- server usage
- Used in meme channels, off-topic chats, and reaction to strange or incomprehensible takes
- reaction use
- Common server reaction emoji for posts that are bizarre, surreal, or conspiracy-adjacent
- emote mapping
- Often used as a custom server emote named ':alien:' or ':ufo:' in sci-fi or meme servers
- gaming context
- Used in gaming servers to describe unusual glitches, impossible plays, or alien-level skill
- role meaning
- Sometimes assigned as a role icon for 'weird' or 'special' member categories in community servers