Happy Birthday, Smiley
Sept. 19, 1982
"I propose the following character for joke markers: :-) Read it sideways," Fahlman wrote. "Actually, it is probably more economical to mark things that are NOT jokes, given current trends. For this, use :-( "
And my favorite quote from the article:
"Good writers should have no need to explicitly label their humorous comments."
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