[COFF] First use of emoticon...

Brantley Coile via COFF coff at tuhs.org
Sun Sep 20 20:58:55 AEST 2026


And :) doesn't smell....no nose.

> On Sep 20, 2026, at 12:17 AM, Wesley Parish via COFF <coff at tuhs.org> wrote:
> 
> 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.



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