Somebody Get Some Candles

Happy birthday emoticons! It was 25 years ago today that some douche bag professor created the fateful :-) !

After the popular concept soon grew into a cult phenomenon, emoticons graduated from the flirtatious ;) to the tragic:

:'( - Crying

Ever see a rose? @~)~~~~
Oh, look- sunglasses 8-)

As the decades progressed and people became more introverted, reliance on emoticons remained the best way to express people's invariably daily moodswings. AOL finally stepped up to the daunting task of computerized self expression with this wacky character:


Ha ha! There's nothing like an AOL popup IM from the girl sitting 3 feet away from you to let you know how she's feeling.

What's your favorite emoticon?