And Bilan… yeah, the smiley face people were first…but you couldn’t type them on old keyboards, so punctuation represented them, till sometime this century.They got a better union, forced programmers to add them to the keyboard software, and took their old jobs back.
Ida No about 9 years ago
Emoji, from the Japanese for “I’m no longer able to spell real words or have my own thoughts.”
Bilan about 9 years ago
One could say the emoji is the descendant of the smiley face, which makes them the ‘old’
SusanSunshine Premium Member about 9 years ago
Oh!
July 18th 2009….
And Bilan… yeah, the smiley face people were first…but you couldn’t type them on old keyboards, so punctuation represented them, till sometime this century.They got a better union, forced programmers to add them to the keyboard software, and took their old jobs back.
cdward about 9 years ago
Wait, what? I can’t use emoticons anymore? :`-(
Coyoty Premium Member about 9 years ago
They’re the new Minion style cheese balls, Brewster! Get ’em!
Kali39 about 9 years ago
Twitter is a menace to society. \:o (that’s Edvard Munch’s The Scream in txtspk)./
kaffekup about 9 years ago
For a moment, I thought he meant no one on the station had smiled in years. Can’t imagine why.