# What is this smilie? And how is it showing up here? **URL:** \ **Category:** About This Message Board\ **Created:** [June 26, 2017, 3:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-this-smilie-and-how-is-it-showing-up-here/789880 "2017-06-26T03:23:21Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 8\ **Page:** 3
**Author:** ![Czarcasm](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/czarcasm/32/4050_2.png) [@Czarcasm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Czarcasm)\ **Post date:** [June 26, 2017, 4:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-this-smilie-and-how-is-it-showing-up-here/789880/41 "2017-06-26T16:11:42Z")
> [@Bone](#): > > Just in case your browser isn’t seeing what I see. [This is somewhat amusing.](https://c1.staticflickr.com/5/4241/35162254960_021a809707_z.jpg) > [This on the other hand, is obnoxious 🙂](https://c1.staticflickr.com/5/4290/35162255100_a346c9df71_b.jpg) I’m getting the same effect-It’s like the post is projectile vomiting. ---
**Author:** ![DSYoungEsq](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/c6cbf5/32.png) [@DSYoungEsq](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DSYoungEsq)\ **Post date:** [June 26, 2017, 5:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-this-smilie-and-how-is-it-showing-up-here/789880/42 "2017-06-26T17:05:54Z")
Thank God I’m not seeing what Bone is seeing. 😮 ---
**Author:** ![John\_DiFool](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/john_difool/32/19543_2.png) [@John\_DiFool](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/John_DiFool)\ **Post date:** [June 26, 2017, 7:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-this-smilie-and-how-is-it-showing-up-here/789880/43 "2017-06-26T19:43:57Z")
Hey, when the nukes start falling he and I at least will be 100% protected! ---
**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 27, 2017, 3:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-this-smilie-and-how-is-it-showing-up-here/789880/44 "2017-06-27T03:06:34Z")
Apparently, Facebook is able to detect and block the super-accented Thai. They’re having none of those shenanigans. ---
**Author:** ![Just\_Asking\_Questions](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/ba9def/32.png) [@Just\_Asking\_Questions](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Just_Asking_Questions)\ **Post date:** [June 27, 2017, 4:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-this-smilie-and-how-is-it-showing-up-here/789880/45 "2017-06-27T16:18:19Z")
> [@Bone](#): > > Just in case your browser isn’t seeing what I see. [This is somewhat amusing.](https://c1.staticflickr.com/5/4241/35162254960_021a809707_z.jpg) > [This on the other hand, is obnoxious 🙂](https://c1.staticflickr.com/5/4290/35162255100_a346c9df71_b.jpg) It’s even worse here. I can’t capture an image, but I don’t see a string of diacritical marks in a V shape, I see a nearly solid black **V** that takes up two or more posts, and runs off the screen outside the board to the left. It’s like some fractal - it’s solid accent marks, and if you could zoom in, you’d see them all. And it’s getting bigger every time someone quotes it! Run for the hills! I’m using Firefox. ---
**Author:** ![eschereal](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/eschereal/32/18939_2.png) [@eschereal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/eschereal)\ **Post date:** [June 27, 2017, 9:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-this-smilie-and-how-is-it-showing-up-here/789880/46 "2017-06-27T21:29:08Z")
I wonder if someone could register a username composed of emojis. ---
**Author:** ![BigT](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bigt/32/12044_2.png) [@BigT](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BigT)\ **Post date:** [June 28, 2017, 1:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-this-smilie-and-how-is-it-showing-up-here/789880/47 "2017-06-28T01:25:40Z")
On my Linux computer, those crazy post are all just a ton of boxes, that last for pages. ---
**Author:** ![Reluctant\_A](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/839c29/32.png) [@Reluctant\_A](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Reluctant_A)\ **Post date:** [June 28, 2017, 8:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-this-smilie-and-how-is-it-showing-up-here/789880/48 "2017-06-28T20:44:21Z")
> [@BigT](#): > > It’s not got blue ears. It’s crying and laughing at the same time. Specifically, it’s the “Crying with Tears of Joy” emoji. And the only format is copy and paste… Copy and paste from what? 😕 [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-this-smilie-and-how-is-it-showing-up-here/789880.md?page=2)