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Emoji Kitchen

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Re: Emoji Kitchen

#162

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Are these stickers inline? It's not a language if you can't make a sentence.

No, they are not. But almost no one uses emoji to compose sentences anyway.

Almost no one, besides some country with the biggest population on earth. ;-)

Btw:

http://www.emojidick.com/

Re: Emoji Kitchen

#165

Tangential, but I can hardly be the only one who thinks emoji are stuck in a preteen mindset, with poop being the naughtiest thing expressible. Which serious language has no words for sex, drugs and the tragedies that haunt a human life?

The gun emoji was converted to a squirt gun en masse because #oh-mai-gawd-guns-evil. Yet a pretty decent chunk of our entertainment in shows, movies, and games include (gasp!) guns that resemble over the top usage against other human beings, which is fine because it's fake and people are smart enough to draw the distinctions.

Emojis though? Nah, not possible. Too triggering.

I'll be sure to ask Google and Apple to ban the Peach emoji when I accidentally bite into the pit and need tooth repair.

Re: Emoji Kitchen

#166

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No, they are not. But almost no one uses emoji to compose sentences anyway.

I've noticed that emoji and stickers are absolutely not used in the same way. People often combine multiple emoji to express certain things that can't be expressed with a single emoji (and too difficult to find/create a sticker for). Stickers are also much less subtle and more in your face, and therefore not appreciated in the same way.

although i’ve noticed mostly human emojis can be used consciously. the others (tree, objects, etc) are suggested when you type a word but almost never selected to replace words in a sentence. So i don’t know who really uses them.

Re: Emoji Kitchen

#167

Tangential, but I can hardly be the only one who thinks emoji are stuck in a preteen mindset, with poop being the naughtiest thing expressible. Which serious language has no words for sex, drugs and the tragedies that haunt a human life?

Like Newspeak in euphemism then, but retaining ambiguity.

Plus a committee that can retroactively change what people have said.

Re: Emoji Kitchen

#169
This reminds me of https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kirby_64:_The_Crystal_Shards#G... :

> Kirby 64 introduces Power Combos, the option to combine Kirby's copy abilities. Power Combos can be created by inhaling two enemies at once, by throwing one ability at another, or by spitting an enemy at another. The latter two methods create a colored star that can be collected to obtain the Power Combo. There are 28 possible combinations, which are stronger than normal copy abilities or have added effects. For instance, by combining the "Burn" and "Needle" abilities, Kirby can shoot fire arrows. Players can also mix two of the same abilities, which will increase their power.

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