Tomorrow is allegedly the 25th birthday of the ASCII smiley-face. When I read about this I initially scoffed, but the story of its birth is actually pretty interesting. The idea was to communicate attempted humor/sarcasm to prevent other nerds from responding to your BBS post with diatribes. So the smiley face really did benefit society. And aren't you glad this
:-)
Won out over this?
\__/
That second one just looks like a soup bowl.
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"I'm struck by the narcissism and banality of so many personal blogs." - Blaise Cronin, Professor and Dean, Information Science, Indiana University. Is corn the most banal thing possible? Certainly it's not narcissistic to think about and talk about corn. Perhaps I skew 100% banal, 0% narcissistic, then. So here it is - some thoughts about corn. Enjoy. It's nutritious!
3 comments:
Japanese smilies are entirely different, too. ^_^
That emoticon always looked more like a smirk than a smile to me.
LOLZ LOLZ the SmiLeeZ IZ Auld, K?
TheyZ 4 Sux0rz.
... wow, that's the first time I inadvertently incorporated Old English into my 133t speak posts. Of course, I can't say I haven't incorporated Olde English into others.
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