Total of 111 votes

:) or :-)		86.5
(: or (-:		0.9
^_^		12.6

Comments

none of the above

>:)

-- kevlar

=D

-- Miandrital

; )

-- Admindudemus

:)

Wheres the "im too old and mature to be using suh things option? :P"

-- Mythology

;)

For those cheekier moments, but if I'm being nice or grateful then :) is the standard..

-- QBJohnnywas

=)

none of the above.

-- smallpau1 - Go Blues

=)

same as above.

-- [P]Mitt

8@) - big nose

-- AdminQBnovice

:) all the way.

^_^ is much too anime-ish and it also takes more of your precious space when writing under the constraints of twitter or certain board signatures.

(However, it works better than :) at the end or within a set of parentheses. :) just makes it confusing :) )

(See? ^_^)

-- Eurynome Bartleby

:* (insert mouth-of-meaning here)

It must have the nose wrinkle if I'm being more than conciliatory with it.

-- QBBast

kevlar & smallpaul

none of the above you both say, yet both of you put your smileys at the way of option 1

>:) and =) have the same orientation as :)

-- AdminShade

but it is an =, instead of :

=)

-- smallpau1 - Go Blues

:)

:)

-- DoS

Bob does not use smilieys

Bob also hates LOL.
Bob does speak in third person.
Bob go away now, eat tasty meat.

-- Lord Bob

:D

-- three4thsforsaken

:)

That Direction.

I'm known to use;
:)
;)
>:) (Evil)
:D
:P

And;
o_O
O_O

Eit: (@LB) LoL! :P

Oh and :/

-- AdminQBGentlemanLoser

^_^ coz its cute

-- Guardian

:]

^_^
:)
:D
;D
;_;
:S
>_>
<_<
>_<
^_^'
(V) o_o (V)
:D> -with a goatee

-- Unappreciated Misnomer

:) outa those I had to choose, but -_- goes a long way :)

-- Canibus

XD

I use it more than any and i dont see many who do use it (including in this poll).

-- [Where Shirt]Freekie

d[o.O]b

There are quite a few academic articles about the use of smileys and how they've evolved. I read somewhere that while the standard European/American smileys usually emphasize the mouth or other facial parts, Japanese/Chinese smileys focus on the eyes. :-) versus ^_^ . Watch some anime and you'll see the same applies there.

-- IndependenZ

;8^)

-- Adminedyit

^_^
O_o
o_O
>_>
<_<
>_<
^_~
~_^
T_T
Y_Y

-- DrAcO5676

Anime Smileys!

Here are the smileys I use:
^.^
^.^; embarrased
^.-
-_-; Saw someone do something stupid.

-_- annoyed or depressed.

;_; Crying

; = sweat mark which can mean embarrasment or imply a face-palm when it happens after viewing what someone did.
Also can be used in the crying face ;_;

-- Joel

=)

(=
=D
D=

-- LostInThyme

VdbV mister lobster


-- Shark

^_^

this is how it really shows my personality lol

-- Kokokitty

=^_^=

-- AdminTal Destra

whats a smiley :|

-- Angel of Death

You don't even know how to smile so no use for you to write smileys ;-)

-- BluBBen