When putting a smiley right before a closing parenthesis, do you:

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Re: When putting a smiley right before a closing parenthesis, do you: by Anonymous Monk on Mar 01, 2015 at 14:37 UTC
Or, if possible, use formatting to differentiate (like this `:-)` ) I disapprove of emoticons Hm... just one example from `http://www.apa.org/monitor/feb06/egos.aspx` ... Kruger and his colleague Nicholas Epley, PhD, of the University of Chicago, have published research that helps explain why these electronic misunderstandings occur so frequently. In a study in the December Journal of Personality and Social Psychology (Vol. 89, No. 5, pages 925-936), they find that people overestimate both their ability to convey their intended tone-be it sarcastic, serious or funny-when they send an e-mail, as well as their ability to correctly interpret the tone of messages others send to them. I think a smiley is easiest to type to say, "Hey, I'm just kidding" `;-)`	[reply] [d/l] [select]
Re^2: When putting a smiley right before a closing parenthesis, do you: by Anonymous Monk on Mar 01, 2015 at 21:50 UTC
I think a smiley is easiest to type to say, "Hey, I'm just kidding" ;-) Which smiley is that, winky?	[reply]
Re: When putting a smiley right before a closing parenthesis, do you: by chacham (Prior) on Mar 01, 2015 at 20:19 UTC
As Athanasius noted, xkcd:// took at shot at this here. It seems to be a decades old conundrum never fully resolved.	[reply]
Re: When putting a smiley right before a closing parenthesis, do you: (frown! ): by LanX (Saint) on Mar 01, 2015 at 15:09 UTC
> Use one parenthesis: (Like this: :) My choice, but the real problem is how to frown (unfortunately putting the colon after the paren looks strange ): (and it doesn't get better with an extra dash )-: Or am I wrong? ;) Cheers Rolf _{(addicted to the Perl Programming Language and ☆☆☆☆ :)} PS: Je suis Charlie!	[reply]
Re^2: When putting a smiley right before a closing parenthesis, do you: by ww (Archbishop) on Mar 01, 2015 at 16:43 UTC
Frowns in parenthetical usage? Why not: ( :<( ) ...or . . ̑ ...or — :-( — ...among other possibilities? Spirit of the Monastery	[reply]
Re^3: When putting a smiley right before a closing parenthesis, do you: (Russian emoticons ))) by LanX (Saint) on Mar 01, 2015 at 18:42 UTC
> Why not ... ( psst ... compatibility! ;) FWIW a Russian friend once send me many "serious" mails full of unbalanced parentheses "noise", till I understood that smileys have neither eyes nor nose over there! ) In the end its a question of habit and standards. Cheers Rolf _{(addicted to the Perl Programming Language and ☆☆☆☆ :)} PS: Je suis Charlie!	[reply]
Re^4: When putting a smiley right before a closing parenthesis, do you: (Russian emoticons ))) by MilanorTSW (Beadle) on Mar 25, 2015 at 15:11 UTC
Re^5: When putting a smiley right before a closing parenthesis, do you: (Russian emoticons ))) by chacham (Prior) on Mar 27, 2015 at 13:53 UTC
Re: When putting a smiley right before a closing parenthesis, do you: by vitoco (Friar) on Mar 02, 2015 at 13:37 UTC
I don't like smilies in the middle of a paragraph (most of the time) ;-) The real problem appears when a smiley is replaced by an icon in the wrong place by a forum software... This does not look nice in a phpBB post: 10 READ A :PRINT A :DATA (8 + 8)	[reply]
Re^2: When putting a smiley right before a closing parenthesis, do you: by marinersk (Priest) on Mar 06, 2015 at 21:36 UTC
I compensate for ascinine graphics interpeters trying to detextify my emoticons by adding a space (which I fully expect to see thwarted by some self-righteous prat developer in the future): `: -)`	[reply] [d/l]
Re^3: When putting a smiley right before a closing parenthesis, do you: by ambrus (Abbot) on Mar 16, 2015 at 15:42 UTC
Ok, but how do you add a space to a statement like `use Data:☺umper;` and still have working code?	[reply]
Re: When putting a smiley right before a closing parenthesis, do you: by FloydATC (Deacon) on Mar 03, 2015 at 09:03 UTC
Other: If I can't easily rewrite the paragraph to avoid visual clutter, replace the emoticon with a less ambiguous one such as :-P or :-D This is a serious problem which needs more mainstream attention :-) -- FloydATC Time flies when you don't know what you're doing	[reply]
Re: When putting a smiley right before a closing parenthesis, do you: by zwon (Abbot) on Mar 14, 2015 at 20:37 UTC
(like this: `\x{1f600}`)	[reply] [d/l]
Re: When putting a smiley right before a closing parenthesis, do you: by sapphirecat (Acolyte) on Mar 16, 2015 at 19:17 UTC
I usually avoid this wherever possible (along with the word wherever ;-) I don't like any of the options, not one. "Basically, displaying invisible data is not maintainable."	[reply]
Re: When putting a smiley right before a closing parenthesis, do you: by Pope-O-Matik (Pilgrim) on Mar 15, 2015 at 15:46 UTC
Part of me wants to know what is "best." The other part would rather smile each time it comes up.	[reply]
Re: When putting a smiley right before a closing parenthesis, do you: by ambrus (Abbot) on Mar 19, 2015 at 12:58 UTC
This problem is already solved by a very famous quote from Linus Torvalds: (Only wimps use tape backup: _real_ men just upload their important stuff on ftp, and let the rest of the world mirror it ;)	[reply]
Re^2: When putting a smiley right before a closing parenthesis, do you: by chacham (Prior) on Mar 19, 2015 at 13:26 UTC
That might have more to do with him wanting to make the quote tweetable, as it is exactly 140 characters (or at least SMS-able for the following decade): (Only wimps use tape backup: _real_ men just upload their important stuff on ftp, and let the rest of the world mirror it ;) -Linus Torvalds	[reply]
Re: When putting a smiley right before a closing parenthesis, do you: by dbecoll (Initiate) on Mar 30, 2015 at 22:52 UTC
I simply add a space after the :)	[reply]
Re^2: When putting a smiley right before a closing parenthesis, do you: by chacham (Prior) on Mar 31, 2015 at 13:25 UTC
...and then another parenthesis?	[reply]
Re: When putting a smiley right before a closing parenthesis, do you: by chacham (Prior) on Mar 16, 2015 at 18:03 UTC
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