# Request for new smilie **URL:** \ **Category:** About This Message Board\ **Created:** [March 24, 2002, 4:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/request-for-new-smilie/99807 "2002-03-24T04:05:22Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 15\ **Page:** 1
**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 24, 2002, 4:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/request-for-new-smilie/99807/1 "2002-03-24T04:05:22Z")
This smilie would be a milder variant of “roll-eyes”. It would be invoked with the phrase " :dubious: ". It denotes raised eyebrows and general skepticism. ( Oh really? ) I will email a couple of possible candidates to the webmaster of [http://www.geocities.com/proposedsmilies/](http://www.geocities.com/proposedsmilies/) 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? ---
**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:** [March 24, 2002, 6:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/request-for-new-smilie/99807/2 "2002-03-24T18:19:13Z")
flowbark - The staff are discussing right now how to handle smiley requests. Please be patient. ---
**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 25, 2002, 12:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/request-for-new-smilie/99807/3 "2002-03-25T00:18:31Z")
I can be patient. 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. ---
**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:** [March 25, 2002, 2:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/request-for-new-smilie/99807/4 "2002-03-25T02:32:03Z")
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… ---
**Author:** ![White\_Lightning](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/f04885/32.png) [@White\_Lightning](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/White_Lightning)\ **Post date:** [March 25, 2002, 2:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/request-for-new-smilie/99807/5 "2002-03-25T02:56:19Z")
I’m with you, **Arnold Winkelried**. Curmudgeon or no, the smilies must go! I wouldn’t actually propose doing away with them, but new ones? Pff. ---
**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 25, 2002, 3:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/request-for-new-smilie/99807/6 "2002-03-25T03:31:38Z")
I hearby declare that my 2 cruddy :dubious: smilies are in the public domain. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![AHunter3](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ahunter3/32/368_2.png) [@AHunter3](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AHunter3)\ **Post date:** [March 25, 2002, 4:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/request-for-new-smilie/99807/7 "2002-03-25T04:01:45Z")
New smilies: yes, within reason. \* Animated smilies: absolutely not! - I’d sort of like to see a gif-smilie that would be the equivalent of the old ASCII smilie :Z i.e., a wry half-smile, half frown kind of face. And a glazed-eye smilie would be nice, too ---
**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:** [March 25, 2002, 4:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/request-for-new-smilie/99807/8 "2002-03-25T04:04:57Z")
I noticed also from reading this thread [http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?threadid=103164](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?threadid=103164) that the opinion on new smilies is far from unanimous. Maybe I can start a “ban the smilies” movement! 😛 ---
**Author:** ![No\_Fear\_of\_Contradiction](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/3ab097/32.png) [@No\_Fear\_of\_Contradiction](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/No_Fear_of_Contradiction)\ **Post date:** [March 25, 2002, 6:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/request-for-new-smilie/99807/9 "2002-03-25T06:41:12Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Arnold Winkelried \* > \*\*Maybe I can start a “ban the smilies” movement! 😛 \*\* Better not go for irony. You’re much better suited to the role of curmudgeon 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Jenner](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/ac8455/32.png) [@Jenner](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jenner)\ **Post date:** [March 25, 2002, 6:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/request-for-new-smilie/99807/10 "2002-03-25T06:55:20Z")
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). –DP ---
**Author:** ![MagicalSilverKey](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/8797f3/32.png) [@MagicalSilverKey](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MagicalSilverKey)\ **Post date:** [March 27, 2002, 6:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/request-for-new-smilie/99807/11 "2002-03-27T06:20:43Z")
I think we need a smiley depicting [this](http://www.museumsnett.no/nasjonalgalleriet/munch/eng/innhold/fullsize/ngm00939.html) ---
**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 27, 2002, 6:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/request-for-new-smilie/99807/12 "2002-03-27T06:21:31Z")
**Devilman** : Thanks for the contributions. They look great. I especially liked psycho. Impaled was pretty good as well. I made another attempt at :dubious: . I based it this time on Devilman’s fine work. I hope he doesn’t mind. Oh, and let me publically thank **tshirts** for being so kind as to maintain the proposed smiley webpage: [http://www.geocities.com/proposedsmilies/](http://www.geocities.com/proposedsmilies/) Other contributions are welcome. ---
**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:** [May 12, 2002, 12:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/request-for-new-smilie/99807/13 "2002-05-12T00:42:03Z")
If you want to submit smilies for the poll please check the thread on that subject in ATMB for submission criteriao. ---
**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:** [May 12, 2002, 1:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/request-for-new-smilie/99807/14 "2002-05-12T01:07:54Z")
P.S. a post by tshirts discussing board administration was moved to The BBQ Pit, the proper forum for such posts. ---
**Author:** ![tshirts](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/839c29/32.png) [@tshirts](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tshirts)\ **Post date:** [May 12, 2002, 4:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/request-for-new-smilie/99807/15 "2002-05-12T16:10:43Z")
I didn’t think that was off-topic, and certainly was not intended to be a criticism. I’m not interested in starting Pit threads, since it’s not a very “proper” forum 😉 But since you have done that for me I think it’s fair to provide a link (Isn’t that usually your line?): [http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?&threadid=114672](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?&threadid=114672)