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:-) and :-( turned 30, thanks Scott Fahlman!

Posted by jpluimers on 2012/09/19

Today they :-) and :-( turned 30. Happy birthday!

The first use was attributed to Scott Fahlman.

Over the last few years, I switched to reverse smileys as too much software tries to graphicalize the regular ones.

–jeroen

via: Scott Fahlman – Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia.

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One Response to “:-) and :-( turned 30, thanks Scott Fahlman!”

  1. IL's avatar

    IL said

    2012/09/19 at 20:48

    Thanks for the explanation of reverse smileys! (-;

    Reply

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