Why do Russians use “)” as a smiley instead of “:)”?

Posted by sndean on Wednesday June 15, 2016 @07:15PM
from the quora.com dept.

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Re:Why do Russians use “)” as a smiley instead of “:)”? by Fej on Thursday June 16, 2016 @08:58AM (#11915765)

Quora still requires you to sign up after reading one question. Why do people still link there?

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Re:Why do Russians use “)” as a smiley instead of “:)”? by orik on Wednesday June 15, 2016 @08:48PM (#11913254)

i liked this article )

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Re:Why do Russians use “)” as a smiley instead of “:)”? by nikofeyn on Thursday June 16, 2016 @02:17AM (#11914356)

so basically because it is the most practical. who would have guessed coming from the russians? )

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Re:Why do Russians use “)” as a smiley instead of “:)”? by physicalist on Thursday June 16, 2016 @07:47AM (#11915454)

When I see a stray ) like that, I certainly don't think smiley.

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Re:Why do Russians use “)” as a smiley instead of “:)”? by ommunist on Thursday June 16, 2016 @06:56AM (#11915293)

LOL

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