# Only ONE new smiley? **URL:** \ **Category:** The BBQ Pit\ **Created:** [June 3, 2002, 5:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/only-one-new-smiley/112198 "2002-06-03T17:26:25Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Sue\_Duhnym](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/91b2a8/32.png) [@Sue\_Duhnym](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sue_Duhnym)\ **Post date:** [June 3, 2002, 5:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/only-one-new-smiley/112198/1 "2002-06-03T17:26:25Z")
I’m sorry, we’re only adding ONE smiley? All this trouble for ONE new smiley? Arnold has been spending hours on this for ONE new smiley? Pre-polls, ATMB threads, a practice poll, pit threads and six real polls all for ONE new smiley? Two different “ambivilant” (16 and 41) choices, two different “evil” (6 and 48) choices, two different “pirate/hijack” (13 and 25) choices, two different “yuk/barf” (21 and 42) choices, a fucking “bloody homocidal clown” choice ALL FOR ONE FUCKING NEW SMILEY?!! I think the whole thing can be neatly summed up with only ONE MOTHERFUCKING SMILEY and it isn’t new. :rolleyes: ---
**Author:** ![Crusoe](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/49beb7/32.png) [@Crusoe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Crusoe)\ **Post date:** [June 3, 2002, 5:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/only-one-new-smiley/112198/2 "2002-06-03T17:31:39Z")
Do we need more smileys? ---
**Author:** ![Honey](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/honey/32/5074_2.png) [@Honey](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Honey)\ **Post date:** [June 3, 2002, 5:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/only-one-new-smiley/112198/3 "2002-06-03T17:52:02Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Sue Duhnym \* > \*\*…I think the whole thing can be neatly summed up with only ONE MOTHERFUCKING SMILEY and it isn’t new. > > :rolleyes: \*\* Ewww…The **Motherfucking Smiley**. I don’t want to see this one, especially if it’s animated. 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Simetra](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/278dde/32.png) [@Simetra](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Simetra)\ **Post date:** [June 3, 2002, 6:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/only-one-new-smiley/112198/4 "2002-06-03T18:00:17Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Crusoe \* > \*\*Do we need more smileys? \*\* I do… I can’t convey emotion without them. 😉 [sub]See… see what I mean?[/sub] ---
**Author:** ![Honey](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/honey/32/5074_2.png) [@Honey](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Honey)\ **Post date:** [June 3, 2002, 6:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/only-one-new-smiley/112198/5 "2002-06-03T18:00:30Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Sue Duhnym \* > \*\*…I think the whole thing can be neatly summed up with only ONE MOTHERFUCKING SMILEY and it isn’t new. > > :rolleyes: \*\* Ewww…The **Motherfucking Smiley**. I don’t want to see this one, especially if it’s animated. 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Drastic](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/f9ae1b/32.png) [@Drastic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Drastic)\ **Post date:** [June 3, 2002, 7:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/only-one-new-smiley/112198/6 "2002-06-03T19:39:02Z")
> [@](#): > > Do we need more smileys? Hear hear! I think we should have added all the new ones being voted on–that’s right, ALL of 'em. But then (this is the tricky part), much more entertaining polls should have been opened, in what I gather is Survivor-style, to start voting them all way, one by one, until we ended up months later with only one. ---
**Author:** ![Mockingbird](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/c68b51/32.png) [@Mockingbird](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mockingbird)\ **Post date:** [June 3, 2002, 7:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/only-one-new-smiley/112198/7 "2002-06-03T19:40:53Z")
The sage Ms. Duhnym is right. I think a few smileys from the list should be added. ---
**Author:** ![rjung](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/45deac/32.png) [@rjung](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/rjung)\ **Post date:** [June 3, 2002, 8:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/only-one-new-smiley/112198/8 "2002-06-03T20:09:09Z")
Yeah, all this work for one smiley is silly. Add the top three, at least. ---
**Author:** ![slortar](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/6bbea6/32.png) [@slortar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/slortar)\ **Post date:** [June 3, 2002, 8:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/only-one-new-smiley/112198/9 "2002-06-03T20:17:41Z")
Gosh, what is it? I hope it’s the rolling smiley from the temp board. That was, um, really “cool.” ---
**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:** [June 3, 2002, 8:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/only-one-new-smiley/112198/10 "2002-06-03T20:21:14Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Sue Duhnym \* > I’m sorry, we’re only adding ONE smiley? Unless the winning vote in the second round is no new smilies, in which case we won’t be adding any. 😉 But seriously, we have some posters / moderators that hate smilies, and some posters / moderators that like them. We thought this would be a compromise. ---
**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:** [June 3, 2002, 8:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/only-one-new-smiley/112198/11 "2002-06-03T20:22:49Z")
P.S. Forgot to mention that the idea is to add a small number of smilies (i.e. one) at periodic intervals. ---
