# OMG new smileys??! **URL:** \ **Category:** About This Message Board\ **Created:** [February 26, 2014, 5:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omg-new-smileys/682330 "2014-02-26T17:03:48Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 16
**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:** [March 13, 2014, 7:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omg-new-smileys/682330/301 "2014-03-13T19:27:59Z")
> [@Senegoid](#): > > This seems to be the trend: I’m seeing more and more, in other threads throughout this board, that people are simply boycotting some of the new smilies, and instead using constructions like: > > 🙂 > =) > [noparse]:rolleyes:[/noparse] > //rolleyes// > [Old Roll Eyes] > > and so forth. Well there are the plaintext alternatives @@ and 9\_9. I find them less obnoxious than the old rolleyes. ---
**Author:** ![carnivorousplant](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/carnivorousplant/32/3563_2.png) [@carnivorousplant](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/carnivorousplant)\ **Post date:** [March 13, 2014, 7:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omg-new-smileys/682330/302 "2014-03-13T19:47:01Z")
> [@Measure\_for\_Measure](#): > > Well there are the plaintext alternatives @@ and 9\_9. I find them less obnoxious than the old rolleyes. Exactly. [Old Roll Eyes] ---
**Author:** ![Tangent](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tangent/32/3098_2.png) [@Tangent](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tangent)\ **Post date:** [March 13, 2014, 8:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omg-new-smileys/682330/303 "2014-03-13T20:03:06Z")
> [@carnivorousplant](#): > > Exactly. > [Old Roll Eyes] I’m with you. [New Roll Eyes] [New Wink] ---
**Author:** ![carnivorousplant](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/carnivorousplant/32/3563_2.png) [@carnivorousplant](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/carnivorousplant)\ **Post date:** [March 13, 2014, 8:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omg-new-smileys/682330/304 "2014-03-13T20:06:03Z")
I’m gonna end some calling someone names a become band. ---
**Author:** ![Biffy\_the\_Elephant\_Shrew](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/e47c2d/32.png) [@Biffy\_the\_Elephant\_Shrew](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Biffy_the_Elephant_Shrew)\ **Post date:** [March 13, 2014, 8:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omg-new-smileys/682330/305 "2014-03-13T20:23:16Z")
> [@carnivorousplant](#): > > I’m gonna end some calling someone names a become band. 😕 (If the PTB ever capitulate, it will be the perfect opportunity for a sticky labelled “Old Roll-Eyes Is Back.”) ---
**Author:** ![carnivorousplant](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/carnivorousplant/32/3563_2.png) [@carnivorousplant](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/carnivorousplant)\ **Post date:** [March 13, 2014, 8:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omg-new-smileys/682330/306 "2014-03-13T20:37:51Z")
> [@Biffy\_the\_Elephant\_Shrew](#): > > 😕 > > (If the PTB ever capitulate, it will be the perfect opportunity for a sticky labelled “Old Roll-Eyes Is Back.”) =) ---
**Author:** ![Czarcasm](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/czarcasm/32/4050_2.png) [@Czarcasm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Czarcasm)\ **Post date:** [March 13, 2014, 8:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omg-new-smileys/682330/307 "2014-03-13T20:42:07Z")
> [@carnivorousplant](#): > > =) Hitler smiley! ---
**Author:** ![carnivorousplant](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/carnivorousplant/32/3563_2.png) [@carnivorousplant](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/carnivorousplant)\ **Post date:** [March 13, 2014, 8:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omg-new-smileys/682330/308 "2014-03-13T20:49:33Z")
> [@Czarcasm](#): > > Hitler smiley! That, Sir or Madame, is the outstanding smiley used by the Dear and Beloved Mrs. Plant (v.3.0) ---
**Author:** ![Tangent](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tangent/32/3098_2.png) [@Tangent](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tangent)\ **Post date:** [March 13, 2014, 9:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omg-new-smileys/682330/309 "2014-03-13T21:02:00Z")
> [@carnivorousplant](#): > > I’m gonna end some calling someone names a become band. > [@Biffy\_the\_Elephant\_Shrew](#): > > 😕 He often speaks gibberish. Don’t expect an explanation. ---
**Author:** ![carnivorousplant](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/carnivorousplant/32/3563_2.png) [@carnivorousplant](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/carnivorousplant)\ **Post date:** [March 13, 2014, 9:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omg-new-smileys/682330/310 "2014-03-13T21:12:04Z")
> [@Tangent](#): > > He often speaks gibberish. Don’t expect an explanation. Banned. Mumble, mumble. [Old Roll Eyes] ---
**Author:** ![Tangent](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tangent/32/3098_2.png) [@Tangent](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tangent)\ **Post date:** [March 13, 2014, 9:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omg-new-smileys/682330/311 "2014-03-13T21:34:31Z")
See? 😛 ---
