Support group for new users trying to understand buttons

[NJClaw]

What's the forum stance on multi-ratings? Sometimes I want to

and :disagree: the same post, what should I do in those cases?

 

[Lady_Error]

Decide which one is more important. And if you disagree, then just post what you disagree with.

 

[Citizen]

Best metric is the Brofist/Agree ratio to post count to determine if a Codexer is prestigious or not. Burning Bridges is operating at less than 50% which is not a very good sign. In general, I'd say a 50-65% Brofist to post ratio indicates that said poster is a decent enough member. Agrees can be factored in as well if you want a more accurate metric. People that occupy ratios above 70% are generally very prestigious Codexers. Examples of such people are Janjetina, Commisar Draco, JarlFrank, Roguey, MRY, etc. There are many more.

Going by negative ratings is generally a pretty poor metric, as its very easy to accumulate negative ratings when posting Tweets or news items of despicable things, or if you state an opinion contrary to the Codex hivemind.

1.3 fists per post babyyyyyyy

 

[BING XI LAO]

What's the forum stance on multi-ratings? Sometimes I want to

and :disagree: the same post, what should I do in those cases?

Am I the only one who sees the foot-shifting parrot as a disagree/agree indecisive option?

 

[AArmanFV]

I always thought it is "parroting words" or not responding seriously.

 

[Ranselknulf]

What's the forum stance on multi-ratings? Sometimes I want to

and :disagree: the same post, what should I do in those cases?

We need fractional ratings. Sometimes a post deserves one third of a brofist and two thirds of a parrot.

 

[United Nations]

Please explain:

1. 
   = ?
   
2. 
   = ?
   
3. 
   = ?
   
4. 
   = ? (I didn't like ScrotumBroth's explanation at all)
   
5. 
   = ?

 

[Jasede]

You may need to equip the ring to understand those.

 

[Taka-Haradin puolipeikko]

Please explain:

1. 
   = ?
   
2. 
   = ?
   
3. 
   = ?
   
4. 
   = ? (I didn't like ScrotumBroth's explanation at all)
   
5. 
   = ?

Why should I?

 

[NJClaw]

Please explain:

I can only tell you how I use them most of the times:

= "your post is about buttons", "there is no currently available button to rate your post the way I want"

= "wow, this 3D model/art looks alien", "what the fuck is going on", or "this is out of this world"

= "this small thing makes me feel a bit less empty inside, but it really shouldn't, because everything else is still going to shit around me"

= "to do that you need to equip the ring"

= "who?"

 

[United Nations]

As already stated over and over and over again, this place has far too much obscure lore to keep track of. One of the most interesting and suggestive mystery has to be the lore surrounding buttons and their meanings: what are they? Where do they come from? Where are they going? Are they allies or enemies?

As a new user, I always find myself wondering about the meaning of buttons and asking questions like "what's in a button?". Questions that nobody around me is able to answer. This is why I think we need a support group for new users trying to navigate the complex world of buttons (a world that is certainly beautiful, but a world full of risks and dangers, where it's easy to get lost forever).

In my case, I could use some help to understand which buttons are actually entirely positive and which ones have an hidden mean meaning behind them. At first, I thought that

was a strictly positive button, but then I found out that it can also be used as a "ahah, you are a dumb dumb and your opinions deserve to be laughed at". Even the most unsuspected buttons can hide an harmful meaning, take

: usually it means "I share your opinion on the subject", but put it under a post that says "I think I should kill myself" and it's no longer a friendly button. Every button has its secrets. I thought that

stood for "I learnt something useful thanks to your post", but usually I see it under the "this morning I took a giant dump" kind of posts.

We could start this support group by helping me with the

button. What does it stand for? Does it mean "ahah you did a funny" or "you're a clown please die" ? Please help me, not knowing its meaning paralyzes me and prevents me from clicking on it.

Also, please, don't report me for

farming.

That specific button is clownworld. A right wing meme, that the (((SJWs))) are ruining the world with their insane policies, and one needs humor to endure it.

https://knowyourmeme.com/memes/clown-pepe-honk-honk-clown-world

It started more harmless but /pol/ decided to drag it super far right and make it one of these faux hate symbols. You will see it usually gets used when SJW insanity is linked somewhere.

