Additions to the Smilies thread

[Sibling Zono (anon1mat0)]

There was even a (good) movie about the zodiac killer.

Darli, a little inquire, generally speaking any axe murder is considered a heinous crime, and the perpetrator is unambiguously a monster, so why in your opinion is the zodiac killer worse than others? We are generally speaking about very evil and psychopathic people even if it is tongue in cheek (same with eating babies), but not at all glorifying them, or at least that is never my intention when I mention their tasty flavor...

[Darlica]

All right.

It's not that I think that the Zodiac killer is worse than other (axe) murders. I would feel the same about a Manson family smiley, or a Ted Bundy one, or heck a 9/11 one with falling twin towers. It's about respect for the victims and their relatives.

Also, keeping in mind the toadfish mission statement and spirit of mutual respect and tolerance we so eagerly show off, I simply wondered if it really belongs here, because to me it doesn't.

When it comes to tongue in cheek, eating babies and all that, it is not about the degree of violence, It's about fiction and reality or between the general and the specific if you like.
For example is general and do work very well in a tongue in cheek context as do   . The   on the other hand is specific because of the symbol on his chest and is there by less adaptable in general situations (tongue in cheek ones for example).

I used to work with pictures and symbols, not to use "tainted" symbols sits in my spine. Symbols carries a lot of meaning, not to everybody but those who recognise it, and you never know who that might be.
A tainted symbol in a logotype can ruin a company's reputation for a long while. It can make people upset and sad even though you never meant to hurt anyone ("I just liked the look of it" is a rather common defence).
Quite recently a designer who more or less copied the Nazi SS skulls for her jewellery said that she didn't know that any one would recognise the look, and that they looked so "cool"... you can guess how that ended.

That said, personally I do enjoy a bit of ultra-violence know and then. I also laugh about inappropriate joke about women, men, sex and so on, but that doesn't mean I would like to add those things to the profile of this forum and whether we like it or not the smilies we use is a part of that profile.

[Griffin NoName]

Intrigued by how you found the Zodiac killer again in above post as I had hidden it, at least I thought I had.

[Darlica]

I has teh mad skilz!
_{I copied the pictures url and put it within the picture tag.}

I'd like to keep him in this thread, otherwise the discussion seem rather abstract... Please?

[Griffin NoName]

I has teh mad skilz!
_{I copied the pictures url and put it within the picture tag.}

I'd like to keep him in this thread, otherwise the discussion seem rather abstract... Please?

Yes, for sure, let's make sense !

[Sibling Zono (anon1mat0)]

It's not that I think that the Zodiac killer is worse than other (axe) murders. I would feel the same about a Manson family smiley, or a Ted Bundy one, or heck a 9/11 one with falling twin towers. It's about respect for the victims and their relatives of those who died.

Fair enough.

Carry on.

[Bluenose]

I don't have a dog in this race, but would the smiley be OK if it was edited to remove the offending symbol?   Not that I approve of axe murderers, but in the same way we sometimes use the other over the top smileys to express frustration or other things in a tongue in cheek fashion, perhaps that might make it OK.  Just a thought. I can probably do it if desired.

[Swatopluk]

Apart from anything else, I think it is simply a bit too big* and I prefer   and

What about this one?

http://www.sherv.net/cm/emoticons/fighting/steamroller-crush-smiley-emoticon.gif

*same with the larger version of the Black Knight.

[Griffin NoName]

Now let's be really picky. I like smilies to have the background transparent so the colour of the web page shows through. ie. I don't like



because it has a white background. Otherwise, yes, love it. Describes what my ME/CFS feels like.

Unfortunately I can't edit "animated" smilies as I don't have the software to do it. I could make the background transparent but the animation would be lost.

Yes, Blue, pleeeeeeeeeeeaaaaaase see what you can do. I really like the axe-man sans zodiac, and I don't think he is too big. Or point me at (free) s/w I could use.

We do have aa few smilies that are too big. IMO. But not these ones.

[Swatopluk]

Maybe it is because I made a direct link (I am quite illiterate as far as graphics go) and maybe by getting the codes at the page of origin this problem disappears.

[Griffin NoName]

No. It does actually have a white background. Strike theory 1.

[Griffin NoName]

New smilies:

                                         

[pieces o nine]

^ the zombie didn;t make the cut?   

[Sibling DavidH]

They are really excellent, thanks.  Wendy says well done.

[Swatopluk]

^ the zombie didn;t make the cut?   

It's already there    ": zombie :", just remove the blanks