**Author:** ![MEBuckner](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mebuckner/32/2896_2.png) [@MEBuckner](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MEBuckner)\ **Post date:** [March 13, 2014, 9:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omg-new-smileys/682330/312 "2014-03-13T21:45:27Z")
> [@Rhythmdvl](#): > > Not the technical explanation per se, but an explanation as to why bringing back the Old Ones or replacing some of the more comic sans smilies isn’t in the cards. _Ph’nglui mglw’nafh Smashie VBulletin wgah’nagl fhtagn!_ ---
**Author:** ![Tangent](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tangent/32/3098_2.png) [@Tangent](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tangent)\ **Post date:** [March 13, 2014, 10:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omg-new-smileys/682330/313 "2014-03-13T22:02:45Z")
A Cthulhu smiley would be awesome! ( ;,; ) ---
**Author:** ![carnivorousplant](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/carnivorousplant/32/3563_2.png) [@carnivorousplant](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/carnivorousplant)\ **Post date:** [March 13, 2014, 10:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omg-new-smileys/682330/314 "2014-03-13T22:38:09Z")
> [@Tangent](#): > > A Cthulhu smiley would be awesome! ( ;,; ) How would it be used, “I pray that you will be one of the first eaten”? :dubious: ---
**Author:** ![WhyNot](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/c77e96/32.png) [@WhyNot](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/WhyNot)\ **Post date:** [March 13, 2014, 11:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omg-new-smileys/682330/315 "2014-03-13T23:14:54Z")
( ;,; ) 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Tangent](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tangent/32/3098_2.png) [@Tangent](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tangent)\ **Post date:** [March 14, 2014, 12:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omg-new-smileys/682330/316 "2014-03-14T00:53:04Z")
> [@carnivorousplant](#): > > How would it be used, “I pray that you will be one of the first eaten”? > :dubious: That would work–but only for posters you really like. :o ---
**Author:** ![j\_sum1](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/8baadc/32.png) [@j\_sum1](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/j_sum1)\ **Post date:** [March 14, 2014, 2:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omg-new-smileys/682330/317 "2014-03-14T02:53:47Z")
> [@Trepa Mayfield directly after my last post](#): > > :rolleyes: See I have no idea what that means now. Is this jest? Is this genuine sarcasm and derision? Is this the beginning of a new “in joke”? Seriousl, I have absolutely no freaking idea. :This is my new unambiguous smiley. I am confused, perplexed and intend for my words to be taken in a literal sense: ---
**Author:** ![Trepa\_Mayfield](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/edb3f5/32.png) [@Trepa\_Mayfield](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Trepa_Mayfield)\ **Post date:** [March 14, 2014, 3:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omg-new-smileys/682330/318 "2014-03-14T03:14:24Z")
> [@j\_sum1](#): > > See I have no idea what that means now. Is this jest? Is this genuine sarcasm and derision? Is this the beginning of a new “in joke”? Seriousl, I have absolutely no freaking idea. > > :This is my new unambiguous smiley. I am confused, perplexed and intend for my words to be taken in a literal sense: Well, it _was_ genuine sarcasm and derision, but after that post I now understand and sympathize with your position. No, really. 🙂 :rolleyes: \<–this one is jest, not sarcasm. [nosarcasm] … Isn’t it funny how, no matter how many times you write out that you’re not sarcastic, it never stops sounding like sarcasm? One of the many faults of written communication. 😉 (No, really, I swear it wasn’t sarcasm 🆒) ☹ :mad: ---
**Author:** ![Tangent](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tangent/32/3098_2.png) [@Tangent](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tangent)\ **Post date:** [March 14, 2014, 3:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omg-new-smileys/682330/319 "2014-03-14T03:29:08Z")
> [@Trepa\_Mayfield](#): > > (No, really, I swear it wasn’t sarcasm 🆒) :dubious: ---
**Author:** ![Rhythmdvl](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/85f322/32.png) [@Rhythmdvl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rhythmdvl)\ **Post date:** [March 14, 2014, 8:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omg-new-smileys/682330/320 "2014-03-14T08:12:25Z")
> [@Tangent](#): > > > [@MEBuckner](#): > > > > _Ph’nglui mglw’nafh Smashie VBulletin wgah’nagl fhtagn!_ > > A Cthulhu smiley would be awesome! ( ;,; ) > [@carnivorousplant](#): > > How would it be used, “I pray that you will be one of the first eaten”? > :dubious: \*Your post was so atrocious that merely skimming it could cost you your sanity; reading it out loud would unleash a horror upon the world \* [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omg-new-smileys/682330.md?page=15) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omg-new-smileys/682330.md?page=17)