Totally ridiculous smiley question

[J@ffa]

So... if I type:

:p

I get '😛'

However (!), when I type:

:P

I get '😛'

Hahaha. It's really minor and not even worth the time it would take to read this thread, but I'm just used to typing 😛. I'm not a smiley addict or anything, just, uh... I'll stop now. 😉

Aaaah! 😱 The return of the smiley! 😀

P.S. 😕

 

[Mitthrawnuruodo]

I don't really see a question in there...

Your observation on typing out that particular smily, on the other hand, is 100% correct.

 

[Doctor Q]

The reason that smilie characters are case sensitive is that they are simulating the appearance of the smilie. In contrast, tags like for bold aren't case sensitive.