# We need to lose the "rolls eyes" emoticon.

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**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")\
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**Author:** ![Molotok](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/ecd19e/32.png) [@Molotok](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Molotok)\
**Post date:** [June 5, 2012, 8:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/we-need-to-lose-the-rolls-eyes-emoticon/623602/141 "2012-06-05T08:46:49Z")

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> [@Giraffe](#):
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> There’s no way he’s not using some sort of script or utility to convert those from gif to vB. (It wouldn’t be that hard – you just need to grab the RGB values of each pixel of a smiley into the closest vB color field around each █.) Elmwood is way too computer savvy to do something that repetitive manually.

You mean… he cheated? Shame on you, Elmwood ☹

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