# We need a :RollEyes: smiley! **URL:** \ **Category:** About This Message Board\ **Created:** [April 3, 2014, 3:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/we-need-a-rolleyes-smiley/685228 "2014-04-03T03:56:19Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Rhythmdvl](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/85f322/32.png) [@Rhythmdvl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rhythmdvl)\ **Post date:** [April 3, 2014, 3:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/we-need-a-rolleyes-smiley/685228/1 "2014-04-03T03:56:19Z")
It’s been what, a month and a half since they were introduced? Enough time to at least _start_ to settle in. The Popper-Eye’d-Eek and the Pepto-Overdose-Embarrassed smilies are making the transition, and Grin and Slappy are little changed. Even the Tom-Cruise-Is-Cool smiley is making itself at home. But there is no RollEyes. There’s an I-Just-Peed-Myself-And-I’m-Privately-Enjoying-It smiely. Or maybe it’s an Aw-Shucks-Little-Ol’-Me? smiley. I don’t know what it is, but it’s certainly not a RollEyes. I mean, just look at this fucking exchange. _ **JUST LOOK AT IT** _!: > [@Introducing Mike Rogers!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/introducing-mike-rogers/685116/4): > > > [@Introducing Mike Rogers!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/introducing-mike-rogers/685116/2): > > > > In fact, there seems to be practically **nothing** reasonable remaining in the GOP any more. > > :rolleyes: What the fuck is Oakie saying there? “BrainGlutton, would you, um, care to, ummmm, you know, go to the prom with me” as he bashfully digs his toe into the carpet? Is he saying “I wonder if my doggie would look cute with a bow on its head?” Fuck if I know. Maybe he’s saying “I can’t take your post seriously because I’m touching my weiner!” Whatever it is, it’s NOT A ROLLEYES! The Rolleyes were an integral part of the Board’s culture, one that grew under the snark of Cecil himself. We need them back. ---
**Author:** ![Siam\_Sam](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/d78d45/32.png) [@Siam\_Sam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Siam_Sam)\ **Post date:** [April 3, 2014, 4:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/we-need-a-rolleyes-smiley/685228/2 "2014-04-03T04:34:17Z")
I must admit that I do see just a hint of lust in the new rolleyes smiley. ---
**Author:** ![Oakminster](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/77aa72/32.png) [@Oakminster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Oakminster)\ **Post date:** [April 3, 2014, 4:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/we-need-a-rolleyes-smiley/685228/3 "2014-04-03T04:43:27Z")
I prefer the one we used to have, but meh…that’s what we got. What we really need is a ROLL TIDE! smiley. ---
**Author:** ![Rhythmdvl](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/85f322/32.png) [@Rhythmdvl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rhythmdvl)\ **Post date:** [April 3, 2014, 6:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/we-need-a-rolleyes-smiley/685228/4 "2014-04-03T06:03:50Z")
You want a smiley that washes clothes? ---
**Author:** ![Oakminster](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/77aa72/32.png) [@Oakminster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Oakminster)\ **Post date:** [April 3, 2014, 6:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/we-need-a-rolleyes-smiley/685228/5 "2014-04-03T06:11:43Z")
> [@Rhythmdvl](#): > > You want a smiley that washes clothes? you ain’t from around here, are ya? 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Snowboarder\_Bo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/snowboarder_bo/32/229_2.png) [@Snowboarder\_Bo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Snowboarder_Bo)\ **Post date:** [April 3, 2014, 6:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/we-need-a-rolleyes-smiley/685228/6 "2014-04-03T06:24:04Z")
The new smileys still suck. All of them. IMO; YMMV. ---
**Author:** ![shijinn](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/cc9497/32.png) [@shijinn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/shijinn)\ **Post date:** [April 3, 2014, 6:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/we-need-a-rolleyes-smiley/685228/7 "2014-04-03T06:49:05Z")
whatever 😒 ---
**Author:** ![Measure\_for\_Measure](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/measure_for_measure/32/557_2.png) [@Measure\_for\_Measure](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Measure_for_Measure)\ **Post date:** [April 3, 2014, 7:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/we-need-a-rolleyes-smiley/685228/8 "2014-04-03T07:05:01Z")
Not to diss the Oakmeister, but perhaps he (and others) could think harder about what the appropriate response to Brainglutton (or insert debate adversary) might be _in words_. Paired with Mr. Dubious if absolutely necessary. Seriously, the old rolleyes was a lame and overused substitute for clear thinking. Pre-emption! : //Old Rolleyes// ## Answer: Sorry about your ocular problem. Do you have a point? I mean we’re here to fight ignorance after all. I’m not entirely unsympathetic to the OP. BigT and I tried last month to engineer a better rolleyes, without much success IMHO. Harder than it looks. ---
**Author:** ![Drunky\_Smurf](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/drunky_smurf/32/449_2.png) [@Drunky\_Smurf](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Drunky_Smurf)\ **Post date:** [April 3, 2014, 6:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/we-need-a-rolleyes-smiley/685228/9 "2014-04-03T18:22:38Z")
> [@Measure\_for\_Measure](#): > > Not to diss the Oakmeister, but perhaps he (and others) could think harder about what the appropriate response to Brainglutton (or insert debate adversary) might be _in words_. Paired with Mr. Dubious if absolutely necessary. So you’re calling Oak dumb? I don’t think insults are allowed in ATMB. Also we do have a rolleyes smiley. It’s this, :rolleyes:. Glad I could help. ---
**Author:** ![Grrr](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/grrr/32/146_2.png) [@Grrr](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Grrr)\ **Post date:** [April 3, 2014, 6:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/we-need-a-rolleyes-smiley/685228/10 "2014-04-03T18:46:07Z")
Sarcasm smiley should change his name to 'I’m thinking" smiley. ---
