While I’m also of the mind that we could stand to get rid of some, if I absolutely had to pick a new one, it would be the barfy smiley. Hmmm, what would the shortcut look like?
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What we really need is just an improvement.
The Jewicon is never useful. I have no idea how that made it in such a short list. cough trilateral commission cough cough
doesn’t do shit.
I never know if :wally is calling myself a putz or who I’m responding to, but I wish he looked mad, like he was really calling someone a putz, and not being smiley about it.
:o looks like he’s sleeping, not embarrassed, so I never use it. I don’t even know what you’d use him for.
There are so many problems with 
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. is called “stick out tongue” but he looks like he’s laughing, so you can’t really use it to show appreciation of a joke. is just stupid. is more for a “I’m being funny” vibe than “I appreciated your joke”. So, what we need to to remove and and add a laugher.
A roll-eyes is good. A shrug is good. One laugher. Head-smack is good. One insulting smiley, maybe just “putz” without the wise-ass grin. Confused is all right, sad is all right, mad is all right, wink is all right.
As always, use judiciously.
Also, note a pit from some other time.
You might also check out this from CK Dexter Haven.
His promise is almost realized.
A grining devil.
Perhaps instead of the “Og Smiley”, which to me isn’t especially Og-like, you could have the “Smite Smiley”, a bearded smiley with wings, hurling a lightning bolt.
I disagree. I think it’s the coolest smilie we got.
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:o looks like he’s sleeping, not embarrassed, so I never use it. I don’t even know what you’d use him for.
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I’m with you on this one. In fact, I’ve never used it because I’m convinced it’s the “oral sex smilie”.
Crap. Pretend those quote tags are in the right place, please. :smack:
Oh, sure, he’s the Arthur Fonzerelli of smilies, but what do you use it for? To call another poster cool, call yourself cool, frame your response when someone tells you about a new laser pointer device that you can use to warm your coffee?
tells Ponder Stibbons to “Sit on it!”
Another vote for the pukey smiley.
I’m cool with that.
Sssssmmmmmmmmaaaaaaaaaaassshhhhiiiiiiiieeeeeeeeeeeee!!!
Mr. Yuk would make a good pukey.
We need a nerd/geek/Vulcan smiley.
NO!
A 1920’s Style Death Ray smilie!
Creepy! “Home is full of bad things that can hurt you very much!”
An OG smiley!
Seriously, I nominate the vomit smiley. And the cool icon just doesn’t do anything for me.
Why is the blushy smiley orange, anyways? Shouldn’t it be pink?
Stream of Emoticonsciencious.
I think a train crashing into a brick wall emoticon would be very useful in the pit.
Or a train crashing into a steaming pile of doo doo.
Car full of scary clowns emoticon?
Vulcan- (ears and the V thingie) and A frodo ( buldging eyes) emoticon would end up taking over Cafe Society.
OOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH
What about a Mr. Burn’s Like Emoticon saying, " Excellent."
Or,
An emoticon like Spongebob that says, " Oooooooooooh…" Square and pursed lipped like our Spongy friend.
Or, ::::snicker:::: A lance armstrong emoticon …one ball…something about “He’s freeballin’ here folks…nothing to lose…”
Or a bunch of emoticons looking like protesters holding signs…and the user could put anything on the signs, you know, " This thread is worthless without Pie."
How about a Grammer Nazi emoticon goosestepping in place, so that those who like to nitpick about your pathetic speling eror & now can do it with a sense of humor.
And the collerary to that would be to have a soldier shooting a bazooka emoticon that send off the message, " Let the flame war begin"
I have no life.
I have already said this, but if I there could be a devilish emotioncon, or an animated sniggering emoticon, it could be used to mean, “I know that what I just said was wrong for a productive member of society to say,” or, “I am not taking my statement seriously”
I say we replace with a non-smiling smilie flipping the bird. I hate how squinty is – it looks more like it’s laughing than sticking its tongue out. Little fucker. (Insert bird-flipping smilie here.)
I had forgotten about smashie… thanks for the memories!