Do you understand what this icon indicates?

mike65

:rolleyes:

stovelid

Generally, an utter paucity of rebuttal powers.

orestes

Yes, it means "I disagree with your opinion but am too stupid/ignorant to express my reasons in a clear and articulite manner which would be classed as actual discussion"

/waits for someone to quote the above and reply with that fecking smiley

Kirnsy

yes

it means that i agree with every word of your point and that I could not have put it better myself.

oh and that i admire yore intelligence in expressing the before mentioned point.


:rolleyes:

Pherekydes

stovelid wrote: »

Generally, an utter paucity of rebuttal powers.

I disagree. :rolleyes:

stovelid

Pherekydes wrote: »

I disagree. :rolleyes:

I would have thought the rolleyes better complements a sarcastic I agree, myself.

Nerin

orestes wrote: »

Yes, it means "I disagree with your opinion but am too stupid/ignorant to express my reasons in a clear and articulite manner which would be classed as actual discussion"

/waits for someone to quote the above and reply with that fecking smiley

:rolleyes:

Steve

mike65 wrote: »

Do you understand what this icon indicates?

Mike, after forty three thousand posts, you'd think you'd have found the newbies/faq forum by now :rolleyes:

K-9

I was wrong but I'm inserting this smilie to show I am now pretending to be intellectual but you missed it.

Insect Overlord

I usually use it in response to somebody who is being deliberately awkward in an argument, but it's also useful for those occasional sarcastic posts that aren't serious at all.

orestes

Nerin wrote: »

:rolleyes:

Sigh

The_Minister

For me it means that someone has said something so god-awfully stupid that only the head of a little man, so disgusted with the comment referenced that he is using his last scraps of energy to roll his eyes while he slowly asphyxiates, will fully express for me the utter contempt I feel for the post in question.

4zn76tysfajdxp

orestes wrote: »

Sigh

Exactly. That's what that symbol means, it's an exasperated sigh.

Tar.Aldarion

About 3 people on the site know what it means.

cHaTbOx

A really smug man getting choked ?

Doctor DooM

Tar.Aldarion wrote: »

About 3 people on the site know what it means.

*Puts on clever hat* in that case what it actually means is irrelivant, and what people think it means is much more valuable to know.

Heisenberg.

This post has been deleted.

seamus

Mike, I assume you're aware that the rolleyes smiley looks very different on some of the skins?

A lot of skins use this guy: - who you'll agree looks like quite a happy little fella.

However, Cloud skin uses this guy: - who comes across a lot more sarcastic.

So you should probably not interpret the smiley unless you're aware which skin the poster is on. :rolleyes:

Dades

mike65 wrote: »

Do you understand what this icon indicates?

:rolleyes:

Is it like, ten thousand spoons, when all I need is a knife?

Stark

mike65 wrote: »

:rolleyes:

It means your parents are cousins.

mike65

Tar.Aldarion wrote: »

About 3 people on the site know what it means.

Quite. Its been bugging me the way its wrongly used and likely to cause needless offense (its not like we don't already have enough of that!).

seamus wrote: »

Mike, I assume you're aware that the rolleyes smiley looks very different on some of the skins?

A lot of skins use this guy: - who you'll agree looks like quite a happy little fella.

However, Cloud skin uses this guy: - who comes across a lot more sarcastic.

So you should probably not interpret the smiley unless you're aware which skin the poster is on. :rolleyes:

That interesting and quite mad Ted, if different skins show icons in different forms then how can we possibly understand each other?

Stercus Accidit

mike65 wrote: »

That interesting and quite mad Ted, if different skins show icons in different forms then how can we possibly understand each other?

:rolleyes:

What's worse is a list of smileys at the end of a post, except, they don't really make sense.

:pac::D:mad::o:cool::eek::pac::P;)

Like that, wtf am I trying to say!

javaboy

orestes wrote: »

Yes, it means "I disagree with your opinion but am too stupid/ignorant to express my reasons in a clear and articulite manner which would be classed as actual discussion"

/waits for someone to quote the above and reply with that fecking smiley

More often than not yes. But it can also mean "Your post is too stupid/ignorant to reply to in a clear and articulate manner so I'm not going to bother"

It's also used to delineate sentences on the conspiracy theories forum.

