# Where's Smashie, dammit?!? **URL:** \ **Category:** The BBQ Pit\ **Created:** [March 11, 2002, 6:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wheres-smashie-dammit/97518 "2002-03-11T06:17:48Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 17\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![Michael\_Ellis](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/977dab/32.png) [@Michael\_Ellis](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Michael_Ellis)\ **Post date:** [March 12, 2002, 2:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wheres-smashie-dammit/97518/21 "2002-03-12T02:53:45Z")
VIVA THE DUMBASS GAVEL SMILIE! ---
**Author:** ![kabbes](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/e99b99/32.png) [@kabbes](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kabbes)\ **Post date:** [March 12, 2002, 10:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wheres-smashie-dammit/97518/22 "2002-03-12T10:32:51Z")
See, the whole idea of a debate with a “smashie” is just **wrong**. It totally detracts from the actual debate and turns it into a game of one-upmanship. The words are subsumed in a twitching cavelcade of oh-so-clever pre-made animations. “I don’t have to _answer_ your points 'cos I can just pretend to be boinking you on the head!” How erudite. The day Smashie appears in GD is the day I think very seriously about finding somewhere else to debate. pan ---
**Author:** ![Dryga\_Yes](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/838e76/32.png) [@Dryga\_Yes](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dryga_Yes)\ **Post date:** [March 12, 2002, 4:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wheres-smashie-dammit/97518/23 "2002-03-12T16:42:57Z")
[http://www.hastur.com/abyss/smash.gif](http://www.hastur.com/abyss/smash.gif) ---
**Author:** ![Tabithina](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/f04885/32.png) [@Tabithina](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tabithina)\ **Post date:** [March 12, 2002, 7:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wheres-smashie-dammit/97518/24 "2002-03-12T19:56:10Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by kabbes \* > \*\*See, the whole idea of a debate with a “smashie” is just **wrong**. It totally detracts from the actual debate and turns it into a game of one-upmanship. The words are subsumed in a twitching cavelcade of oh-so-clever pre-made animations. “I don’t have to _answer_ your points 'cos I can just pretend to be boinking you on the head!” How erudite. > > The day Smashie appears in GD is the day I think very seriously about finding somewhere else to debate. > > pan \*\* Well said. I can see this happening even if smashie is not animated, and it would be just as annoying. I can’t debate my way out of a paper bag, but I thoroughly enjoy the posts of those who can. I feel that smashie would detract from the high quality of the forum. He’d be more of a liability than an asset, IMO. ---
**Author:** ![JimSox5](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/b5a626/32.png) [@JimSox5](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JimSox5)\ **Post date:** [March 24, 2002, 6:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wheres-smashie-dammit/97518/25 "2002-03-24T18:49:58Z")
I vote for smashie. He was quite possibly the best smilie I ever saw. He just doesn’t look as good not animated, but I’ll gladly the frozen-in-time smashie as a compromise. Another use for FIT smashie is an “I Protest” smilie, as it kinda looks like he’s holding up a protestors sign. ---
**Author:** ![Reeder](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/c6cbf5/32.png) [@Reeder](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Reeder)\ **Post date:** [March 25, 2002, 2:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wheres-smashie-dammit/97518/26 "2002-03-25T02:27:28Z")
Aren’t they just a drag on bandwidth? ---
**Author:** ![foxfiregrrl](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/3da27b/32.png) [@foxfiregrrl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/foxfiregrrl)\ **Post date:** [March 25, 2002, 3:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wheres-smashie-dammit/97518/27 "2002-03-25T03:07:23Z")
I was a big fan of the rainbow gay smilie. 😉 And, smashie was cute. However, the animation seriously bothered me. So, I’m glad it’s gone. ---
**Author:** ![KeithT](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/e47774/32.png) [@KeithT](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/KeithT)\ **Post date:** [March 25, 2002, 4:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wheres-smashie-dammit/97518/28 "2002-03-25T04:08:06Z")
We love Smashie. We love OG. [We put two and two together.](http://www.cae.wisc.edu/~tschohl/smash.html) ---
