Years have passed and I STILL don't know what the fucking bird emoticon means

[ERYFKRAD]

Right.

 

[Darth Roxor]

Of course the first thing the codex did after getting their hands on something potentially good was a mongoloid edit with a monocle and top hat

Lol, look at this faggot

 

[AW8]

The true, hidden meaning:


HARMONIC.


CLEAN.

ON DRUGS.

IN THE PSYCHIATRIC WARD, HAVING EATEN PARROT FLESH.

 

[cvv]

I always took it to mean nonchalance, especially when saying something out of the ordinary. Like "Just sniffed my coworkers chair " or "Morrowind is a good game ".

Heh, I always thought it's an emote for "There, I said it :crossing one's arms:"

Like barging in a Fallout circlejerk thread and exclaiming: "Fuck ya'll faggots, Fallout is an overrated hipster shit. "

Although I'm not sure how I came to that conclusion because I sincerely don't think I've seen this wacko emote used in the same context twice. :D

 

[Jasede]

 

[Jick Magger]

In the land of the , the one-eyed is king.

 

[theSavant]

<--- this I don't get either

 

[cvv]

 

[Monty]

 

[Necroscope]

I always thought the bird meaning is similar to .

But as it turns out no one really knows what it's supposed to stand for in the first place, and ppl use it as they see fit pretending to know the meaning to render themselves more .

 

[Monty]

I often thought Cassidy used it best. I've always interpreted it as a touch of irony or sarcasm, possibly trolling but more subtle than the troll icon.

So someone would be bitching about shit games and the response could be:

"And yet you played Fallout 3 at least 7 times


Of course it's all open to interpretation and meanings evolve, as with many Codexicons.

 

[Unkillable Cat]

Clearly the bird is the word.

(No, I don't know what the word is either.)

 

[Kz3r0]

Just sayin'.
Of course.

 

[Hormalakh]

par·rot
n.
1. Any of numerous tropical and semitropical birds of the order Psittaciformes, characterized by a short hooked bill, brightly colored plumage, and, in some species, the ability to mimic human speech or other sounds.
2. One who imitates the words or actions of another, especially without understanding them.
v.t.
3. to repeat without thought or understanding.


parrot-fashion (British & Australian)
if you learn something parrot-fashion, you are able to repeat the words, but you do not understand their meaning

see also parroting the line.

this thread is so meta, it's crazy.

 

[cvv]

Maybe the whole thing would be a bit clearer if some still sane oldfag remembered who used the parrot first and why?

 

[LundB]

Apparently many of you don't know about DAC.

Actually I think I saw it as an emote on another forum before ever seeing it used on DAC.

But this was many years ago and I can't remember what context it was used in or even which forum it was.

 

[Hormalakh]

those who know don't care to tell and those who tell don't really know

 

[Monty]

Maybe the whole thing would be a bit clearer if some still sane oldfag remembered who used the parrot first and why?

http://fallout.wikia.com/wiki/Duck_and_Cover

(Article even mentions DUs hack )

 

[covr]

 

[covr]

 

[Radax]

This thread is making a newfag feel really .


Or maybe its just the scotch? probably

 

[DarkUnderlord]

If you don't know what the fucking bird emoticon means, you clearly haven't lived.

 

[Menckenstein]

BTW like our beloved Editor-in-Chief of the prestigious magazine that shitty parrot has origins at SOMETHINGAWFUL.

Congrats fags!!!!

 

[Thor Kaufman]

The parrot is the Tao

 

[Machocruz]

I always perceived it as a either a smug way of indicating "It is what it is." "such is life," or "deal with it." or the smiley representation of that Willy Wonka meme.