Dave2 (:roll:)

Riverslim · Jan 3, 2010

I use acronymfinder.com recently to find out what some of these letters stand for - but I didn't get any results on this :roll: that you seem to use a lot. Please enlighten this unsophisticated reader. thanks

Anonymous-0 · Jan 3, 2010

(quoted from post at 16:18:17 01/03/10)
I use acronymfinder.com recently to find out what some of these letters stand for - but I didn't get any results on this :roll: that you seem to use a lot. Please enlighten this unsophisticated reader. thanks

Use modern view... You can click on several symbols.

Dave

farmalldanzil · Jan 3, 2010

Ge i though it meant Troll

Dblair · Jan 3, 2010

maybe we are just not in the know but usually they use an acronym because they can't spell and don't have spell check.

Anonymous-0 · Jan 3, 2010

Well, as long as you think its funny or clever it works for me. I don't need to know.

ChrisinMO · Jan 3, 2010

Do you have any teenagers at home? If so ask one of them. My daughter looked over my shoulder and told me it means rolling your eyes, though she isn't sure for sure, as she says.

Christopher

karl f · Jan 3, 2010

there are a number of animated smiley faces available on modern view that appear as

roll

8)

:wink: :idea: :!:
and so on in classic (normal/default) view of ytmag.
for example, the "roll" face rolls its eyes and the "cry" face has tears.
these faces are considered useful to convey the feeling of the sentence you just typed. saying "i hate you" followed by a smile changes the meaning of the words to being a joke. or "tractor from hell" followed by a devil face helps indicate how intensely you feel the tractor is indeed from a bad place.

Usually I read in classic view, and other than having to skip a word like "roll," in the middle of the message, it does not bother me, just confuses me for a 1/2 second til i remember what it is.
The only issue is when the animated face would clear up the fact that a person was just joking around. I suppose an argument should be made for good writing that's clear and to the point in that case...

technology and pictures, and alphabet soup acronyms are replacing good writing.

karl f

showcrop · Jan 4, 2010

me too

farmallman · Jan 4, 2010

How do i access modern view?

Anonymous-0 · Jan 4, 2010

(quoted from post at 10:30:21 01/04/10) How do i access modern view?

Towards the top right of the page, just under the red line.

DAVE

rustyj14 · Jan 4, 2010

I always thought it meant:"Roll on the floor, laughing!"

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