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They are backwards smilies... I can't understand why it's so hard to understand what they are.

=0) is (0=

etc. etc... All the 14 year old girls I talk to on yahoo chat know what they are but gamer guys must be the biggest morons. (j/k by the way... don't get your panties in a bunch)

I understand they are faces I just don't know why you put different things under each one if they are all the same thing.

(0= This is muh happy fayce.
\0= This is contempt or derision.
)0= This is my cryface.
|0= No emotion.
)0'= Tearing up now.
)0=< RAGE MOTHER FUCKER. RAAGGGEEEE!!!!!
d0= 5 year old stick my tounge out at you cuz your a booger breath dog turd face.

Also, the number of !'s behind a smiley is indicative of the level of said emotion, with each level being exponentially larger than the previous.