This smilie has warped my mind

To me it looks like someone laughing but to anyone else I know outside the car forums they are like why are you crying? are you sad? etc.. (I have it on my MSN

How has this transaction happened!!! its like reverse psychology



























I think i've had too much Coco Cola Zero this afternoon

 

 

You've never heard of crying with laughter?

I know what you mean though

PS, am I crying or laughing?

 

 

 

I use it as a cry.

Steve.

 

 

Erm.

 

 

 

 

 

 

I use it the same way as you (laughter tears)

 

It's always been used on here (and the RSOCBB which is where it came from originally IIRC) as a smiley for finding something incredibly funny, as in "crying with laughter"

Everynow and again you get a n00b who doesn't know it's meaning and someone will put up a thread about their dad passing away or their dog got run over and said n00b will use the smiley in the wrong context, which is actually pretty funny

Whats worse tho is I often find myself typing the code for it (cos I type it as it's quicker than clicking it) into emails and on other forums where they have NO idea what it means

 

It used to get combined with this -> If I remember correctly.

As in

But then became just the

 

its on our msn too, i use it as a sarcastic cry lol