# Avatar shape—theme dependent **URL:** \ **Category:** Site Feedback\ **Created:** [May 9, 2025, 8:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/avatar-shape-theme-dependent/1018172 "2025-05-09T20:36:25Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 1\ **Showing post:** 67
**Author:** ![EllisDee](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ellisdee/32/4531_2.png) [@EllisDee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/EllisDee)\ **Post date:** [May 13, 2025, 12:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/avatar-shape-theme-dependent/1018172/67 "2025-05-13T00:19:17Z")
> [@John\_DiFool](#): > > I wish we still had our original lineup of VB smilies tho; the Discourse ones tend to be generic and uninteresting and apparently aren’t customizable unless I am mistaken on that point. Some people have made some really awesome VB smilies over the years. In fairness, I recall similar sentiments when we were still on vBulletin. Smashy, in particular, was an oft-mentioned lost smiley. The one I do miss is the old rolleyes. It hit much harder than the 🙄 we have now. EDIT: Looks like the old rolleyes went away back in 2014, years before the move to discourse. > [@Did the old rolleyes smiley cause an increase in suicides or something?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/did-the-old-rolleyes-smiley-cause-an-increase-in-suicides-or-something/694457/3): > > I guess I haven’t been paying attention- I only have so much time and don’t always read the ATMB. Can you provide links to these other threads? Maybe if we could provide enough weight of sentiment it would sway the powers that be to yield to the demands of us little people. EDIT 2: Sudden wave of sadness seeing **TubaDiva** in that old thread from 2014. She was a good egg, --- _[View the full topic](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/avatar-shape-theme-dependent/1018172)._