K-9

javaboy wrote: »

It's also used to delineate sentences on the conspiracy theories forum.

:rolleyes:

True.

Beruthiel

Stark wrote: »

It means your parents are cousins.

This completely answers the question.
I Stark.

WhiteWashMan

mike65 wrote: »

:rolleyes:

I am begining to understand why you have such a large post count.

mike65

and? Its been bugging me and I thought I'd find out how many peeps understand what the rolleyes icon actually indicates. Now if that bugs you, you could just

as if I would say that!

.

Doctor DooM

mike65 wrote: »

That interesting and quite mad Ted, if different skins show icons in different forms then how can we possibly understand each other?

Actually, do you not think it's a virtual recreation of the instability of language itself (pour example, bold meaning bad in Ireland but brave in America)?

We all get by on a bizarre kinda consensus meaning for the most part, if you think about it. Another example being I'm told never to use "problem" to americans either (apparently, a "small problem" does not exist in some parts).

tbh

in America, your fanny is your arse!
:rolleyes:

Red Sleeping Beauty

It's a smirk not a rolleyes.

mike65

Nope doesn't work

Sparky

Can we add :facepalm: ?

Tar.Aldarion

This is better:

Red Sleeping Beauty

Woah, like deja vu all over again.

AckwelFoley

Rolley eyes.


Down with that sort of thing

Kinetic^

........and this is in feedback why? :bluesteel:

AckwelFoley

Sparky wrote: »

Can we add :facepalm: ?

Not near as awesome as...

WindSock

Kinetic^ wrote: »

........and this is in feedback why? :bluesteel:

Hah :pac:

Beruthiel

Kinetic^ wrote: »

........and this is in feedback why? :bluesteel:

Heh,

FlutterinBantam

javaboy wrote: »

More often than not yes. But it can also mean "Your post is too stupid/ignorant to reply to in a clear and articulate manner so I'm not going to bother"

.

:rolleyes::rolleyes:

brianthebard

SDooM wrote: »

Actually, do you not think it's a virtual recreation of the instability of language itself (pour example, bold meaning bad in Ireland but brave in America)?

We all get by on a bizarre kinda consensus meaning for the most part, if you think about it. Another example being I'm told never to use "problem" to americans either (apparently, a "small problem" does not exist in some parts).

Stop that, you should not go post-structuralist in the feedback forum, recipe for disaster.

4zn76tysfajdxp

SDooM wrote: »

(apparently, a "small problem" does not exist in some parts).

It does in relation to your private parts! Boo ya!!!

Doctor DooM

brianthebard wrote: »

Stop that, you should not go post-structuralist in the feedback forum, recipe for disaster.

Itzel Stocky Varsity wrote: »

It does in relation to your private parts! Boo ya!!!

Trust the words of Brian...

Handsome Bob

mike65 wrote: »

:rolleyes:

It has a double meaning. One being that you are being condescending, and two being that you are self aware of your own arrogance and/or ignorance.

Mr.Nice Guy

It's a nostalgia smiley.

Ah I remember the nineties...a blissful decade. The Simpsons was still funny, Eurovision wins were bankrupting the country, 'girl power' was a frightening and sexy concept, Ronaldo was a funny-looking Brazilian chap and Y2K would be the end of us all.

Those were the days. :rolleyes:

D

Mr.Nice Guy wrote: »

It's a nostalgia smiley.



Those were the days. :rolleyes:

When you say it like that the smiley does actually take on that new meaning. I generally don't use smilies. I lurk more than I troll. What ever that particular smily did mean originally I think the fact that you have to type "rolleyes" in between the colons to make it in the default skin (I use the cloud skin) leads people to believe that it is the rollyeyes smily.

Jackz

<-- this guy got it on with a cross eyed smurf.

bigeasyeah

orestes wrote: »

Yes, it means "I disagree with your opinion but am too stupid/ignorant to express my reasons in a clear and articulite manner which would be classed as actual discussion"

/waits for someone to quote the above and reply with that fecking smiley

No smiley just a +1

My name is URL

Get rid of all emoticons

Only an imbecile needs them to convey a cromulent point =p

bronte