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Do you understand what this icon indicates?

  • 17-05-2009 11:34PM
    #1
    mike65
    Closed Accounts Posts: 88,968 ✭✭✭✭


    :rolleyes:

    Do you understand the :rolleyes: icon 84 votes

    yes
    0% 0 votes
    no
    78% 66 votes
    possibly
    2% 2 votes
    Atari Jaguar
    19% 16 votes
    Post edited by Shield on


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  • #2
    stovelid
    Closed Accounts Posts: 27,252 ✭✭✭✭stovelid


    Generally, an utter paucity of rebuttal powers.


  • #3
    orestes
    Closed Accounts Posts: 9,972 ✭✭✭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


  • #4
    Kirnsy
    Closed Accounts Posts: 970 ✭✭✭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:


  • #5
    Pherekydes
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 16,257 ✭✭✭✭Pherekydes


    stovelid wrote: »
    Generally, an utter paucity of rebuttal powers.

    I disagree. :rolleyes:


  • #6
    stovelid
    Closed Accounts Posts: 27,252 ✭✭✭✭stovelid


    Pherekydes wrote: »
    I disagree. :rolleyes:

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


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  • #7
    Nerin
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 10,523 ✭✭✭✭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:


  • #8
    Steve
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 22,575 ✭✭✭✭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:

    :D


  • #9
    K-9
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 43,313 ✭✭✭✭K-9


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

    Mad Men's Don Draper : What you call love was invented by guys like me, to sell nylons.



  • #10
    Insect Overlord
    Moderators, Social & Fun Moderators, Society & Culture Moderators Posts: 31,107 Mod ✭✭✭✭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.


  • #11
    orestes
    Closed Accounts Posts: 9,972 ✭✭✭orestes


    Nerin wrote: »
    :rolleyes:

    Sigh


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  • #12
    The_Minister
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 10,255 ✭✭✭✭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.


  • #13
    4zn76tysfajdxp
    Closed Accounts Posts: 27,944 ✭✭✭✭4zn76tysfajdxp


    orestes wrote: »
    Sigh

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


  • #14
    Tar.Aldarion
    Moderators, Science, Health & Environment Moderators, Social & Fun Moderators, Society & Culture Moderators Posts: 60,119 Mod ✭✭✭✭Tar.Aldarion


    About 3 people on the site know what it means.


  • #15
    cHaTbOx
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 8,011 ✭✭✭cHaTbOx


    A really smug man getting choked ?


  • #16
    Doctor DooM
    Moderators, Music Moderators Posts: 25,872 Mod ✭✭✭✭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.


  • #17
    [Deleted User]
    Posts: 7,542 ✭✭✭ [Deleted User]


    This post has been deleted.


  • #18
    seamus
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 68,173 ✭✭✭✭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: rolleyes.gif - who you'll agree looks like quite a happy little fella.

    However, Cloud skin uses this guy: rolleyes.gif - 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:


  • #19
    Dades
    Moderators, Society & Culture Moderators Posts: 25,616 Mod ✭✭✭✭Dades


    mike65 wrote: »
    Do you understand what this icon indicates?

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


  • #20
    Stark
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2, Paid Member Posts: 21,239 ✭✭✭✭Stark


    mike65 wrote: »
    :rolleyes:

    It means your parents are cousins.


  • #21
    mike65
    Closed Accounts Posts: 88,968 ✭✭✭✭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: rolleyes.gif - who you'll agree looks like quite a happy little fella.

    However, Cloud skin uses this guy: rolleyes.gif - 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?


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  • #22
    Stercus Accidit
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 8,758 ✭✭✭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!


  • #23
    javaboy
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 15,094 ✭✭✭✭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.


  • #24
    K-9
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 43,313 ✭✭✭✭K-9


    javaboy wrote: »
    It's also used to delineate sentences on the conspiracy theories forum.

    :rolleyes:

    True.

    Mad Men's Don Draper : What you call love was invented by guys like me, to sell nylons.



  • #25
    Beruthiel
    Moderators, Social & Fun Moderators Posts: 42,361 Mod ✭✭✭✭Beruthiel


    Stark wrote: »
    It means your parents are cousins.

    This completely answers the question.
    I <3 Stark.


  • #26
    WhiteWashMan
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 20,099 ✭✭✭✭WhiteWashMan


    mike65 wrote: »
    :rolleyes:

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


  • #27
    mike65
    Closed Accounts Posts: 88,968 ✭✭✭✭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!
    .


  • #28
    Doctor DooM
    Moderators, Music Moderators Posts: 25,872 Mod ✭✭✭✭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).


  • #29
    tbh
    Closed Accounts Posts: 15,914 ✭✭✭✭tbh


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


  • #30
    Red Sleeping Beauty
    Closed Accounts Posts: 6,443 ✭✭✭Red Sleeping Beauty


    It's a smirk not a rolleyes.


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  • #31
    mike65
    Closed Accounts Posts: 88,968 ✭✭✭✭mike65


    :smirk:

    Nope doesn't work


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