My problem with emojis is that suddenly the Unicode Consortium crosses the descriptivist/prescriptivist blood/brain barrier
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Choosing emojis? Now, suddenly, you have direct control over how the upcoming generation of humans communicates. Or doesn't communicate
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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I'm not saying the Unicode Consortium is The Party, but if I were them I'd be scared out of my wits at the responsibility I just lucked into
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I would want to shut emojis down forever and run away
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