I must admit, though, my attempts are a little crude. (Thanks, BTW, to tshirts, the inventor of the “wry” smilie on that page. In fact, thank-you tshirts for creating that web page.)
Oh, as an aside, who gave us the happy orthodox jewish man?
As an aside, I’m liking my “raised eyebrow” smiley less and less. Perhaps someone could improve upon it.
It also occurs to me that an icon of a figure with a magnifying glass might convey a similar idea.
“Roll eyes” conveys dismissal to me, while “dubious”, “raised eyebrows” or “a figure with a magnifying glass” conveys an asserted desire for greater scrutiny or precision.
There are several things to figure out, for example how many smilies do we want to add (my opinion - none, but the other mods have berated me for being a curmudgeon), making sure that we’re not breaking a copyright, etc…
Personally I think smilies are great when they’re not too distracting (i.e. animated). I’d love to see more of them.
Anyway, I just submitted a bunch of smilies to tshirts’s page, including my attempt at a “dubious” smilie (which is not, I discovered, the easiest facial expression to capture in smilie form).
