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Good point, but you may be too charitable. At least according to Wikipedia, a smiley is supposed to be smiling. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Smiley


I don’t know about Wikipedia but I’m speaking from lived historical experience.

Here’s a throwback for you: https://www.phpbb.com/customise/db/styles/smilies-13

(All “emoji” images were just called smilies in a lot of software.)




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