To think that the biscuit emoji IS also used to describe a troll thread?

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After all the heavy, divisive threads the last couple of days I thought I’d ask opinion on this. A bit more light hearted...

Now I was told it was started with the Gordon Brown thing yeas ago and evolved to mean different things, such as, taking the piss with the comment, taking the piss with the thread (aka a troll), it’s not real or it’s that far fetched that it’s not worth a reply.

Some people seem adamant it’s never used to suggest a troll thread.

So can someone tell me, are they wrong? Do people use it in that context?!

YABU - It’s never used to suggest a troll
YANBI - it can be used to suggest a troll

Happy voting!

It really isn't to indicate trolling, it's basically a "meh, I can't be arsed to comment on your thread". In the way "parp" or "4" used to be.

If people are using the biscuit to indicate they believe it's a troll, then they're obviously fairly new to MN.

If you look at the list of emojis, MNHQ describes the biscuit as 'no comment'.

Yes, it’s often used to indicate troll. (Have been on MN for eight years.)

@IveSeenThings

It really isn't to indicate trolling, it's basically a "meh, I can't be arsed to comment on your thread". In the way "parp" or "4" used to be.

If people are using the biscuit to indicate they believe it's a troll, then they're obviously fairly new to MN.

See.... when I first joined not that long ago, I wondered why they kept appearing randomly.

I even asked what it meant as I thought they clearly mean something. Then someone said all of the above and they’d been here for years and seen it evolve over time...

Mind you, I thought they were flowers before I was informed tgey were actually biscuits

So people do use it....

Funny - I always took it to mean,

"Oh dear, never mind, have a biscuit..." In a sort of faux patronising way to imply that the OP is being ridiculous/first world problem/PFB/talking rubbish.

Takes the biscuit ( in a variety of senses) one of which is obvious trolling, or obviously goady thread

I thought it was a bit of a “I can’t be bothered to even engage with you but what I really want to say is fuck off”

So yes, can be used for troll threads

to you prescribing how people should vote. It's a vote, not a poll.

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Often used on goady trolls - racists, benefit bashers, misogynists etc.

I thought we weren't allowed to troll hunt

I took it to mean ‘I really don’t care, here’s a biscuit’. Like you might distract a toddler from a nothing issue with a biscuit.

I didn't realise it was a biscuit.. I thought it was a pineapple

I know what the MN biscuit means but to me it looks like a boob. So, in my head, whenever I see I always think someone is calling the poster out as a tit.

It used to be, alongside with many other uses, but not anymore, because we’re not allowed to troll guns.

I am in a tiny minority on MN but in my opinion, posting a Goady Fucker thread is not the same as trolling.
For me, trolling is always reactive, whereas the GF threads are taking an initiative to be goady.

I thought it was a flower - like a fancy daffodil, someone else thought it was a boob, another a pineapple 😂