Original Emojis

A long time ago in an internet far forgotten, I once administrated one of, if not the, largest forum community for fans of the 80’s decade anywhere. During that time, I created some of my own custom emojis for members to use on the forums. Of course way back then, we called them “smilies.” Those later became “emoticons” which later into the present have become known as “emojis.” I would’ve never believed they’d have become so integrated in the daily lives of basically everyone on the planet. So here’s my contributions to the emoji world… some two decades ago.