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Osmoses
Profile Blog Joined October 2008
Sweden5302 Posts
February 15 2009 07:21 GMT
#1
Just so you all know, I came up with that smileyface. I also coined the phrase "pardon my french", alright?!

I'm a goddamn genius of originality, a trendsetter of monumental proportions! Especially so when I've had some drinks. Especially. Anyway, since so many people seem confused as to just what the :3 smiley is supposed to mean, I figured I'd blog you through the fog.

[image loading]


Now you know. I'm a spreader of wisdom. Especially in combination with drinking. Goodnight!

*
Excuse me hun, but what is your name? Vivian? I woke up next to you naked and, uh, did we, um?
Osmoses
Profile Blog Joined October 2008
Sweden5302 Posts
February 15 2009 07:23 GMT
#2
E-spe-ci-a-lly!
Excuse me hun, but what is your name? Vivian? I woke up next to you naked and, uh, did we, um?
Jizz
Profile Blog Joined August 2008
Australia224 Posts
February 15 2009 07:24 GMT
#3
i see what you did there :3
I made this account before i knew what the name meant. I just thought it sounded coooool
paper
Profile Blog Joined September 2004
13196 Posts
February 15 2009 07:50 GMT
#4
:3
Hates Fun🤔
Kentor *
Profile Blog Joined December 2007
United States5784 Posts
Last Edited: 2009-02-15 08:05:22
February 15 2009 08:04 GMT
#5
(]=3

=3 with a hat
FragKrag
Profile Blog Joined September 2007
United States11556 Posts
February 15 2009 08:26 GMT
#6
*TL CJ Entusman #40* "like scissors does anything to paper except MAKE IT MORE NUMEROUS" -paper
oneofthem
Profile Blog Joined November 2005
Cayman Islands24199 Posts
February 15 2009 08:27 GMT
#7
i dunno what you mean :3
We have fed the heart on fantasies, the heart's grown brutal from the fare, more substance in our enmities than in our love
thedeadhaji *
Profile Blog Joined January 2006
39489 Posts
February 15 2009 08:28 GMT
#8
Q.Q
KrAzYfoOL
Profile Blog Joined September 2005
Australia3037 Posts
February 15 2009 08:33 GMT
#9
83
It's better to burn out than to fade away
BanZu
Profile Blog Joined June 2008
United States3329 Posts
February 15 2009 08:46 GMT
#10
>:3

GET IN THE CAR IT'S A LION!!!
Sun Tzu once said, "Defiler becomes useless at the presences of a vessel."
AdemTheDestroyer
Profile Blog Joined January 2009
Australia47 Posts
February 15 2009 08:46 GMT
#11
its looks more like a curly french mustache than a lion to me
I am the Lizard King. I can do anything
LeperKahn
Profile Blog Joined April 2008
Romania1848 Posts
February 15 2009 08:52 GMT
#12
I always thought it was an assface:

:3

: <- Eyes

3 <- Ass
CJ Entusman #14 • http://soundcloud.com/discodinosaur • https://discosaur.bandcamp.com/
Loanshark
Profile Blog Joined December 2008
China3094 Posts
February 15 2009 09:17 GMT
#13
On February 15 2009 17:52 LeperKahn wrote:
I always thought it was an assface:

:3

: <- Eyes

3 <- Ass


So this is a penis and an ass, right?

<3
No dough, no go. And no mercy.
Itachii
Profile Blog Joined April 2008
Poland12466 Posts
February 15 2009 09:45 GMT
#14
would read again
La parole nous a été donnée pour déguiser notre pensée
Etherone
Profile Blog Joined November 2008
United States1898 Posts
February 15 2009 09:50 GMT
#15
T.T
hymn
Profile Blog Joined February 2008
Bulgaria832 Posts
February 15 2009 09:55 GMT
#16
On February 15 2009 18:17 Loanshark wrote:
So this is a penis and an ass, right?
<3

No. But this is a penis and a pussy: _))==D (I)


Awesome blog!
azk he is the north american player but the titan he is the french stars
PH
Profile Blog Joined June 2008
United States6173 Posts
February 15 2009 10:03 GMT
#17
:O!
Hello
Lucktar
Profile Joined July 2008
United States526 Posts
February 15 2009 10:43 GMT
#18
:3
NaDa, much, ZerO fighting!
freelander
Profile Blog Joined December 2004
Hungary4707 Posts
February 15 2009 11:03 GMT
#19
disgusting
And all is illuminated.
PriitM
Profile Blog Joined March 2008
Algeria181 Posts
February 15 2009 14:37 GMT
#20
--- Nuked ---
ninjafetus
Profile Joined December 2008
United States231 Posts
February 15 2009 15:18 GMT
#21
°ω° if you can type lowercase omega and degree.
Hittegods
Profile Joined April 2007
Stockholm4641 Posts
February 15 2009 15:34 GMT
#22
( . Y . )
This neo violence, pure self defiance
Elvin_vn
Profile Blog Joined March 2004
Vietnam2038 Posts
Last Edited: 2009-02-15 21:56:20
February 15 2009 15:36 GMT
#23
Guess what this smiley is (don't cheat)

m9(>Д< )

