Outing the in-jokes: a thread about Something Awful smilies. :confuoot:

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Splizwarf: Jun 15, 2007; It's like there's a soup can in front of me!

Now that I've seen it a couple times I think it's also a great troll, because the hanging pixel is driving me nuts.

# ? Apr 23, 2013 02:42

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# ? Jun 19, 2025 17:37

senrath: Nov 4, 2009; Look Professor, a destruct switch!

came from the Fire Emblem Romhacks LP thread. It was first used to describe the thread's general reaction to a particularly buggy/nonsensical romhack.

# ? Apr 23, 2013 03:00

Lamprey Cannon: Jul 23, 2011; by exmarx

Ozz81 posted:

Holy crap...simultaneously the weirdest and one of the funniest things I've seen in a while. Thanks for the info yosbutte will never fail to get a giggle out of me

Okay, this has been bothering me for a while, now. I've known about thefucksociety/thefriendsociety.com since around highschool, and it seems to me like they have some relationship to somethingawful. They've got the 'Photoshop Phursday' thing, which is an obvious parody of SA photoshop stuff, and the general attitude of the place sort of reminds me of FYAD? Sort of tongue-in-cheek but not really? Is it one of those sites founded by banned SA members? I can't find anything about this place anywhere, although 'somebody' made some of my favorite internet animations of all time.

# ? Apr 23, 2013 05:12

Wrestlepig: Feb 25, 2011; my mum says im cool; Toilet Rascal

That sort of thing is actually pretty common on older forums. They've probably just been around for ages and never got big enough to go straight.

# ? Apr 23, 2013 05:55

Van Kraken: Feb 13, 2012

Who liked Moon so much that they just had to buy :gerty:

# ? Apr 23, 2013 06:08

het: Nov 14, 2002; A dark black past
is my most valued
possession

I've never seen that used but honestly that's a better reason than most of this dumb poo poo.

# ? Apr 23, 2013 07:38

Cubone: May 26, 2011; Because it never leaves its bedroom, no one has ever seen this poster's real face.

Lamprey Cannon posted:

Okay, this has been bothering me for a while, now. I've known about thefucksociety/thefriendsociety.com since around highschool, and it seems to me like they have some relationship to somethingawful. They've got the 'Photoshop Phursday' thing, which is an obvious parody of SA photoshop stuff, and the general attitude of the place sort of reminds me of FYAD? Sort of tongue-in-cheek but not really? Is it one of those sites founded by banned SA members? I can't find anything about this place anywhere, although 'somebody' made some of my favorite internet animations of all time.

Something Awful was the coolest internet place in ~2003, and all kinds of smaller forums and crews cribbed structure, attitude, and jokes from here before going their own direction. If an Internet community has been around about a decade there's a good chance there was some overlap without necessarily being directly related to SA, which I think is the case with TFS.

# ? Apr 23, 2013 12:58

Vindolanda: Feb 13, 2012; It's just like him too, y'know?

What's the story behind the "the worst___, a shameful___"? I'm sure I've heard it before, and it's lurking somewhere in the back of my mind.

# ? Apr 23, 2013 13:50

KozmoNaut: Apr 23, 2008; Happiness is a warm
Turbo Plasma Rifle

Vindolanda posted:

What's the story behind the "the worst___, a shameful___"? I'm sure I've heard it before, and it's lurking somewhere in the back of my mind.

Third quote here, I think:

http://www.somethingawful.com/d/weekend-web/david-icke-underground.php?page=5

No, it doesn't make any sense at all.

# ? Apr 23, 2013 14:07

Vindolanda: Feb 13, 2012; It's just like him too, y'know?

KozmoNaut posted:

Third quote here, I think:

http://www.somethingawful.com/d/weekend-web/david-icke-underground.php?page=5

No, it doesn't make any sense at all.

Thanks! I saw that a while ago, but I was too deep in the investigative rabbit hole and didn't believe that was the origin. A great weight has been lifted from me.

# ? Apr 23, 2013 14:09

Wheany: Mar 17, 2006; Spinya^{ha^{ha^haha}ha}ha_{ha_{ha_haha}ha}ha!; Doctor Rope

What's the deal with "hair on tip?" :blush:

# ? Apr 24, 2013 18:06

toby: Dec 4, 2002

Wheany posted:

What's the deal with "hair on tip?"

I believe you mean penis in ear.

# ? Apr 24, 2013 18:19

Inexplicable Humblebrag: Sep 20, 2003

Yaos posted a picture of his dick. It had a hair on the tip. It gets mentioned in the context of Yaos, dicks, or hair.

