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[GAMETA]

How should I use the Praise the Sun? Is it supposed to be used to praise a post/ user? But doesn't Fire do exactly that? "That's fire bro!"

Or is Fire like "burn"?

What about Thoughtful? I can never know if they're in doubt or giving the idea a thought.

"I like lettuce"
**Thoughtful reaction**
What does that even mean?

Then there's triggered, but it looks like shook. Why?

 

[Tesseract]

 

[bender]

My helpful guide:

Like - Spit
Love - Swallow
Praise the Sun - Cuddle until the morning
LOL - I thought it would be bigger.
Thoughtful - I like you as a friend.
Fire - I don't like you but 'lord'a mercy'
Triggered - I'm too old to understand this one.

 

[Papa]

Praise the sun is a shit test to see whether you actually play games

 

[Saber]

I like to think that praise the sun is similar to praise the gods for that comment or thank godness for that.

But I like my praise the sun meaning prasing the sun, because I don't think its wrong to praise the sun.

Thoughfull for me implies a smart or intelligent commentary. Or not.

 

[neobiz]

Lets hunt

 

[dionysus]

Determining whether the reaction was used seriously or ironically is half the fun. Each reaction other than lol and like can mean opposite things.

Thoughtful - 'That is a intelligent point' or 'you think you are intelligent but you are an idiot.'
Triggered - Almost always used ironically to mean "you probably triggered an idiot" but maybe rarely used straight up.
Praise the Sun - 'Finally, someone saying what we all think' or 'you are an idiot cult member who worships dumb things'
Love - 'I love the point you just made' or 'I love how much entertainment you give me when you say dumb things'
Fire - "Preach on brother' or 'a bonfire of idiocy'

 

[GAMETA]

Praise the sun is a shit test to see whether you actually play games

Yeah but it makes no sense because Solaire actually praised the sun and his pose is often used in a "fabulous" way. That doesn't seem to be the case with the reaction.

 

[Papa]

Determining whether the reaction was used seriously or ironically is half the fun. Each reaction other than lol and like can mean opposite things.

Thoughtful - 'That is a intelligent point' or 'you think you are intelligent but you are an idiot.'
Triggered - Almost always used ironically to mean "you probably triggered an idiot" but maybe rarely used straight up.
Praise the Sun - 'Finally, someone saying what we all think' or 'you are an idiot cult member who worships dumb things'
Love - 'I love the point you just made' or 'I love how much entertainment you give me when you say dumb things'
Fire - "Preach on brother' or 'a bonfire of idiocy'

or ‘a trash fire of free thought’

 

[haxan7]

Fire is easy. It's an instagram emoji that has made its way into "cool" English to describe something that's hot, or cool, or noteworthy. There are people who say "that's fire" in real life. For example, "I just listened to the latest Drake track, that was fire!" It's basically the one thing that needs to be erased from the English language. Unless there's a meaning here I'm not privy to, which is entirely possible.

Praise the Sun needs a more in depth explanation.

 

[MetalAlien]

I use the sun icon when nothing else seems right. It's the I read your post marker.

 

[Daxter32jak]

My favorite is using the ‘thoughtful’ reaction when someone writes something absolutely pointless and stupid. Kinda like what I’m doing now

 

[Mr Nash]

Could always go the ultra blunt route a la RPG Codex with stuff like a Butthurt icon, Retadred, WTF am I Reading, and Fabulously Optimistic.

 

[SKM1]

Determining whether the reaction was used seriously or ironically is half the fun. Each reaction other than lol and like can mean opposite things.

Thoughtful - 'That is a intelligent point' or 'you think you are intelligent but you are an idiot.'
Triggered - Almost always used ironically to mean "you probably triggered an idiot" but maybe rarely used straight up.
Praise the Sun - 'Finally, someone saying what we all think' or 'you are an idiot cult member who worships dumb things'
Love - 'I love the point you just made' or 'I love how much entertainment you give me when you say dumb things'
Fire - "Preach on brother' or 'a bonfire of idiocy'

I think it's actually the other way around. At least the laughing reaction can be positive if something makes you laugh, or negative if you're reacting to a typical Nobody_Important post.

 

[TheGreatYosh]

Figure it out.

