# What kind of smiley emotion is the SDMB missing? **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [September 10, 2002, 9:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-kind-of-smiley-emotion-is-the-sdmb-missing/127847 "2002-09-10T21:21:09Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![dreamer](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/6bbea6/32.png) [@dreamer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dreamer)\ **Post date:** [September 10, 2002, 9:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-kind-of-smiley-emotion-is-the-sdmb-missing/127847/1 "2002-09-10T21:21:09Z")
I’m pretty sure in [this](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?threadid=134752) thread **Arnold** gave the thumbs up for a new smiley poll. So my question is, what kind of emotions are missing here? Have there been times when you have wished there was some kind of smiley that could portray the emotions you were having at the time? If so please do tell. And of course those of you who don’t want smiley’s at all, there will be a “no new smiley” vote if that’s what you really, really, really want. 😛 ---
**Author:** ![ultrafilter](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/3d9bf3/32.png) [@ultrafilter](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ultrafilter)\ **Post date:** [September 10, 2002, 9:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-kind-of-smiley-emotion-is-the-sdmb-missing/127847/2 "2002-09-10T21:46:21Z")
A “sick-face” smiley would be lovely. Let a poster know they’ve grossed you out hardcore. ---
**Author:** ![Mangetout](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mangetout/32/19_2.png) [@Mangetout](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mangetout)\ **Post date:** [September 10, 2002, 10:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-kind-of-smiley-emotion-is-the-sdmb-missing/127847/3 "2002-09-10T22:03:19Z")
I want one that conveys: ‘I’m laughing in your face because if I took your opinion seriously, I’d cry’ ---
**Author:** ![ultrafilter](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/3d9bf3/32.png) [@ultrafilter](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ultrafilter)\ **Post date:** [September 10, 2002, 10:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-kind-of-smiley-emotion-is-the-sdmb-missing/127847/4 "2002-09-10T22:06:21Z")
**Mangetout** : OK, but **you** design it. ---
**Author:** ![CrazyCatLady](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/dfb087/32.png) [@CrazyCatLady](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CrazyCatLady)\ **Post date:** [September 10, 2002, 10:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-kind-of-smiley-emotion-is-the-sdmb-missing/127847/5 "2002-09-10T22:18:09Z")
I think we really need a barfing smiley. Or a mooning smiley. Maybe an asshat smiley, to liven up the Pit a little bit. ---
**Author:** ![Myrnalene](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/c4cdca/32.png) [@Myrnalene](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Myrnalene)\ **Post date:** [September 10, 2002, 11:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-kind-of-smiley-emotion-is-the-sdmb-missing/127847/6 "2002-09-10T23:06:02Z")
I think the “dubious” smiley(s) from the last poll express what is probably the central emotion of the Staight Dope universe. ---
**Author:** ![Violet](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/ebca7d/32.png) [@Violet](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Violet)\ **Post date:** [September 10, 2002, 11:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-kind-of-smiley-emotion-is-the-sdmb-missing/127847/7 "2002-09-10T23:20:08Z")
A yawn smilie. But that “embarrassment” one looks like a yawn. Hey! When you hover over the embarrassment smilie, the word is not spelled correctly! It shows “embarrasment.” Or am I hallucinating-- again? ---
**Author:** ![Johnny\_L.A](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/johnny_l.a/32/1084_2.png) [@Johnny\_L.A](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_L.A)\ **Post date:** [September 10, 2002, 11:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-kind-of-smiley-emotion-is-the-sdmb-missing/127847/8 "2002-09-10T23:25:50Z")
Eyes looking both ways. “Did I just say what I think I just said?” Could also be used as “dubious”, I suppose. ---
**Author:** ![scout1222](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/34f0e0/32.png) [@scout1222](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/scout1222)\ **Post date:** [September 10, 2002, 11:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-kind-of-smiley-emotion-is-the-sdmb-missing/127847/9 "2002-09-10T23:52:25Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Johnny L.A. \* > **Eyes looking both ways. "Did I just say what I think I just said?"** That’d be perfect! I could use it for all those TMI threads where I discuss bathroom habits and such. Ah, the blissfulness of a faceless message board… ---
**Author:** ![h.sapiens](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/e0b2c6/32.png) [@h.sapiens](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/h.sapiens)\ **Post date:** [September 10, 2002, 11:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-kind-of-smiley-emotion-is-the-sdmb-missing/127847/10 "2002-09-10T23:55:01Z")
How about a sarcasm smilie, or a rhetorical question smilie? ---
