Can we get /facepalm emote?

[justinjarjar]

I like the idea of throwing poop... /throwpoop new emote plz. @Pharmacies What are you an English major? As an artist who knows that the post modern movement is very valuable to understanding what is art? Which I think the end result was what someone made art out to be. So yes throwing poop might be the best way to express rage or love. The same as facepalming might just get the jeering/light hearted response to something going wrong.

[Kona_Nightwind]

The only part of WoW I miss is the fart emote

[Apoptomon]

I'd support having this emote, for those situations when /no is too subtle and /disappointed is too much. Also, a facepalm-like animation is already in the game, for the "oh-no-I-feel-a-flashback-coming-on" aetheric headache moments throughout the MSQ. It oughtn't be too hard to adapt that into a /facepalm emote.

[Kikoten]

I generally /stagger.

EDIT: On the topic of desired emotes, I'd definately like an emote which allows me to do the pelvic thrust that really drives you insa-yay-yane. Every time I'd do it, it'd completely warp my comrades' minds, again and again and again.

[Ferrasper]

Yes, we need this.

[Gamer3427]

I'm for the /facepalm emote simply because as is there's no good middle ground for showing a form of disappointment that indicates that what someone did or said was stupid, but not so stupid it's a big deal, without resorting to creating a macro specifically for such an emote. The "/no" emote doesn't indicate that, as the text simply says you disagree, whereas the /disappointed emote is far to dramatic for simple acts of stupidity or silliness. /facepalm would fit that middle ground by giving you both a motion, and a simple text that changes based on whether you're targeting someone or not, which current macros are incapable of doing as they don't have variables as an option, (which they really should)....

For example the the basic text could read...

"(Player) facepalms."

While the targeted text could read...

"(Player) facepalms because of <t>."

Give it a motion as well obviously, and you have something that would normally take two separate macros to create, and that fits the middle ground of emotion quite well.....


To those arguing that it shouldn't be included because it's an "internet meme", then I have to ask, do you not realize what all versions of human body launguage, words, and dialect are? They are essentially ideas and concepts created over the passage of time to help facilitate communication. This begins when a single person does an action/says something/acts a certain way that they feel is appropriate to their situation, and over time more people choose to use that same form of expression in similar situations. Mankind was not born with the innate idea to greet people with a handshake, bow to those whom they feel deserve to be honored, or address royalty with titles such as "Your Majesty". These were created by the same methods that "memes" are today, with the only difference being the method by which the meme spread. Prior to the internet, these forms of interaction spread more slowly as one person saw another do it and were either told to emulate it or chose to of their own volition, and then the same happened to people who saw that person, and so on until it became common practice to do so in the befitting situation. With the internet however, information, and thus forms of expressing oneself, travels at a much faster rate to far more people, thus creating the "memes" as people know them today. These new forms of communication via physical such as "facepalming", or text/auditory via "lol" are no more or less valid than the manerisms every single person used in their day to day life centuries ago that still hold up now. The only difference is that people are less accustomed to it being a valid form of expression because it's relatively new in comparison to what they are used to. You may see it as "unoriginal" or "stupid", but I'm sure that at some point in history ideas such as kneeling before one whom you choose to dedicate yourself to were considered "degrading" and "pathetic". Simply because you don't personally feel it is a valid form of expression does not make it invalid to others.....

The point is, get an identity.

To this remark, if you still feel this way after reading my post, then I encourage you to get an identity instead of copying all those who came before you and all those around you. Cease copying simple actions such as smiling, or frowning, or even holding a neutral face. Don't say "hello", "goodbye", or "have a nice day" to anyone. Don't stay silent either, because plenty of other people do that, so you'd just be copying their "identity". Don't check both ways before crossing the street, or don't cross the street to begin with, as that would make you unoriginal because part of someone else's identity is that they "move from one location to another" or that they're "careful not to get hit by traffic". Oh, and don't criticize what other people say either many people here on the internet do that, including myself right now towards you, and if you do it to then by your logic, you don't have an identity because "other people do it". The point is, get an identity.....

[Shori]

I love the facepalm idea. It is understood by anyone of any language in the same way. It is also universal (any race and gender) to have the same animation. Therefore it fits well to have its own emote and button.
What Pharmacies is hinting toward would have to be the use of /em, as its high unlikely the devs would create a whole bunch of texts and animation to convey the same message. If you are more into roleplay then might I suggest a a combination? Use the animation of /facepalm with your own custom /em text and set up the macro. Unfortunately not many groups (that Ive come across) would wait even 2 minutes for you to type out something so over-described before moving the subject of conversation along.

[Kahnom]

Will /facepalm to any goon who died in 10 seconds after any pull.

[justinjarjar]

Will /facepalm to any goon who died in 10 seconds after any pull.

Will /facepalm when I am the last one to die as a goon :P.

[CUTS3R]

Are you seriously debating philosophy over a facepalm emote? How bored are you?

People who want it should be able to do it, people who dont for whatever reason i do not care about... just ignore it, hell even disable emotes in your log. End of story.