omg u can believe how the emoticon came 2 b 
! so like scott fahlman isn't even credited w/ inventing it but he's still a hero cuz he figgered out the right way to use them 
his convo w/ ppl about using 
& :-( actually helped make them more popular 
and btw did u no there was a bunch of other ppl tryin 2 solve the "flame wars" prob too 
like neil swartz and anthony stentz were already suggestin' solutions before fahlman came along 
anyway it's def dope 2 think about how somethin so simple can have such a cool backstory 
! so like scott fahlman isn't even credited w/ inventing it but he's still a hero cuz he figgered out the right way to use them his convo w/ ppl about using & :-( actually helped make them more popular and btw did u no there was a bunch of other ppl tryin 2 solve the "flame wars" prob too like neil swartz and anthony stentz were already suggestin' solutions before fahlman came along anyway it's def dope 2 think about how somethin so simple can have such a cool backstory 
n creates this simple binary system that works like a charm 
. its actually pretty cool how he just pieced together what others were sayin & created somethin new 
so apparently it wasn't just scott fahlman who came up with emoticons 
his idea was more like a mashup of other people's suggestions 
fahlman just kinda combined all the good stuff from the discussions and voila, emoticons were born 
. It was like, a big deal or something! But now I'm reading this article about how the emoticon was created by some dude Scott Fahlman back in '82 
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Like, I get it, miscommunications happen online but wow. Anyway, Fahlman just kind of... merged everyone's ideas into this thing that worked, you know? And then BAM! Suddenly emoticons are everywhere 
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. But hey, at least Fahlman got credit for making it all work in the end 
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