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Why stop at emojis? Why use the aubergine emoji when you can instead use ancient Egyptian hieroglyphs[1]? There is even an anti-aubergine [2]! In my opinion th
by altgans 6y ago
Why stop at emojis? Why use the aubergine emoji when you can instead use ancient Egyptian hieroglyphs[1]? There is even an anti-aubergine [2]!
In my opinion there is an untapped marked here. And it also is a "full circle" moment - i bet in the next millennium emojis will also be counted as hieroglyphs.
1: https://unicode-table.com/en/130BA/ https://unicode-table.com/en/130BA/
2: https://unicode-table.com/en/130B9/ https://unicode-table.com/en/130B9/
- _jal 6y agoHeavy use of emoji is a great way to make me stop reading. I don't parse images super well - icon buttons in applications slow me down a lot, too. Mentally trying to reconstruct meaning from icons might be a fun recreation, but it is a high-load, annoying waste of time for me when we just need to convey some info. Use your words, or I'm likely to check out at some point.
- hedora 6y agoTry explaining how to type “Bob@naughty-croquet-hieroglyph.kz” in mixed company.
- runnr_az 6y agoI built a site for that: https://weirdonecharacterdomainsuperstore.com https://weirdonecharacterdomainsuperstore.com
- cptwunderlich 6y agoUff, φ is all sold out :smh:
- sabertoothed 6y agoOn my machine (Ubuntu, Chrome), every special character is literally just a rectangle. Makes the website look a bit less interesting that way ;) I am not techie enough to be able to fix the view at my end.