# 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:** 2
**Author:** ![Leaffan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/leaffan/32/299_2.png) [@Leaffan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Leaffan)\ **Post date:** [February 26, 2014, 5:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omg-new-smileys/682330/21 "2014-02-26T17:54:04Z")
> [@Amateur\_Barbarian](#): > > I’m seeing the same old dozen, here. > [@Inner\_Stickler](#): > > Am I blind? I see the same smileys I’ve always seen. > [@Leaffan](#): > > They look the same to me too using Firefox, but they are different in Internet Explorer. > [@Inner\_Stickler](#): > > Whoop, I just refreshed the page and there they went. I took a screengrab so if there’s anyone else who still sees the old style, [here’s the new version](http://i.imgur.com/QlYBVwR.jpg). > [@Vita\_Beata](#): > > 😕 same here. > 🆒😕 ditto > > Same smileys here … unless embarassment has changed? :o > [@Colibri](#): > > It appears to be a browser issue. I see the same ones as always in Chrome, which is what I normally use. The smilies look different in IE. I don’t know when they might have changed in appearance. They started out looking the same in Firefox for me, but different in IE. I came back from lunch, refreshed the page, and they’re updated in FF now. ---
**Author:** ![Inner\_Stickler](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/inner_stickler/32/318_2.png) [@Inner\_Stickler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Inner_Stickler)\ **Post date:** [February 26, 2014, 5:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omg-new-smileys/682330/22 "2014-02-26T17:57:11Z")
Yeah, I saw the old ones in chrome, loaded the page in IE and saw the new ones and now I see the new ones in chrome as well. ---
**Author:** ![Vita\_Beata](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/a9a28c/32.png) [@Vita\_Beata](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Vita_Beata)\ **Post date:** [February 26, 2014, 6:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omg-new-smileys/682330/23 "2014-02-26T18:03:39Z")
> [@Inner\_Stickler](#): > > Whoop, I just refreshed the page and there they went. I took a screengrab so if there’s anyone else who still sees the old style, [here’s the new version](http://i.imgur.com/QlYBVwR.jpg). Old smileys still here. Viewing the new version on this link … they are not improvements. ☹ ---
**Author:** ![Kenm](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/bc79bd/32.png) [@Kenm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kenm)\ **Post date:** [February 26, 2014, 6:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omg-new-smileys/682330/24 "2014-02-26T18:10:09Z")
Maybe the difference depends on which server you hit, and it takes a while before each is updated. Or not. ---
**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:** [February 26, 2014, 6:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omg-new-smileys/682330/25 "2014-02-26T18:22:35Z")
I like the new _douchebag_ smiley: 🆒 ---
**Author:** ![IvoryTowerDenizen](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ivorytowerdenizen/32/17937_2.png) [@IvoryTowerDenizen](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/IvoryTowerDenizen)\ **Post date:** [February 26, 2014, 6:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omg-new-smileys/682330/26 "2014-02-26T18:24:05Z")
> [@Vita\_Beata](#): > > Old smileys still here. Viewing the new version on this link … they are not improvements. ☹ No, they are not. Cool-guy took quite the hit. ---
**Author:** ![Inner\_Stickler](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/inner_stickler/32/318_2.png) [@Inner\_Stickler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Inner_Stickler)\ **Post date:** [February 26, 2014, 6:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omg-new-smileys/682330/27 "2014-02-26T18:27:59Z")
> [@Vita\_Beata](#): > > Old smileys still here. Viewing the new version on this link … they are not improvements. ☹ IMO, pretty much any time you move toward more of a pastel, it’s a mistake. I mean, I know it’s silly because they’re fucking smileys but the new ones don’t seem serious enough. ---
**Author:** ![purplehorseshoe](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/purplehorseshoe/32/2996_2.png) [@purplehorseshoe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/purplehorseshoe)\ **Post date:** [February 26, 2014, 6:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omg-new-smileys/682330/28 "2014-02-26T18:28:07Z")
And, after all the begging in Cafe Society… still no barfy-emoticon? ---
**Author:** ![Senegoid](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/senegoid/32/6606_2.png) [@Senegoid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Senegoid)\ **Post date:** [February 26, 2014, 6:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omg-new-smileys/682330/29 "2014-02-26T18:28:13Z")
I don’t care for these new ones. (Seeing them in Firefox, Ubuntu.) The old ones were cleaner and clearer. ---
**Author:** ![VinylTurnip](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/b2d939/32.png) [@VinylTurnip](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/VinylTurnip)\ **Post date:** [February 26, 2014, 6:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omg-new-smileys/682330/30 "2014-02-26T18:32:23Z")
> [@IvoryTowerDenizen](#): > > Look at the “rollyeyes” smilie: :rolleyes: it’s not nearly as sarcastic looking now. Dammit. Now I’ll have to find a way to convey my sarcasm with words. ---
