Yesterday was the 25th birthday of the digital smiley face, which was invented by a professor at Carnegie Mellon University to help express humor in computer messages.
The smiley face, formed by the characters : – ) viewed sideways, was the first-ever “emoticon.”
According to the Associated Press, Professor Scott E. Fahlman posted the emoticon in a message to an online electronic bulletin board at 11:44 a.m. on Sept. 19, 1982, during a discussion about online humor.
“I propose the following character sequence for joke markers: :-),” wrote Fahlman. “Read it sideways.”
And the rest was history.
Today, there are dozens of different emoticons used in e-mail and text messaging to communicate everything from happiness to sadness to anger.
On Boyslife.org, some of the emoticons are automatically converted to images.
For example:
🙂 😀 🙁 😮 😯 😕 😎 😡 😛 😐 😉 😆 😳 😥 👿 😈 🙄 ❗ ❓ 💡 ➡ 
See if you can figure out how to make these in the comment section, and then post your favorite emoticons.
😆
😀 🙄
👿 😯
now let’s see:
🙂 😀 😉 😛 😮 😎 😐
🙂 🙁
some more (maybe)
:-} (?) (!) (–>) >:-(
:/ :)) :(( 😐 :} :{ =) =(
coolness
:-]
🙂 :0 :O 8) 😀 😛
😀
;D
Let me try
8) 😀 😛 🙂 😐 🙄 😮 😉 :lol 😳
😯 😈 😡 👿 😥
😆
🙂 🙁 😉 >:-( >:-)
thats all i could do
how do u do the one with the sunglasses and the one frowning with red eyes and horns
I propose to make a key so that everyone can use them. I know it takes away the challenge, but let’s face it: What’s the point of an emoticon if you can’t use it? The ones I have question marks by, I don’t know if they’re right.
🙂 : – )
😀 : D
🙁 : – (
:O : O ?
Please post more and tell us how you made them.
Hey howd ya get all the Smiley faces on there I can’t figure it out
love you all
: – ) : – ( : – 0 😀 LOL
0_o
Let’s try that again:
🙂
🙁
:-0
😀
Nope that one didn’t work.
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To make the smilie you just do this : grin : but do not put spaces between the colin and the word grin I just did it so you could see it!
😀
Do I know you Stephanie.
What about me?
🙂 🙁 😛 8) 😀 😮 😕 😯 😡 😐 😉 😆 😳 😥 👿 😈 🙄 ❗ ❓ 💡 ➡
Hint: For all those who would like to know how to do certain smiley faces, mouse over the face, and a little box should appear. The box should say what you type to make the smiley.
Try it on these!
🙂 😀 🙁 😮 😯 😕 😎 😛 😡 😐 😉 😆 😳 😥 👿 😈 🙄 ❗ ❓ 💡 ➡
However, on some of them you can make the faces without typing words In between the colins. For instace: 🙂 🙁 😮 😛 😀 8) 😉 .
The Hello Help Department
Hmm…
>:( >:) 😐
🙂 🙁 😛 8) 😀 😮 😕 😯 😡 😐 😉 😆 😳 😥 👿 😈 🙄 ❗ ❓ 💡 ➡
Yeah I did it! 🙂 LOL
:-s : – s ?
:-
Hmm :sick: ??????? does this work?
B-|
oh and just so you guys know the comp. has been messing up and only doing part of my comments
:crying: 😥
This was so easy! 🙂 😮 It was a (shock) 😯 to be so easy. I get 😡 if I mess up! Or I go (oops) 😳 and 😥 (yeah right!) (grin, lol) 😀 😆 The 👿 and 😈 ones are 😎
Good Luck, and Have Fun ❗ 😉
this is me cause I’m cool 😎
🙂
:0 😉 ;0 🙁 ;( :X
:
smile:
:raz:
Or what about…
=) +) B) &) $) ~) !) @) #) %) ^) *) () ))
😡
😯 ?
😳 ?
❗ ❓ :>:
:happy: :laugh:
🙂 😀 🙁 😛
😆 😐 😎 😡 😯 😮
Some of them smileys!
It was awesome 🙂
I know one other sideways emotions.
:^)
This one has a nose.
:
:light: :lightbulb: ➡ :blueface:
😈
:confused: 😡 :angry:
Check out my smiles 😉 🙂 🙁
or these :@)
Check these out :] ;} !}
😉 🙁 🙂 %(
cool :-] :-} :] :{ lol fun
:bulb: 💡
: mrgreen )
:????:
😕
hey, try to figure out how to do the ones like this 🙂 not like this 🙂
(put the mouse over them to see what I mean)
HOW DO YOU GET THEM!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Here You Go
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cool!:-)
This is so cool:smile:
i figured it out!
🙂
🙂
B-)
😛