Posted by Richard at September 22nd, 2007

National Post: The emoticon turns 25

While the The Times of London used the occasion to cast passive-aggressive aspersions on its heritage and functionality, I just completely missed the boat when the emoticon turned 25 this past week. Happy belated birthday, little buddy. You’ve not been nearly as fun since all the chat services started animating you, but some of still remember your elegant, minimalist, free-form beginnings.

In honor of your birthday, I offer my own failed entry into the emoticon Zeitgeist, the hip disdain-icon, first offered as part of a GEnie emoticon discussion back in 1993 (which could explain it’s failure to attract attention):

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For those of you who can no longer read “raw emoticon”:

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