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In defence of smilies

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Some of even our most respected members here at DW :sage: have related their aversion to the smilies that appear to the right as we type our replies. :x Well I have a confession to make: :embarassed: I like them!!! :thumbsup: They add some colour and fun to the Forum. :woohoo: Or maybe they cater just a bit to the kid in us all. :jumping: But like my youngest child who loves the little characters and their various antics and expressions, I must admit I like the fact that they are there to choose from, in fact I wouldn't mind if even more were added :stirthepot: muahaha

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:goodpost: :clap: :toast: :soap: :!:
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The clean, improved version:
manas wrote:Some of even our most respected members here at DW have related their aversion to the smilies that appear to the right as we type our replies. Well I have a confession to make: I like them!!! They add some colour and fun to the Forum. Or maybe they cater just a bit to the kid in us all. But like my youngest child who loves the little characters and their various antics and expressions, I must admit I like the fact that they are there to choose from, in fact I wouldn't mind if even more were added muahaha

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They are visually annoying, though fortunately I have mostly tuned them out.

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David N. Snyder wrote: :goodpost: :clap: :toast: :soap: :!:
:meditate:
Thanks David, I appreciated that! Glad I'm not the only one :D

manas :mrgreen:

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Improved version:
manas wrote:
David N. Snyder wrote:
Thanks David, I appreciated that! Glad I'm not the only one

manas
>> Do you see a man wise [enlightened/ariya] in his own eyes? There is more hope for a fool than for him.<< -- Proverbs 26:12

This being is bound to samsara, kamma is his means for going beyond. -- SN I, 38.

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tiltbillings wrote:Improved version:
manas wrote:
David N. Snyder wrote:
Thanks David, I appreciated that! Glad I'm not the only one

manas
So Tilt, you really don't see the fun side of them at all? :thinking:
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manas wrote:
So Tilt, you really don't see the fun side of them at all?
Of course. Deleting them in replies is great fun.
>> Do you see a man wise [enlightened/ariya] in his own eyes? There is more hope for a fool than for him.<< -- Proverbs 26:12

This being is bound to samsara, kamma is his means for going beyond. -- SN I, 38.

“Of course it is happening inside your head, Harry, but why on earth should that mean that it is not real?” HPatDH p.723
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tiltbillings wrote:The clean, improved version:
manas wrote:Some of even our most respected members here at DW have related their aversion to the smilies that appear to the right as we type our replies. Well I have a confession to make: I like them!!! They add some colour and fun to the Forum. Or maybe they cater just a bit to the kid in us all. But like my youngest child who loves the little characters and their various antics and expressions, I must admit I like the fact that they are there to choose from, in fact I wouldn't mind if even more were added muahaha

with metta

manas
They are visually annoying, though fortunately I have mostly tuned them out.
You know you can turn them off right Tilt?

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Under the User Control Panel -> Board preferences -> Edit display options -> Display smilies as images (OFF)
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tiltbillings wrote:
manas wrote:
So Tilt, you really don't see the fun side of them at all?
Of course. Deleting them in replies is great fun.
:lol: Well we all have our particular habitual tendencies, likes and dislikes... :shrug: and even those will go the way of all fabricated things, one day... :sage: but for now, I guess we don't see smilies in the same way Tilt, that's just how it is! :meditate:

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If you delete the next one, you'll be commiting one of the 5 henious crimes. :buddha1:

Beware! :jumping:
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Smileys?
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Ben wrote:Smileys?
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Well that put a stop to the conversation pretty quickly.
Perhaps I'll use that tactic the next time a thread goes off-topic!
“No lists of things to be done. The day providential to itself. The hour. There is no later. This is later. All things of grace and beauty such that one holds them to one's heart have a common provenance in pain. Their birth in grief and ashes.”
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Learn this from the waters:
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loud gush the streamlets,
but great rivers flow silently.
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Ahem Ben... Not unless Ceiling Cat intervenes...

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My only grouse is there's no smiley for lolcat... :guns:
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Plwk

We will have to rectify that omission.
In the meantime, Ceiling Cat better watch out for Merlin.
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“No lists of things to be done. The day providential to itself. The hour. There is no later. This is later. All things of grace and beauty such that one holds them to one's heart have a common provenance in pain. Their birth in grief and ashes.”
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Learn this from the waters:
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loud gush the streamlets,
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- Sutta Nipata 3.725

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I don't mind the odd one. Usually a :) or a similarly unobtrusive one. When they're absolutely everywhere throughout the post it gets to be a bit much for my liking.
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