I used to love Instagram Stories.
After long days at work, mindlessly tapping through Stories on the train home became my go-to way to unwind. They’re entertaining, carefully crafted, and the perfect way to stay up-to-date with acquaintances, friends…
Category: Emoji
The interracial couple emoji is finally here following a Tinder campaign
Our emoji keyboards are ever-expanding, as the pictograph language continues to evolve and become more and more inclusive of all users.
Up until this point, any emoji featuring two or more people was only been available in the default emoji yellow on iOS. But that’s about to change, and we have dating app Tinder to thank for that.
The Unicode Consortium — the gatekeepers of all emoji — will be adding a range of people-holding-hands emoji with a mix of genders and skin colours, following Tinder’s #representlove campaign.
The interracial couples emoji look like this, and they are pretty damn cute. We got the first look at all 230 emoji coming in 2019 earlier this year, but Unicode is now releasing the final designs, including the new couple emoji. Read more…
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Australia has emoji license plates, but U.S. is stuck with numbers and letters
EM0J11😍.
What if that could be your license plate number?
In Queensland, Australia, the more than 3.5 million licensed drivers in the state can decide to pay for an emoji to appear on their car plates from March 1.
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We’re getting a period emoji and it’s bloody brilliant news
It’s happening. We’re definitely getting a period emoji.
Unicode has confirmed the period emoji has been given the go-ahead and will hit keyboards in spring 2019.
The blood drop emoji is the result of a campaign led by girls’ rights group…
We’re getting a period emoji and it’s bloody brilliant news
It’s happening. We’re definitely getting a period emoji.
Unicode has confirmed the period emoji has been given the go-ahead and will hit keyboards in spring 2019.
The blood drop emoji is the result of a campaign led by girls’ rights group…
There are 230 new emoji on the way in 2019
Get ready to step up your emoji game.
Unicode just made its new emoji list for 2019 official, and the update adds 230 new symbols, including a yawning face, white heart, and pinching hand symbol.
Though the list of new emoji has now been finalize…
The pinching hand emoji will only be used for small dicks
A new year means new emoji… to make dick jokes with.
Unicode, the organisation responsible for approving emoji, has just released a list of 230 symbols which will make it to your devices in 2019.
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Among the pile includes a sloth, a yawning face, and a falafel, to name a few. But already receiving plenty of attention is the pinching hand emoji, because well, it totally symbolises a small penis.
FINALLY a small dick emoji https://t.co/TTvzP609Xv
— Kath Barbadoro (@kathbarbadoro) February 5, 2019
The pinching hand emoji will solely be used for small dicks pic.twitter.com/iuG49co66D
— Brian Koerber (@bkurbs) February 6, 2019 Read more…
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View More The pinching hand emoji will only be used for small dicksOfficial emoji debut for disabled folks, service dogs, waffles and more
A gaggle of new emoji have just been approved by the Unicode Consortium, meaning they’ll be standard across any platforms that choose to support them. This batch includes some much-needed representation for people with various disabilities, new animals from guide dogs to otters, food and many more objects.
View More Official emoji debut for disabled folks, service dogs, waffles and moreA handy guide for using society’s most neglected emoji
Not everything can be 💯.
At the bottom of the emoji hierarchy lie the derelicts: the mountain cableway, the baggage claim icon, a bunch of squares with letters in them. It might seem impossible to lift these poor guys out of obscurity, but th…
Apple Emoji Fail
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View More Apple Emoji FailAquarium points out Apple’s squid emoji isn’t quite right
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Getting emoji to look right has for some reason, been a challenge.
There was the head scratching over Apple’s very plain bagel emoji, while Unicode earlier this year fixed up the once anatomically incorrect lobster emoji.
It appears there also needs to be work done on Apple’s squid emoji, which was added back in 2016.
As raised by the Monterey Bay Aquarium on Twitter, the emoji is actually upside down, and the siphon — which allows a squid to move around, and enable respiration and waste discharge — is meant to be behind the head. Read more…
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View More Aquarium points out Apple’s squid emoji isn’t quite right‘They live among us’ is the meme for your spiciest opinions
What’s your hottest take?
Whether it’s putting pineapple on pizza or actually liking Ed Sheeran’s sense of style, everyone has a divisive opinion that’s bound to tear apart families. And why keep your terrible thoughts to yourself when you can …