# Smilies

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/smilies/109109>\
**Category:** Factual Questions\
**Created:** [May 14, 2002, 11:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/smilies/109109 "2002-05-14T23:19:22Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 6\
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**Author:** ![Supersaurus](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ecb155/32.png) [@Supersaurus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Supersaurus)\
**Post date:** [May 14, 2002, 11:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/smilies/109109/1 "2002-05-14T23:19:22Z")

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What is the purpose of the standard smiley " 8) "? How is it displaying a different emotion from " 🙂 "?

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**Author:** ![Joey\_P](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/919ad9/32.png) [@Joey\_P](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Joey_P)\
**Post date:** [May 14, 2002, 11:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/smilies/109109/2 "2002-05-14T23:25:27Z")

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I’m not quite clear about your question, but isn’t the “standart smiley” 🙂

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**Author:** ![Joey\_P](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/919ad9/32.png) [@Joey\_P](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Joey_P)\
**Post date:** [May 14, 2002, 11:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/smilies/109109/3 "2002-05-14T23:26:55Z")

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Oops, that should be 🙂

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**Author:** ![Joey\_P](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/919ad9/32.png) [@Joey\_P](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Joey_P)\
**Post date:** [May 14, 2002, 11:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/smilies/109109/4 "2002-05-14T23:28:07Z")

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Oops, that should be  
Isn’t the “standard smiley” 🙂

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**Author:** ![bibliophage](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bibliophage/32/7615_2.png) [@bibliophage](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bibliophage)\
**Post date:** [May 15, 2002, 12:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/smilies/109109/5 "2002-05-15T00:08:14Z")

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🕶 is a smilie with eyeglasses. Is that what you had in mind?

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**Author:** ![mangeorge](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/d78d45/32.png) [@mangeorge](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mangeorge)\
**Post date:** [May 15, 2002, 2:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/smilies/109109/6 "2002-05-15T02:03:27Z")

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I _am_ smiling, dammit!  
Peace,  
mangeorge