# New Smiley Proposition **URL:** \ **Category:** About This Message Board\ **Created:** [September 1, 2009, 10:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-smiley-proposition/508466 "2009-09-01T10:22:55Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![Fear\_Itself](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/fear_itself/32/19637_2.png) [@Fear\_Itself](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Fear_Itself)\ **Post date:** [September 2, 2009, 3:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-smiley-proposition/508466/21 "2009-09-02T03:27:17Z")
> [@Carol\_Stream](#): > > No. Aren’t there five million other places on the internet where you can go squee till your heart’s content? What would a squee smiley add to the SDMB? I’ve changed my mind. I now want a _squee_ smiley. ---
**Author:** ![ajb867](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/f14d63/32.png) [@ajb867](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ajb867)\ **Post date:** [September 2, 2009, 3:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-smiley-proposition/508466/22 "2009-09-02T03:40:23Z")
> [@Carol\_Stream](#): > > No. Aren’t there five million other places on the internet where you can go squee till your heart’s content? What would a squee smiley add to the SDMB? What does Carol Stream add to the SDMB? :squee: ---
**Author:** ![Carol\_Stream](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/c2a13f/32.png) [@Carol\_Stream](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Carol_Stream)\ **Post date:** [September 2, 2009, 3:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-smiley-proposition/508466/23 "2009-09-02T03:47:24Z")
> [@ajb867](#): > > What does Carol Stream add to the SDMB? :squee: Apparently, you missed post #15. ---
**Author:** ![tacoloco](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/7993a0/32.png) [@tacoloco](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tacoloco)\ **Post date:** [September 2, 2009, 3:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-smiley-proposition/508466/24 "2009-09-02T03:49:24Z")
> [@Frank](#): > > The definition of fun differs. We don’t really need a permanent adolescent either. Adding a squee (whatever that is) to the site doesn’t hurt anything or anyone. And Carol Stream, SDMB is SERIOUS BUSINESS. Right? :rolleyes: Lighten up, Francis. ---
**Author:** ![running\_coach](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/running_coach/32/15836_2.png) [@running\_coach](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/running_coach)\ **Post date:** [September 2, 2009, 3:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-smiley-proposition/508466/25 "2009-09-02T03:56:46Z")
[Squee](http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v395/draculesti/smiley/squee.gif) Did I just hear a head explode? ---
**Author:** ![Carol\_Stream](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/c2a13f/32.png) [@Carol\_Stream](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Carol_Stream)\ **Post date:** [September 2, 2009, 3:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-smiley-proposition/508466/26 "2009-09-02T03:57:00Z")
> [@tacoloco](#): > > Adding a squee (whatever that is) to the site doesn’t hurt anything or anyone. If you don’t even know what a squee is, how is that you have an opinion about it? ---
**Author:** ![Guinastasia](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/guinastasia/32/5751_2.png) [@Guinastasia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Guinastasia)\ **Post date:** [September 2, 2009, 3:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-smiley-proposition/508466/27 "2009-09-02T03:59:47Z")
Maybe a **Carol Stream** smiley? ---
**Author:** ![ajb867](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/f14d63/32.png) [@ajb867](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ajb867)\ **Post date:** [September 2, 2009, 4:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-smiley-proposition/508466/28 "2009-09-02T04:01:14Z")
It wasn’t a “slam” just a question along the lines of why would we need a squee smiley you know. I vote for the :squee: ---
**Author:** ![Rin\_Twisted](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/82dd89/32.png) [@Rin\_Twisted](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rin_Twisted)\ **Post date:** [September 2, 2009, 4:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-smiley-proposition/508466/29 "2009-09-02T04:07:09Z")
Have you ever noticed that the more one word gets written, the more amusing it gets? Especially when placed in a sentence more serious than the usual company it keeps. Squee. Heh, heh. As for myself, I do not squee, but I will defend to the death others right to squee. I’m not sure it calls for it’s own emoticon, though… ---
**Author:** ![Happy\_Lendervedder](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/happy_lendervedder/32/8488_2.png) [@Happy\_Lendervedder](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Happy_Lendervedder)\ **Post date:** [September 2, 2009, 5:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-smiley-proposition/508466/30 "2009-09-02T05:11:34Z")
Can we get a Baba Booey smiley while we’re at it? ---
**Author:** ![Ranchoth](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ranchoth/32/1066_2.png) [@Ranchoth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ranchoth)\ **Post date:** [September 2, 2009, 6:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-smiley-proposition/508466/31 "2009-09-02T06:14:44Z")
> [@runner pat](#): > > [Squee](http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v395/draculesti/smiley/squee.gif) > > Did I just hear a head explode? Hmmm…the eyes need to be bigger. And the smile needs to be wider, too. Like a toothless dolphin. Something more [like tthis](http://www.caramellagirls.com/media.php). And, for the record, while I have long maintained the need for “[nauseated/puking](http://www.mysmiley.net/freesmiley.php?smiley=sick/sick0022.gif)” and “[fiendish devil grin](http://www.getsmileyface.com/sm/evil/228.gif)” smileys, I fully endorse any efforts to ad a “Squee!” smiley as well. ---
**Author:** ![BigT](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bigt/32/12044_2.png) [@BigT](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BigT)\ **Post date:** [September 2, 2009, 10:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-smiley-proposition/508466/32 "2009-09-02T10:03:19Z")
> [@Carol\_Stream](#): > > If you don’t even know what a squee is, how is that you have an opinion about it? You need not know what a smiley means to know that having another one isn’t really going to hurt anyone. As far as I know, they can’t get out of the computer, so you’re safe. ---
