# Isn't It Time For A New Smiley Yet?? **URL:** \ **Category:** About This Message Board\ **Created:** [September 10, 2002, 12:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/isnt-it-time-for-a-new-smiley-yet/127744 "2002-09-10T00:55:25Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![dreamer](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/6bbea6/32.png) [@dreamer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dreamer)\ **Post date:** [September 10, 2002, 12:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/isnt-it-time-for-a-new-smiley-yet/127744/1 "2002-09-10T00:55:25Z")
It just seems like this place need a bit of a pick-me-up and something to get our minds off all the other things going on these days. I know, some of you think the smileys are annoying and I apolgize for bringing this up (not really :D), but I like them and many other dopers do too! So **Arnold** , can we have another poll? Another long, drawn-out selection process of smileys? I’ve been thinking a smiley that shrugs it’s shoulders might be kind of cool. Or we could just vote on _Smashie™_ and let that be the end of it. So what do you say? 🆒 ---
**Author:** ![Arnold\_Winkelried](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/3d9bf3/32.png) [@Arnold\_Winkelried](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Arnold_Winkelried)\ **Post date:** [September 10, 2002, 1:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/isnt-it-time-for-a-new-smiley-yet/127744/2 "2002-09-10T01:10:51Z")
Oh all right. I’ll have a new poll by the end of the week. ---
**Author:** ![dreamer](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/6bbea6/32.png) [@dreamer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dreamer)\ **Post date:** [September 10, 2002, 1:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/isnt-it-time-for-a-new-smiley-yet/127744/3 "2002-09-10T01:43:40Z")
Wow!! I don’t know what to say. I Love You? No, really I do 😃 ---
**Author:** ![dantheman](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dantheman/32/9421_2.png) [@dantheman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dantheman)\ **Post date:** [September 10, 2002, 1:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/isnt-it-time-for-a-new-smiley-yet/127744/4 "2002-09-10T01:47:10Z")
If we add a new one, can we upgrade the blushing one? It just looks… off! :o Oh boy oh boy! We’re gonna get a new smiley! We’re gonna get a new smiley! ---
**Author:** ![Geek\_Mecha](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/ecae2f/32.png) [@Geek\_Mecha](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Geek_Mecha)\ **Post date:** [September 10, 2002, 2:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/isnt-it-time-for-a-new-smiley-yet/127744/5 "2002-09-10T02:42:07Z")
Let’s not get smiley fever here. We just added the smackie, and it seems like people have been overusing it since. At the slightest “whoops” provocation, it appears. I understand it’s a novelty thing. But I think it’s excessive. As much as I like smilies-- really, I do; I even collect them-- we don’t really need another one. If we can come up with a smiley that conveys a sentiment that comes up frequently, like the winkie or rolleyes, then I’m all for it. But it seems to me that the smiley suggestions of late have been for sentiments that aren’t at all common (such as Smashie and Smackie, and now Shruggie) and are being suggested simply because people think it’d be cool to have. The darn thing ends up being misused, and overused. I mean no offense, but calls for new smilies like this make me wish there was a “hide smilies in all posts” option, like there is for sigs. ---
**Author:** ![dantheman](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dantheman/32/9421_2.png) [@dantheman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dantheman)\ **Post date:** [September 10, 2002, 2:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/isnt-it-time-for-a-new-smiley-yet/127744/6 "2002-09-10T02:59:33Z")
Aha! See, I knew we just added that fershlugginer smacker! Hey **Audrey** , maybe we need a “mooning” one? Then when people try to be party poopers… (I’m only teasing you! :p) ---
**Author:** ![dreamer](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/6bbea6/32.png) [@dreamer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dreamer)\ **Post date:** [September 10, 2002, 3:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/isnt-it-time-for-a-new-smiley-yet/127744/7 "2002-09-10T03:52:02Z")
I’m thinking upgrading the blushing one _is_ a very good idea. Or we could just make this one a Diva or something 😃 :o :o :o la la la… ---
**Author:** ![Geek\_Mecha](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/ecae2f/32.png) [@Geek\_Mecha](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Geek_Mecha)\ **Post date:** [September 10, 2002, 4:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/isnt-it-time-for-a-new-smiley-yet/127744/8 "2002-09-10T04:05:47Z")
:moons **dan** : See? You don’t need no shtinkin’ smiley. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Linear\_Crack](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/8e7dd6/32.png) [@Linear\_Crack](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Linear_Crack)\ **Post date:** [September 10, 2002, 4:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/isnt-it-time-for-a-new-smiley-yet/127744/9 "2002-09-10T04:16:23Z")
Just to wet your whistle: [Smilies](http://www.kuernberg.at/forum/index.php3?action=showsmilies) Flamethrower smilie is very versatile. -LC ---
**Author:** ![dreamer](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/6bbea6/32.png) [@dreamer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dreamer)\ **Post date:** [September 10, 2002, 4:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/isnt-it-time-for-a-new-smiley-yet/127744/10 "2002-09-10T04:47:46Z")
LOL! What the heck happened to -blutig-? We _definately_ gotta get -dispute-. And wow, the little “f” is pretty hilarious! ---
