> Emojis easily combine many many code points into one symbol. It begins with flag emojis such as , which is actually a special “E” followed by “U”, continues w

> Emojis easily combine many many code points into one symbol. It begins with flag emojis such as , which is actually a special “E” followed by “U”, continues with emojis such as (scientist), which is (person) glued together with (microscope) using a special joiner code point, and ends at the absolute pinnacle of code point combinations - the family emoji . How do you make a family? Easy, you take a person (with optional skin tone and gender modifier) and glue it with another person, as well as their children. That way you can easily end up with a single “character” consisting of ten or more code points! Why do we create unnecessary complexities and then refuse to dismantle them when we start having problems with them? We're so unable to admit mistakes?