**Author:** ![buddha\_david](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/ee7513/32.png) [@buddha\_david](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/buddha_david)\ **Post date:** [February 26, 2014, 6:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omg-new-smileys/682330/31 "2014-02-26T18:32:27Z")
Please please PLEASE somebody start a petition to bring back the old “rolleyes” smiley – the new one looks totally stupid!!! 😛 is an improvement, though I don’t like pink. ☹ is okay I guess. But seriously, the sarcastic smiley needs to be reverted. :rolleyes: \<– just doesn’t work. :mad: > [@whitetho](#): > > Did they include Smashy? Nothing else matters if they didn’t include Smashy. What’s Smashy? ---
**Author:** ![njtt](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/ecd19e/32.png) [@njtt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/njtt)\ **Post date:** [February 26, 2014, 6:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omg-new-smileys/682330/32 "2014-02-26T18:33:33Z")
Rolleyes now looks as though he has played some nasty practical joke on someone. :rolleyes: It does not convey the same feeling at all. Embarrassed is an improvement. :o The others, not so much. ---
**Author:** ![njtt](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/ecd19e/32.png) [@njtt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/njtt)\ **Post date:** [February 26, 2014, 6:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omg-new-smileys/682330/33 "2014-02-26T18:37:10Z")
> [@buddha\_david](#): > > Please please PLEASE somebody start a petition to bring back the old “rolleyes” smiley – the new one looks totally stupid!!! > > 😛 is an improvement, though I don’t like pink. ☹ is okay I guess. > > But seriously, the sarcastic smiley needs to be reverted. :rolleyes: \<– just doesn’t work. :mad: > What’s Smashy? Presumably Smashy is this: :smack:, which seems to be exactly the same as before. I am totally with you on Rolleyes; the rest are meh. ---
**Author:** ![Canadjun](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/76d3ee/32.png) [@Canadjun](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Canadjun)\ **Post date:** [February 26, 2014, 6:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omg-new-smileys/682330/34 "2014-02-26T18:37:50Z")
> [@IvoryTowerDenizen](#): > > Look at the “rollyeyes” smilie: :rolleyes: it’s not nearly as sarcastic looking now. Trying to think of what that smilie **does** look like. “Waiting” is all I can come up with. ---
**Author:** ![IvoryTowerDenizen](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ivorytowerdenizen/32/17937_2.png) [@IvoryTowerDenizen](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/IvoryTowerDenizen)\ **Post date:** [February 26, 2014, 6:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omg-new-smileys/682330/35 "2014-02-26T18:38:38Z")
> [@VinylTurnip](#): > > Dammit. Now I’ll have to find a way to convey my sarcasm with words. You really need that smilie, don’t you… 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Vita\_Beata](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/a9a28c/32.png) [@Vita\_Beata](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Vita_Beata)\ **Post date:** [February 26, 2014, 6:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omg-new-smileys/682330/36 "2014-02-26T18:43:20Z")
> [@Inner\_Stickler](#): > > IMO, pretty much any time you move toward more of a pastel, it’s a mistake. I mean, I know it’s silly because they’re fucking smileys but the new ones don’t seem serious enough. Yes, pastel smileys are the equivalent of a white shoes/white belt combo. Just No. > [@purplehorseshoe](#): > > And, after all the begging in Cafe Society… still no barfy-emoticon? Agreed, barfy smiley would come in handy so often. > [@Senegoid](#): > > I don’t care for these new ones. (Seeing them in Firefox, Ubuntu.) The old ones were cleaner and clearer. Brightly colored, clean sharp smileys with clarity … is that so much to ask for? ---
**Author:** ![Leaffan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/leaffan/32/299_2.png) [@Leaffan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Leaffan)\ **Post date:** [February 26, 2014, 6:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omg-new-smileys/682330/37 "2014-02-26T18:49:36Z")
> [@Canadjun](#): > > Trying to think of what that smilie **does** look like. “Waiting” is all I can come up with. It’s a cross between waiting and smirking. Smaiting? Wirking? ---
**Author:** ![Amateur\_Barbarian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/59ef9b/32.png) [@Amateur\_Barbarian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Amateur_Barbarian)\ **Post date:** [February 26, 2014, 6:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omg-new-smileys/682330/38 "2014-02-26T18:50:42Z")
Okay, yea, mine updated in FF after a forced page refresh. I’m totally whelmed. But seriously, I don’t come here for the smileys. A few basic ones is plenty. If I wanted those half-screen-wide ones I’d go, well, pretty much anywhere else. ---
**Author:** ![Colibri](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/colibri/32/1841_2.png) [@Colibri](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Colibri)\ **Post date:** [February 26, 2014, 6:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omg-new-smileys/682330/39 "2014-02-26T18:55:27Z")
> [@buddha\_david](#): > > What’s Smashy? > [@njtt](#): > > Presumably Smashy is this: :smack:, which seems to be exactly the same as before. I am totally with you on Rolleyes; the rest are meh. “Smashy” was the nickname for this [animated emoticon](http://www.hmfckickback.co.uk/public/style_emoticons/default/smash.gif)that was available on the temporary replacement board that was set up during the Winter of Our Missed Content. ---
**Author:** ![Baron\_Greenback](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/baron_greenback/32/48_2.png) [@Baron\_Greenback](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Baron_Greenback)\ **Post date:** [February 26, 2014, 6:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omg-new-smileys/682330/40 "2014-02-26T18:56:46Z")
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