# ? Apr 24, 2013 20:25

Pussy Cartel: Jun 26, 2011; Lipstick Apathy

So what the hell's the deal with :mrgw2:

? I don't think I've seen this one before.

# ? May 1, 2013 04:27

HorseRenoir: Dec 25, 2011; Pillbug

Pussy Cartel posted:

So what the hell's the deal with ? I don't think I've seen this one before.

I'm pretty sure that's a reference to the time some poster (Koos Group I think?) kept spamming a Homestuck image on FYAD. I have no idea what the title means, though.

# ? May 1, 2013 04:47

Guesticles: Dec 21, 2009; I AM CURRENTLY JACKING OFF TO PICTURES OF MUTILATED FEMALE CORPSES, IT'S ALL VERY DEEP AND SOPHISTICATED BUT IT'S JUST TOO FUCKING HIGHBROW FOR YOU NON-MISOGYNISTS TO UNDERSTAND

P.S. STILL COMPLETELY DEVOID OF MERIT

That's Lord English, the bad guy in Homestuck. I don't get the rest.

# ? May 1, 2013 06:34

FCKGW: May 21, 2006

How long ago did :colbert:

and

get switched. I know it was forever ago but was it the same time that :awesome:

and :iamafag: got switched too?

# ? May 9, 2013 17:48

prefect: Sep 11, 2001; No one, Woodhouse.
No one.; Dead Man’s Band

FCKGW posted:

How long ago did and get switched. I know it was forever ago but was it the same time that and :iamafag: got switched too?

zoux posted:

GBS posted this bigass thread about making a colbert emote, and while they were "developing" it and arguing about it, some FYAD bought and named it : colbert :. So when GBS finished making the colbert avatar it got bought as : crossarms:

If I Recall Correctly.

# ? May 9, 2013 17:53

Speleothing: May 6, 2008; Spare batteries are pretty key.

FCKGW posted:

How long ago did and get switched. I know it was forever ago but was it the same time that and :iamafag: got switched too?

Iamafag and Awesome were never 'switched.' There was a 6-month period in which the old 'Awesome' enjoyed a popularity that makes :smug:

look completely underutilized. There was backlash, :awesome:

was changed twice and it took a while for a :iamafag: to become acceptable again.

# ? May 9, 2013 18:42

Wheany: Mar 17, 2006; Spinya^{ha^{ha^haha}ha}ha_{ha_{ha_haha}ha}ha!; Doctor Rope

prefect posted:

was one of the suggestions in the GBS thread, but everyone thought that it was lovely looking, so it didn't get bought there. It took some time before someone posted :crossarms:

, but by that point FYAD had bought :colbert:

already

And holy poo poo was :iamafag: (as "awesome") everywhere for a while. After it was replaced with :awesome:

, someone bought back :iamafag:, but with the code :fuckyou:. I'm not sure if :fuckyou: was a message from the buyer to the admins or from the admins to the buyer. :fuckyou: was deleted (or maybe renamed to "iamafag") at some point.

# ? May 9, 2013 18:56

KnifeWrench: May 25, 2007; Practical and safe.; Bleak Gremlin

Wheany posted:

was one of the suggestions in the GBS thread, but everyone thought that it was lovely looking, so it didn't get bought there. It took some time before someone posted , but by that point FYAD had bought already

And holy poo poo was :iamafag: (as "awesome") everywhere for a while. After it was replaced with , someone bought back :iamafag:, but with the code :fuckyou:. I'm not sure if :fuckyou: was a message from the buyer to the admins or from the admins to the buyer. :fuckyou: was deleted (or maybe renamed to "iamafag") at some point.

While we're on the topic, what's the deal with :razz:

? I get that it's just mirrored, but why is it razz?

# ? May 9, 2013 19:47

Guesticles: Dec 21, 2009; I AM CURRENTLY JACKING OFF TO PICTURES OF MUTILATED FEMALE CORPSES, IT'S ALL VERY DEEP AND SOPHISTICATED BUT IT'S JUST TOO FUCKING HIGHBROW FOR YOU NON-MISOGYNISTS TO UNDERSTAND

P.S. STILL COMPLETELY DEVOID OF MERIT

KnifeWrench posted:

While we're on the topic, what's the deal with ? I get that it's just mirrored, but why is it razz?

:iamafag:

unless you're asking why razz was chosen as the text. Then I have no idea.

# ? May 9, 2013 20:17

BAKA FLOCKA FLAME: Oct 9, 2012; by Pipski

Penguingo posted:

Yaos posted a picture of his dick. It had a hair on the tip. It gets mentioned in the context of Yaos, dicks, or hair.

I swear I heard once about a guy who had a hair straight-up growing on the tip of his dick, or even inside the urethra, but I unno if such a thing is even possible!

