# Stop abusing the "rolleyes" smiley **URL:** \ **Category:** The BBQ Pit\ **Created:** [November 2, 2001, 9:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stop-abusing-the-rolleyes-smiley/91100 "2001-11-02T09:00:17Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![aegypt](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/76d3ee/32.png) [@aegypt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/aegypt)\ **Post date:** [November 2, 2001, 9:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stop-abusing-the-rolleyes-smiley/91100/1 "2001-11-02T09:00:17Z")
:rolleyes: seems to have become the standard response for posters with no really good arguments, who nonetheless feel a need to simultaneously increase their posting count and indicate that the previous poster is a complete looney, not worthy of debating. Well, :rolleyes:. There are some occasions where a :rolleyes: is wholly apropriate, such as when indicating sarcasm. But it’s not a universal panacea to the inability to write a coherent post. (And let’s just say I think I can predict what the first answer to this post will be.) ---
**Author:** ![aegypt](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/76d3ee/32.png) [@aegypt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/aegypt)\ **Post date:** [November 2, 2001, 9:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stop-abusing-the-rolleyes-smiley/91100/2 "2001-11-02T09:01:30Z")
Sorry, I meant to post this in the Pit. Moderator, could you please move us? :rolleyes: ---
**Author:** ![Cougarfang](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/c67d28/32.png) [@Cougarfang](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cougarfang)\ **Post date:** [November 2, 2001, 9:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stop-abusing-the-rolleyes-smiley/91100/3 "2001-11-02T09:59:24Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by aegypt \* > \*\* There are some occasions where a :rolleyes: is wholly apropriate, such as when indicating sarcasm. But it’s \ a universal panacea to the inability to write a coherent post. > \*\* :rolleyes: ---
**Author:** ![pennylane](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/edb3f5/32.png) [@pennylane](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pennylane)\ **Post date:** [November 2, 2001, 10:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stop-abusing-the-rolleyes-smiley/91100/4 "2001-11-02T10:07:03Z")
Oh I agree with you, **aegypt**. I hate the rolleyes smiley, it’s so belittling without contributing anything useful to the discussion… ---
**Author:** ![Gomez](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/d78d45/32.png) [@Gomez](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gomez)\ **Post date:** [November 2, 2001, 10:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stop-abusing-the-rolleyes-smiley/91100/5 "2001-11-02T10:39:01Z")
> [@](#): > > _Originally posted by Cougarfang_ > :rolleyes: :rolleyes: ---
**Author:** ![Cougarfang](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/c67d28/32.png) [@Cougarfang](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cougarfang)\ **Post date:** [November 2, 2001, 10:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stop-abusing-the-rolleyes-smiley/91100/6 "2001-11-02T10:46:16Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Gomez \* > \*\* > > > [@](#): > > > > _Originally posted by Cougarfang_ > > :rolleyes: > > :rolleyes: \*\* :rolleyes: sorry, sorry, couldn’t resist, i said i was sorryYOW!!! _sound of cat getting booted off thread_ ---
**Author:** ![glee](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/b5a626/32.png) [@glee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/glee)\ **Post date:** [November 2, 2001, 12:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stop-abusing-the-rolleyes-smiley/91100/7 "2001-11-02T12:11:42Z")
people are overusing :rolleyes: ? :eek: ---
**Author:** ![Una\_Persson](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/una_persson/32/346_2.png) [@Una\_Persson](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Una_Persson)\ **Post date:** [November 2, 2001, 1:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stop-abusing-the-rolleyes-smiley/91100/8 "2001-11-02T13:36:31Z")
Interesting thread. On my Board, we are having an “Official Deathwatch” on the rolling-eyed smiley, as its existence has offended me far, far too much. However, now I have a couple right-to-lifer’s who have said they will protest an execution of ol’ Rolly. I may rehabilitate him into something less dangerous to society. A large part of the problem is his skin color. And Jesus, if that prior line was taken out of context… 😃 ---
**Author:** ![carnivorousplant](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/carnivorousplant/32/3563_2.png) [@carnivorousplant](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/carnivorousplant)\ **Post date:** [November 2, 2001, 1:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stop-abusing-the-rolleyes-smiley/91100/9 "2001-11-02T13:46:09Z")
It’s good to be a mod! :rolleyes: ---
**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:** [November 2, 2001, 1:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stop-abusing-the-rolleyes-smiley/91100/10 "2001-11-02T13:55:01Z")
We can’t get rid of :rolleyes: it server a useful purpose. Like the time in some Pit thread when I mentioned that we should kill all the Mormons. I never assumed that my comment would have been taken literally given the context in which it was used. Boy, was I wrong. A :rolleyes: would have actually shown my intent. :rolleyes: also does work as a response to a post that is actually too stupid for words. I don’t think that it is always a simple matter of using to pad a post count. ---
