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Yellow smiley face with wide eyes and a battery icon on its forehead showing 75 percent, with the word Loading written in red underneath.
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What does the loading emoji mean?

A classic meme face struggling to process reality at 75% capacity.

This emoji features a classic yellow smiley face with wide, vacant eyes and a battery indicator on its forehead, humorously depicting a state of mental buffering. It is a staple in Discord servers for expressing that you are slow to understand a joke, experiencing technical difficulties, or simply feeling mentally drained during a conversation.

When to use it

  • Expressing that your brain is currently buffering
  • Admitting you are slow to understand a joke
  • Signaling that you are experiencing technical difficulties
  • Showing you are mentally exhausted from work

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How to add this emoji

Add to Discord
  1. Click Add to my server above and pick a Discord server you manage (CommunityOne must be installed).
  2. Or download the file: open Discord → Server Settings → Emoji → Upload Emoji.
  3. Give it a name and save. You need Manage Server (or Create Expressions) permission.
Add to Slack
  1. Download the loading image.
  2. Open the Slack emoji picker and click Add Emoji.
  3. Upload the file, name it, and save.
Add to Revolt/Stoat
  1. Download the loading image.
  2. Open Server Settings → Emojis in Revolt or Stoat.
  3. Upload the file and name your new emoji.
Add to Guilded
  1. Download the loading image.
  2. Go to Server Settings → Emotes in Guilded.
  3. Upload the file and give it a name.