**Author:** ![Ferrous](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/8e7dd6/32.png) [@Ferrous](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ferrous)\ **Post date:** [June 3, 2002, 8:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/only-one-new-smiley/112198/12 "2002-06-03T20:38:26Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Drastic \* > \*\* > Hear hear! I think we should have added all the new ones being voted on–that’s right, ALL of 'em. > > But then (this is the tricky part), much more entertaining polls should have been opened, in what I gather is Survivor-style, to start voting them all way, one by one, until we ended up months later with only one. \*\* I just have to say that I think this is a FANTASTIC idea.🙂 Although it probably wouldn’t actually work in practice, it sounds like a lot of fun. “Sorry, Bloody Homicidal Clown, the tribe has spoken.” ---
**Author:** ![Monty](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/monty/32/47_2.png) [@Monty](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Monty)\ **Post date:** [June 3, 2002, 9:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/only-one-new-smiley/112198/13 "2002-06-03T21:23:29Z")
How about a variation on the Survivor theme? Start with, say, 100 smilies and cull them if they’re not used a certain number of times in a specified period. ---
**Author:** ![vanilla](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/f19dbf/32.png) [@vanilla](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/vanilla)\ **Post date:** [June 3, 2002, 9:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/only-one-new-smiley/112198/14 "2002-06-03T21:28:45Z")
right, Then, attitude smilie would get all bent out of shape claiming it was “politics” that it was voted out! ha!🙂 😃 🆒 😉 ---
**Author:** ![andros](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/e480ec/32.png) [@andros](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/andros)\ **Post date:** [June 3, 2002, 9:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/only-one-new-smiley/112198/15 "2002-06-03T21:57:17Z")
Can someone please explain to me why people get so upset about something this fucking dumb? ---
**Author:** ![wring](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/838e76/32.png) [@wring](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/wring)\ **Post date:** [June 3, 2002, 10:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/only-one-new-smiley/112198/16 "2002-06-03T22:30:59Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Arnold Winkelried \* > \*\*P.S. Forgot to mention that the idea is to add a small number of smilies (i.e. one) at periodic intervals. \*\* I’ve been here nearly two years, and this is the first time. We elect our city leaders more frequently. ---
**Author:** ![Sue\_Duhnym](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/91b2a8/32.png) [@Sue\_Duhnym](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sue_Duhnym)\ **Post date:** [June 3, 2002, 11:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/only-one-new-smiley/112198/17 "2002-06-03T23:10:27Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Arnold Winkelried \* > P.S. Forgot to mention that the idea is to add a small number of smilies (i.e. one) at periodic intervals. Oh YAY. I’m sure it will continue to be a huge, all important event. I’m sure the Teemings are shivering with anticipation thinking about the next 60 polls. I can’t even imagine what those revered Smiley Creators are thinking up next. I know I’m counting the days until I have to choose between :pikachu: and :sailormoon: Maybe they can create a smiley for :rolling-my-eyes-so-hard-I’m-getting-vertigo-and-feel-like-puking: ---
**Author:** ![Sue\_Duhnym](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/91b2a8/32.png) [@Sue\_Duhnym](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sue_Duhnym)\ **Post date:** [June 3, 2002, 11:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/only-one-new-smiley/112198/18 "2002-06-03T23:12:16Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Sue Duhnym \* > :pikachu: Fucking smilies! 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Sue\_Duhnym](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/91b2a8/32.png) [@Sue\_Duhnym](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sue_Duhnym)\ **Post date:** [June 3, 2002, 11:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/only-one-new-smiley/112198/19 "2002-06-03T23:17:49Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by andros \* > Can someone please explain to me why people get so upset about something this fucking dumb? It’s being treated like we’re such a big part of an exciting and important process. In reality, it’s just one simple, dumbass smiley. woo. ---
**Author:** ![wring](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/838e76/32.png) [@wring](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/wring)\ **Post date:** [June 3, 2002, 11:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/only-one-new-smiley/112198/20 "2002-06-03T23:22:05Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Sue Duhnym \* > \*\* > > Fucking smilies! > > \*\* Oooh oooh, let’s have \*\*that \*\* one! [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/only-one-new-smiley/112198.md?page=2)