiefScott](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/58f4c7/32.png) [@ChiefScott](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ChiefScott)\
**Post date:** [June 6, 2000, 1:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-you-use-the-damn-smilies/21479/5 "2000-06-06T01:06:22Z")

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Of course, Sua doesn’t.

::loading 9mm::

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**Author:** ![Brea](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/2bfe46/32.png) [@Brea](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Brea)\
**Post date:** [June 9, 2000, 4:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-you-use-the-damn-smilies/21479/6 "2000-06-09T04:45:48Z")

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🙂  
😉  
☹

Just testing to see if it works the way you say it does… Gotta have the proof! Right here in my grubby lil hands! Whoopie! It works! _giggles madly waiting for the next chance to use this wonderful knowledge_

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**Author:** ![ChiefScott](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/58f4c7/32.png) [@ChiefScott](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ChiefScott)\
**Post date:** [June 9, 2000, 8:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-you-use-the-damn-smilies/21479/7 "2000-06-09T20:26:16Z")

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::Giggling madly, witing for Brea to use her new-found knowledge, now brandishing 9 mm::

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**Author:** ![Odieman](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/a87d85/32.png) [@Odieman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Odieman)\
**Post date:** [June 9, 2000, 8:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-you-use-the-damn-smilies/21479/8 "2000-06-09T20:30:37Z")

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Chief  
😛

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**Author:** ![ChiefScott](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/58f4c7/32.png) [@ChiefScott](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ChiefScott)\
**Post date:** [June 9, 2000, 8:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-you-use-the-damn-smilies/21479/9 "2000-06-09T20:38:24Z")

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Odie –

Pth-th-th-th.

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**Author:** ![Brea](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/2bfe46/32.png) [@Brea](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Brea)\
**Post date:** [June 10, 2000, 6:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-you-use-the-damn-smilies/21479/10 "2000-06-10T06:37:22Z")

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😛_Brea ducks and runs for cover_