The handshake emoji bothers me for the same reason as the fist-bump emoji on slack - it ignores consent. What if the receiver doesn't want to shake your hand? O

The handshake emoji bothers me for the same reason as the fist-bump emoji on slack - it ignores consent. What if the receiver doesn't want to shake your hand? Or what if they don't identify with the skin tone that you chose for them? These types of emojis would be more powerful if all parties had to engage to make them happen. Senders would have to run the risk of being left hanging, which would make a successful shake/bump mean a lot more, and everyone could choose their own skin tones. My beef is likely with the chat apps that implement this functionality rather than the emoji spec itself, but the implication of letting one person choose the color of both hands in an interaction like this seems to further complicate the consent issue.