technology #Tech #1982 #ARPANET #CarnegieMellon #CMU #ComputerScienceHistory #DigitalCulture #Emoji #Emoticons #FlameWars #InternetHistory #OnlineCommunication #Retrotech #ScottFahlman #Smileys #TalesOfTechLore #TechLore #TextCommunication In 1982, a physics joke gone wrong sparked the invention of the emoticon Ars Technica Nov 20
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