+ Show Spoiler +

pointing and laughing
[image loading]


+ Show Spoiler [bonus] +
[image loading]

+ Show Spoiler [bonus] +
[image loading]

do not agrue with idiots, they will pull you down to their level and beat you with their experiences
Scooter
Profile Blog Joined November 2007
United States747 Posts
February 15 2009 16:14 GMT
#24
I get dibs on (>ω<*)
My unblocks gets yo curleh mustache wet のωの
Elric
Profile Blog Joined January 2008
United Kingdom1327 Posts
February 15 2009 16:14 GMT
#25
This reminds me of this:

ㅇㅅㅇ

Korean girls type it a lot (normally twisted into a hideous emoticon).. I don't get it though.

fusionsdf
Profile Blog Joined June 2006
Canada15390 Posts
February 15 2009 16:53 GMT
#26
[image loading]
SKT_Best: "I actually chose Protoss because it was so hard for me to defeat Protoss as a Terran. When I first started Brood War, my main race was Terran."
IntoTheWow
Profile Blog Joined May 2004
is awesome32277 Posts
February 15 2009 17:44 GMT
#27
hello
Moderator<:3-/-<
ahswtini
Profile Blog Joined June 2008
Northern Ireland22212 Posts
February 15 2009 18:05 GMT
#28
=3

Yeah, fuck colons
"As I've said, balance isn't about strategies or counters, it's about probability and statistics." - paralleluniverse
fusionsdf
Profile Blog Joined June 2006
Canada15390 Posts
February 15 2009 18:53 GMT
#29
のヮの
SKT_Best: "I actually chose Protoss because it was so hard for me to defeat Protoss as a Terran. When I first started Brood War, my main race was Terran."
HeavOnEarth
Profile Blog Joined March 2008
United States7087 Posts
February 15 2009 20:05 GMT
#30
On February 16 2009 00:34 Hittegods wrote:
( . Y . )

"come korea next time... FXO house... 10 korean, 10 korean"
lesser_good
Profile Blog Joined July 2006
Canada698 Posts
Last Edited: 2009-02-15 20:17:25
February 15 2009 20:16 GMT
#31
<(^.^< )
pew pew
Ellis
Profile Blog Joined December 2008
247 Posts
February 15 2009 21:52 GMT
#32
;_;
SpiritoftheTunA
Profile Blog Joined August 2006
United States20903 Posts
February 15 2009 21:54 GMT
#33
TT_TT
posting on liquid sites in current year
Makiva
Profile Blog Joined February 2009
88 Posts
Last Edited: 2009-02-15 22:16:15
February 15 2009 22:15 GMT
#34
On February 16 2009 01:53 fusionsdf wrote:
[image loading]


what on earth did you type in google to get this pic??

Elvin_vn
Profile Blog Joined March 2004
Vietnam2038 Posts
February 15 2009 22:19 GMT
#35
On February 16 2009 07:15 Makiva wrote:
Show nested quote +
On February 16 2009 01:53 fusionsdf wrote:
[image loading]


what on earth did you type in google to get this pic??



i google asian girls and found this
[image loading]
do not agrue with idiots, they will pull you down to their level and beat you with their experiences
Makiva
Profile Blog Joined February 2009
88 Posts
February 16 2009 02:25 GMT
#36
On February 16 2009 07:19 Elvin_vn wrote:
Show nested quote +
On February 16 2009 07:15 Makiva wrote:
On February 16 2009 01:53 fusionsdf wrote:
[image loading]


what on earth did you type in google to get this pic??



i google asian girls and found this
[image loading]


[image loading]
fusionsdf
Profile Blog Joined June 2006
Canada15390 Posts
February 16 2009 02:48 GMT
#37
On February 16 2009 07:15 Makiva wrote:
Show nested quote +
On February 16 2009 01:53 fusionsdf wrote:
[image loading]


what on earth did you type in google to get this pic??


its pretty much impossible to find in google lol

I've had it on my hard drive for a couple years
SKT_Best: "I actually chose Protoss because it was so hard for me to defeat Protoss as a Terran. When I first started Brood War, my main race was Terran."
EsX_Raptor
Profile Blog Joined February 2008
United States2802 Posts
Last Edited: 2009-02-16 03:16:37
February 16 2009 03:15 GMT
#38
<---- <3 =P(|)

& 8======D (O)
b3tty
Profile Blog Joined September 2008
Canada216 Posts
February 16 2009 03:35 GMT
#39
On February 16 2009 11:48 fusionsdf wrote:
Show nested quote +
On February 16 2009 07:15 Makiva wrote:
On February 16 2009 01:53 fusionsdf wrote:
[image loading]


what on earth did you type in google to get this pic??


its pretty much impossible to find in google lol

I've had it on my hard drive for a couple years



she looks like she's 12.

and she's been on your hard drive for a couple years.