**Author:** ![C\_K\_Dexter\_Haven](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/b2d939/32.png) [@C\_K\_Dexter\_Haven](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/C_K_Dexter_Haven)\ **Post date:** [September 2, 2009, 11:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-smiley-proposition/508466/33 "2009-09-02T11:09:53Z")
Moderator interveneth: Look, gang, I understand about jokes and all, and there’s no problem with having fun. But personal insults (however amusingly expressed) are still personal insults, and not permitted outside the Pit. I’m not issuing warnings at this point because the whole atmosphere is clearly one of “joke,” but I will issue any warnings for personal insults (regardless of “joke” quality) henceforth. ---
**Author:** ![tacoloco](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/7993a0/32.png) [@tacoloco](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tacoloco)\ **Post date:** [September 2, 2009, 12:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-smiley-proposition/508466/34 "2009-09-02T12:24:54Z")
CS, it doesn’t really matter what it looks like. We’re talking about a tiny graphic someone can add to a message. It is of little consequence and isn’t going to cause the board to crumble into an adolescent cesspool. Vote Squee! ---
**Author:** ![Half\_Man\_Half\_Wit](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/half_man_half_wit/32/21766_2.png) [@Half\_Man\_Half\_Wit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Half_Man_Half_Wit)\ **Post date:** [September 2, 2009, 1:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-smiley-proposition/508466/35 "2009-09-02T13:13:44Z")
Why not enable full, but optional, image support? That way, those who want smilies/other pictures can enjoy them, while the more austere types can opt out of having the purity of the medium spoiled with colourful pictures and the like; maybe they could be shown a link instead. I already use a firefox plugin that displays linked images inline so I don’t have to click on every link, which gets old quick especially in picture threads. Or would this cause performance issues? ---
**Author:** ![Munch](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/munch/32/5281_2.png) [@Munch](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Munch)\ **Post date:** [September 2, 2009, 1:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-smiley-proposition/508466/36 "2009-09-02T13:16:22Z")
> [@tacoloco](#): > > CS, it doesn’t really matter what it looks like. We’re talking about a tiny graphic someone can add to a message. It is of little consequence and isn’t going to cause the board to crumble into an adolescent cesspool. I disagree. The current _de minimis_ flavor of this board is why many of us choose to stay. If you want saccharin little icons and graphics, you can find them on thousands of other message boards.\* If you can’t adequately express how hard it is to not pee your pants when you see a picture of a cat, then maybe lobbying for a squee smilie should be a bit further down your list of priorities. \*And you can tell how serious I am about this by the way I used both a latin phrase AND italicized it. ---
**Author:** ![ToeJam](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/dfb087/32.png) [@ToeJam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ToeJam)\ **Post date:** [September 2, 2009, 8:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-smiley-proposition/508466/37 "2009-09-02T20:53:22Z")
There is only one true Squee, and it is heeee. I mean [He](http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_AZOGgbMee80/RfryBqCKGwI/AAAAAAAAAPA/zlejbCeQV7k/s400/squee.jpg). Actually I don’t know. Which came first? The internet Squee or JTHM? ---
**Author:** ![Measure\_for\_Measure](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/measure_for_measure/32/557_2.png) [@Measure\_for\_Measure](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Measure_for_Measure)\ **Post date:** [September 3, 2009, 7:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-smiley-proposition/508466/38 "2009-09-03T07:16:43Z")
> [@Ranchoth](#): > > Hmmm…the eyes need to be bigger. And the smile needs to be wider, too. Like a toothless dolphin. Something more [like tthis](http://www.caramellagirls.com/media.php). Those are good sqeees. A good emoticon will [ul] [li]Reflect a concept that people want to express,[/li][li]_be well executed_ in a graphic sense,[/li][li]support the mission of this board, which is to fight ignorance. [/ul][/li] Squee automatically fails on the last criteria. Hey, I like the Giraffe boards – I even like 4chan. But this ain’t them. The best internet is the one with a diversity of flora. I dread to say this, but there are a number of workable text-based anime emoticons for those whose life lacks sufficient squee. [Here they are](http://www.iit.edu/~jfas/articles/animeemoticons.html). [Test post!] ^_^ 🙂 @_@ _🙂_ Or more like ^\_^; [/Test post!] ---
**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 3, 2009, 7:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-smiley-proposition/508466/39 "2009-09-03T07:54:22Z")
> [@Half\_Man\_Half\_Wit](#): > > I already use a firefox plugin that displays linked images inline so I don’t have to click on every link, which gets old quick especially in picture threads. What is the name of the plugin? ---
**Author:** ![Munch](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/munch/32/5281_2.png) [@Munch](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Munch)\ **Post date:** [September 3, 2009, 12:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-smiley-proposition/508466/40 "2009-09-03T12:43:04Z")
> [@Measure\_for\_Measure](#): > > A good emoticon will > [ul] > [li]Reflect a concept that people want to express,[/li][li]_be well executed_ in a graphic sense,[/li][li]support the mission of this board, which is to fight ignorance. [/ul][/li] There’s a fourth, more important one (or maybe it’s an addendum to the first): \*communicates something that cannot be communicated in words. Squee fails that one as well. “Squee” is a word, and it expresses exactly what it is the OP wants a smilie of. Therefore, it’s redundant. Words are good, people. Let’s use 'em. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-smiley-proposition/508466.md?page=1) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-smiley-proposition/508466.md?page=3)