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I refuse to provide any help or even sympathy to people who insert emoji into documents.

by hollerith 1y ago

lasc4r 1y ago
Do you normally associate emojis with creating documents?
- nickthegreek 1y ago
  chatgpt does.
- hollerith 1y ago
  I meant document in the broad sense to include a tweet, an email or an HN comment. It would probably have been clearer if I'd written "people who use emoji".
jasonthorsness 1y ago
What did the Unicode Consortium ever do to you?
- nottorp 1y ago
  Everything they could think of.
- e40 1y ago
  Username is a clue. Pretty hilarious, actually. Edit: I assume it’s a joke related to https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Punched_card https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Punched_card
  - hollerith 1y ago
    No, username is a coincidence.
    - e40 1y ago
      Coincidences do happen. Since your comment was not a joke, I'll point out that documents aren't the only target for emoji's. This is a system-wide issue, right?
      - hollerith 1y ago
        Yes, I dislike emoji almost everywhere they occur.
        BobaFloutist 1y ago
        (U+1F44D)
- Y_Y 1y ago
  They added loads of skin tones and family types to be "inclusive" but not my skin tone or family type. I spend a lot of time choosing the "gender" of emojis that I neither care about nor can identify the "gender" of. There are too many Japanese things. Thankfully they did stop global gun violence though.
  - pxc 1y ago
    That's on the authors of emoji pickers. You can always not include skin tone modifiers, or use a stylized emoji font that doesn't show gender or skin color (unless you're on macOS, then shitty rasterized emoji are forced upon you).
  - toast0 1y ago
    > Thankfully they did stop global gun violence though. I thought this happened outside of Unicode... Apple switched, then everyone else did too. (Microsoft was using a ray gun at the time Apple switched; but Microsoft switched to a depiction of a revolver the day after Apple switched to a water pistol)
handsclean 1y ago
o.O
simonask 1y ago
Why, actually?
xattt 1y ago
It’s the year 2059, and medical charting has been replaced entirely with emojis. Medical training is now completed through TikTok videos. Primary care is delivered in mobile pop-up clinics. Lab results are shared with patients through Instagram stories.
crinkly 1y ago
Yeah I'm with you there. Someone sent out some professional communications to me about a week ago and it was a bullet list where the bullets were emojis. And signed it with a smile. Just no. Appears a lot of people write something up then throw it into chatgpt or something to spice it up with the things as well.
kergonath 1y ago
This picker is also useful for Unicode symbols that are not on the keyboard. Also, there is nothing wrong with an emoji here and there.
iggldiggl 1y ago
The Windows emoji picker is also useful for entering all sorts of completely legitimate and well-respected typographical symbols…

I refuse to provide any help or even sympathy to people who insert emoji into documents.

lasc4r 1y ago

Do you normally associate emojis with creating documents?

nickthegreek 1y ago
chatgpt does.
hollerith 1y ago
I meant document in the broad sense to include a tweet, an email or an HN comment. It would probably have been clearer if I'd written "people who use emoji".

jasonthorsness 1y ago

What did the Unicode Consortium ever do to you?

nottorp 1y ago
Everything they could think of.
e40 1y ago
Username is a clue. Pretty hilarious, actually. Edit: I assume it’s a joke related to https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Punched_card https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Punched_card
- hollerith 1y ago
  No, username is a coincidence.
  - e40 1y ago
    Coincidences do happen. Since your comment was not a joke, I'll point out that documents aren't the only target for emoji's. This is a system-wide issue, right?
    - hollerith 1y ago
      Yes, I dislike emoji almost everywhere they occur.
      - BobaFloutist 1y ago
        (U+1F44D)
Y_Y 1y ago
They added loads of skin tones and family types to be "inclusive" but not my skin tone or family type. I spend a lot of time choosing the "gender" of emojis that I neither care about nor can identify the "gender" of. There are too many Japanese things. Thankfully they did stop global gun violence though.
- pxc 1y ago
  That's on the authors of emoji pickers. You can always not include skin tone modifiers, or use a stylized emoji font that doesn't show gender or skin color (unless you're on macOS, then shitty rasterized emoji are forced upon you).
- toast0 1y ago
  > Thankfully they did stop global gun violence though. I thought this happened outside of Unicode... Apple switched, then everyone else did too. (Microsoft was using a ray gun at the time Apple switched; but Microsoft switched to a depiction of a revolver the day after Apple switched to a water pistol)

handsclean 1y ago

o.O

simonask 1y ago

Why, actually?

xattt 1y ago

It’s the year 2059, and medical charting has been replaced entirely with emojis. Medical training is now completed through TikTok videos. Primary care is delivered in mobile pop-up clinics. Lab results are shared with patients through Instagram stories.

crinkly 1y ago

Yeah I'm with you there. Someone sent out some professional communications to me about a week ago and it was a bullet list where the bullets were emojis. And signed it with a smile. Just no. Appears a lot of people write something up then throw it into chatgpt or something to spice it up with the things as well.

kergonath 1y ago

This picker is also useful for Unicode symbols that are not on the keyboard. Also, there is nothing wrong with an emoji here and there.

iggldiggl 1y ago

The Windows emoji picker is also useful for entering all sorts of completely legitimate and well-respected typographical symbols…