A Gunbroker forum 'smiley' inquisition

MosinNagantDisciple

Alright, I think its time we took a look at our little smiley friends, those pictographic ambassadors who can make a dull or abrupt post worthwhile. Unfortunately, some of these smileys leave a little to be desired in terms of communication effectiveness. First, though, lets take a look at the whole family:

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Ok, at first glance a wide range of emotions can be conveyed using these tiny faces. We have happiness, sadness, anger, confusion, embarassment, and surprise. Not bad.

However, some of these smileys don't quite cut it. Lets begin with the most henious offender:

[8] - An eight ball. Ok. Not sure what this is supposed to communicate, as this is not a face and conveys no emotion. My best guess is that this is supposed to represent someone winning something, perhaps a forum argument? Even if thats correct, its an obscure reference that not everyone would understand. Maybe this is supposed to represent the 8-ball of crack the forum designer was smoking when he chose this as a smiley?

Next up is this little-used grey smiley:

[|)] - The reason this smiley fails is purely aesthetic. It is supposed to convey "sleepiness," but the anime-style upturned eyes convey contentment or mild amusement rather than sleepiness. A couple of Z's over the head would immediately clear this up, but I guess the designer fell asleep before he could add those.

Next is this peculiar little fellow:

[8)] - Meant to convey "shyness," this actually looks like a sibling to this smiley: [:)]. I'll just say this: shy people usually don't have a big grin on their faces, which is why this smiley fails.

Next up is this one:

[B)] - For the longest time I could not figure out what this was. At first glance it appears to be a part-robot smiley like a Borg out of Star Trek. This of course is an absurd thing; I mean, what emotion is conveyed with a half-robot smiley? When I discovered that rolling over the smiley's button popped up a little tooltip that described the smiley, I immediately found that this is meant to imitate a black eye, presumably one obtained after a fight. The problem is that this looks nothing like a black eye. For some reason it has a sharp 90 degree angle (black eyes tend to be round or splotchy). Also, the smiley shows no further sign of injury, which makes the whole "black eye" concept hard to pick up on.

Next:

[:o)] - I hate clowns.

Then there's this one:

[}:)] - Its meant to look like a devil, but to me it looks like a crotchety red-faced person. I think its the mouth that does it... instead of an evil grin it has something of a frown. Also, the "horns" are not pronounced enough (and theres no tail!).

There's also this terrifying creature:

[:X] - If this thing wanted to give me a kiss, I'd quickly be running the other way. The beady eyes and hideously deformed mouth make it look like a pink rat with a pink nose, or even an opposum. Truly dreadful artwork.

Finally, theres this one:

[?] - Dont get me wrong, this "smiley" is perfectly clear in what it communicates. The problem is, its not a face. Its a question mark. I already have a question mark key on my keyboard, so the QUESTION is: why do I need this smiley?

Alright, that about covers the bad smileys. Some could be deleted, most just need aesthetic changes. I must say that this forum is missing one very important smiley, that being the one for sarcasm. For example, this one conveys sarcasm very well: . I petition the forum admin to look into adding this smiley, for as we all know, this forum is absolutely dripping in sarcasm. Too many times ive looked for the "sarcastic" smiley only to be left wanting.

Warbirds

You need to go for a walk or something.

11BravoCrunchie

Touche'

hotshoot

bobski

let me see if i can help.
if you dont understand all these icons, it means youre... [8]
[:D]

MosinNagantDisciple

quote:Originally posted by Dave W.
You need to go for a walk or something.


[8].

Thats all I have to say to you.

pistoljim

These would be great for this forum.

http://www.allemoticons.com/Violent/index.shtml

Spider7115

Sav99

That was the perfect end to another day of Gun Broker Forum fun!
See ya all tomorrow....

mrseatle

[:p] this one reminds me of the cover of a Douglas Adams book...

dongizmo

dcon12

[?][?][?] Don

bobski

see? they work just fine, cutie!
[:X][8D]

Colt Super

I think they are idiotic - like profanity, they indicate a weak mind.♥

SG_Niner

dolfan

[:)][}:)][8D][:o)] [8] [:I] [8D] [;)]
[:p] [:(!] [:)] [:o)][:p] [:o)]
[:D] [B)] [:p] [?] [8] [:(]
[;)] [}:)][^] [:D] [8D] [:0] [;)] [B)]
[:I] [:0] [:p] [:(!] [B)] [B)][:)]
[:0][xx(][^][?][:X] [}:)][:(][:o)] [}:)] [:0][:X]

moonshine

bigtire

Here are a few I've always thought this forum needed.

BARF emoticon


Shut Up


shooting


Sarcasm


Lightbulb


Loser






Last but not least


And the double

MN Hunter

lollol that was good MND..

on second thought cheers [8] [^]<---????

MosinNagantDisciple

quote:Originally posted by mrseatle
[:p] this one reminds me of the cover of a Douglas Adams book...


Dont panic!

