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Emoji 12.0 brings us waffles, more diversity, suggestive "finger pinch" glyph
There's a push for more diversity with this new emoji release. We have emojis for deaf people in three genders (male, female, and genderless) and five skin tones, an ear with a hearing aid, people in motorized and unmotorized wheelchairs, prosthetic arms and legs, a guide dog and a service dog, and people with a probing cane. There are actually only 59 distinct new emoji types in this release, but everything that depicts a human comes in five skin tones and three genders, which pumps up the numbers. You can really see this with the "People holding hands" emoji, which is completely configurable for a total of 70 possible combinations.
The emoji that's causing the most buzz is "pinching hand." Emojipedia's example shows a thumb and pointer finger with a small distance between them, which could also be interpreted as a hand signal for "small." People are already coming up with, uh, "suggestive" uses for such a glyph, and if the actual implementations follow Emojipedia's design, the glyph could end up on the naughty list next to peach and eggplant.
Thank you, Emojesus. ✝
By the way, what happened to calling it Unicode 12.0? Maybe they'll call it that in June.
Unicode Consortium blog post. Also at Emojipedia and 9to5Mac.
Previously: 38 New Emojis to be Introduced in 2016
Unicode Considering 67 New Emoji for 2016
Unicode 9.0 Serves up Bacon Emoji, 71 others, and Six New Scripts
Unicode 10.0's New Emojis
Stink Over Frowning Poo Emoji at the Unicode Consortium
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Battle of the Bagel Emoji
(Score: 1) by progo on Thursday February 07 2019, @08:30AM (7 children)
Is the Unicode Consortium collecting fees for processing requests to add these emoji codepoints? Without looking into it right now, I'm guessing yes that's the only explanation for the huge number we have now.
(Score: 2, Insightful) by Anonymous Coward on Thursday February 07 2019, @08:47AM
No. It's every SJW wanting their own emoji for whatever gender they think they are.
(Score: -1, Flamebait) by Anonymous Coward on Thursday February 07 2019, @01:39PM (4 children)
Follow the money.
Or follow the logic. If possible.
Why is there a female terrorist emoji [emojipedia.org] but no male terrorist emoji?
(Score: 2) by FatPhil on Thursday February 07 2019, @03:05PM (3 children)
Incidentally - check the facebook rendering of the woman with headscarf at your link, I personally find it hilarious!
Anyway, good dogwhistling, you bigot, it efficiently managed to draw the attention of someone who was swiftly able to prove you wrong.
But on the flipside, don't get me wrong, not all cultures are equal, and my views on headscarves are neatly summarised by these ex-wearers: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vVpZ0FZc8SY
Great minds discuss ideas; average minds discuss events; small minds discuss people; the smallest discuss themselves
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Thursday February 07 2019, @05:30PM
Zero Justice Warrior?
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Friday February 08 2019, @02:30AM
You make a good point. That emoji carries the meanings of "bigot" and "intolerance" around here. Based on how people who dress like that act.
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Friday February 08 2019, @05:37PM
Man with headscarf looks kawaii.
Facebook woman with headscarf looks like a cartoon fish.
(Score: 3, Interesting) by takyon on Thursday February 07 2019, @07:02PM
Women finally get a menstruation emoji [fastcompany.com]
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