Yes, let's hoist a beverage to the brilliance of this meta-conceptual bit of icon usage ... courtesy of
spanky:
What a subtle, yet pointed, way to insult the previous poster! I suppose one would have to make sure you were the first comment on something (so as not to imply that the commentator above you was the target), it's quite a delightful use of the icon as contextual insult. Like the beer commercial says: "Brilliant!"
heh ... gotta get me sumpthin' like dat ...