The answer is obviously to balance your smiley faces and wrap the entire statement in the smiley face sentiment. ((: Like this :))
replyAh, Spanish notation.
replyI like this simply for the absurdity of it, but will only use it when the entire parenthetical is modified by the smiley instead of a single word or phrase (:since I really like it:) but (it looks ugly, no hard feelings :) )
replyThat’s quite the Scheme…
replyYour comment made me realise that there's logic to this (like this :), since in HTML we can:
reply <li> do this
<li> and this
and <img alt='this'> instead of <img ... />
You might like Lisp, but what you're saying reminds me of the late 00s/early 2010s xHTML2 vs. HTML5 debate :)
I'm an avid defender of xHTML. You can pry it from my cold dead hands
replyThanks, I hate it :)
replyPost C++11 you can just do (like this:)), no extra space needed before the last parenthesis.
replyBut then it looks like I'm using a double smiley[0] which I do actually use on occasion
reply[0] :))
I tend to rephrase myself so I dont end a statement inside a parenthesis with a smiley.
replyIt's one of those things I think are worth putting some extra effort into, I'm glad to see at least one other person giving it some thought. Thx <3
Use dashes and the problem goes away! Well, you gain the LLM witch-hunt, but heh, no free lunch.
replyI have the same problem. I just ditch the smiley face. :)
replynever >:(
replyAre you quoting someone doing a sad face or are you angry? ;)
replyThe relevant XKCD: https://xkcd.com/541
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