I'm glad someone explained this to me.

I've always used it to tag something as "Gay" since I prefer it to "Fabulously Optimistic," and the more recent "You have issues."

 

[Zed Duke of Banville]

Please explain:

1. 
   = ?
   
2. 
   = ?
   
3. 
   = ?
   
4. 
   = ? (I didn't like ScrotumBroth's explanation at all)
   
5. 
   = ?

was added to allow us to indicate that a thread-opening post should have included a poll, but it can also be used for other button-related purposes.

is the button form of one of the Codex images (look in the Smilies tab) Prosper a.k.a. the face that never remembered (see also https://rpgcodex.net/forums/forums/prosperium.56/page-88), and that pre-existing Codex image has a long-standing use for indicating ugliness (not sure why someone with a join date of 2007 requires an explanation for this one), but the button is also used as a general expression of disapproval, as well to indicate Lawful Neutral alignment

is the (in)famous "feels good man" Pepe meme that has just been added even though this specific meme reached peak popularity several years ago

is often employed to mock a newbie's inability to use buttons or access parts of the Codex, as well as for anything ring- or LotR-related

is the "who?" equivalent of the

for "what?"

 

[vortex]

Somebody told me hopw roewur ne we means hope dies last.

 

[Catacombs]

is the button form of one of the Codex images (look in the Smilies tab) Prosper a.k.a. the face that never remembered (see also https://rpgcodex.net/forums/forums/prosperium.56/page-88), and that pre-existing Codex image has a long-standing use for indicating ugliness (not sure why someone with a join date of 2007 requires an explanation for this one), but the button is also used as a general expression of disapproval, as well to indicate Lawful Neutral alignment

It's also a statue in Wasteland 2.

 

[Twiglard]

is the button form of one of the Codex images (look in the Smilies tab) Prosper a.k.a. the face that never remembered (see also https://rpgcodex.net/forums/forums/prosperium.56/page-88), and that pre-existing Codex image has a long-standing use for indicating ugliness (not sure why someone with a join date of 2007 requires an explanation for this one), but the button is also used as a general expression of disapproval, as well to indicate Lawful Neutral alignment

It's also a statue in Wasteland 2.

And Mask of Prosper in Numanuma.

 

[Citizen]

Hopw rowur ne

 

[Ol' Willy]

 

[Lady_Error]

1. 
   = Basically useless. The Kingcomrade of buttons.
   
2. 
   = Things that cannot be unseen. As well as opinions that are insane.
   
3. 
   = Self-explanatory. The pepe frog is a 4chan meme.
   
4. 
   = One of the oldest Codex memes.
   
5. 
   = Usually used as “Who?“

 

[Twiglard]

Things that cannot be unseen. As well as opinions that are insane.

More often used at something that's not coherent. For insane and degenerate things there's

.

 

[Drop Duck]

Some folks put the

button on my posts in the screenshot thread, what does that mean?

 

[Citizen]

Some folks put the

button on my posts in the screenshot thread, what does that mean?

Hopw roewur ne

 

[Lady_Error]

Things that cannot be unseen. As well as opinions that are insane.

More often used at something that's not coherent. For insane and degenerate things there's

.

That is for surprise or unintelligible text.

 

[Drop Duck]

Some folks put the

button on my posts in the screenshot thread, what does that mean?

Hopw roewur ne

But what does it mean? Do they think my screenshots look swanky? I can't keep up with kids and their memes these days.

 

[NJClaw]

Some folks put the

button on my posts in the screenshot thread, what does that mean?

Hopw roewur ne

But what does it mean? Do they think my screenshots look swanky? I can't keep up with kids and their memes these days.

I mean, you can't post this screenshot:

and hope not to get mass-rated

, come on.

 

[Drop Duck]

Some folks put the

button on my posts in the screenshot thread, what does that mean?

Hopw roewur ne

But what does it mean? Do they think my screenshots look swanky? I can't keep up with kids and their memes these days.

I mean, you can't post this screenshot:

and hope not to get mass-rated

, come on.

I still don't understand. Is it a vaporwave rating?