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I've thought that it would be cool to have a Wiki with an entry for each character, describing what it is, and its history. Although that wouldn't help for myst

by kens 5y ago

I've thought that it would be cool to have a Wiki with an entry for each character, describing what it is, and its history. Although that wouldn't help for mystery characters like this one, there are a lot of characters with stories behind them.

sprayk 5y ago
I like this idea. It would serve as a place to put a well-sourced answer to the question about this character, and the talk section could be used to discuss further investigation into the topic, or when new uses inevitably arise.
paledot 5y ago
I was just discussing :man-in-business-suit-levitating: with some friends earlier today. Also an interestingly cryptic background, albeit not an unsolved one. https://emojipedia.org/person-in-suit-levitating/ https://emojipedia.org/person-in-suit-levitating/ (Edit: Apparently HN automatically removes emoji.)
- logbiscuitswave 5y ago
  The story behind MIBSL is definitely fascinating and some great trivia there. There’s a longer article about it here: https://www.newsweek.com/2016/05/06/secret-ska-history-man-business-suit-levitating-emoji-442192.html https://www.newsweek.com/2016/05/06/secret-ska-history-man-b... that covers not just the inspiration for the emoji itself, but a brief history behind the inspiration behind the inspiration. Lots of levels of metaness to unpack.
  - alx__ 5y ago
    I love this! I've always assumed it was a rude boy emoji. Was briefly in a high school ska band :D
subroutine 5y ago
Wikipedia already does this for many symbols. See for example... https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Miscellaneous_Technical https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Miscellaneous_Technical Aside from the table describing each symbol, if you scroll to the bottom of the page, it links out to full articles related to each. For a full list see... https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Unicode_characters https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Unicode_characters

by kens 5y ago

sprayk 5y ago

I like this idea. It would serve as a place to put a well-sourced answer to the question about this character, and the talk section could be used to discuss further investigation into the topic, or when new uses inevitably arise.

paledot 5y ago

I was just discussing :man-in-business-suit-levitating: with some friends earlier today. Also an interestingly cryptic background, albeit not an unsolved one. https://emojipedia.org/person-in-suit-levitating/ https://emojipedia.org/person-in-suit-levitating/ (Edit: Apparently HN automatically removes emoji.)

logbiscuitswave 5y ago
The story behind MIBSL is definitely fascinating and some great trivia there. There’s a longer article about it here: https://www.newsweek.com/2016/05/06/secret-ska-history-man-business-suit-levitating-emoji-442192.html https://www.newsweek.com/2016/05/06/secret-ska-history-man-b... that covers not just the inspiration for the emoji itself, but a brief history behind the inspiration behind the inspiration. Lots of levels of metaness to unpack.
- alx__ 5y ago
  I love this! I've always assumed it was a rude boy emoji. Was briefly in a high school ska band :D

subroutine 5y ago

Wikipedia already does this for many symbols. See for example... https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Miscellaneous_Technical https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Miscellaneous_Technical Aside from the table describing each symbol, if you scroll to the bottom of the page, it links out to full articles related to each. For a full list see... https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Unicode_characters https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Unicode_characters