:-) is 25 yrs old. Blame this Guy…
September 19, 2007
It’s his fault. Yup. He started it all. Those little cutsie sideways facial expressions — emoticons.
That earned him an entry in Wikipedia and a story to pass down to his descendants.
Parent: “Children, gather around and let me tell you about the first emoticon. On September 19th, 1982, great great great grandpa Scott was typing on an online electronic bulletin board.”
Children gathered around the glow of the plasma screen wall: “What’s a bulletin board?”
Parent: “Well children, before there was telephathy and surface computing, humans actually had to press buttons with their fingers! And they developed these symbols to communicate feelings to each other.”
Children: “No way!” “Gross!”
“Gross” – lol!