In 1982, a physics joke gone wrong sparked the invention of the emoticon - Ars Technica

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• x00z@lemmy.world ⁨6⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

  Fahlman entered the discussion with his now-famous post: “I propose that the following character sequence for joke markers: :-) Read it sideways.” He added that serious messages could use :-(, noting, “Maybe we should mark things that are NOT jokes, given current trends.”

  From there, the smiley could spread across the emerging global computer network, and no one would ever misunderstand a joke online again. :-)

  Is that last post of the article meant as a joke or not? I do not understand.

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  • kami@lemmy.dbzer0.com ⁨6⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

    :-)

    Read it sideways.

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    • x00z@lemmy.world ⁨6⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

      So the article is a joke and untrue?

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• MurrayL@lemmy.world ⁨6⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

  It’s interesting how quickly they evolved in the last 20 years.

  From :-) to :) to 🙂

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  • dankm@lemmy.ca ⁨6⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

    1982 was 43 years ago…

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    • MurrayL@lemmy.world ⁨6⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

      Yes, but I was specifically talking about the way usage has shifted over the last 20 years.

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    • aceshigh@lemmy.world ⁨6⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

      Shit. That makes me… too damn old.

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• Kolanaki@pawb.social ⁨6⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

  I get it.

  I prefer using emojis that show a range of variations of sarcasm over the very inelegant “/s.”

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  • OpenStars@piefed.social ⁨6⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

    Not me 😋🙃😜🥴

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    • Kissaki@feddit.org ⁨6⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

      Don’t be so serious 🤡

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  • sqgl@sh.itjust.works ⁨5⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

    And isn’t the winking smiley the most relevant for sarcasm?

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• obinice@lemmy.world ⁨6⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

  :-)

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  • cannedtuna@lemmy.world ⁨6⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

    :-(

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    • elvith@feddit.org ⁨6⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

      :-(

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• hakunawazo@lemmy.world ⁨6⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

  8===D (It doesn’t even have to be read sideways)

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  • brb@sh.itjust.works ⁨5⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

    Aqp

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    • hakunawazo@lemmy.world ⁨5⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

      90 degrees shifted

        qp      n
         ||        ||
         u      db
      

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