Sep
19
1982

:-) :) \_/ ^-^ *grins*

datePosted on 09:19, September 19th, 1982 by Stefan

This problem caused some of us to suggest (only half seriously) that maybe it would be a good idea to explicitly mark posts that were not to be taken seriously.
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It’s interesting to note that Microsoft and AOL now intercept these character strings and turn them into little pictures. Personally, I think this destroys the whimsical element of the original.

Und hier ist der Ursprüngliche Thread:

19-Sep-82 11:44 Scott E Fahlman :-)
From: Scott E Fahlman

I propose that the following character sequence for joke markers:

:-)

Read it sideways. Actually, it is probably more economical to mark
things that are NOT jokes, given current trends. For this, use

:-(

Und das hier darf auch nicht fehlen: “Baby, when I see you smile, I can change the world!”

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