(this image is a metaphor btw. as you can see there is a dead horse and the people beating it with sticks and as such, they are literally "beating a dead horse" much like the people posting in this thread are beating a dead horse. for those who don't know beating a dead horse which colloquially means "a particular request or line of conversation is already foreclosed or otherwise resolved, and any attempt to continue it is futile; or that to continue in any endeavour (physical, mental, etc.) is a waste of time as the outcome is already decided." (Wikipedia). this is an apt smiley for the situation and i'm glad fok included it in the default smileys so we can conveniently convey this message in image form when appropriate. thanks fok.)
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3/30/11 at 3:02pm
(this image is a metaphor btw. as you can see there is a dead horse and the people beating it with sticks and as such, they are literally "beating a dead horse" much like the people posting in this thread are beating a dead horse. for those who don't know beating a dead horse which colloquially means "a particular request or line of conversation is already foreclosed or otherwise resolved, and any attempt to continue it is futile; or that to continue in any endeavour (physical, mental, etc.) is a waste of time as the outcome is already decided." (Wikipedia). this is an apt smiley for the situation and i'm glad fok included it in the default smileys so we can conveniently convey this message in image form when appropriate. thanks fok.)







