# When did this rolleyes abomination happen? **URL:** \ **Category:** About This Message Board\ **Created:** [June 27, 2014, 9:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-did-this-rolleyes-abomination-happen/691767 "2014-06-27T09:10:05Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Fear\_Itself](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/fear_itself/32/19637_2.png) [@Fear\_Itself](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Fear_Itself)\ **Post date:** [June 27, 2014, 9:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-did-this-rolleyes-abomination-happen/691767/1 "2014-06-27T09:10:05Z")
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**Author:** ![kk\_fusion](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kk_fusion/32/15276_2.png) [@kk\_fusion](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kk_fusion)\ **Post date:** [June 27, 2014, 9:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-did-this-rolleyes-abomination-happen/691767/2 "2014-06-27T09:31:50Z")
New icons are up since February. If they changed for you just recently, they were probably still in your browser cache. ---
**Author:** ![Fear\_Itself](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/fear_itself/32/19637_2.png) [@Fear\_Itself](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Fear_Itself)\ **Post date:** [June 27, 2014, 9:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-did-this-rolleyes-abomination-happen/691767/3 "2014-06-27T09:38:49Z")
I have never had an animated roll eyes. ---
**Author:** ![Canadjun](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/76d3ee/32.png) [@Canadjun](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Canadjun)\ **Post date:** [June 27, 2014, 1:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-did-this-rolleyes-abomination-happen/691767/4 "2014-06-27T13:13:30Z")
> [@Fear\_Itself](#): > > I have never had an animated roll eyes. He’s not suggesting you had the roll eyes emoticon before; he’s suggesting that the previous version of the emoticon stayed in your cache until now. ---
**Author:** ![DCnDC](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dcndc/32/2842_2.png) [@DCnDC](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DCnDC)\ **Post date:** [June 27, 2014, 1:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-did-this-rolleyes-abomination-happen/691767/5 "2014-06-27T13:33:38Z")
The old one was better. This guy looks like he’s nonchalantly farting. ---
**Author:** ![Acsenray](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/acsenray/32/4519_2.png) [@Acsenray](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Acsenray)\ **Post date:** [June 27, 2014, 1:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-did-this-rolleyes-abomination-happen/691767/6 "2014-06-27T13:35:55Z")
The new icons suck balls. ---
**Author:** ![Qadgop\_the\_Mercotan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/qadgop_the_mercotan/32/83_2.png) [@Qadgop\_the\_Mercotan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Qadgop_the_Mercotan)\ **Post date:** [June 27, 2014, 2:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-did-this-rolleyes-abomination-happen/691767/7 "2014-06-27T14:27:50Z")
I still miss Smashy… ---
**Author:** ![Giraffe](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/giraffe/32/129_2.png) [@Giraffe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Giraffe)\ **Post date:** [June 27, 2014, 4:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-did-this-rolleyes-abomination-happen/691767/8 "2014-06-27T16:13:01Z")
> [@Acsenray](#): > > The new icons suck balls. This. I still don’t understand why they won’t change them back to the old ones – it literally takes like thirty seconds. ---
**Author:** ![EmilyG](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/emilyg/32/364_2.png) [@EmilyG](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/EmilyG)\ **Post date:** [June 27, 2014, 4:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-did-this-rolleyes-abomination-happen/691767/9 "2014-06-27T16:21:45Z")
The old “mad” one was funnier. He looked angrier. ---
**Author:** ![drewtwo99](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/d07c76/32.png) [@drewtwo99](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/drewtwo99)\ **Post date:** [June 27, 2014, 4:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-did-this-rolleyes-abomination-happen/691767/10 "2014-06-27T16:48:04Z")
For those who miss the old rolleyes, just copy and past this anytime you want to use it: ███████████████ ███████████████ ███████████████ ███████████████ ███████████████ ███████████████ ███████████████ ███████████████ ███████████████ ███████████████ ███████████████ ███████████████ ███████████████ ███████████████ ███████████████ (credit to elmwood, I have no idea how he did it) ---
**Author:** ![Fear\_Itself](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/fear_itself/32/19637_2.png) [@Fear\_Itself](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Fear_Itself)\ **Post date:** [June 27, 2014, 5:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-did-this-rolleyes-abomination-happen/691767/11 "2014-06-27T17:25:56Z")
> [@Canadjun](#): > > He’s not suggesting you had the roll eyes emoticon before; he’s suggesting that the previous version of the emoticon stayed in your cache until now. And I am saying I remember the old smilie, and the new smilie, which was not animated. I am asking about yet another smilie, which is animated, and different from the new smilie that was implemented in February. ---
