# The Dubious Smiley **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [June 17, 2009, 1:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-dubious-smiley/500058 "2009-06-17T13:12:10Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 10\ **Page:** 2

**Author:** ![Freudian\_Slit](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/5daacb/32.png) [@Freudian\_Slit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Freudian_Slit)\ **Post date:** [June 18, 2009, 3:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-dubious-smiley/500058/21 "2009-06-18T03:20:15Z")

Well, I miss happy Orthodox Jewish guy. I don’t care what anyone says. ---

**Author:** ![Munch](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/munch/32/5281_2.png) [@Munch](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Munch)\ **Post date:** [June 18, 2009, 1:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-dubious-smiley/500058/22 "2009-06-18T13:09:52Z")

> [@RitterSport](#): > > So, does anyone have an explanation for :o? Think: “Oooooh! I should have thought of that! I’m so embarrassed.” ---

**Author:** ![Freddy\_the\_Pig](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/a587f6/32.png) [@Freddy\_the\_Pig](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Freddy_the_Pig)\ **Post date:** [June 18, 2009, 1:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-dubious-smiley/500058/23 "2009-06-18T13:24:43Z")

> [@Freudian\_Slit](#): > > Well, I miss happy Orthodox Jewish guy. I don’t care what anyone says. I was never quite clear on what happy Orthodox Jewish guy was supposed to convey. ---

**Author:** ![Ludovic](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/7ab992/32.png) [@Ludovic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ludovic)\ **Post date:** [June 18, 2009, 1:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-dubious-smiley/500058/24 "2009-06-18T13:27:58Z")

It was normally only used lightheartedly in threads about Judaism. And Space Invaders. Or Jewish Space Invaders lizard people. ---

**Author:** ![Sage\_Rat](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/sage_rat/32/399_2.png) [@Sage\_Rat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sage_Rat)\ **Post date:** [June 18, 2009, 1:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-dubious-smiley/500058/25 "2009-06-18T13:52:30Z")

> [@Ludovic](#): > > It was normally only used lightheartedly in threads about Judaism. And Space Invaders. Or Jewish Space Invaders lizard people. Actually I think the Happy Orthodox Jewish smiley was mostly used in threads wondering what the purpose of the Happy Orthodox Jewish smiley was for. It was like meta, man. ---

**Author:** ![RitterSport](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/rittersport/32/6326_2.png) [@RitterSport](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RitterSport)\ **Post date:** [June 18, 2009, 4:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-dubious-smiley/500058/26 "2009-06-18T16:08:47Z")

> [@Munch](#): > > Think: “Oooooh! I should have thought of that! I’m so embarrassed.” Interesting – I should have thought of that! :o …but then it really doesn’t work for “guess what we were doing when the kids walked in :o” (except for the alternate meanings for that smiley above, so I guess it could work in the right circumstances) ---

**Author:** ![Cisco](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/ccd318/32.png) [@Cisco](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cisco)\ **Post date:** [June 18, 2009, 4:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-dubious-smiley/500058/27 "2009-06-18T16:23:59Z")

:o \<—looks tired, not embarassed :rolleyes: \<—always makes me laugh because of a MAD Magazine article I read suggesting ways to make your girlfriend dump you; roll your eyes at _everything_ she says, no matter what :dubious: \<—good, but a little too “busy”. Needs that vertical line taken off the left side of his mouth, I think, and maybe thin out the raised eyebrow by a pixel. For some reason I thought of this as a pirate smiley for awhile after it was introduced 🙂 \<—reminds me of a tshirt this kid Jimmy wore in high school that had this face on it and said “I’m not wearing any underwear” 😉 \<—looks like he’s missing an eye, not winking 🆒 \<—I seem to be the only one who ever uses this Now if we could somehow make [coolface](http://www.furyblog.com/pics/coolface1.jpg) an icon . . . ---

**Author:** ![Chopper9760](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/cdc98d/32.png) [@Chopper9760](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chopper9760)\ **Post date:** [June 18, 2009, 5:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-dubious-smiley/500058/28 "2009-06-18T17:54:20Z")

:rolleyes: 😉 These two little devils are terribly smug. :rolleyes: has it’s place in some comments but I rarely see 😉 without thinking something along the lines of _F_%&stupid\*&%arrogantbastard! \* An overreaction I know. The dubious smiley though, that guy rocks my socks! ---

**Author:** ![Freudian\_Slit](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/5daacb/32.png) [@Freudian\_Slit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Freudian_Slit)\ **Post date:** [June 18, 2009, 5:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-dubious-smiley/500058/29 "2009-06-18T17:56:38Z")

> [@Chopper9760](#): > > :rolleyes: 😉 > > These two little devils are terribly smug. :rolleyes: has it’s place in some comments but I rarely see 😉 without thinking something along the lines of _F_%&stupid\*&%arrogantbastard! > \* > An overreaction I know. I’m kind of the opposite. The :rolleyes: provokes that reaction in me. Though I try not to use them for the most part. ---

**Author:** ![Ludovic](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/7ab992/32.png) [@Ludovic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ludovic)\ **Post date:** [June 18, 2009, 5:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-dubious-smiley/500058/30 "2009-06-18T17:56:51Z")

> [@Chopper9760](#): > > :rolleyes: 😉 > > These two little devils are terribly smug. :rolleyes: has it’s place in some comments but I rarely see 😉 without thinking something along the lines of _F_%&stupid\*&%arrogantbastard! > \* That’s probably why : putz :😉 was retired. It was seldom used for anything but to give a backhanded insult, to be able to call someone a putz then give a winkie at the end like that will make it all okay. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-dubious-smiley/500058.md?page=1)