**Author:** ![Spoke](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/a88e57/32.png) [@Spoke](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spoke)\ **Post date:** [November 2, 2001, 1:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stop-abusing-the-rolleyes-smiley/91100/11 "2001-11-02T13:56:11Z")
I dunno. I think the rolleyes, if used conservatively, can be an effective tool to convey exasperation and contempt. -spoke ---
**Author:** ![Spoke](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/a88e57/32.png) [@Spoke](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spoke)\ **Post date:** [November 2, 2001, 1:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stop-abusing-the-rolleyes-smiley/91100/12 "2001-11-02T13:58:51Z")
:rolleyes: Forgot to display my new sig line: ---
**Author:** ![SenorBeef](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/senorbeef/32/2220_2.png) [@SenorBeef](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SenorBeef)\ **Post date:** [November 2, 2001, 2:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stop-abusing-the-rolleyes-smiley/91100/13 "2001-11-02T14:07:24Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Cougarfang \* > \*\* > > > [@](#): > > > > \*Originally posted by Gomez \* > > \*\* > > > > > [@](#): > > > > > > _Originally posted by Cougarfang_ > > > :rolleyes: > > > > :rolleyes: \*\* > > :rolleyes: > > sorry, sorry, couldn’t resist, i said i was sorryYOW!!! > > _sound of cat getting booted off thread_ \*\* Oh, give me a break. :rolleyes: ---
**Author:** ![carnivorousplant](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/carnivorousplant/32/3563_2.png) [@carnivorousplant](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/carnivorousplant)\ **Post date:** [November 2, 2001, 2:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stop-abusing-the-rolleyes-smiley/91100/14 "2001-11-02T14:10:12Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by spoke- \* > \*\*:rolleyes: Forgot to display my new sig line \*\* So, is this Anthracite, like, a good sport? She doesn’t, like, know where we live or anything? :rolleyes: ---
**Author:** ![Spoke](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/a88e57/32.png) [@Spoke](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spoke)\ **Post date:** [November 2, 2001, 2:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stop-abusing-the-rolleyes-smiley/91100/15 "2001-11-02T14:17:12Z")
Oh, I’m only giving **Anthracite** the business. I never use my sig line. Just trotted it out as a gag here. ---
**Author:** ![bibliophage](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bibliophage/32/7615_2.png) [@bibliophage](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bibliophage)\ **Post date:** [November 2, 2001, 3:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stop-abusing-the-rolleyes-smiley/91100/16 "2001-11-02T15:10:17Z")
Moving this thread from GD to the BBQ Pit at the request of the OP. bibliophage moderator GQ ---
**Author:** ![Munch](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/munch/32/5281_2.png) [@Munch](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Munch)\ **Post date:** [November 2, 2001, 3:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stop-abusing-the-rolleyes-smiley/91100/17 "2001-11-02T15:56:24Z")
I don’t so much mind the rolleyes smilie as I do the damn 😃 smilie. I won’t even use it. There are a couple of posters that think everything they type is devilishly funny, and like to make sure that you know they think they’re funny (does that make sense?). Usually, the 😃 smilie is then accompanyied with a :d&r:, which is also entirely superfluous and unnecessary and redundant.[sup]_[/sup] [sub][sup]_[/sup]Yes, I realize the contradiction of using all three of those words at the same time.[/sub] ---
**Author:** ![lieu](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/c2a13f/32.png) [@lieu](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lieu)\ **Post date:** [November 2, 2001, 4:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stop-abusing-the-rolleyes-smiley/91100/18 "2001-11-02T16:05:49Z")
Isn’t it awfully nice to have a penis? I thought rolley was looking at :rolleyes: the word in the line above it. Oooh, It’s for sarcasm. Ahhhhh… ---
**Author:** ![saepiroth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/b5ac83/32.png) [@saepiroth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/saepiroth)\ **Post date:** [November 2, 2001, 4:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stop-abusing-the-rolleyes-smiley/91100/19 "2001-11-02T16:13:03Z")
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**Author:** ![eirroc](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/f1d935/32.png) [@eirroc](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/eirroc)\ **Post date:** [November 2, 2001, 4:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stop-abusing-the-rolleyes-smiley/91100/20 "2001-11-02T16:48:30Z")
> [@](#): > > _originally posted by saepiroth_ > so there. 😃 :rolleyes: [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stop-abusing-the-rolleyes-smiley/91100.md?page=2)