# How did someone post this odd symbol in a comment?

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**Created:** [February 28, 2025, 8:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-did-someone-post-this-odd-symbol-in-a-comment/1014947 "2025-02-28T20:45:03Z")\
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**Author:** ![mixdenny](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mixdenny/32/2962_2.png) [@mixdenny](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mixdenny)\
**Post date:** [February 28, 2025, 8:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-did-someone-post-this-odd-symbol-in-a-comment/1014947/1 "2025-02-28T20:45:03Z")

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It’s just a plain comment field, no graphics. At the end of this sentence:

I grew up here 1959-1978‼️

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**Author:** ![pjd](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/pjd/32/3009_2.png) [@pjd](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pjd)\
**Post date:** [February 28, 2025, 8:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-did-someone-post-this-odd-symbol-in-a-comment/1014947/2 "2025-02-28T20:51:50Z")

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Probably from [here](https://emojikeyboard.top/) (or somewhere similar).  
Just select the symbol you want and copy it.

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**Author:** ![gnoitall](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/bb73d2/32.png) [@gnoitall](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gnoitall)\
**Post date:** [February 28, 2025, 9:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-did-someone-post-this-odd-symbol-in-a-comment/1014947/3 "2025-02-28T21:32:13Z")

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We have a version of that in the Discourse emoji palette: ‼ `:bangbang:`

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**Author:** ![Saint\_Cad](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/saint_cad/32/18907_2.png) [@Saint\_Cad](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Saint_Cad)\
**Post date:** [February 28, 2025, 9:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-did-someone-post-this-odd-symbol-in-a-comment/1014947/4 "2025-02-28T21:46:04Z")

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> [@gnoitall](#):
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> We have a version of that in the Discourse emoji palette: ‼

Do you use that if your baby shoots you down?

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**Author:** ![Reply](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/reply/32/15952_2.png) [@Reply](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Reply)\
**Post date:** [February 28, 2025, 10:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-did-someone-post-this-odd-symbol-in-a-comment/1014947/5 "2025-02-28T22:32:11Z")

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‼ 👶 🔫 👇

👩 🥋 ⚔

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**Author:** ![LSLGuy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lslguy/32/5813_2.png) [@LSLGuy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LSLGuy)\
**Post date:** [February 28, 2025, 11:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-did-someone-post-this-odd-symbol-in-a-comment/1014947/6 "2025-02-28T23:19:51Z")

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I know I know!!

That says “To be one, ask one.”

😉

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**Author:** ![Ike\_Witt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ike_witt/32/283_2.png) [@Ike\_Witt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ike_Witt)\
**Post date:** [March 1, 2025, 2:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-did-someone-post-this-odd-symbol-in-a-comment/1014947/7 "2025-03-01T02:41:43Z")

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🗿

I like.