Rejected emoji proposals

Post by Spivak » Sat, Feb 18, 2023, 1:36 PM UTC

411111111111111 wrote: post #111

go_elmo wrote: post #110

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My problem with emojis is finding them. No, I dont want to search hundrets of tiny images for making a point. No, I dont want to learn another alphabet with thousands of symbols. Just _write_ is so much easier. Or link it with a unicode name to be able to refer to it without searching

Uh, just use the picker which has search buld-in? Windows+. On windows OSX was something like ctrl-space or something. I rarely chat on Mac so I don't recall.

Post by kelseyfrog » Sat, Feb 18, 2023, 3:04 PM UTC

bentobean wrote: post #89

muzani wrote: post #74

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"It is time for the UTC to own up to their mistakes. This whole ordeal has gone on for way too long. I am not asking for much; the solution to this problem is laughably easy. The current gender situation in Unicode is discriminatory, end of discussion. It excludes transgender people by pretending that only women can get pregnant. It excludes non-binary people by treating the third gender option as secondary to male a…

> “by pretending that only women can get pregnant.” Only women can be impregnated. Stating otherwise does not make it so.

Post by colejohnson66 » Sat, Feb 18, 2023, 3:22 PM UTC

mcdonje wrote: post #62

tossaway0 wrote: post #25

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I didn't know that. That said, considering that adopting Unicode was a decision in and of itself, would expanding that space really be such a burden? I'm also now surprised to see that Wales and Scotland get a flag but Northern Ireland does not. Aren't they on the same standing? I always thought it followed UN membership but that Wales and Scotland got an exception. I know Palestine and Kosovo have emojis also. Are t…

>would expanding that space really be such a burden? It would require dropping UTF-16, which is the limiting factor. That, or defining planes that aren't available to all encodings. Don't hold your breath. I don't know who is using UTF-16 or UTF-32. It seems like most of the world has adopted UTF-8. So, maybe one day UTF-16 and UTF-32 will be dropped and more planes will be defined. That's a big maybe. If it happens…

Post by flangola7 » Sat, Feb 18, 2023, 3:54 PM UTC

farmaway wrote: post #44

JellyBeanThief wrote: post #23

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Right. Because the system is to have woman, man, and neutral for everything. Saves debate for more important things.

The party in power wins by default on the little stuff. The opposition must "save their debate for more important things."

Post by pyuser583 » Sat, Feb 18, 2023, 4:16 PM UTC

skissane wrote: post #56

pyuser583 wrote: post #46

Would have been nice if they did US state flags.

The US is far from the only country in which states/provinces/regions/etc have their own flags. Australia's six states (and its two self-governing mainland territories) each have their own flag. Canada's ten provinces and three territories have flags too. Mexico has 31 states, but only 7 have official flags. Germany has 16 states, all of which have a flag. Austria has 9 states, which all have flags. Switzerland has 2…