I love how different the conversations were on the internet then. Now adays, if a thread came about to propose the ':-)', people would devolve into a debate ab

I love how different the conversations were on the internet then. Now adays, if a thread came about to propose the ':-)', people would devolve into a debate about the proper use of the parenthesis, and at least one user would claim that '(-:' was a better choice, though it is the darkhorse option for the community.