Smileys are a life saviour! What would we do without them?
Have you noticed how much we depend on smileys for everyday conversations/chats?
Whether it is to defuse the tension after a rather passive-aggressive comment on your office WhatsApp chat, or add nuance to the one-liners you exchange with your Tinder date -- smileys/emojis make a world of difference!
Don’t believe us? Check these out then.
![The ‘Smiley’ just turned 35 today!](https://images.thequint.com/thequint%2F2018-09%2Fa1a5e4bb-cdc7-4244-80e4-0381bcae1b80%2F3.jpg?auto=format%2Ccompress&fmt=webp&width=720)
![The ‘Smiley’ just turned 35 today!](https://images.thequint.com/thequint%2F2018-09%2Fe36a382d-0ab7-4bd5-9141-874d64a9b654%2F2.jpg?auto=format%2Ccompress&fmt=webp&width=720)
![The ‘Smiley’ just turned 35 today!](https://images.thequint.com/thequint%2F2018-09%2Fb5fc779a-11f0-479f-bd54-bbd321859c03%2F6.jpg?auto=format%2Ccompress&fmt=webp&width=720)
![The ‘Smiley’ just turned 35 today!](https://images.thequint.com/thequint%2F2018-09%2Fb796ac05-a2b1-4a1a-8259-2d98bb2b8942%2F1.jpg?auto=format%2Ccompress&fmt=webp&width=720)
![The ‘Smiley’ just turned 35 today!](https://images.thequint.com/thequint%2F2018-09%2F2febc173-b8d0-4405-b53e-43050e61f1de%2F5.jpg?auto=format%2Ccompress&fmt=webp&width=720)
![The ‘Smiley’ just turned 35 today!](https://images.thequint.com/thequint%2F2018-09%2F4ddcda10-fa65-4cd3-94ce-96e3484984ce%2F4__1_.jpg?auto=format%2Ccompress&fmt=webp&width=720)
Now that you know how important smileys are, let’s take a minute to thank computer science professor Scott Fahlman for inventing the first ever smiley ‘ :-) ‘ in September 19, 1982.
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