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Apple Changes "Pistol" Emoji From Revolver to Toy Water Gun

posted by cmn32480 on Tuesday August 02 2016, @11:33PM   Printer-friendly
from the this-might-trigger-me dept.

Leebert writes:

Business Insider is reporting that Apple is changing its implementation of the "pistol" emoji (🔫 \U0001F52B; "🔫") from a revolver to a toy water gun. According to Apple's announcement, the change will take effect with the release of iOS 10 this fall. Apple's announcement didn't explicitly mention the change or its rationale but the change is, predictably, ruffling some feathers.

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  • (Score: 4, Informative) by MostCynical on Wednesday August 03 2016, @12:59AM

    by MostCynical (2589) on Wednesday August 03 2016, @12:59AM (#383431) Journal

    Every time an someone uses an emoji, they look like a tool. This is automatic. No coding required.

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  • (Score: 5, Touché) by jdavidb on Wednesday August 03 2016, @02:24AM

    by jdavidb (5690) on Wednesday August 03 2016, @02:24AM (#383463) Homepage Journal
    🔧
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    • (Score: 2) by jdavidb on Wednesday August 03 2016, @01:58PM

      by jdavidb (5690) on Wednesday August 03 2016, @01:58PM (#383588) Homepage Journal
      It's a shame there's not a -1, Tool mod - I think I'd wear it with pride for this one.
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  • (Score: 3, Funny) by kurenai.tsubasa on Wednesday August 03 2016, @02:30AM

    by kurenai.tsubasa (5227) on Wednesday August 03 2016, @02:30AM (#383465) Journal

    ☞ Please tell me I can keep using these! ☜

    ☞ If not for these codepoints, we would have no way of representing old west posters in unicode!
    ☞ We must keep these codepoints for our heritage and posterity!