# Smiley Poll, Redux

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/smiley-poll-redux/140888>\
**Category:** In My Humble Opinion\
**Created:** [December 6, 2002, 9:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/smiley-poll-redux/140888 "2002-12-06T09:11:41Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 10\
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**Author:** ![Wikkit](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/c0e974/32.png) [@Wikkit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Wikkit)\
**Post date:** [December 6, 2002, 9:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/smiley-poll-redux/140888/1 "2002-12-06T09:11:41Z")

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[It’s happening again.](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?s=&threadid=148441). I always found it amusing that more effort went into making sure the smiley poll was fair and balanced than goes into the U.S. presidential election, but maybe that was just me. Thanks to Arnold for putting in the time, again.

So, is the relatively useless smashie going to get hyped again? Can anyone think of a good shorthand for ‘dubious’, better than :dubious: ?

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**Author:** ![Wikkit](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/c0e974/32.png) [@Wikkit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Wikkit)\
**Post date:** [December 9, 2002, 6:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/smiley-poll-redux/140888/2 "2002-12-09T06:25:01Z")

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Sorry to bump my own thread (and sorry to have to bump my own thread), but doesn’t anyone have any ideas for a shorthand dubious?

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**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:** [December 9, 2002, 6:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/smiley-poll-redux/140888/3 "2002-12-09T06:57:56Z")

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:dub:

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**Author:** ![Wikkit](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/c0e974/32.png) [@Wikkit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Wikkit)\
**Post date:** [December 9, 2002, 10:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/smiley-poll-redux/140888/4 "2002-12-09T10:19:31Z")

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I was hoping for something that wouldn’t make me think of the president every time I questioned someones logic.

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**Author:** ![Tuco](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/46a35a/32.png) [@Tuco](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tuco)\
**Post date:** [December 9, 2002, 1:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/smiley-poll-redux/140888/5 "2002-12-09T13:14:25Z")

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I think we really need to change this 😛 smilie, it just doesn’t look right.

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**Author:** ![Wikkit](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/c0e974/32.png) [@Wikkit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Wikkit)\
**Post date:** [December 10, 2002, 6:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/smiley-poll-redux/140888/6 "2002-12-10T06:35:19Z")

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Maybe we could convince Arnold to add ‘fix a smilie’ or ‘delete a smiley’ to the poll. I think this one :o needs some work.

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**Author:** ![Ethilrist](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ethilrist/32/4604_2.png) [@Ethilrist](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ethilrist)\
**Post date:** [December 10, 2002, 3:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/smiley-poll-redux/140888/7 "2002-12-10T15:24:37Z")

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> [@](#):
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> \*Originally posted by Wikkit \*  
> \*\*I was hoping for something that wouldn’t make me think of the president every time I questioned someones logic. \*\*

… the problem being what, exactly?

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**Author:** ![cuauhtemoc](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/ecb155/32.png) [@cuauhtemoc](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cuauhtemoc)\
**Post date:** [December 10, 2002, 4:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/smiley-poll-redux/140888/8 "2002-12-10T16:36:17Z")

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You know what I always wish for? A completely deadpan, expressionless smiley. Something that says “Wow. There is no facial expression to adequately react to the stupidity of what you just said.”

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**Author:** ![Blackeyes](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/f6c823/32.png) [@Blackeyes](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Blackeyes)\
**Post date:** [December 10, 2002, 10:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/smiley-poll-redux/140888/9 "2002-12-10T22:31:35Z")

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The gobsmacked one, cuauhtemoc, maybe.

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**Author:** ![Wikkit](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/c0e974/32.png) [@Wikkit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Wikkit)\
**Post date:** [December 11, 2002, 6:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/smiley-poll-redux/140888/10 "2002-12-11T06:48:29Z")

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> [@](#):
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> \*Originally posted by Ethilrist \*  
> \*\*… the problem being what, exactly? \*\*

I don’t want to think of the president that often.