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[KentaRawr!]

What do you think of Text Smileys? Are Gif Smileys superior? What's your favorite Text Smiley?

Let's talk about Text Smileys.

[Leeza]

I prefer gif smilies and if they are enabled then that is what I use. My favourite text smiles would be the same as my gifs. :)

Or this one: =^.^=

[Momiji]

xD, xP, x_x, >_<, :D, D:, :p

I can't think of many others that I use.

[Loony BoB]

Depends on the smilie, really.

Text smilies I enjoy using
=|
=[
=]
>=]
D=!
>=o
=o
>_>
<_<
^_^
>_<
¬_¬
=/
;D
o_o;
o_x and >_* and >_x etc. etc.

Graphic smilies I enjoy using
:) / http://l.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/i/mesg/emoticons7/1.gif
:( / http://l.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/i/mesg/emoticons7/2.gif
:p / http://l.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/i/mesg/emoticons7/10.gif
:D / http://l.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/i/mesg/emoticons7/4.gif
:cry: / http://l.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/i/mesg/emoticons7/20.gif
:mad2: / http://l.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/i/mesg/emoticons7/14.gif
:monster: :aimsun: :up: :confused: :shifty:
http://l.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/i/mesg/emoticons7/25.gif http://l.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/i/mesg/emoticons7/13.gif http://l.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/i/mesg/emoticons7/9.gif http://l.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/i/mesg/emoticons7/38.gif http://l.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/i/mesg/emoticons7/23.gif http://l.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/i/mesg/emoticons7/29.gif

There might be others I use on occasion but that covers the most of 'em.

[Vermachtnis]

¯\(°_o)/¯

I have no idea how to make it so I have it on a notepad xD

[Jessweeee♪]

I like them both, so it's a real pain for me xD


I like :</>D more than :D or any other gif that replaces it anywhere ever, so I end up turning them off on messengers and places where I can't have :</>D and :D at the same time.

[rubah]

:]

[Momiji]

¯\(°_o)/¯

I have no idea, how do I shot web?

Fixed. :p

[mooglebunni608]

I like this one ^/////////^
<3

[boris no no]

I tend to use O_o or O.o

I can never be arsed to use graphic ones, if I do it's usually by accident xD

[LunarWeaver]

I'm more for gif types these days. I used to use the ^_^ and v_v and >.< etc. all the time, and then one day I just didn't anymore. I still use xD and D: and such, and sometimes the others, but not like I used to. It was all :jess:. It converted me forever.

[Freya]

D:, : D, ^.^, -.-, :P, annnd o.O the most

[Yar]

I prefer gifs when possible, but I use ^^ ;_;' >: / and a few others simply because I can't find a gif equivalent.

[Freya]

Oh yeah I forgot about ;_; and >:/ I use those a lot too! Thanks for reminding me yari!

[I Took the Red Pill]

:}

[Rye]

I like text smilies a bit more.

My favorites are:
xD
:3
:">
:]
>:o
=o

And of course, ;o or >;o. It's a good smiley. It's a very "whatever, man." smiley, but it can be used in a lot of different ways, from "go away", to sleepiness, to indifference. ;o

My favorite .gif smilies are:

:bigsmile:
:jess:
:monster:
:count:
:razz:
:Oo:
:flounder:

And every kao and Monda smilie.

[Madame Adequate]

>=O is surely the best

[Vermachtnis]

¯\(°_o)/¯

I have no idea, how do I shot web?

Fixed. :p

Well now I guess my thinly veiled disguise is no match for you. :D


（￣ー￣）, I also like this face.

[Cz]

Depends on what the smilie is. For generic emotions I've been using text smilies more often as of late, but some gifs like :p are irreplacable.

