SE chat destroys ASCII art

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Sometimes I like to post an image of myself in the Travel SE chatroom. Normally, I use ASCII art for this, which should look like the following:

  ROFL:ROFL:LOL:ROFL:ROFL
       ______|_____
 L    /           
LOL===            []
 L    ______________
         |     |
       -------------/

However, if I post this in the chatroom, it seems that all whitespaces are trimmed. Is there a way to avoid that?

Oh, my imagination is failing me badly. I needed gnostradamus' answer to recognize a helicopter above! — Arjan, Dec 6, 2011 at 20:20
No, @Roflcoptr, I wouldn't say that not looking like a helicopter qualifies as ugly! ;-) — Arjan, Dec 6, 2011 at 20:37

Community · Accepted Answer · 2021-01-18 12:07:36Z

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Works for me:

Make sure to click on fixed font

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answered Dec 6, 2011 at 19:02

Naftali

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Thanks for the help here and directly in the chat. Now it works like a charm!
– RoflcoptrException
Dec 6, 2011 at 19:14
@Roflcoptr no problemo ^_^
– Naftali
Dec 6, 2011 at 19:15
I don't see any "fixed font" button. Do I need to enter more than a line of text in the text box? I tried entering a single line, but I didn't see any button being added, and I see just two buttons ("send" and "upload…").
– apaderno
Dec 6, 2011 at 19:32
@kiamlaluno lol wow. 2 years on SO and never been on chat? :-P (you need multiple lines)
– Naftali
Dec 6, 2011 at 19:33
If you mean Stack Overflow chat, then I have never been there. I have been in the chat room for Drupal Answers, EL&U, and Meta Stack Overflow.
– apaderno
Dec 6, 2011 at 19:35
@kiamlaluno all the same API :-P
– Naftali
Dec 6, 2011 at 19:37

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Jeff Mercado · Accepted Answer · 2011-12-06 19:59:42Z

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You call that a ROFLCOPTER? For shame!

enter image description here

Jeff Mercado

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answered Dec 6, 2011 at 19:09

gnostradamus

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yes, yes, very funny but does not answer the OP at all...
– Naftali
Dec 6, 2011 at 19:09
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Sweet... So were you just waiting for the right moment to post this?
– user102937
Dec 6, 2011 at 19:10
@AManAPlanACanalPanama: I know, but a comment just didn't seem to do it justice.
– gnostradamus
Dec 6, 2011 at 19:11
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@AManAPlanACanalPanama Since when do answers have to actually answer the question on meta?
– Lorem Ipsum
Dec 6, 2011 at 19:11
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@gnostradamus ahhh!! i think its giving me a seizure! (blinking out of control!!!)
– Naftali
Dec 6, 2011 at 19:11
@yoda in my experience -- most of the time.
– Naftali
Dec 6, 2011 at 19:12
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@RobertHarvey: Sadly, I can't take credit. It was a Google image search. Here's the site I got it from.
– gnostradamus
Dec 6, 2011 at 19:22
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If you don't mind, I fixed the animation so it doesn't do that annoying flashing.
– Jeff Mercado
Dec 6, 2011 at 20:00
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I like the Battlefield3 version better.
– Jin
Dec 6, 2011 at 22:19

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