# ? May 9, 2013 20:57

KnifeWrench: May 25, 2007; Practical and safe.; Bleak Gremlin

Guesticles posted:

:iamafag:

unless you're asking why razz was chosen as the text. Then I have no idea.

A little of both. This helps, but I'm still curious about the name.

# ? May 9, 2013 21:16

ACES CURE PLANES: Oct 21, 2010

KnifeWrench posted:

A little of both. This helps, but I'm still curious about the name.

You've never heard of razzing somebody? It's lighthearted heckling or joshing, stuff like that. I just assumed that was what it was referring to, to be used to pass off a lighthearted jibe as such.

Or maybe I'm dating myself with terminology there.

ACES CURE PLANES fucked around with this message at 21:32 on May 9, 2013

# ? May 9, 2013 21:30

prefect: Sep 11, 2001; No one, Woodhouse.
No one.; Dead Man’s Band

S-Alpha posted:

You've never heard of razzing somebody? It's lighthearted heckling or joshing, stuff like that. I just assumed that was what it was referring to, to be used to pass off a lighthearted jibe as such.

Or maybe I'm dating myself with terminology there.

It's not like anyone else would date you! :haw:

prefect fucked around with this message at 22:43 on May 9, 2013

# ? May 9, 2013 22:41

UZworm: Feb 9, 2009; Take Claire Of Yourselves
🥦 ~ Eat Your Greens ~ 🥦

prefect posted:

It's not like anyone else would date you!

What's Thurman doing in there?

# ? May 9, 2013 22:59

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prefect posted:

It's not like anyone else would date you!

# ? May 9, 2013 23:01

KnifeWrench: May 25, 2007; Practical and safe.; Bleak Gremlin

UZworm posted:

What's Thurman doing in there?

Spiking a football. :pseudo:

# ? May 9, 2013 23:02

TITTIEKISSER69: Mar 19, 2005; SAVE THE BEES
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UZworm posted:

What's Thurman doing in there?

# ? May 9, 2013 23:38

Hipster_Doofus: Dec 20, 2003; Lovin' every minute of it.

prefect posted:

It's not like anyone else would date you!

You forgot :drat:

# ? May 10, 2013 02:26

UZworm: Feb 9, 2009; Take Claire Of Yourselves
🥦 ~ Eat Your Greens ~ 🥦

Lovie Unsmith posted:

Ah, the classics. :allears:

# ? May 10, 2013 05:57

kvx687: Dec 29, 2009; Soiled Meat

Pussy Cartel posted:

So what the hell's the deal with ? I don't think I've seen this one before.

It's a Homestuck reference. Koos is basically the Homestuck version of IWC, he's permabanned but keeps reregging every week or so, posting cryptic nonsense in the Homestuck thread, and getting instabanned. The smiley is a small version of a banner he flooded FYAD with a few months ago, apparently. Don't ask if there's any more meaning to it than that- Koos' mind is not a place anyone sane wants to be.

# ? May 10, 2013 08:06

KozmoNaut: Apr 23, 2008; Happiness is a warm
Turbo Plasma Rifle

Hipster_Doofus posted:

You forgot

# ? May 10, 2013 09:47

Tagra: Apr 7, 2006; If you gaze long into an abyss, the abyss will gaze back into you.

Why did someone buy slightly heavier eyebrows?

# ? May 10, 2013 19:24

Pierzak: Oct 30, 2010

Tagra posted:

Why did someone buy slightly heavier eyebrows?

You clearly haven't played Dungeons of Dredmor :smuggo:

Also, what the gently caress is :gonchar:

# ? May 10, 2013 21:18

Hug in a Can: Aug 1, 2010; NICE FLAMINGO
kind heart
fierce mind
brave spirit

be good and try hard!

Pierzak posted:

Also, what the gently caress is ?

The cow from harvest moon with a :siren:

on his head. I don't know the smiley's origin on the forums, though.

# ? May 10, 2013 21:51

Matt Zerella: Oct 7, 2002; in the garden. straight up "Borgen it"

Hug in a Can posted:

The cow from harvest moon with a on his head. I don't know the smiley's origin on the forums, though.

Gonchar is a defense man in the NHL.

# ? May 10, 2013 21:53

BAKA FLOCKA FLAME: Oct 9, 2012; by Pipski

Why is

called havlat? Obviously I know what it is, JESUS

# ? May 10, 2013 22:01

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# ? Jun 19, 2025 17:37

UZworm: Feb 9, 2009; Take Claire Of Yourselves
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BAKA FLOCKA FLAME posted:

Why is called havlat? Obviously I know what it is, JESUS

Havlat is a winger man in the NHL.

# ? May 10, 2013 23:02

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