# Is something up with the :mad: smilie?

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-something-up-with-the-mad-smilie/155730>\
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**Created:** [February 17, 2003, 9:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-something-up-with-the-mad-smilie/155730 "2003-02-17T21:53:42Z")\
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**Author:** ![Quonk](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/q/ed655f/32.png) [@Quonk](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Quonk)\
**Post date:** [February 17, 2003, 9:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-something-up-with-the-mad-smilie/155730/1 "2003-02-17T21:53:42Z")

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It doesn’t seem to be working right.

\>:mad:\<

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**Author:** ![Kat](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/b19c9b/32.png) [@Kat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kat)\
**Post date:** [February 17, 2003, 10:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-something-up-with-the-mad-smilie/155730/2 "2003-02-17T22:44:52Z")

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:mad:

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**Author:** ![Kat](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/b19c9b/32.png) [@Kat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kat)\
**Post date:** [February 17, 2003, 10:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-something-up-with-the-mad-smilie/155730/3 "2003-02-17T22:46:40Z")

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Looks fine to me.

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**Author:** ![Quonk](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/q/ed655f/32.png) [@Quonk](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Quonk)\
**Post date:** [February 17, 2003, 11:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-something-up-with-the-mad-smilie/155730/4 "2003-02-17T23:20:39Z")

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Eh, never mind. For a few hours, it wasn’t showing up, just a gray square. I guess it’s fine now.

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**Author:** ![Aslan\_of\_Narnia](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ecd19e/32.png) [@Aslan\_of\_Narnia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Aslan_of_Narnia)\
**Post date:** [February 17, 2003, 11:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-something-up-with-the-mad-smilie/155730/5 "2003-02-17T23:45:57Z")

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:mad:  
Is it me, or does the mad guy look like a idiot?

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**Author:** ![Orange\_Skinner](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/3be4f8/32.png) [@Orange\_Skinner](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Orange_Skinner)\
**Post date:** [February 18, 2003, 12:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-something-up-with-the-mad-smilie/155730/6 "2003-02-18T00:39:14Z")

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> [@](#):
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> \*Originally posted by Aslan2 \*  
> \*\*:mad:  
> Is it me, or does the mad guy look like a idiot? \*\*

Yeah. What a goon. The Jewish Orthodox Smilie could kick his ass any day.

;j vs :mad: …no contest.

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**Author:** ![Aslan\_of\_Narnia](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ecd19e/32.png) [@Aslan\_of\_Narnia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Aslan_of_Narnia)\
**Post date:** [February 18, 2003, 7:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-something-up-with-the-mad-smilie/155730/7 "2003-02-18T07:10:50Z")

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heh.

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**Author:** ![samarm](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/4da419/32.png) [@samarm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/samarm)\
**Post date:** [February 18, 2003, 9:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-something-up-with-the-mad-smilie/155730/8 "2003-02-18T09:14:53Z")

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:dubious: 🙂 :o 🆒 :mad: 😕 :eek: :rolleyes: 😛 😃

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**Author:** ![Una\_Persson](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/una_persson/32/346_2.png) [@Una\_Persson](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Una_Persson)\
**Post date:** [February 18, 2003, 12:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-something-up-with-the-mad-smilie/155730/9 "2003-02-18T12:42:57Z")

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Sometimes your cache will contain a “corrupt” smilie, that either looks broken or is missing. I’ve seen this here, on Fathom, and on my Board. You can clear your cache and re-load, and it comes back.