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Old 05-08-17, 02:51 PM   #1
Mazer
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Default Proposed Emojis For Unicode 11.0 Include Drunk Face, Llama, And Sad Poop

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This day and age come with no shortage for means of expression. Whether it's the occasional meme, GIF, or Snaps, modern communication has evolved into a medium in which each situation, however nuanced, will have a visual counterpart, which is especially true of emojis.

Growing from a supposedly ridiculous fad into a full-fledged language, emojis have helped people express certain emotions or situation in shorter, more impactful ways. Apple, for instance, translated some of its films on iTunes into emoji, while there's an emoji translation of "Moby Dick" somewhere out there and a Dutch building with emoji gargoyles. Quite literally, one can use an emoji or a combination of many to describe complex phrases.

What's more, the influx just keeps getting larger. Unicode has now released the list of proposed emojis — 67 in total — for the 2018 set, which includes a softball, kangaroo, salt shaker, and a frowning pile of poo. Unicode president Mark Davis announced it via Twitter.
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No doubt some of these will be used to make shitty kids' movies in the coming years.
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