 

[Kamina]

Praise the Sun = praising the post for a certain awesme comment
Fire = a post that is on fire or burned someone
Thoughtful = intriguing opinion, thought, idea etc
You get the rest

 

[Tesseract]

not sure if thoughtful or big brain

 

[Kadayi]

GAMETA

There's no particular protocol for how to use them. Some people don't even use them at all in fact (as evinced by the Are you a Giver or a receiver Thread )

Personally I tend to go with the following: -

Like - 'I can get behind what you're saying'
Thoughtful - 'I really dig what you said, or that was a helpful post that drops some knowledge'
Triggered - 'Something I either disagree with or find amusing in some fashion'
Praise the Sun - 'Anything FROM Software related, or generally good news, especially gaming-related'
Love - 'Reserved for perfect posts, rarely used so all the sweeter when deployed, though I have used them for comedy effect at times'
Fire - "something contentious or someone putting down some smack talk'
LOL- 'Generally when I find a post just funny. Not often used ironically as I tend to go to Gifs if I'm going to mock someone'

^ That's the rough guide for how I use them, but as with anything subject to change.

 

[bronk]

Only use praise the sun so the world might be mended.

 

[GymWolf]

we need a fuck off reaction and a "i'm laughing at you not with you" reaction.

 

[GAMETA]

Only use praise the sun so the world might be mended.

But then shouldn't you use fire?

 

[Kadayi]

we need a fuck off reaction and a "i'm laughing at you not with you" reaction.

This is why we have the power of Gifs

 

[sonomamashine]

You're bored enough to create this thread, just click on the reaction icons as a mini game, it's like adding salt to a bland dish.

 

[Urprobablyright]

I think praise the sun is like "this post enlightens or elevates something", fire is "this post is aggressively awesome", triggered is "i don't agree with this post"

... Brain is "that's thoughtful/thought provoking"

 

[Snailys]

Those reactions are dope. Im bored of simple thumb up or <3

 

[NeoGiffer]

Why?

 

[MiyazakiHatesKojima]

 

[GAMETA]

Nice avatar, innit? I drew it myself

 

[Grinchy]

I like how they can have positive or negative connotations and the person getting them may never be sure which.

Did I use the triggered reaction because I'm triggered, or because I think you're triggered? Did I use the LOL reaction because I'm laughing with you, or at you?

 

[Skyr]

I mainly use praise the sun for amazing tits and ass in the respective threads.

 

[dionysus]

I think it's actually the other way around. At least the laughing reaction can be positive if something makes you laugh, or negative if you're reacting to a typical Nobody_Important post.

You are right, lol is used to laugh with you and also to laugh at you. So I believe "like" is the only one that doesnt have dual meanings.

 

[and 3 others]

I mainly reserve the Triggered icon for the beasts that get posted in the Butt Thread.

 

[synchronicity]

Thoughtful is the most versatile.

I use it when I find a comment genuinely thought-provoking or insightful.

But...I also use it sometimes when I disagree but don't want to go down the rabbit hole of pointless discourse.

And it can also be used when you think a comment is just dumb, you know, since it's a picture of a brain.

 

[JareBear: Remastered]

The only reaction that is confusing to me is the triggered reaction

When you get a triggered reaction does that mean that the person thinks you’re triggered or that your post triggered that person?

 

[plushyp]

Praise the Sun is redundant since Like and Love got it covered. It can be replaced with a Sad reaction.

 

[BigBooper]

Praise the sun is like the chef's kiss of shitposts.

 

[JareBear: Remastered]

I think there should be a reaction like “huh, wtf?”

And yeah, sad too

 

[and 3 others]

Need an eyeroll as well.

 

[Saber]

The only reaction that is confusing to me is the triggered reaction

When you get a triggered reaction does that mean that the person thinks you’re triggered or that your post triggered that person?

I think both.
Its up to the interpretation of the poster.

 

[GAMETA]

I think there should be a reaction like “huh, wtf?”

And yeah, sad too

Need an eyeroll as well.

Here's what I think would be a good selection:

In order: Like, Dislike, Love, LOL, Nice, Hmmm, WOW, Sad, Angry, Disgusting, Shitpost, Insulin (when someone's hallucinating), Honk Honk and Cattle (herd npc behavior)

 

[Biff]

Can mods pls force a name change on and 3 others

I do not like his name
it is bothersome
it bothers the likes

 

[Fushitsusha]

praise the sun this post plz.

 

[JareBear: Remastered]

Can mods pls force a name change on and 3 others

I do not like his name
it is bothersome
it bothers the likes

 

[LemmingWithaParachute]

Can we replace the heart with this.

 

[JareBear: Remastered]

Can we replace the heart with this.

yes please

 

[M1chl]

Yeah I see the "thoughtful" reaction as "you are idiot" : D

 

[LemmingWithaParachute]

While were at it

Praise the Son

 

[GAMETA]

Can we replace the heart with this.

there goes my nofap

 

[and 3 others]

Can mods pls force a name change on and 3 others

I do not like his name
it is bothersome
it bothers the likes

 

[JareBear: Remastered]

lets add angry Emma Roberts while we are at it

(Image courtesy of LemmingWithaParachute )