**Author:** ![Rhythmdvl](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/85f322/32.png) [@Rhythmdvl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rhythmdvl)\ **Post date:** [April 3, 2014, 7:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/we-need-a-rolleyes-smiley/685228/11 "2014-04-03T19:28:01Z")
> [@Drunky\_Smurf](#): > > So you’re calling Oak dumb? I don’t think insults are allowed in ATMB. > > Also we do have a rolleyes smiley. It’s this, :rolleyes:. Glad I could help. No, we don’t have a rolleyes smiley. We have something that’s triggered by [noparse]:rolleyes:[/noparse], but its meaning has no relation to what we’ve had for the past fifteen years. It’s not even synonymous. You can tell what the poster was _trying_ to say, but it’s just not there. It’s like some fifth grader sneaked in and changed the Board’s autocorrect. What’ll the little shit do next? Change ‘disagree’ to ‘poopy-butt’? Change ‘cite?’ to ‘nuh-uh!’ ? Neither is really all that related to the original. ---
**Author:** ![Ostrya](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/35a633/32.png) [@Ostrya](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ostrya)\ **Post date:** [April 3, 2014, 7:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/we-need-a-rolleyes-smiley/685228/12 "2014-04-03T19:32:16Z")
> [@Shakes](#): > > Sarcasm smiley should change his name to 'I’m thinking" smiley. That would be insulting to Sarcasm. I think it should be changed to “yeah-I-had-Wendy’s-chili-earlier-today-but-that-wasn’t-me” smilie. ---
**Author:** ![Siam\_Sam](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/d78d45/32.png) [@Siam\_Sam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Siam_Sam)\ **Post date:** [April 4, 2014, 1:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/we-need-a-rolleyes-smiley/685228/13 "2014-04-04T01:45:12Z")
I miss the blowjob smiley. ---
**Author:** ![buddha\_david](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/ee7513/32.png) [@buddha\_david](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/buddha_david)\ **Post date:** [April 4, 2014, 1:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/we-need-a-rolleyes-smiley/685228/14 "2014-04-04T13:58:58Z")
> [@Drunky\_Smurf](#): > > Also we do have a rolleyes smiley. It’s this, :rolleyes:. Glad I could help. That’s not a rolleyes smiley, that’s a cheap variation of the 😉 or 🙂 smiley. There IS no acceptable “rolleyes smiley” at the moment…but apparently, the admins are forcing us to accept it. Eh, whatever – 1st World Problems. //original rolleyes// ---
**Author:** ![PlainJain](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/5daacb/32.png) [@PlainJain](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/PlainJain)\ **Post date:** [April 4, 2014, 2:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/we-need-a-rolleyes-smiley/685228/15 "2014-04-04T14:14:17Z")
[We need one of these.](http://www.3danvil.com/emoticons/jerkoff.gif) ---
**Author:** ![Drunky\_Smurf](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/drunky_smurf/32/449_2.png) [@Drunky\_Smurf](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Drunky_Smurf)\ **Post date:** [April 4, 2014, 2:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/we-need-a-rolleyes-smiley/685228/16 "2014-04-04T14:50:01Z")
> [@buddha\_david](#): > > That’s not a rolleyes smiley, that’s a cheap variation of the 😉 or 🙂 smiley. > > There IS no acceptable “rolleyes smiley” at the moment…but apparently, the admins are forcing us to accept it. Eh, whatever – 1st World Problems. //original rolleyes// You just contradicted yourself. First you say, “that’s not a rolleyes smiley” and then you say, “There IS no acceptable rolleyes smiley.” So just because you personally don’t like it doesn’t mean it doesn’t exist. Maybe I’m not being clear. This is the rolleyes smiley, :rolleyes:. You’re welcome. You may now feel content and continue with your day. ---
**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:** [April 4, 2014, 3:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/we-need-a-rolleyes-smiley/685228/17 "2014-04-04T15:24:51Z")
> [@Siam\_Sam](#): > > I must admit that I do see just a hint of lust in the new rolleyes smiley. I wish you hadn’t said that. I’d just gotten to the point where I could use him to diss my own posts. :rolleyes: //old rolleyes// ---
**Author:** ![Siam\_Sam](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/d78d45/32.png) [@Siam\_Sam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Siam_Sam)\ **Post date:** [April 4, 2014, 3:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/we-need-a-rolleyes-smiley/685228/18 "2014-04-04T15:40:03Z")
> [@PlainJain](#): > > [We need one of these.](http://www.3danvil.com/emoticons/jerkoff.gif) One yes vote from me. ---
**Author:** ![Biffy\_the\_Elephant\_Shrew](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/e47c2d/32.png) [@Biffy\_the\_Elephant\_Shrew](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Biffy_the_Elephant_Shrew)\ **Post date:** [April 4, 2014, 5:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/we-need-a-rolleyes-smiley/685228/19 "2014-04-04T17:03:36Z")
> [@Drunky\_Smurf](#): > > You just contradicted yourself. First you say, “that’s not a rolleyes smiley” and then you say, “There IS no acceptable rolleyes smiley.” > > So just because you personally don’t like it doesn’t mean it doesn’t exist. He doesn’t mean there isn’t one _anywhere_, you lovable goofball, he means we currently don’t have one _here_. ---
**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:** [April 4, 2014, 5:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/we-need-a-rolleyes-smiley/685228/20 "2014-04-04T17:31:26Z")
> [@Biffy\_the\_Elephant\_Shrew](#): > > He doesn’t mean there isn’t one _anywhere_, you lovable goofball, he means we currently don’t have one _here_. We had the Aristotelian roll eyes, and must now shuffle along with the “I licked your pie/will you go to the prom” much lesser quality roll eyes. [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/we-need-a-rolleyes-smiley/685228.md?page=2)