# We need to lose the "rolls eyes" emoticon. **URL:** \ **Category:** About This Message Board\ **Created:** [May 31, 2012, 1:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/we-need-to-lose-the-rolls-eyes-emoticon/623602 "2012-05-31T01:33:33Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 5
**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:** [June 1, 2012, 5:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/we-need-to-lose-the-rolls-eyes-emoticon/623602/81 "2012-06-01T17:50:58Z")
: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:** [June 1, 2012, 5:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/we-need-to-lose-the-rolls-eyes-emoticon/623602/82 "2012-06-01T17:52:32Z")
> [@Siam\_Sam](#): > > :rolleyes: Sneaky. :dubious: ---
**Author:** ![Tangent](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tangent/32/3098_2.png) [@Tangent](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tangent)\ **Post date:** [June 1, 2012, 6:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/we-need-to-lose-the-rolls-eyes-emoticon/623602/83 "2012-06-01T18:19:49Z")
> [@elmwood](#): > > █████████████████████████████ > █████████████████████████████ > █████████████████████████████ > █████████████████████████████ > █████████████████████████████ > █████████████████████████████ > █████████████████████████████ > █████████████████████████████ > █████████████████████████████ > █████████████████████████████ > █████████████████████████████ > █████████████████████████████ > █████████████████████████████ > █████████████████████████████ > █████████████████████████████ > █████████████████████████████ > █████████████████████████████ Whoa! I think you’ve just found a way around the “no avatars” rule. 😉 ---
**Author:** ![bucketybuck](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/898d66/32.png) [@bucketybuck](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bucketybuck)\ **Post date:** [June 1, 2012, 7:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/we-need-to-lose-the-rolls-eyes-emoticon/623602/84 "2012-06-01T19:28:34Z")
> [@Paranoid\_Randroid](#): > > his mouth slowly curling into the smile of pure rapture that results inevitably from experiencing my eloquence. Holy shit you’re right, it does look like the glint of a smile on the thing doesn’t it! :rolleyes: See it? Everything is different now. Where once I saw exasperation, now I see patient explanation. This is much more soothing for my soul. ---
**Author:** ![Irishman](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/b487fb/32.png) [@Irishman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Irishman)\ **Post date:** [June 1, 2012, 7:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/we-need-to-lose-the-rolls-eyes-emoticon/623602/85 "2012-06-01T19:41:25Z")
> [@billfish678](#): > > "..then I’ll break out a giant “putz” smiley as shown above…except putz will be spelled quite wrong and start with a c. Catz? How will that get you banned? ---
**Author:** ![MOIDALIZE](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/e274bd/32.png) [@MOIDALIZE](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MOIDALIZE)\ **Post date:** [June 1, 2012, 7:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/we-need-to-lose-the-rolls-eyes-emoticon/623602/86 "2012-06-01T19:56:44Z")
> [@Irishman](#): > > Catz? How will that get you banned? You clutz! ---
**Author:** ![elmwood](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/elmwood/32/3060_2.png) [@elmwood](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/elmwood)\ **Post date:** [June 1, 2012, 9:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/we-need-to-lose-the-rolls-eyes-emoticon/623602/87 "2012-06-01T21:52:13Z")
> [@John\_DiFool](#): > > I still think we need the “he’s crazy” smiley. **Elmwood** , can you pull that one off? Hmmm … ███████████████████████ ███████████████████████ ███████████████████████ ███████████████████████ ███████████████████████ ███████████████████████ ███████████████████████ ███████████████████████ ███████████████████████ ███████████████████████ ███████████████████████ ███████████████████████ ███████████████████████ ███████████████████████ ███████████████████████ ---
**Author:** ![MeanOldLady](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/meanoldlady/32/10737_2.png) [@MeanOldLady](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MeanOldLady)\ **Post date:** [June 1, 2012, 10:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/we-need-to-lose-the-rolls-eyes-emoticon/623602/88 "2012-06-01T22:27:41Z")
Can you do :science:? ---
**Author:** ![elmwood](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/elmwood/32/3060_2.png) [@elmwood](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/elmwood)\ **Post date:** [June 1, 2012, 10:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/we-need-to-lose-the-rolls-eyes-emoticon/623602/89 "2012-06-01T22:33:53Z")
> [@MeanOldLady](#): > > Can you do :science:? Science! ███████████████████████ ███████████████████████ ███████████████████████ ███████████████████████ ███████████████████████ ███████████████████████ ███████████████████████ ███████████████████████ ███████████████████████ ███████████████████████ ███████████████████████ ███████████████████████ ███████████████████████ ███████████████████████ ███████████████████████ ███████████████████████ ███████████████████████ ███████████████████████ ███████████████████████ ---
