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Smiley and Emoticons

I've always used the noseless or no-nose smiley and emoticon, i.e. this one :).  It's simple, it's cute and it's more efficient!  No stretching of the fingers to get to the hyphen, two characters. There have been articles saying that a nosed smiley gets more dates .  I wouldn't know as I've been married for over 10 years.  My argument is that people who work in IT tend to use the noseless one.  Maybe it's geek culture?  Maybe it's just more efficient or it's just the way things are done.  No stats to back me up but I'm sure there are plenty of debates on the interwebs about it. Whilst the origins of the emoticon started with the nose, I believe evolution and efficiency has morphed into the no nose smiley. Enough said on this topic as everyone will have their own opinion, but I do believe it affects my perception of a person if I see a nosed smiley vs a no nose smiley. I have a greater affinity to those without noses!  I'm sure it works ...

The No Nose Smiley Advocate

I was extolling the virtues and use of the no nose smiley :) with a friend who uses the nose smiley :-) Anyway after much bantering and ribbing and having a smiley 'fight' on facebook, whatsapp and email with variations of smileys I posted on a meetup profile that I was the "Advocate of the No Nose Smiley" (mainly because S (whom I was having this bantering with) was also going to be at the meetup. As a stupid prank I've decided to register the domain NoNoseSmiley.com and move my personal blog so I can take on the mantle of the No Nose Smiley Advocate.