**Author:** ![VinylTurnip](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/b2d939/32.png) [@VinylTurnip](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/VinylTurnip)\ **Post date:** [June 27, 2014, 5:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-did-this-rolleyes-abomination-happen/691767/12 "2014-06-27T17:29:48Z")
> [@drewtwo99](#): > > For those who miss the old rolleyes, just copy and past this anytime you want to use it: Impressive, if a bit narrow on my screen. Are you guys using C64s? ---
**Author:** ![VinylTurnip](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/b2d939/32.png) [@VinylTurnip](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/VinylTurnip)\ **Post date:** [June 27, 2014, 5:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-did-this-rolleyes-abomination-happen/691767/13 "2014-06-27T17:34:32Z")
> [@Fear\_Itself](#): > > And I am saying I remember the old smilie, and the new smilie, which was not animated. I am asking about yet another smilie, which is animated, and different from the new smilie that was implemented in February. Looks like same to me. Have other objects recently begun moving that weren’t before? And if so, have you recently collected and consumed any wild mushrooms? ---
**Author:** ![Tamerlane](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tamerlane/32/7602_2.png) [@Tamerlane](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tamerlane)\ **Post date:** [June 27, 2014, 5:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-did-this-rolleyes-abomination-happen/691767/14 "2014-06-27T17:51:15Z")
> [@Giraffe](#): > > I still don’t understand why they won’t change them back to the old ones – it literally takes like thirty seconds. That’s 29 seconds too many! I also do not prefer the new icons, though I’ll admit it doesn’t really keep me up at nights. Much. ---
**Author:** ![Senegoid](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/senegoid/32/6606_2.png) [@Senegoid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Senegoid)\ **Post date:** [June 27, 2014, 7:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-did-this-rolleyes-abomination-happen/691767/15 "2014-06-27T19:23:20Z")
[Original ATMB thread](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=716855), February-March 2014, with 330 posts (7 pages) discussing the abominations that most of the new smilies are. You may have noticed that some substantial number of Dopers refuse to use them, using instead such traditional smilies as [noparse]:-)[/noparse] or evasive euphemisms like //rolleyes// or //old rolleyes// Verily, the new icons have not been well received. ---
**Author:** ![Revtim](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/revtim/32/1042_2.png) [@Revtim](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Revtim)\ **Post date:** [June 27, 2014, 7:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-did-this-rolleyes-abomination-happen/691767/16 "2014-06-27T19:31:44Z")
> [@Giraffe](#): > > This. I still don’t understand why they won’t change them back to the old ones – it literally takes like thirty seconds. Have they said they won’t change them back because of the effort it takes, or have they simply not chosen to change them back? ---
**Author:** ![Miller](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/miller/32/481_2.png) [@Miller](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Miller)\ **Post date:** [June 27, 2014, 7:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-did-this-rolleyes-abomination-happen/691767/17 "2014-06-27T19:35:49Z")
> [@Fear\_Itself](#): > > And I am saying I remember the old smilie, and the new smilie, which was not animated. I am asking about yet another smilie, which is animated, and different from the new smilie that was implemented in February. Are you saying that the smilies in the OP are animated? Because I think you’re the only one who’s seeing that. Everyone else is seeing the “new” smiley from February. Might be time for a malware scan on your PC. ---
**Author:** ![Fear\_Itself](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/fear_itself/32/19637_2.png) [@Fear\_Itself](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Fear_Itself)\ **Post date:** [June 27, 2014, 7:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-did-this-rolleyes-abomination-happen/691767/18 "2014-06-27T19:39:21Z")
> [@Miller](#): > > Are you saying that the smilies in the OP are animated? Yep. Animated roll eyes. But it is the only animated smilie out of all of the smilies. Weird. ---
**Author:** ![kayaker](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kayaker/32/441_2.png) [@kayaker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kayaker)\ **Post date:** [June 27, 2014, 7:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-did-this-rolleyes-abomination-happen/691767/19 "2014-06-27T19:49:28Z")
> [@Revtim](#): > > Have they said they won’t change them back because of the effort it takes, or have they simply not chosen to change them back? There were never threats of legal action, if that’s any help. ---
**Author:** ![Canadjun](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/76d3ee/32.png) [@Canadjun](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Canadjun)\ **Post date:** [June 27, 2014, 7:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-did-this-rolleyes-abomination-happen/691767/20 "2014-06-27T19:53:11Z")
> [@Fear\_Itself](#): > > Yep. Animated roll eyes. But it is the only animated smilie out of all of the smilies. Weird. I’m not seeing any animation either (that’s why my previous response didn’t relate to what you are referring to).:rolleyes: [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-did-this-rolleyes-abomination-happen/691767.md?page=2)