**Author:** ![Asylum](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/53a042/32.png) [@Asylum](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Asylum)\ **Post date:** [September 10, 2002, 5:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/isnt-it-time-for-a-new-smiley-yet/127744/11 "2002-09-10T05:43:21Z")
Let me backup **AudreyK** and say that unless the new smiley conveys a common sentiment better than type let’s not add a new smiley. If I remember correctly there was a bit of a similar debate surrounding the last added smiley so maybe we should have a poll on whether or not to add a new smiley before anything else. Although I’ve used them before, will use them again, and often admire other’s uses of them overall I hate the little pissers. ---
**Author:** ![Arnold\_Winkelried](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/3d9bf3/32.png) [@Arnold\_Winkelried](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Arnold_Winkelried)\ **Post date:** [September 10, 2002, 7:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/isnt-it-time-for-a-new-smiley-yet/127744/12 "2002-09-10T07:17:46Z")
This smiley poll, like the last one, will have the choice of “no new smilies”. ---
**Author:** ![grimpixie](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/ecb155/32.png) [@grimpixie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/grimpixie)\ **Post date:** [September 10, 2002, 10:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/isnt-it-time-for-a-new-smiley-yet/127744/13 "2002-09-10T10:50:48Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Linear Crack \* > \*\*Just to wet your whistle: > > [Smilies](http://www.kuernberg.at/forum/index.php3?action=showsmilies) > > Flamethrower smilie is very versatile. > \*\* A disturbingly large number of violent smilies on that page :eek: Grim ::Preparing to vote for the heart smilie:: ---
**Author:** ![dantheman](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dantheman/32/9421_2.png) [@dantheman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dantheman)\ **Post date:** [September 10, 2002, 12:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/isnt-it-time-for-a-new-smiley-yet/127744/14 "2002-09-10T12:11:18Z")
Read. My. Lips. No. New. Smilies. 😃 :: moons Audrey right back :: ---
**Author:** ![White\_Lightning](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/f04885/32.png) [@White\_Lightning](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/White_Lightning)\ **Post date:** [September 10, 2002, 12:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/isnt-it-time-for-a-new-smiley-yet/127744/15 "2002-09-10T12:19:37Z")
Yeah, do we really need another one? You guys are like kids that have barely unwrapped their new toy before they’re clamoring for another one. We _just_ added Smackie. That was what, back in April? It still looks fake to me, like it doesn’t belong here. Let’s not add a smilie just to add a smilie! Last time I voted in a couple of them just for the novelty factor (and to be a part of history!), but this time I think I’m resolved to mark my ballot for (read my lips) “NO NEW SMIILIES.” ---
**Author:** ![White\_Lightning](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/f04885/32.png) [@White\_Lightning](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/White_Lightning)\ **Post date:** [September 10, 2002, 12:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/isnt-it-time-for-a-new-smiley-yet/127744/16 "2002-09-10T12:21:01Z")
**dantheman** , you wanker. Now it looks like I was just imitating your witticism. Can I help it if I open all the ATMB threads at once and reply to them one by one? Butthead. ---
**Author:** ![dantheman](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dantheman/32/9421_2.png) [@dantheman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dantheman)\ **Post date:** [September 10, 2002, 12:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/isnt-it-time-for-a-new-smiley-yet/127744/17 "2002-09-10T12:26:52Z")
Sticks and stones may break my bones, but name-calling goes in the Pit. :\> Why can’t we just add one for the sake of adding one? That’s the fun of it! ---
**Author:** ![Coldfire](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/a587f6/32.png) [@Coldfire](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Coldfire)\ **Post date:** [September 10, 2002, 12:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/isnt-it-time-for-a-new-smiley-yet/127744/18 "2002-09-10T12:58:48Z")
I don’t particularly care one way or the other, as long as a) no animated smilies will be used on the SDMB, EVER, and b) the new smilie will not be overused. Which it will be, of course. Maybe, when we add all those smilies, we ought to implement a maximum of, say, 10 smilies per post or something. Is that possible, Arnold? ---
**Author:** ![dantheman](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dantheman/32/9421_2.png) [@dantheman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dantheman)\ **Post date:** [September 10, 2002, 1:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/isnt-it-time-for-a-new-smiley-yet/127744/19 "2002-09-10T13:11:53Z")
You mean 10 of any kind, or 10 of one kind? Either way, sounds like a great suggestion. ---
**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:** [September 10, 2002, 1:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/isnt-it-time-for-a-new-smiley-yet/127744/20 "2002-09-10T13:18:40Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Coldfire \* > \*\*Maybe, when we add all those smilies, we ought to implement a maximum of, say, 10 smilies per post or something. Is that possible, Arnold? \*\* Not to answer for Arnold (which is, inronically, exactly what I am doing…), but yes, you can limit the number of images per post. And since smilies are images, and the SDMB doesn’t allow images, than changing this setting effectively limits the number of smilies. I’ve had to increase it several times on my Board, especially when we had the Murder Trial of the Rolleyes Smiley, prosecuted by me, and defended by Fenris Jennings Bryan. God, we are such geeks. I love us! 🙂 [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/isnt-it-time-for-a-new-smiley-yet/127744.md?page=2)