**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:** [June 1, 2012, 10:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/we-need-to-lose-the-rolls-eyes-emoticon/623602/90 "2012-06-01T22:41:40Z")
The others are outstanding, but what is this guy doing? ---
**Author:** ![billfish678](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/7bcc69/32.png) [@billfish678](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/billfish678)\ **Post date:** [June 1, 2012, 10:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/we-need-to-lose-the-rolls-eyes-emoticon/623602/91 "2012-06-01T22:42:00Z")
I was thinking it would be a blind guy with a white cane. ---
**Author:** ![MeanOldLady](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/meanoldlady/32/10737_2.png) [@MeanOldLady](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MeanOldLady)\ **Post date:** [June 1, 2012, 11:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/we-need-to-lose-the-rolls-eyes-emoticon/623602/92 "2012-06-01T23:46:42Z")
_squeal_ I love it! ---
**Author:** ![AncientHumanoid](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ancienthumanoid/32/278_2.png) [@AncientHumanoid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AncientHumanoid)\ **Post date:** [June 1, 2012, 11:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/we-need-to-lose-the-rolls-eyes-emoticon/623602/93 "2012-06-01T23:49:59Z")
> [@carnivorousplant](#): > > The others are outstanding, but what is this guy doing? He’s smiling because he proved a point. Emphasizing it with his baton/pointer. The mortar board on his head shows him to be in academia. So he’s smarter than whoever he proved said point to. SCIENCE! ---
**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:** [June 2, 2012, 12:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/we-need-to-lose-the-rolls-eyes-emoticon/623602/94 "2012-06-02T00:01:05Z")
What does it mean, “Squeal”? ---
**Author:** ![Cheshire\_Human](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/5f8ce5/32.png) [@Cheshire\_Human](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cheshire_Human)\ **Post date:** [June 2, 2012, 1:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/we-need-to-lose-the-rolls-eyes-emoticon/623602/95 "2012-06-02T01:07:26Z")
> [@ugly ripe tomato](#): > > Hey, this is fun :rolleyes: 😃 That’s why I love you, snookums! ---
**Author:** ![TBG](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/c89c15/32.png) [@TBG](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TBG)\ **Post date:** [June 2, 2012, 1:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/we-need-to-lose-the-rolls-eyes-emoticon/623602/96 "2012-06-02T01:39:52Z")
Getting rid of smileys does nothing. I’ve been on boards without them. Instead of posting :rolleyes: they post _rolleyes_ and the same issue you seem to have with the smiley exists, only it takes up much more space and isn’t slightly softened by a silly cartoon head performing the action. ---
**Author:** ![Cheshire\_Human](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/5f8ce5/32.png) [@Cheshire\_Human](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cheshire_Human)\ **Post date:** [June 2, 2012, 2:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/we-need-to-lose-the-rolls-eyes-emoticon/623602/97 "2012-06-02T02:07:44Z")
> [@Cheshire\_Human](#): > > That’s why I love you, snookums! And still maintain plausible deniability. That was _other_ kids… ---
**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:** [June 2, 2012, 2:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/we-need-to-lose-the-rolls-eyes-emoticon/623602/98 "2012-06-02T02:13:18Z")
> [@Cheshire\_Human](#): > > That’s why I love you, snookums! What does it mean, “Snookums”? ---
**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:** [June 2, 2012, 2:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/we-need-to-lose-the-rolls-eyes-emoticon/623602/99 "2012-06-02T02:23:36Z")
Then they came for the roll-eye smileys, and I didn’t speak out because I wasn’t a roll-eye smiley. Then they came for me and there was no one left to speak out for me. ---
**Author:** ![elmwood](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/elmwood/32/3060_2.png) [@elmwood](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/elmwood)\ **Post date:** [June 2, 2012, 2:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/we-need-to-lose-the-rolls-eyes-emoticon/623602/100 "2012-06-02T02:28:22Z")
> [@TBG](#): > > I’ve been on boards without them. There’s message boards more retrograde than the SDMB? [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/we-need-to-lose-the-rolls-eyes-emoticon/623602.md?page=4) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/we-need-to-lose-the-rolls-eyes-emoticon/623602.md?page=6)