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mahatmakanejeeves

(69,132 posts) Mon Mar 2, 2026, 10:41 AM Monday

I hate smilies. [View all]

Hate, hate, hate, hate, hate smilies, especially when text I enter in a post gets turned into smilies.

Is it possible for DU to make available a command that disables the smiley generator in text? Sort of a [nosmiley][/no smiley] thing?

Yeah, I know what's coming.

Source: https://condenaststore.com/featured/new-yorker-september-26th-2016-roz-chast.html

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I hate smilies. [View all] mahatmakanejeeves Monday OP

🙂 chia Monday #1

I still laughed. Thanks, and good morning. NT mahatmakanejeeves Monday #2

A good morning to you too, and thanks for your good humor. :) chia Monday #5

Do you mean like when " immediately followed by ) progree Monday #3

Oh, really? I end up turning the ) into a }. mahatmakanejeeves Monday #4

I just add a space before the end parentheses...nt Wounded Bear Monday #6

I've done that too. Thanks, and good afternoon. NT mahatmakanejeeves Monday #7

Oh, for sure. That's what I always do. I was just illustrating in #3 that there is a way to make something progree Monday #8

Reported for political content... Wounded Bear Monday #9

🤣🏆 progree Monday #10