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NaturalLow posted:A negative post count is usually a good way to tell whether or not someone is actually trying to make a point at all rather than just trolling/trying get reaction out of other goons. On the topic at hand,  is one of my favorite smilies and I don't know what it's from.
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I think I'm losing my mind! Was  changed recently (perhaps in the last 24 hours) and then changed back? I saw a really weird lovely mspaint man and some illegible words cropping up over and over, got curious and hit 'Quote' to see what it was, and was surprised to see it was : v :...However now that I check again, it seems to be back to normal. Did anybody else notice this? Maybe even have a screenshot?
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May 20, 2012 20:33
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Pixotic posted:I think I'm losing my mind! Was The goons who made that post could have edited while you read it. Like, he used the wrong smiley, then changed it to before you hit quote. That's my guess.
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May 20, 2012 21:03
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No Hephaestus posted:So you're saying that Abe, Lowtax, and Ozma are just trolling when they post? In other words postcount stereotyping is dumb. No, but sometimes it can be a clue if there's some question about whether a poster is joking or not.
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May 20, 2012 22:10
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I just realized all the smilies have alt text.
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May 20, 2012 23:31
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John McCain posted:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xICiQ-7hMPY#t=2m03s 
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May 20, 2012 23:35
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Nunez posted:Little late on this, but  is from this thread: http://forums.somethingawful.com/showthread.php?threadid=3455895 Where a goon admits to believing that he was a dragon in another life or some bullshit like that.While I'm here, where do  and  come from?
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May 21, 2012 00:11
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Lance Streetman posted:While I'm here, where do is from League of Legends. The image is of a character in the game, and it's making the Psyduck pose because of bizarre bugs and balance decisions that no one can really understand. The developers are Riot Games, hence the name.
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May 21, 2012 00:19
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Lance Streetman posted:
Pretty sure someone earlier said it was another BYOB vanity smilie.
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May 21, 2012 00:51
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Would you guys be cool with me posting thread tags in here I don't get or would that be better for a spin-off post?
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May 21, 2012 02:27
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I'm cool with it 
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May 21, 2012 02:34
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Reading this thread is like being on Geocities again!  I don't think I saw the explanation for these posted:  /  SAclopedia entry
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May 21, 2012 02:53
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The Dave posted:Would you guys be cool with me posting thread tags in here I don't get or would that be better for a spin-off post? I don't think anyone cares.
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May 21, 2012 03:14
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Peanut President posted:I don't think anyone cares. Yeah. I think "Outing the In Joke" is the purpose of this thread and smilies were just the most obvious example.
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May 21, 2012 04:51
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Why is  black text on a dark grey background? Is it supposed to take an effort to read or what?
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May 21, 2012 06:39
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big scary monsters posted:Why is No effort expended, not even to light up the sign. Compare it to   or  .
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May 21, 2012 06:42
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big scary monsters posted:Why is I think the idea is that he could hit the button and light it up but... meh, he's too lazy.
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May 21, 2012 06:43
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If anyone was curious enough to read through the thread that spawned  , it was this one and the OP is a woman, not a man as mentioned on page 1. I hadn't seen this posted yet, sorry it's late. It's considered an entertaining thread by a lot of people though, so it's worth a read if you're into reading about stupid people. What is  for? I know Viconia was a mod of (I think) The Book Barn. I'm just curious why a crescent moon and it's named after her. I like it but I don't think I'd use it, because it might mean something that I'm not aware of.
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May 22, 2012 00:26
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No Hephaestus posted:On the topic at hand, Anyway, that smiley face was on such a website, somebody miniaturized it and noticed it looked extra sleezy, and it was added to the roll.
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May 22, 2012 00:38
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 Something about this guy's face makes me think of the cartoons from The Oatmeal. (There are a bunch of his faces here: http://theoatmeal.com/comics/working_home) But because the name starts with "byo", I'm guessing it's a BYOB thing.
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May 22, 2012 12:00
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I'd assumed was a representation of the average BYOB poster, with  being the female equivalent.
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May 22, 2012 13:14
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The Dave posted:Would you guys be cool with me posting thread tags in here I don't get or would that be better for a spin-off post? Do it. I'll start. What's the story with the falconry tag?
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May 22, 2012 13:25
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Why is the  emote called "geno"?
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May 22, 2012 13:41
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Pierzak posted:Why is the http://forums.somethingawful.com/dictionary.php?act=3&topicid=161
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May 22, 2012 13:42
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Thank you guys. It's good to know  is not David Schwimmer character from friends , because whenever I see that smiley I start hearing the post in his voice.
