My problem with emojis is that suddenly the Unicode Consortium crosses the descriptivist/prescriptivist blood/brain barrier
Enabling the users of every script in the world to communicate with a single standard? That's worthwhile, and they were doing a decent job
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Choosing emojis? Now, suddenly, you have direct control over how the upcoming generation of humans communicates. Or doesn't communicate
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People should be able to say anything. Unicode is how we say things. The Consortium holds those reins. Something something Newspeak
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