# Why can't we have the good Rolleyes back? **URL:** \ **Category:** About This Message Board\ **Created:** [April 20, 2018, 4:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-cant-we-have-the-good-rolleyes-back/812754 "2018-04-20T04:31:18Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![digs](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/digs/32/14889_2.png) [@digs](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/digs)\ **Post date:** [April 22, 2018, 2:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-cant-we-have-the-good-rolleyes-back/812754/21 "2018-04-22T02:39:57Z")
I’m going to keep typing ::retro rolleyes:: The 🆒 kids will know what I mean. (oh, that was “The Blues Brothers Fan Kids will know what I mean”) ---
**Author:** ![Aquadementia](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/aquadementia/32/555_2.png) [@Aquadementia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Aquadementia)\ **Post date:** [April 22, 2018, 2:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-cant-we-have-the-good-rolleyes-back/812754/22 "2018-04-22T02:50:53Z")
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**Author:** ![Morgyn](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/morgyn/32/3041_2.png) [@Morgyn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Morgyn)\ **Post date:** [April 22, 2018, 3:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-cant-we-have-the-good-rolleyes-back/812754/23 "2018-04-22T03:16:27Z")
> [@AHunter3](#): > > link? [This works with Tampermonkey](https://openuserjs.org/users/BigTSDMB/scripts), which is good, because I had issues trying to use Greasemonkey for some reason. There’s a couple other scripts there I like. ---
**Author:** ![dropzone](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dropzone/32/7515_2.png) [@dropzone](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dropzone)\ **Post date:** [April 22, 2018, 5:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-cant-we-have-the-good-rolleyes-back/812754/24 "2018-04-22T05:29:05Z")
> [@Morgyn](#): > > If you use **BigT** ’s SDMB Old Smileys script, you can have the old smileys back. But will that toy with my emotions by showing the one I want to me while showing the lame one to everybody who views it? ---
**Author:** ![BigT](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bigt/32/12044_2.png) [@BigT](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BigT)\ **Post date:** [April 22, 2018, 6:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-cant-we-have-the-good-rolleyes-back/812754/25 "2018-04-22T06:55:21Z")
> [@dropzone](#): > > But will that toy with my emotions by showing the one I want to me while showing the lame one to everybody who views it? Nah, it only works locally. Sorry. It was mainly designed for people who don’t want to see the new ones. I personally don’t even use it, because I prefer seeing my posts as others would see them. And the answer to your question in the OP is basically that they’d have to get one of the tech guys to bring it back, and none of them consider that a priority. We tried to get them to, but they ignored it. There is one alternative: If Ed ever gets back to fixing up the Theme, they could change the Smileys for everyone that way. In fact, that is exactly what my script does. It’s a bit of a kludge, but it’s faster than using JavaScript, which has to wait on the smiley to exist and then go through and replace every single one. ---
**Author:** ![septimus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/septimus/32/410_2.png) [@septimus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/septimus)\ **Post date:** [April 22, 2018, 11:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-cant-we-have-the-good-rolleyes-back/812754/26 "2018-04-22T11:52:09Z")
There are a few icons you can cut-and-paste without need for any Monkey. (Do these display properly on your machine?) "Maybe you need a cup of coffee! — **☕** Goggle-eyed: **᧫** “Ducking out of the rain.” — **☂** ---
**Author:** ![BigT](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bigt/32/12044_2.png) [@BigT](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BigT)\ **Post date:** [April 22, 2018, 9:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-cant-we-have-the-good-rolleyes-back/812754/27 "2018-04-22T21:55:26Z")
There is also ������, which is supposed to be a rolleyes . It doesn’t work on my tablet, though ---
**Author:** ![BigT](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bigt/32/12044_2.png) [@BigT](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BigT)\ **Post date:** [April 22, 2018, 9:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-cant-we-have-the-good-rolleyes-back/812754/28 "2018-04-22T21:58:42Z")
Here’s a link to what that’s supposed to be: [🙄 Face with Rolling Eyes Emoji](https://emojipedia.org/face-with-rolling-eyes/) ---
**Author:** ![Alessan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/alessan/32/465_2.png) [@Alessan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Alessan)\ **Post date:** [April 22, 2018, 10:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-cant-we-have-the-good-rolleyes-back/812754/29 "2018-04-22T22:48:43Z")
I miss Smashy. ---
