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    Original Smiley Found (-: —Erik Olson
   Wow: "The smiley :-) and its many variants are an important (and fun!) part of the worldwide online social culture -- allowing emotions to be conveyed in plain text.  It has been in widespread use since the early '80s, when it was first proposed.  (...) (22 years ago, 13-Sep-02, to lugnet.off-topic.geek)  
   
        Re: Original Smiley Found (-: —Matthew Miller
   (...) (22 years ago, 14-Sep-02, to lugnet.off-topic.geek)
   
        Re: Original Smiley Found (-: —Jeremy H. Sproat
     (...) Its main benefit, of course, is that it doesn't smell so much! Cheers, - jsproat (22 years ago, 14-Sep-02, to lugnet.off-topic.geek)
   
        Re: Original Smiley Found (-: —William R. Ward
   (...) Well, back in the days when 40 column screens were common for BBS users (Commodore 64, Apple ][, etc.) the :) version was preferable, since :-) looked very much out of proportion. Interestingly enough I remember from my BBS days that -) was (...) (22 years ago, 16-Sep-02, to lugnet.off-topic.geek)
 

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