To wonder why people give these in threads

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I have seen this being used In many threads but I don't understand why you would give someone a biscuit? I'm probably being a dumbass though

It was in reference to the time Gordon Brown did a Web chat and was asked what his favourite biscuit was

I don't know i'm newish but i know they are given to threads people consider goady.

I thought it was to symbolise 'that takes the biscuit' when some one says something completely ridiculous/offensive/goady

I thought it was giving a flower

The biscuit looks like it has more detailing on it now.

I always thought it was giving a biscuit for comfort, if an OP was having a bad day!

Can tell who among us eats a packet of digestives after a shitey day at work

I thought they were an arsehole emote

After a curry

It's "calm down and have a biscuit"

Not to be confused with " anyone?"

I give people a biscuit on here when they are being goady fuckers or massive bellends.

Or a variant on Arfarfanarf it means: "I'm not sure I believe a word you say. Even on the off chance it's at least partly true, I really don't understand why it would bother anyational person"

For example, were any proffered on the 'portable potty in Peter Jones fabric department' thread?

I thought it meant 'you doughnut' doh!

I also thought it was giving someone a for comfort. I did see it on offensive threads so I thought they needed the because people were going to be mean to the OP, but then saw posts where people are telling the OP to do one the give them a

I have only seen it in AIBU threads

It looks like a cherry rock cake to me

irrelevant

I don't really fully understand why it happened, but it has become the standard passive aggressive response to a thread where people think that the OP is talking such utter bollocks that they don't even warrant and proper response.

a proper response

To me it's, 'Have a biscuit, now fuck off!' It's a message to goady and asshole posters.

I always thought it was a biscuit as in "that takes the...."

I thought it was it takes the biscuit. Personally would prefer that than flowers.

Boobs

I thought 'that takes the biscuit'. But also 'shove this in your overactive face, you're embarrassing yourself'.

Slightly at a tangent, but I think it's supposed to look like a Jammy Dodger.

twirlywoo69, there is a flowers smiley too

was both 'making a tit of yourself' and (briefly) a troll warning for those in the know, but MNHQ delete all forms of troll hunting.