If not text, what even emojis are? How is a smiley face any different than "!" or "?" it carries a meaning in the text itself. As a programmer, I want my user t

If not text, what even emojis are? How is a smiley face any different than "!" or "?" it carries a meaning in the text itself. As a programmer, I want my user to type text including emojis so I can store it as string, not a messy mix of string and images.