**Author:** ![dropzone](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dropzone/32/7515_2.png) [@dropzone](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dropzone)\ **Post date:** [April 22, 2018, 10:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-cant-we-have-the-good-rolleyes-back/812754/30 "2018-04-22T22:58:20Z")
> [@septimus](#): > > There are a few icons you can cut-and-paste without need for any Monkey. (Do these display properly on your machine?) > > "Maybe you need a cup of coffee! — **☕** > > Goggle-eyed: **᧫** > > “Ducking out of the rain.” — **☂** How do you do that? Oh, I see. Eye Roll isn’t visible on my system but Monkey is. ������ ETA: Too much work to be a solution. ---
**Author:** ![dropzone](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dropzone/32/7515_2.png) [@dropzone](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dropzone)\ **Post date:** [April 22, 2018, 11:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-cant-we-have-the-good-rolleyes-back/812754/31 "2018-04-22T23:08:02Z")
Well, it WAS visible. ☹ ---
**Author:** ![Morgyn](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/morgyn/32/3041_2.png) [@Morgyn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Morgyn)\ **Post date:** [April 23, 2018, 4:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-cant-we-have-the-good-rolleyes-back/812754/32 "2018-04-23T04:42:00Z")
> [@Alessan](#): > > I miss Smashy. Me, too. ☹ ---
**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:** [April 23, 2018, 10:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-cant-we-have-the-good-rolleyes-back/812754/33 "2018-04-23T10:32:36Z")
> [@Aquadementia](#): > > iiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiii You left out andy. ---
**Author:** ![AHunter3](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ahunter3/32/368_2.png) [@AHunter3](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AHunter3)\ **Post date:** [April 23, 2018, 10:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-cant-we-have-the-good-rolleyes-back/812754/34 "2018-04-23T10:59:24Z")
I can’t get the TamperMonkey thing to work. (I’m assuming that if it were working, the :rolleyes: face would be green and frownier). Installed on both Safari and Chrome, no workee in either, including full quit and restart of browser and return to this page with forced reload. ---
**Author:** ![Jasmine](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jasmine/32/2964_2.png) [@Jasmine](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jasmine)\ **Post date:** [April 23, 2018, 11:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-cant-we-have-the-good-rolleyes-back/812754/35 "2018-04-23T11:50:37Z")
Since we’re submitting personal orders, I need a “puke” emoticon to show just how sickening something is to me. I also need a “red-faced-devil-smiling-devilishly” emoticon to show I’m being impish. The thing is, we’re not supposed to be rude to one another (a good rule), and a green face puking all over your post would kind of be a tad on the rude side. LOL ---
**Author:** ![kopek](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kopek/32/337_2.png) [@kopek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kopek)\ **Post date:** [April 23, 2018, 1:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-cant-we-have-the-good-rolleyes-back/812754/36 "2018-04-23T13:12:48Z")
> [@dropzone](#): > > I am often disgusted and dismissive and I want the old one back. Why can’t I have it? According to my mother, I am the reason no-one gets to have anything nice. :smack: The emoticon I always reach for that we don’t have is a Standing Ovation which is why I sometimes fall back on the old “cheer” one ------ (_o_)/ ---
**Author:** ![Beckdawrek](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/beckdawrek/32/3647_2.png) [@Beckdawrek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Beckdawrek)\ **Post date:** [April 23, 2018, 1:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-cant-we-have-the-good-rolleyes-back/812754/37 "2018-04-23T13:23:19Z")
I want a ‘happy dance’ one, 'cause I have reasons:) ---
**Author:** ![JackieLikesVariety](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jackielikesvariety/32/296_2.png) [@JackieLikesVariety](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JackieLikesVariety)\ **Post date:** [April 23, 2018, 2:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-cant-we-have-the-good-rolleyes-back/812754/38 "2018-04-23T14:16:32Z")
> [@kayaker](#): > > You left out andy. I lol’d. but are you up at 3:30 in the morning or still up? ---
**Author:** ![gnoitall](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/bb73d2/32.png) [@gnoitall](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gnoitall)\ **Post date:** [April 23, 2018, 2:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-cant-we-have-the-good-rolleyes-back/812754/39 "2018-04-23T14:31:14Z")
I want a pony. Emoticon. No, wait, I want a unicorn pony emoticon. ---
**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:** [April 23, 2018, 3:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-cant-we-have-the-good-rolleyes-back/812754/40 "2018-04-23T15:56:53Z")
> [@JackieLikesVariety](#): > > I lol’d. but are you up at 3:30 in the morning or still up? Deep fried a turkey yesterday and served a full-blown Thanksgiving feast. Then I got high. dozed off from 8pm to 1am, then I was wide awake. WooHoooo! [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-cant-we-have-the-good-rolleyes-back/812754.md?page=1) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-cant-we-have-the-good-rolleyes-back/812754.md?page=3)