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So far we've got suggestions for:
- Dad Joke - I was thinking of finding someone on fiverr or somewhere to make a Bob-the-divine-drilling-equipment-salesman emoji in the same style as the stock Xenforo ones. I think Groan, Rimshot and Dad Joke are essentially the same thing in this context.
- Sign of the horns - Metal!
- Geedis/swo - Stuff is swo, trippy, or quintessentially pubbish.
- Popcorn eating - bonus points if this looks recognisably like Michael Jackson.
- Angry goose - I feel personally attacked, or anything to do with geese.
- Chill - Like popcorn eating but a suggestion to chill rather than watch the spectacle.
- Erik Estrada - Dumarest/gonzo material, or anything to do with the 1970s.
- Fist Bump - Alternative to like.
- Tankards clinking together (I'll drink to that)
Some of these seem awfully detailed for an image the size of an emoji. I'm pretty sure newcomers would have trouble recognising a couple of them unless they were the size of a userpic.
You're right - I think you would have to really stylise some of these down. In practice a go/no-go decision would probably have to include a view on whether it's feasible at that size.Some of these seem awfully detailed for an image the size of an emoji. I'm pretty sure newcomers would have trouble recognising a couple of them unless they were the size of a userpic.
I also think, for the sake of folks like spittingimage that some effort should go into giving them a recognisable colour scheme so they're easier for us old farts with not-quite-20-20 vision to recognise.Some of these seem awfully detailed for an image the size of an emoji. I'm pretty sure newcomers would have trouble recognising a couple of them unless they were the size of a userpic.
More cartoony is certainly doable, but I'm not certain if 'more angry' is even possible.Angry goose emoji doesn't really have to be more than the head - something like this but more cartoon-angry.
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I was thinking of angry-but-anatomically-impossible eyebrows on it.More cartoony is certainly doable, but I'm not certain if 'more angry' is even possible.
I think spittingimage's point was making them recognisable at the size they're rendered at (I think they're shrunk from 52x52 when finally rendered) might be quite hard. I'm sure they could be drawn at 52x52.52 px x 52 px might be doable for most of these.
There's gonna be a braille version, right?I also think, for the sake of folks like spittingimage that some effort should go into giving them a recognisable colour scheme so they're easier for us old farts with not-quite-20-20 vision to recognise.
While it's quite tempting, I think that would be inflammatory rather than silly - not the tone that I (we?) want to encourage by adding more silly emoji. I suppose you might do a 'my brain hurts' emoji with a knotted handkerchief or something like that.Doesn't XenForo allow for buttons at the bottom of each post? Those buttons can be set at 32x32.
Another suggestion: Dumbfuck, when a reply is too stupid to react with words.
Yeah, I don't see much to be gained by having emojis for insulting people.While it's quite tempting, I think that would be inflammatory rather than silly - not the tone that I (we?) want to encourage by adding more silly emoji. I suppose you might do a 'my brain hurts' emoji with a knotted handkerchief or something like that.
Possibly, although IMO it's maybe redundant W.R.T. the dad-joke emoji. However, there is no intrinsic reason we can't have both, with the possible exception of cluttering up the conceptual space.Inspired by this post, we might need a rimshot emoji.
The return of Doc Sammy may be the most likely possibility there.Maybe a little niche, but perhaps a catgirl emoji for this situation, or for anything particularly weab-ish. Not that there's all that much weab-ism on The Pub, but we live in hope ...
Oh! Senpai!The return of Doc Sammy may be the most likely possibility there.
TigraI have no idea who that is but I feel it should be your avatar.
I take it managing the forum became too much, and you moved on? I'm curious to hear from former administrators about their experiences.In my old forum
I take it managing the forum became too much, and you moved on? I'm curious to hear from former administrators about their experiences.
I take it managing the forum became too much, and you moved on? I'm curious to hear from former administrators about their experiences.
I've had the exact same experience. I joined a picture-captioning forum that had no limits in terms of topic or good taste - it just had to be clever. I stopped visiting when the front page got flooded every day by too-edgy-for-you teenagers who thought shouting the n-word was the leading edge in online humour.I wanted to continue to read brutal, sarcastic humor. Eventually, the userbase morphed into something entirely different from what I wanted, and what it had been. But, like an advanced cancer, it was too late to be cured.