**Author:** ![xash](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/x/c6cbf5/32.png) [@xash](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/xash)\ **Post date:** [September 11, 2002, 12:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-kind-of-smiley-emotion-is-the-sdmb-missing/127847/11 "2002-09-11T00:32:28Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by h.sapiens \* > \*\*How about a sarcasm smilie, or a rhetorical question smilie? \*\* isn’t this the sarcasm smiley ? --\> :rolleyes: i’ve mentioned this over in the ATMB thread, but i’ll repeat… i think we need a ::bow to you:: smilie… i can see it being used in GQ, atleast, in place of “Thank You! Thank You! You guys Rock!” ---
**Author:** ![medstar](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/f07891/32.png) [@medstar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/medstar)\ **Post date:** [September 11, 2002, 12:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-kind-of-smiley-emotion-is-the-sdmb-missing/127847/12 "2002-09-11T00:36:24Z")
How about bringing out Smashie? I thought the hammer throwing smilie was adorable. ---
**Author:** ![xash](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/x/c6cbf5/32.png) [@xash](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/xash)\ **Post date:** [September 11, 2002, 12:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-kind-of-smiley-emotion-is-the-sdmb-missing/127847/13 "2002-09-11T00:51:35Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by medstar \* > \*\*How about bringing out Smashie? I thought the hammer throwing smilie was adorable. \*\* that is an animated smiley which, according to **Arnold** in the ATMB thread linked in the OP, will never get to bang people on the head by virtue of it being animated. ---
**Author:** ![sugaree](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/cc9497/32.png) [@sugaree](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/sugaree)\ **Post date:** [September 11, 2002, 1:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-kind-of-smiley-emotion-is-the-sdmb-missing/127847/14 "2002-09-11T01:27:25Z")
Hmmm…a Smashie frozen in time and space, forever slamming down his hammer of …was it wrath? Justin? Smashie’s Hammer of Righteous Outrage? Please not the puking smiley. It is really repulsive. Third grade humor. We might as well have a menstrating smiley or a pooping smiley. What about some sort of flirting, sultry, come-hither, seductive smiley? ---
**Author:** ![JerseyDiamond](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/8491ac/32.png) [@JerseyDiamond](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JerseyDiamond)\ **Post date:** [September 11, 2002, 1:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-kind-of-smiley-emotion-is-the-sdmb-missing/127847/15 "2002-09-11T01:42:11Z")
Mr. Yuk. Definitely. [http://www.poison.org/mrYuk.htm](http://www.poison.org/mrYuk.htm) ---
**Author:** ![Minor\_Irritant](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/e495f1/32.png) [@Minor\_Irritant](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Minor_Irritant)\ **Post date:** [September 11, 2002, 1:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-kind-of-smiley-emotion-is-the-sdmb-missing/127847/16 "2002-09-11T01:55:13Z")
Foil hat, dammit! I had a fiver riding on it last time. ---
**Author:** ![partly\_warmer](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/bc8723/32.png) [@partly\_warmer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/partly_warmer)\ **Post date:** [September 11, 2002, 1:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-kind-of-smiley-emotion-is-the-sdmb-missing/127847/17 "2002-09-11T01:59:25Z")
Generally any icons that clarify mood, or are useful shorthand for common stuff: “I agree.” “I disagree.” “You’re wonderful!” (Or somebody’s wonderful…) “You’re a moron!” (Or somebody’s a moron, etc…) “You frighten me!” “Your question’s been answered.” “Read the thread!” “Where did you get your facts? Cite request.” “This comment made as the devil’s advocate.” “Don’t make me go into this, again.” Sick, sexy, and bowing all seem useful. We could venture outside smilie graphics to ones relating to the SDMB. Graphics with a little SDMB personality? ---
**Author:** ![DarkWriter](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/ee59a6/32.png) [@DarkWriter](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DarkWriter)\ **Post date:** [September 11, 2002, 4:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-kind-of-smiley-emotion-is-the-sdmb-missing/127847/18 "2002-09-11T04:26:11Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by ultrafilter \* > \*\ ***Mangetout** : OK, but **you** design it. \*\* Maybe it could be designed as pointing and laughing. 🙂 Sheri ---
**Author:** ![Sublight](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/439d5e/32.png) [@Sublight](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sublight)\ **Post date:** [September 11, 2002, 4:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-kind-of-smiley-emotion-is-the-sdmb-missing/127847/19 "2002-09-11T04:28:27Z")
I’d like a ‘smokey’ smiley, for when one has just been flamed. Or for illustrating those “dumbest injury you’ve ever had” threads. ---
**Author:** ![partly\_warmer](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/bc8723/32.png) [@partly\_warmer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/partly_warmer)\ **Post date:** [September 11, 2002, 4:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-kind-of-smiley-emotion-is-the-sdmb-missing/127847/20 "2002-09-11T04:45:34Z")
Also: clapping, cheering, booing, bored, asleep, blowing a kiss. If it turns out we don’t need to stick to pre-existing smilies, I’d be willing to contribute drafts for some of the emotions/reactions. Recognizing that if used they instantly become the property of a certain newspaper. Anybody else? Shall we turn this into an art contest, too? [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-kind-of-smiley-emotion-is-the-sdmb-missing/127847.md?page=2)