KEVD18

i would be a fan of adding this one



(not you personlly, just in gereral)

stevenrayspeck

quote:Originally posted by KEVD18
i would be a fan of adding this one



(not you personlly, just in gereral)




I like that one.[:D]

JamesRK

ATF

Did you walk or bring your lunch? [:D]

victorlvlb

I've seen one that has the two heads toasting two beers, and another one that has the head and small body laying down laughing.These two could serve many purposes, without implying anything, unless you read between the lines.

spurgemastur

quote:Originally posted by MosinNagantDisciple
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[8] - An eight ball. Ok. Not sure what this is supposed to communicate, as this is not a face and conveys no emotion. My best guess is that this is supposed to represent someone winning something, perhaps a forum argument? Even if thats correct, its an obscure reference that not everyone would understand. Maybe this is supposed to represent the 8-ball of crack the forum designer was smoking when he chose this as a smiley?

I always thought this represented the saying, "I'm behind the 8-ball," which also means, "I have no options," or more colloquially, "I'm f****d."

quote:
Next up is this little-used grey smiley:

[|)] - The reason this smiley fails is purely aesthetic. It is supposed to convey "sleepiness," but the anime-style upturned eyes convey contentment or mild amusement rather than sleepiness. A couple of Z's over the head would immediately clear this up, but I guess the designer fell asleep before he could add those.

Next is this peculiar little fellow:

[8)] - Meant to convey "shyness," this actually looks like a sibling to this smiley: [:)]. I'll just say this: shy people usually don't have a big grin on their faces, which is why this smiley fails.

Next up is this one:

[B)] - For the longest time I could not figure out what this was. At first glance it appears to be a part-robot smiley like a Borg out of Star Trek. This of course is an absurd thing; I mean, what emotion is conveyed with a half-robot smiley? When I discovered that rolling over the smiley's button popped up a little tooltip that described the smiley, I immediately found that this is meant to imitate a black eye, presumably one obtained after a fight. The problem is that this looks nothing like a black eye. For some reason it has a sharp 90 degree angle (black eyes tend to be round or splotchy). Also, the smiley shows no further sign of injury, which makes the whole "black eye" concept hard to pick up on.

Gotta disagree there. That looks very obviously like a black eye to me.
quote:

Next:

[:o)] - I hate clowns.

Then there's this one:

[}:)] - Its meant to look like a devil, but to me it looks like a crotchety red-faced person. I think its the mouth that does it... instead of an evil grin it has something of a frown. Also, the "horns" are not pronounced enough (and theres no tail!).

I enjoy that devil, and it's so aptly used on this forum, so often.quote:

There's also this terrifying creature:

[:X] - If this thing wanted to give me a kiss, I'd quickly be running the other way. The beady eyes and hideously deformed mouth make it look like a pink rat with a pink nose, or even an opposum. Truly dreadful artwork.

Totally agreed.quote:

Finally, theres this one:

[?] - Dont get me wrong, this "smiley" is perfectly clear in what it communicates. The problem is, its not a face. Its a question mark. I already have a question mark key on my keyboard, so the QUESTION is: why do I need this smiley?

It's just a little more emphatic than a regular old question mark.quote:

Alright, that about covers the bad smileys. Some could be deleted, most just need aesthetic changes. I must say that this forum is missing one very important smiley, that being the one for sarcasm. For example, this one conveys sarcasm very well: . I petition the forum admin to look into adding this smiley, for as we all know, this forum is absolutely dripping in sarcasm. Too many times ive looked for the "sarcastic" smiley only to be left wanting.




A sarcastic smiley would be useful, but I just see rolling eyes in the one you've offered. To me that communicates exasperation, but not sarcasm. I agree that a sarcasm smiley would be good....I'm just not sure what it would look like.

spurgemastur

quote:Originally posted by moonshine


Awesome.

CJ7nvrstk

quote:Originally posted by dongizmo



I like this one.

buschmaster

buschmaster

does this count as a smilie?

spurgemastur

quote:Originally posted by buschmaster
does this count as a smilie?




yep.

ReserveWCSOjrw

Wow...i never really knew the meaning to the phrase too much time on your hands. Thank you MosinNagantDisciple for helping me find the true meaning.

spurgemastur

quote:Originally posted by ReserveWCSOjrw
Wow...i never really knew the meaning to the phrase too much time on your hands. Thank you MosinNagantDisciple for helping me find the true meaning.


Sorry. The content of your message has exceeded your allowance.

You're not allowed to accuse another member of 'too much time' until your post count is at least equal to their post count.

Please review the rules and post more wisely tomorrow.

Thank you.
The Management.

moonshine

I find this rather represents me.

He Dog

All I can say is...
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spryor

quote:Originally posted by buschmaster



Looks like Christmas lights.[;)]

thecoltcollector

i think someone needs to talk to gunbroker about adding all of the new ones to the forums they are great.lmao.[:)][:D][8D][:p][}:)][;)][B)][:0][^]

Colt Super

I'm stunned.

D.

mogley98

Well Done MND!

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moonshine

I think its time I found another project to work on.

SXSMAN

Not all smilies are dull . I've got a few that I like .


























































Those are a few of mine .

SxS