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

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Zereth: Jul 8, 2003

toanoradian posted:

I understand why the regdate smileys from 2009 to 2011 is like that, but what is the story behind the remaining regdate smileys? Is there even a story behind them or is this just some user making them for kicks?

I believe they were unironically used for "loving <current year> newbies" before :regd08:

# ¿ Aug 15, 2012 14:51

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# ¿ Nov 17, 2025 13:05

Zereth: Jul 8, 2003

Does anybody know why we have that thing?

# ¿ Aug 16, 2012 14:52

Zereth: Jul 8, 2003

hackbunny posted:

What's the deal with the various "~*Hello Boys*~" avatars? You know what I mean:

(there used to be more)

Sexy furry animated avatars in SA? I guess they were "awarded" to "lucky" goons by "a certain" forum. What's the story behind them? (and how come are they so well-made?)

They probably found the gifs elsewhere.

No idea about the rest.

# ¿ Sep 16, 2012 06:31

Zereth: Jul 8, 2003

UmbreonMessiah posted:

I thought the technique for this was lost a long time ago

I believe you're thinking of the technique for making Damascus Steel. As far as I know people are still making katanas the traditional way in Japan right now.

# ¿ Oct 25, 2012 22:31

Zereth: Jul 8, 2003

Splizwarf posted:

I am an idiot and don't understand what the relevance of that video is.

Wounded Knee is an actual place where some stuff happened, and was not, amazingly enough, named after the Skyrim reference.

As for what it has to do with smileys? :iiam:

# ¿ Apr 1, 2013 01:28

Zereth: Jul 8, 2003

UZworm posted:

I always saw it as his jaw flipping up behind his head, not falling off.

It clearly falls off out the bottom of the smiley.

# ¿ May 25, 2013 07:58

Zereth: Jul 8, 2003

Clearly it is for "Hey kid wanna see a cool trick?" scnarios.

# ¿ May 25, 2013 09:30

Zereth: Jul 8, 2003

Andorra posted:

Nothing that expressive could ever come from anything Mdickie related. You might be thinking of which I think came from a Let's Play of Mdickie's wrestling game.

There was a version of :shepface:

that did the weird talking/"blinking" animation from Mdickie stuff but I don't think it was actually bought and put in the SA system.

# ¿ Jul 19, 2013 16:51

Zereth: Jul 8, 2003

Suspicious Dish posted:

Dark Souls is a video game in which exciting and interesting things can happen.

Many of them are your death.

# ¿ Mar 22, 2014 20:38

Zereth: Jul 8, 2003

I'm not really sure what the floating away adds to :unsmigghh:

myself.

# ¿ Dec 6, 2015 04:10

Zereth: Jul 8, 2003

Your Dunkle Sans posted:

Why is named corsair?

Forums user Cosair is old.

# ¿ Mar 3, 2016 20:46

Zereth: Jul 8, 2003

Collateral Damage posted:

The newbie avatar change isn't retroactive afaik.

There are also people who have Bonzi Buddy as a "real" avatar, likely courtesy of someone else.

Yes it is, have you seen any Toilet Dicks around recently?

# ¿ Sep 11, 2016 10:55

Zereth: Jul 8, 2003

AlphaKretin posted:

Garbage Dick

drat, I was thinking of Garbage Dick. Must have been getting it confused with the newbie avatar which was the guy painted white imitating a toilet. (That one didn't last long.)

# ¿ Sep 11, 2016 11:53

Zereth: Jul 8, 2003

Julias posted:

The and smilies will have to do

Don't forget :cawg:

# ¿ Nov 29, 2016 23:46

Zereth: Jul 8, 2003

trapped mouse posted:

i just watched this whole goddamn thing from start to finish. this is so bad

Lemonade.

# ¿ Jan 21, 2019 11:39

Zereth: Jul 8, 2003

sneakyfrog posted:

and a variety of frogs.

such as

and

Don't forget :getin:

# ¿ Jan 24, 2019 12:27

Zereth: Jul 8, 2003

Subjunctive posted:

what else could it be?

(I�m not clicking to find out. I�m fine. All good here, thanks.)

Somebody put "wom" at the end of a thread title and, to the best of my knowledge, never explained it

# ¿ Jan 18, 2020 12:31

Zereth: Jul 8, 2003

Hammerite posted:

I have some emotes to do for the QCS thread and I'm a bit unsure about what some of them are. Can anyone explain if there's something I missed?

- a grinning mexican guy in stereotypical garb, stabbing with a dagger or shiv??

It's a descendant of :eng101:

, I think by way of :chef:

# ¿ Jul 18, 2020 15:03

Zereth: Jul 8, 2003

If I remember correctly somebody wanted to get something that didn't fit in the size requirements and an admin told them to just buy something and they'd upload the one they actually wanted, so we got the black rectangle.

# ¿ Jul 9, 2022 02:22

Zereth: Jul 8, 2003

DontMockMySmock posted:

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# ¿ Nov 26, 2022 01:31

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# ¿ Nov 17, 2025 13:05

Zereth: Jul 8, 2003

Stupid_Sexy_Flander posted:

Anyone have a copy of that old emote of the ghost with downs and "it is a mitwee" or something beside him?

I have no idea when to start looking for it. No luck with wayback yet.

# ¿ Dec 8, 2023 06:47

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