Who will join me in taking up the sword to fight for a new "Wistful" emotion icon?

[b0mbrman]

I don't doubt that this is among one of the more worthless threads that has ever graced the pages of Anandtech but here's the story.

I was writing a message in my thread and I wanted to put an emotion icon in it. I'm fairly new here so I had to read each one as I went through them. I wasn't exactly sure what I was looking for but I knew that as soon as I saw it, I'd know to use it.

In the end, I settled for the "Sad" icon () but soon realized that that's not how I felt at all.

What I really was looking for was an icon in the middle of a bunch of the existing ones--something not completely sad, not completely happy, just "Wistful."

What would it look like you ask?

Well, it wouldn't absolutely have a smile or frown. When you're wistful, you're sad that the past is behind you but happy when reminiscing about the times you've had. It's eyes would be half-closed or at least not totally focused on what's in front of it. It would be the emotion icon to go with *sigh* and for a human comparison, look at Nelly Furtado on her one and only album cover.

Wow.

 

[snakesnfrogs]

 

[SSP]

:|:Q:disgust::frown:

 

[b0mbrman]

Um...well thanks SSP. Do you see how none of those really convey any sort of wistfulness?

 

[pulpp]

i asked for something like this a few days ago.

 

[adams]

And we also may need the "nef emoticon"

 

[Yo Ma Ma]

?
:frown:
¿

 

[DannyLove]

i know what you're looking for, you're looking for that same smiley from AIM you know the :\ one.

I've always wanted that option here in AT, sadly its not here

danny~! <-------i like that one

 

[luv2chill]

I want a &quot;rolling eyes&quot; emoticon... personally I'd use it a great deal.

l2c

 

[chiwawa626]

howbout animated icons like the toungue one, would be like wiggleing, the wink winkin, and the grin sparkling with a gold tooth? (oh sorry, dont want jessy jackson on my ass bout that gold tooth)

 

[pulpp]

i still want a smoking smiley

 

[b0mbrman]

I don't know...maybe it's just me because I sigh a lot in real life...I've moved around a lot and in all that moving, I've left quite a few people behind. Some great people I'll probably never hear from again.

*sigh* (emotion icon would go here)

 

[Belegost]

Evil grin is more important.

 

[DRGrim]

luv2chill, my thoughts exactly. That would get so much use here... something like this.

It would be perfect.

 

[Kueay]

I sugest we go on a hungerstrike until our demands our met.:frown:

 

[b0mbrman]

Truly. I like your spirit Kueay...

Well here's an update, I'm desigining an icon in photoshop right now...

 

[b0mbrman]

Here's a little work in progress...I'm no artist at all but you can see what I was trying to do. His eyes aren't looking forward but more off to the side (which is closer to behind) and he's not fully smiling but you can see a hint of one...

http://www.geocities.com/mariobonifacio/wistful.jpg

 

[pulpp]

i want a sleepy emotion too

 

[adams]

I could use the sleepy emoticon also

 

[Amused]

We need an &quot;eyeroll&quot; icon more than a wistful icon.

 

[b0mbrman]

Wow, that sleepy icon is another good one...maybe even a sleeping icon.

If I knew how to make a poll asking you anandtechers which icon you'd like to see most, I'd do it!

 

[tasslex]

<< Wow, that sleepy icon is another good one...maybe even a sleeping icon.

If I knew how to make a poll asking you anandtechers which icon you'd like to see most, I'd do it![/i] >>


How do you make a poll?

 

[zippy]

&quot;There is no emoticon for what I am feeling!&quot;

-Comic Book store guy on The Simpsons

 

[b0mbrman]

lol! mmm...Simpsons