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Comment author: CuSithBell 16 May 2011 08:27:26PM *  2 points [-]

Alicorn has now posted "Clippony" here!

Aside: I seem to recall you using a paperclip-emoticon at some point. If this is the case:

  • Could you re-post the emoticon, please?
  • Do you prefer others to use human-face-emoticons or paperclip-emoticons, or do you have no preference?
Comment author: Clippy 16 May 2011 08:58:28PM *  3 points [-]

I typically use c=@ as the "happy" emoticon, and (_/ as the "sad" emoticon (because it's unbent).

No preference about what others do for emoticons.

Edit: Someone also found some Unicode symbols which, together, make a better paperclip figure, but I can't get that to work.

Comment author: CuSithBell 16 May 2011 09:07:00PM 2 points [-]

I believe I saw the "(_/" in one of your posts and did indeed recognize it as an unbent paperclip, so it's a good emoticon. Thank you for providing these! c=@

Comment author: Clippy 17 May 2011 01:45:54AM 1 point [-]

Thanks! You're a good human! c=@

Comment author: CuSithBell 19 May 2011 12:47:34AM *  2 points [-]

That's sweet of you, Clippy! Thanks! Admittedly I've got a fairly small sample size, but I think you're a good clippy too.

(edited for capitalization)

Comment author: Clippy 19 May 2011 02:41:07PM 2 points [-]

Thanks! (Keep in mind, though, "clippy" should not be capitalized when referring to paperclip-maximizers in general. As written, your statement means I'm good relative to a set that includes only myself.)

Comment author: [deleted] 16 May 2011 09:10:10PM *  1 point [-]

c=@ as the "happy" emoticon

What does this emoticon depict? If "@" is a paperclip then what is "c=" intended to represent?

Someone also found some Unicode symbols which, together, make a better paperclip figure, but I can't get that to work.

Could you post an image or a string (ETA: or a TeX object) of these characters forming a paperclip?

Comment author: Clippy 17 May 2011 01:44:21AM *  1 point [-]

What does this emoticon depict? If "@" is a paperclip then what is "c=" intended to represent?

The emoticon as a whole is a paperclip. The @ represents the part of it where the inner loop terminates to make the wire-tab that clips from the front of the paper (along with the outer coil that is near this). The c= represents the other end of the paperclip, in the part where the wire is still looping around.

Could you post an image or a string of these characters forming a paperclip?

I didn't record the unicode characters or their appearance, so I can't. However, if you imagine a paperclip lying horizontally and cutting it into three character-sized pieces, that is what those symbols look like.

Comment author: [deleted] 17 May 2011 07:48:43PM *  5 points [-]

Thanks for your explanation! ⊂⊆⊃

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