[internet] Sept. 19, 1982: Can’t You Take a Joke? … Wired on the origins of the emoticon …‘The modern emoticon does trace its lineage directly to Fahlman, who says he came up with the idea after reading “lengthy diatribes” from people on the message board who failed to get the joke or the sarcasm in a particular post.’
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