# What's the Dope on the missing moties? **URL:** \ **Category:** About This Message Board\ **Created:** [April 10, 2004, 10:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-dope-on-the-missing-moties/239378 "2004-04-10T22:32:35Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 11\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Binarydrone](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/3da27b/32.png) [@Binarydrone](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Binarydrone)\ **Post date:** [April 10, 2004, 10:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-dope-on-the-missing-moties/239378/1 "2004-04-10T22:32:35Z")
:dubious: , :smack: , :wally and ;j Don’t seem to be working for me. Is there some setting that I am missing? I notice that folks still seem to be using them, but I get a little red X on screen. What up? ---
**Author:** ![Northern\_Piper](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/northern_piper/32/5304_2.png) [@Northern\_Piper](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Northern_Piper)\ **Post date:** [April 11, 2004, 6:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-dope-on-the-missing-moties/239378/2 "2004-04-11T06:19:21Z")
And here I thought this was a misplaced Cafe Society thread dealing with _The Mote in God’s Eye_. 😉 ---
**Author:** ![B.Serum](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/b.serum/32/14266_2.png) [@B.Serum](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/B.Serum)\ **Post date:** [April 11, 2004, 6:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-dope-on-the-missing-moties/239378/3 "2004-04-11T06:34:47Z")
Do you have any idea (1) how incredibly difficult these things are too find on the internet (b) how expensive they are, and (III) how much memory they take up? ---
**Author:** ![LolaBaby](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/d2c977/32.png) [@LolaBaby](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LolaBaby)\ **Post date:** [April 11, 2004, 10:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-dope-on-the-missing-moties/239378/4 "2004-04-11T10:15:30Z")
> [@Hey you!](#): > > Do you have any idea (1) how incredibly difficult these things are too find on the internet (b) how expensive they are, and (III) how much memory they take up? Are you talking about the smilies? 😕 They’re not too hard to find (or at least suitable replacements). And I doubt that, at 15 x 15 pixels, they are too expensive to maintain and that they take up a whole buncha memory. I recall reading somewhere that they just need to upload them on the server or something, and that it wasn’t exactly a high priority at this time. If you are not talking about the smilies and you accidentally posted this response in regards to something else in some other thread, please accept my apology. ---
**Author:** ![B.Serum](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/b.serum/32/14266_2.png) [@B.Serum](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/B.Serum)\ **Post date:** [April 11, 2004, 8:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-dope-on-the-missing-moties/239378/5 "2004-04-11T20:32:57Z")
LolaBaby, I was being sarcastic. I think I was too subtle. ---
**Author:** ![LolaBaby](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/d2c977/32.png) [@LolaBaby](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LolaBaby)\ **Post date:** [April 11, 2004, 8:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-dope-on-the-missing-moties/239378/6 "2004-04-11T20:59:49Z")
Whoosh! 😃 ---
**Author:** ![rkts](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/c4cdca/32.png) [@rkts](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/rkts)\ **Post date:** [April 12, 2004, 3:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-dope-on-the-missing-moties/239378/7 "2004-04-12T03:32:16Z")
I like your choice of ordinal indications. Very funny. ---
**Author:** ![AskNott](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/asknott/32/5790_2.png) [@AskNott](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AskNott)\ **Post date:** [April 15, 2004, 5:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-dope-on-the-missing-moties/239378/8 "2004-04-15T05:25:36Z")
[Minnesotan] Ya know, a lotta guys would have found_words_ to express those things. Nobody _I_ know, but a lotta guys would have. [/Minnesotan] There were once words for these emoticons, which are now lost to archeology. One day, perhaps, we shall rediscover them. :halfway between sarcasm and irony smilie: Praise Ra. ---
**Author:** ![Derleth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/b9e5f3/32.png) [@Derleth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Derleth)\ **Post date:** [April 19, 2004, 5:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-dope-on-the-missing-moties/239378/9 "2004-04-19T05:39:29Z")
Speaking of that, where _is_ **ChiefScott** these days? 😉 ---
**Author:** ![Beauty\_Personified](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/e480ec/32.png) [@Beauty\_Personified](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Beauty_Personified)\ **Post date:** [April 19, 2004, 9:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-dope-on-the-missing-moties/239378/10 "2004-04-19T21:39:22Z")
I really think we need a “devilish” emoticon. A smiling emoticon 🙂 with downturned eyebrows :mad: . Even better, it could also be red instead of yellow, and have horns. In forums that don’t use emoticons I use… \>:-) …although it doesn’t come out right on some pages. (It doesn’t look right to me here when I previewed, for example.) I also hate the “embarrassment” emoticon. :o It look more like it’s about to pleasure someone. :eek: The “rolling eyes” emoticon looks more embarrassed to me. :rolleyes: Anyhoo… ---
**Author:** ![TubaDiva](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tubadiva/32/507_2.png) [@TubaDiva](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TubaDiva)\ **Post date:** [April 20, 2004, 6:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-dope-on-the-missing-moties/239378/11 "2004-04-20T06:46:10Z")
I have made repeated requests to the techs to reinstall our custom emoticons. They do have their hands full with other issues right now and this has taken a backseat to other, more pressing concerns. I will ask again. your humble TubaDiva Administrator