Philthy

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@0xCryptoshi :-)

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@Traderfinn0 :-)

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Meet Scott, the man behind :-) smiley emoticon that has been used for over four decades

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@leonardnftpage Of course- you?

:-)

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@Dior100x Got it :-)

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September 19, 1982 : :-)
September 19, 2026 : $: - )

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Yahoo once sponsored the "Smiley Award" at CMU — an annual competition for innovation in person-to-person digital communication.
Prize: $500.
Yahoo acknowledged that :-) was important enough to name an official award after it.
A tech giant paying tribute to three ASCII characters. :-)

https://t.co/qNHqqLlnIs

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@EmoticonOG :-)

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@impixiecat They will at least save me

:-)

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Connect the world :-)

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@ApeIsLive :-)

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@yrnzaza @demolaW3 I don’t drop, I hold

:-)

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Connect the world :-)

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@20thGenerations :-)

Always

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Connect the world :-)

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@JR5_Crypto :-)

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Connect the world :-)

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@blknoiz06 @ITS_C4__ Just :-)

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Connect the world :-)

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@Maverickdotsol :-)

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Connect the world :-)

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@anndylian Or it’s lore… the emoticon has it

:-)

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Connect the world :-)

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@JR5_Crypto :-)

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Connect the world :-)

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Britannica has a full dedicated article on Scott Fahlman and the history of emoticons.

Guinness World Records made it official.

The Computer History Museum in Silicon Valley built an entire exhibit around it.

Three of the most credible institutions on earth took :-) seriously.

Maybe crypto should too.

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Connect the world :-)

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@EmoticonOG Gm

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GM :-)

[Recurring @matbtw1x]

Found the solution for : - ) to actually evolve so any emoticon can be attached on a stick figure