Sept. 19, 1982 - First :-)

[franze]

http://www.wired.com/thisdayintech/2011/09/0919fahlman-proposes-emoticons/

[dolphenstein]

"...he came up with the idea after reading "lengthy diatribes" from people on the message board who failed to get the joke or the sarcasm in a particular post.."

Lucky we've solved that problem! :-)

[nhebb]

It's official. ASCII smileys should have a dash.

:-) => OK.

:) => WRONG.

I feel so much more productive this morning after settling that issue.

[sixtofour → nhebb]

Hey cool, your two emoticons are wearing a tie.

[pavel_lishin → nhebb]

I feel that :-) is rather naso-centric, isn't it? What about folks who've lost their shnozzes, or were born without them? :)