I've never quite understood the emoji thing, can somebody explain it to me? Why are "funny" symbols and pictures being put into the Unicode standard? I thought the point of extending the standard with symbols is to accommodate languages that use symbols for writing.
Finally, it will be possible to flip someone off via emoji
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#12I've never quite understood the emoji thing, can somebody explain it to me? Why are "funny" symbols and pictures being put into the Unicode standard? I thought the point of extending the standard with symbols is to accommodate languages that use symbols for writing.
Part of the reason Unicode exists (other than encoding every possible writing system) is to unify existing encodings. Emojis come from Japan where mobile operators used proprietary encodings to transmit emojis in text messages.
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#13And the V sign is there but the reverse two fingered salute is not. Though perhaps that would lead to too much confusion and accidental offense between cultures.
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#14I've never quite understood the emoji thing, can somebody explain it to me? Why are "funny" symbols and pictures being put into the Unicode standard? I thought the point of extending the standard with symbols is to accommodate languages that use symbols for writing.
Part of the reason Unicode exists (other than encoding every possible writing system) is to unify existing encodings. Emojis come from Japan where mobile operators used proprietary encodings to transmit emojis in text messages.
Ah, that makes a lot more sense! I thought we had people sitting around talking about what funny picture to put in Unicode next. It's much more understandable if it's something that already exists that's being "ported in".
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#15Earlier quoted context omitted.
Part of the reason Unicode exists (other than encoding every possible writing system) is to unify existing encodings. Emojis come from Japan where mobile operators used proprietary encodings to transmit emojis in text messages.
Ah, that makes a lot more sense! I thought we had people sitting around talking about what funny picture to put in Unicode next. It's much more understandable if it's something that already exists that's being "ported in".
I think we have that now. The Japanese emoji that have been standardized are kindda culturally skewed, but suddenly became very available world wide and a lot of people around the world want their culture to be represented equally. Hence the whole skin color deal.
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#16I wonder if this means they will stop autocorrecting to the word "ducking" as well.
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#17Wake me up when you can give someone a powerful electric shock via emoji. A control character, literally.
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#18I wonder if this means they will stop autocorrecting to the word "ducking" as well.
Why the duck would they? This shut never gets old - almost a clbuttic.
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#19I've never quite understood the emoji thing, can somebody explain it to me? Why are "funny" symbols and pictures being put into the Unicode standard? I thought the point of extending the standard with symbols is to accommodate languages that use symbols for writing.
It's because those "funny" symbols are needed in concise, informal communication on the internet. Smileys are very useful for conveying extra meaning, such as humor or sarcasm.
Normal people don't use /s :)
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#20It is allready implemented in Windows 10, although it doesn't scale down well. I'd paste it here but HN doesn't seem to support Unicode emoji, which is odd
One of the reasons is that people were cramming unicode into submission titles.
This is why we can't have nice things.