[COFF] First use of emoticon...

[Wesley Parish via COFF]

I find myself using :) rather than :-) because after having my nose 
mentioned an awful lot of times when I was growing up, I'd much rather 
people remembered my smile than my nose. :)

Wesley Parish

On 20/09/2026 02:21, Harald Arnesen via COFF wrote:
> Cameron Tyre via COFF [2026-09-19 11:57:28]:
>
>> :-)
>
>>> On Saturday, 09/19/26 at 06:02 Tomasz Rola via COFF <coff at tuhs.org> 
>>> wrote:
>>> ...was on this day, 44 years ago.
>>>
>>> As described here:
>>>
>>> https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Scott_Fahlman
>
> I find nowadays most people (when using ASCII, not graphical 
> emoticons) use :) . I have always used :-) , as I have a nose in my face.