I thought it was about time...

I have it! Bye-bye for now!

How do you do that???

Does it work? no. Useless smilies.

Second: Jebus is correct, it is not time for a smilie thread - though the time is approaching.

Third: I shall not post here again until it is time, which shall not be long. At that time, I shall post me reasons for why it is the appropriate time. I will also post a series of smilies; but until then...

I do apologize, but I see no reason to look down upon a thread started by another Hatracker.

Second, it is time for another smilie thread; there's been a lot of talk about the degeneration of this board, how people are being, well...nasty. But now it's simmering down, and that is a perfect time for a smilie thread so another for Chess!

Third:

Fourth: Soon I will post Hobbes's Rules for Smilie Usage, hope you enjoy!

So, here goes!

Of course, it's my own fault - I went to a 9:50 show of TTT, and therefore spent not quite 5 hours in bed. And no, I wasn't able to go right to sleep - I was too keyed up from the movie. So, yeah. I'm tired!

Now that we have that cleared up let's cover the ground rules:
As Papa Moose likes to say, smilies can be over used; but it's hard. They key to using smilies is to make sure that they have a purpose in your post. There are two purposes that they can fulfill: Indicating mood/tone/emotion of your statment and as actual statements. The latter is much rarer, but isn't that uncommon. For insatnce; a post like this: "I just got married!" could be responded to with this: :D:D:D:D:D:D! And that would be an acceptable response.

To use your smilies correctly you need to be framilar with them; so lets get started!

:) The basic smilie, it connotates happieness, good times, or an elevated mood

;) The winking smilie, one of the most common as it tells the reader that the previous statment was either a joke, and exageration, or somthing simalr. It takes the place of "j/k" and can be instrumental in realizing that someone wasn't insulting you, they were just joking!

:( The sad smiie, hopefully you wont use it to often. The meaning (obviously) is that you are depreseed, or that something bad just happened to you.

:o The embareessed smilie. This one can be a dificult one since the graphic looks more like a talking mad smilie. So rember, red doesn't mean angry! This one isn't used as often, but can certainly get across an emotion!

:D The big grin, perhaps the most common smilie on this forum. It means that you are really happy, you just ahd a great day and you're ready to share it with the world. We at Hatrack like to see this smilie.

:p Sticking out your tongue. This one is usually used in compliment with, or in place of, the ;) For instance: "The last time Bob left his house he was attacked by a T-Rex" could be followed by either, or both (:p ;)) and adds a bit of fun to your post.

:cool: This one seems to have gone out of style latley, and is most often used a statment (i.e. "I just got a new cat!" ":cool:") but it still has it's purpose.

:rolleyes" This is most often used when dealing with someone's silly comment (that was most likley followed by a :p or ;)) or having to deal with stupid people outside of Hatrack (since there's none inside :)).

:eek: Normally used when someone makes a surprising or odd comment, it's graphic is one of the funnest;)

:confused: This one (like :cool:) is most often used as a statment, if someone starts off a thread with "Jelly Beans will one day rule the Earth!" the :confused: smilie comes in handy.

:mad: This is a very common smilie, normally having to do with something that has happened to you that you're relating to the Hatrack community, it certainly lets you vent!

So there are the smilies. Keep in mind what each of them means when you use them. Please don't them in an insult ("I've noticed that you've gotten stupider ____ :) I think that you are a **************! :)) as it really degrades the smilie. Thanks-you for your time and :D:D:D:D:D!

[EDIT: fix some spelling]

Hobbes :)

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As Papa Moose likes to say, smilies can be over used; but it's hard.

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