If I do : ) it will automatically convert to 
please disable that if possible, its extremely annoying, if I put an emoticon i want an emoticon and thats most likely to be the case for everyone
- Allow Emoticons
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You can actually.
:)
If you put a backslash in between the two characters, it will prevent it.
Wait no it won’t…
Ummmm
: )
Yikes… that’s annoying… hmm
Nope that didn’t work either…
Google’s AI suggestion didn’t work 
This would be the fix if we wanted the mods to disable it site-wide
:)
Oooooo I found a workaround!
:<anyLetter>)
That’s really annoying to type out! Even though it can just be a single letter (numbers don’t work).
:)
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Amazing!!! :D
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Yay :D
it just goes to this for me 
Why is the D in the clickable color