DoctorHelvetica
Profile Blog Joined July 2008
United States15034 Posts
February 16 2009 03:39 GMT
#40
On February 16 2009 12:35 b3tty wrote:
Show nested quote +
On February 16 2009 11:48 fusionsdf wrote:
On February 16 2009 07:15 Makiva wrote:
On February 16 2009 01:53 fusionsdf wrote:
[image loading]


what on earth did you type in google to get this pic??


its pretty much impossible to find in google lol

I've had it on my hard drive for a couple years



she looks like she's 12.

and she's been on your hard drive for a couple years.



She looks like she's :3
RIP Aaliyah
b3h47pte
Profile Blog Joined May 2007
United States1317 Posts
February 16 2009 04:53 GMT
#41
(>^_^)>~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~)_)
pew pew.
woosh
fusionsdf
Profile Blog Joined June 2006
Canada15390 Posts
February 16 2009 04:59 GMT
#42
On February 16 2009 12:39 DoctorHelvetica wrote:
Show nested quote +
On February 16 2009 12:35 b3tty wrote:
On February 16 2009 11:48 fusionsdf wrote:
On February 16 2009 07:15 Makiva wrote:
On February 16 2009 01:53 fusionsdf wrote:
[image loading]


what on earth did you type in google to get this pic??


its pretty much impossible to find in google lol

I've had it on my hard drive for a couple years



she looks like she's 12.

and she's been on your hard drive for a couple years.



She looks like she's :3


lol
SKT_Best: "I actually chose Protoss because it was so hard for me to defeat Protoss as a Terran. When I first started Brood War, my main race was Terran."
Cambium
Profile Blog Joined June 2004
United States16368 Posts
February 16 2009 05:20 GMT
#43
I always thought intothewow came up with it.

:3
When you want something, all the universe conspires in helping you to achieve it.
Osmoses
Profile Blog Joined October 2008
Sweden5302 Posts
February 16 2009 06:13 GMT
#44
Now that I'm sober I can accept the fact that even though I came up with it myself, there's a good chance someone else came up with it before me.

And by someone I mean one of those pricks on 4chan. Brr, I get cold sweat whenever that festering pool of internetrape is mentioned, even though I'm the one mentioning it.
Excuse me hun, but what is your name? Vivian? I woke up next to you naked and, uh, did we, um?
Raithed
Profile Blog Joined May 2007
China7078 Posts
February 16 2009 06:17 GMT
#45
:3 or =3 works.
IntoTheWow
Profile Blog Joined May 2004
is awesome32277 Posts
February 17 2009 02:35 GMT
#46
On February 16 2009 14:20 Cambium wrote:
I always thought intothewow came up with it.

:3


I got it from someone on battle.net ages ago. nobody used it when I did (at least where I posted, TL and some other sites).

It's just so damn cute :3
Moderator<:3-/-<
SpiritoftheTunA
Profile Blog Joined August 2006
United States20903 Posts
February 17 2009 02:38 GMT
#47
i picked it up from some friends in like 2004 or 2005
posting on liquid sites in current year
Boblion
Profile Blog Joined May 2007
France8043 Posts
Last Edited: 2009-02-17 02:45:48
February 17 2009 02:44 GMT
#48
d;p

Thug style with cap !

fuck all those elitists brb watching streams of elite players.
FakeSteve[TPR]
Profile Blog Joined July 2003
Valhalla18444 Posts
February 17 2009 02:47 GMT
#49
way 2 go osmoses
Moderatormy tatsu loops r fuckin nice
Fontong
Profile Blog Joined December 2007
United States6454 Posts
February 17 2009 03:05 GMT
#50
cuter than ^__^: (^.^) -->(^。^)

starry eyes: (*_*) -->(*_*)

uber gosuface:-_- --> -—-

[SECRET FONT] "Dragoon bunker"
Ilikestarcraft
Profile Blog Joined November 2004
Korea (South)17733 Posts
February 17 2009 03:16 GMT
#51
pringle man face
ils
"Nana is a goddess. Or at very least, Nana is my goddess." - KazeHydra
Ilikestarcraft
Profile Blog Joined November 2004
Korea (South)17733 Posts
Last Edited: 2009-02-17 09:18:36
February 17 2009 03:18 GMT
#52
On February 16 2009 01:14 Elric wrote:
This reminds me of this:

ㅇㅅㅇ

Korean girls type it a lot (normally twisted into a hideous emoticon).. I don't get it though.


ㅇ.ㅇ

ㅇㅅㅇ = cute version of ㅇㅇ


ils
"Nana is a goddess. Or at very least, Nana is my goddess." - KazeHydra
kawaiideshou
Profile Joined February 2009
United States34 Posts
February 17 2009 07:01 GMT
#53
[image loading]
:3
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