**Author:** ![happyheathen](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/b5e925/32.png) [@happyheathen](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/happyheathen)\ **Post date:** [March 25, 2002, 6:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wheres-smashie-dammit/97518/29 "2002-03-25T06:17:22Z")
vB 2.2.4 sites WITH smilies colored as (your diety here) intended. and… once you 'fess up and restore the colors… WE WANT SMASHIE!!! ---
**Author:** ![Measure\_for\_Measure](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/measure_for_measure/32/557_2.png) [@Measure\_for\_Measure](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Measure_for_Measure)\ **Post date:** [March 25, 2002, 6:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wheres-smashie-dammit/97518/30 "2002-03-25T06:55:38Z")
I’m for any emoticon that assists in fighting ignorance. For that reason, I have emailed to tshirts a (rather crude) :dubious: icon. [http://www.geocities.com/proposedsmilies/](http://www.geocities.com/proposedsmilies/) :dubious: is somewhat milder than :rolleyes: ; it indicates general skepticism and raised eyebrows. As in, Oh, really? :dubious: Alas, my attempt most closely resembles a smilie in need of a shave. Perhaps others can do better. Another take on the same general idea might portray a figure with a magnifying glass. Oh, and notwithstanding my 2nd smilie attempt, I agree that animated smilies are distracting, notwithstanding their aesthetic value. ---
**Author:** ![trishdish](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/d2c977/32.png) [@trishdish](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/trishdish)\ **Post date:** [March 26, 2002, 2:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wheres-smashie-dammit/97518/31 "2002-03-26T02:38:20Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Leaper \* > \*\*I WANT SMASHIE! > > ☹ \*\* I’m just glad the consensus is/was that his name is “smashie” and not “bonky”. ---
**Author:** ![december](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/838e76/32.png) [@december](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/december)\ **Post date:** [March 26, 2002, 3:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wheres-smashie-dammit/97518/32 "2002-03-26T03:01:01Z")
I want Smashie back – this time with sound effects! Thud! Thud! Thud! Thud! Thud! Thud! Thud! Thud! Thud! Thud! Thud! Thud! Thud! Thud! Thud! Thud! Thud! Thud! Thud! Thud! Thud! Thud! Thud! Thud! Thud! Thud! Thud! Thud! Thud! Thud! Thud! Thud! Thud! Thud! ---
**Author:** ![Milossarian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/3ec8ea/32.png) [@Milossarian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Milossarian)\ **Post date:** [March 26, 2002, 3:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wheres-smashie-dammit/97518/33 "2002-03-26T03:01:43Z")
I’ll give you smashie … ---
**Author:** ![Michael\_Ellis](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/977dab/32.png) [@Michael\_Ellis](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Michael_Ellis)\ **Post date:** [March 26, 2002, 4:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wheres-smashie-dammit/97518/34 "2002-03-26T04:36:20Z")
OG SMASHY! 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Jenner](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/ac8455/32.png) [@Jenner](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jenner)\ **Post date:** [March 26, 2002, 4:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wheres-smashie-dammit/97518/35 "2002-03-26T04:52:38Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Reeder \* > \*\*Aren’t they just a drag on bandwidth? \*\* Nah. 😉 A normal-sized smilie costs about 200-400 bytes – the equivalent of a few lines of text. Also, your browser only downloads the smilie the first time it encounters it – once the smilie is stored in your cache it is retrieved locally without taxing the server. –DP ---
**Author:** ![NightRabbit](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/bbce88/32.png) [@NightRabbit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/NightRabbit)\ **Post date:** [March 26, 2002, 3:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wheres-smashie-dammit/97518/36 "2002-03-26T15:13:13Z")
Couldn’t they just make an “ignore smileys” option for the whole board? Are smileys really that pertinent to discussion? Then those who want little smiley pictures all over the place can have them, and those who think they’re annoying like hemerrhoids can turn them off once and for all… ---
**Author:** ![Terminus\_Est](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/terminus_est/32/3087_2.png) [@Terminus\_Est](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Terminus_Est)\ **Post date:** [March 26, 2002, 3:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wheres-smashie-dammit/97518/37 "2002-03-26T15:23:57Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Michael Ellis \* > \*\*OG SMASHY! 😃 \*\* Exactly. The little gavel-pounding smiley may be gone, but he lives on in our hearts and in our minds and whenever someone says: **OG SMASH!** [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wheres-smashie-dammit/97518.md?page=1)