[smittenkitten]

^__^
@__@
;____;
>.<
^__^;

xD ;D ;P B) =E =D =P =B

I have many favourites, but the cute one is the best! ^__^

[rubah]

Tavaryn turned me on to this one
ヽ(´ｰ｀ )ﾉ

[Roto13]

(>^.^)> (_(_|

[Denmark]

For the most part, I prefer text smilies, but there are some things you just can't do with text.

:rolleyes2

[Rantz]

Depends on the images used for smilies. EoFF has comparably good ones, so here I generally prefer images. Images are usually also preferable for more complex emotions (like :shifty: or :simon:).


（￣ー￣）

ヽ(´ｰ｀ )ﾉ

These are pretty awesome.

[Lawr]

This is the smiley I made up.

3=|シ)

It's a chef, but you can't see the face if your browser doesn't have Japanese.

[mooglebunni608]

This is the smiley I made up.

3=|?)

It's a chef, but you can't see the face if your browser doesn't have Japanese.

I see it! Awesome~!

[Leeza]

Yeah, I see it too. I didn't know my browser had Japanese.

[Momiji]

This is the smiley I made up.

3=|シ)

It's a chef, but you can't see the face if your browser doesn't have Japanese.

Shi and tsu are good for making smileys. Tsu （ツ） works better for regular straightforward smileys though.

If you want to go 2ch-style, I like ((*´Д`)ﾊｧﾊｧ) and (ｷﾀ━━━━━━(ﾟ∀ﾟ)━━━━━━ !!!!!)

I'm not sure how to make the Д and ∀ without using copypasta though. Can someone tell me the alt code for them?

[Kes]

I prefer text smilies over gifs. I turn image smiles off because I especially hate it when I am using parentheses and suddenly I have a bunch of faces in my posts.

Also, when it comes to text smilies, anything vertical is go. I still haven't found a sufficient substitute for ":p" as in "silly" and ":-(" as in "I'm sad, but not crying." Suggestions?

My most common are ^_^, T.T, >.>, >.<, o.O, and @.@

[Værn]

I like text smilies.
Happy Vaern! =^_^=
Disappointed Vaern. =v_v=


Or this one: =^.^=
You win. Forever. =^_^=

[Ouch!]

I use text smilies almost exclusively.

[Marshall Banana]

=O

http://i107.photobucket.com/albums/m285/fofonda/tikiface.jpg

[Zeldy]

My favourites, by far, are ^_^, ^.^, xD, >:[, :], [:, ;], B), :}, :3, >;o

[Moon Rabbits]

D; and D: and xD and -.-;; are pretty awesome.

:bigsmile: ends all and beats all, though. I made it into an MSN emoticon :bigsmile::bigsmile::bigsmile:

Although, the best text smiley ever is ------> ._.


It represents my general outlook on everything. Less than impressed.

[Montoya]

I overuse this one too much: XD

[Breine]

Favourite text smileys:

xD
:P
xP
>:[
(___*___)
o_O
O_o
>=O
D:
^__^


Favourite gif smileys:

:)
:cool:
:mad2:
:mog:
:p
:eep:
:bigsmile:
:beer:
:hat:
:smash:
:elk:
:monster:
:count:
:grover:
:oscar:
:holmes:
>:O
:-*
:rolleyes:
:monkey:

Gosh, there are many.

[Peegee]

<(o'.'o)> ~ pika pika

[eternalshiva]

I'm fond of XD :3 ;3 :P >:3 >_> o_O

=^. .^=

＿|￣|○

(ﾟヘﾟ)？

The ultimate Japanese table toss from FFXI:

(ノ-_-)ノ~~~~┻━┻☆(x _ x)ノ

this one takes the cake for the crazy lops sided eyes
(°o°)(°o。)(。o。)(。o°)(°o°)(°o。)(。o。)(。o°)ゴロゴロ

[scrumpleberry]

Fave text smileys

x)
<3
>:(
\(oAo)/ it's a shocked/scary biiiiiird! sort of
>.<
:'(
<---
^

I probably missed loads...yeah, some of them technically aren't smileys BUT WHATEVER