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would be interesting to know where that one started...

wodenokoto 10y ago
There is a whole parallel smiley history from Asia that either hasn't been documented as well as the western smileys or simply hasn't been translated. The notable thing about asian smileys is that they have the same horizon as the text, whereas western smileys needs to be turned 90 degrees. Compare (^.^) with :-) So given that ¯\_(ツ)_/¯ is both unicode and horizontal indicates that it is either from Asia or came to be after asian smileys became more prevalent in the west.
- Ntrails 10y ago
  I done screwed up. I hope nobody saw... >_> <_< >_< (I always felt like finding some of these alt smilies increased expressiveness)
  - err4nt 10y ago
    m =^_^= m
  - shmageggy 10y ago
    Interesting that Japanese smileys show emotion via the eyes while the American-born ones show emotion via the mouth, which mirrors the respective cultural norms.
- deleted 10y ago
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- josefx 10y ago
  > compare (^.^) with :-) I have no mouth and I must smile
TorKlingberg 10y ago
Probably Japan. ツ is a very common Japanese charterer pronounced "tsu". As wodenokoto said there is a whole separate history of Asian smileys that are right way up, with the face in the middle and various decorations on both sides. They did have the advantage of a larger set of characters from the start.
- jcl 10y ago
  One example predating computers is "henohenomoheji", a face made out of Japanese hiragana, used as a generic face in children's art and crafts. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Henohenomoheji https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Henohenomoheji
happy-go-lucky 10y ago
TIL it's a kaomoji :-) Here's an article by a regular user of the emoticon http://www.theatlantic.com/technology/archive/2014/05/the-best-way-to-type-__/371351/ http://www.theatlantic.com/technology/archive/2014/05/the-be... And a wiki about those characters https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Katakana https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Katakana
iSnow 10y ago
I am guessing, but I'd suspect one of the better known imageboards like 2Chan, 4Chan or Ylilauta.

There is a whole parallel smiley history from Asia that either hasn't been documented as well as the western smileys or simply hasn't been translated. The notable thing about asian smileys is that they have the same horizon as the text, whereas western smileys needs to be turned 90 degrees. Compare (^.^) with :-) So given that ¯\_(ツ)_/¯ is both unicode and horizontal indicates that it is either from Asia or came to be after asian smileys became more prevalent in the west.

Ntrails 10y ago
I done screwed up. I hope nobody saw... >_> <_< >_< (I always felt like finding some of these alt smilies increased expressiveness)
- err4nt 10y ago
  m =^_^= m
- shmageggy 10y ago
  Interesting that Japanese smileys show emotion via the eyes while the American-born ones show emotion via the mouth, which mirrors the respective cultural norms.
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josefx 10y ago
> compare (^.^) with :-) I have no mouth and I must smile

TorKlingberg 10y ago

Probably Japan. ツ is a very common Japanese charterer pronounced "tsu". As wodenokoto said there is a whole separate history of Asian smileys that are right way up, with the face in the middle and various decorations on both sides. They did have the advantage of a larger set of characters from the start.

jcl 10y ago
One example predating computers is "henohenomoheji", a face made out of Japanese hiragana, used as a generic face in children's art and crafts. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Henohenomoheji https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Henohenomoheji

happy-go-lucky 10y ago

TIL it's a kaomoji :-) Here's an article by a regular user of the emoticon http://www.theatlantic.com/technology/archive/2014/05/the-best-way-to-type-__/371351/ http://www.theatlantic.com/technology/archive/2014/05/the-be... And a wiki about those characters https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Katakana https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Katakana

iSnow 10y ago

I am guessing, but I'd suspect one of the better known imageboards like 2Chan, 4Chan or Ylilauta.