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May 22, 2012 14:04
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The Saddest Rhino posted:Does anyone have the original entry of I know this is all the way from page 1, and Desparado Bones answered it, but  is about DJ Buttafly and he boyfriend at a gooncamp. They had the buttsexes in a tent while people around the tent were sort of able to see through the tent in. At the end of the camping trip, everyone piled up all their trash and burned it. Even poo poo that shouldn't be burned.Wanna see? http://forums.somethingawful.com/showthread.php?threadid=1858814
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May 22, 2012 14:17
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Huh. I had only heard about that gooncamp trip, never read the thread...I gotta say, learning it was visible because goons were peeking into the tent vent (and not just because the tent was somehow see-through) makes it a bit different. Now I'm embarassed not just for djbuttaflye for doing it and being so obvious, but also for the goons who thought hurr hurr and creepily hovered around the tent looking for cracks to peep into. Everything about that is just so... It's very SA circa 05, I suppose!So what the gently caress is  anyway?
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May 22, 2012 16:21
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nullandvoid posted:I know this is all the way from page 1, and Desparado Bones answered it, but Oh the things that have been lost to waffles.
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May 22, 2012 16:27
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No Hephaestus posted:On the topic at hand, Mr. Pumroy posted:I'm pretty sure somebody found it one of those dumping ground websites for smilies. You know, back in the day when you just HAD to find an "under construction" .gif for your geocities page in order to convey the fact that you have not fully assembled a complete compendium of lyrics and .mids of Backstreet Boys songs, you could find it in some website, right next to the index of .gifs of spinning flaming skulls and upside down crucifixes. Is it called "q" after Qqqqqqq, or is :q just supposed to be an ASCII version of a creepy face?
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May 22, 2012 16:28
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Crosscontaminant posted:I'd assumed I've seen those used to represent nasty people, either customers or bosses/coworkers, in Bitch About Your Job threads.
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May 22, 2012 17:12
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Where did come from? It's such a versatile emoticon.
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May 22, 2012 17:21
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when worlds collide posted:
If you saw a picture of Viconia's face, particularly her chin, you'd get the joke. FYAD bought that emoticon.
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May 22, 2012 17:43
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Dr Pepper posted:Where did I first saw it pop up in byob before anyone bought it. Along with  as well.We'd just go find random emoticons and upload them to a host to use.
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May 22, 2012 17:59
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hyperhazard posted:Is it called "q" after Qqqqqqq, or is :q just supposed to be an ASCII version of a creepy face? predated Qqqqqqq, although I don't know where it came from.
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May 22, 2012 19:26
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I started a thread where goons can post their imitations of smilies. It's going badly, but that's okay, the insults are funny. If you want to join in mocking me, the link is http://forums.somethingawful.com/showthread.php?threadid=3486143.
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May 22, 2012 19:28
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Dr Pepper posted:Where did I'm pretty sure it originally comes from Yahoo Messenger's set of emoticons and just got brought into the fold here like so many others. I have no idea why it was purchased or who bought it though.
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May 22, 2012 20:40
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Landerig posted:If you saw a picture of Viconia's face, particularly her chin, you'd get the joke. FYAD bought that emoticon. Ah, I see. I don't think I've ever seen a photo of her. She hasn't posted for a long time either, as far as I've seen. Like so many others. Thanks for solving the mystery.
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May 22, 2012 21:23
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Crosscontaminant posted:I'd assumed The first one was just a funny emoticon to which BYOB posters gave a dumb loving name, and the second one is some dumb female version that someone made for some reason. The history of BYOB's emoticon-buying addiction is deep, intricate and intensely boring.
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May 23, 2012 01:06
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nullandvoid posted:I know this is all the way from page 1, and Desparado Bones answered it, but Oh, I'm pretty sure everything on that camp should have been burned.
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May 23, 2012 07:10
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For a better explanation than "some old dumb BYOB poo poo", Russ (or something like that) used to be a mod of BYOB, and would occasionally make threads that were called Russ Bus threads, and after so long would just move them from forum to forum. Little Blue Couch posted:The first one was just a funny emoticon to which BYOB posters gave a dumb loving name, and the second one is some dumb female version that someone made for some reason. The history of BYOB's emoticon-buying addiction is deep, intricate and intensely boring. BYOB was pretty widely known to be a bunch of people who had too much time and money on their hands. I'm pretty sure some of the biggest spenders on the forums were just rebans from BYOB, like Matt Damon for instance. Death Bot has a new favorite as of 09:41 on May 23, 2012 |
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