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penus penus penus
Nov 9, 2014

by piss__donald
hieroglyphic analysis

http://www.businessinsider.com/apple-change-pistol-emoji-toy-confusion-precedent-meaning-retroactive-2016-8



frankly, :11tea:

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gleebster
Dec 16, 2006

Only a howler
Pillbug
"The eggplant/aubergine is a penis."

Well, that changes everything I thought I knew about ratatouille.

A ILL BREAKFAST
Jun 9, 2007

*unsheathes katana*
i like how the oxford english dictionarys word of the year for 2015 was an emoji - truly we are through the looking glass

a hole-y ghost
May 10, 2010

Apple is tampering with the past

The change will only produce confusion

just imagine how mad these clowns will be when apple changes the winkey smiley face emoji to :jackbud:

Cthulu Carl
Apr 16, 2006

"And more worryingly, it will retroactively change the meaning of countless historic messages and texts - setting a dangerous precedent, with unpredictable results."

Wanna read these heroic gun messages.

FedEx Mercury
Jan 7, 2004

Me bad posting? That's unpossible!
Lipstick Apathy

A ILL BREAKFAST posted:

i like how the oxford english dictionarys word of the year for 2015 was an emoji - truly we are through the looking glass

They're so pathetically desperate to remain relevant.

a hole-y ghost
May 10, 2010

Cthulu Carl posted:

"And more worryingly, it will retroactively change the meaning of countless historic messages and texts - setting a dangerous precedent, with unpredictable results."

Wanna read these heroic gun messages.
Alright, just gonna read these texts I received more than 2 months ago..

Macasaurus
Oct 12, 2012

was that supposed to be a happy emoji, I always saw it as like someone embarrassingly taking a dump.

that face is really much like mine when I post

down n out
Sep 16, 2008

Nap Ghost
I posted about hooker hieroglyphics months ago, nice to see business insider scraping up SA poo poo posts. I prefer the chocolate donut for buttholes and the banana for penises myself.

a dog from hell
Oct 18, 2009

by zen death robot
You can tell if your girlfriend is cheating by reading the emojis she uses in her text messages.

a hole-y ghost
May 10, 2010

the thing that the picture in this post comes from is a lot more interesting than the dumb water pistol thing, why didn't you link to that?

penus penus penus
Nov 9, 2014

by piss__donald

a hole-y ghost posted:

the thing that the picture in this post comes from is a lot more interesting than the dumb water pistol thing, why didn't you link to that?

but, truly... is it? lol

The Kingfish
Oct 21, 2015


quote:

Apple is using emojis to take a stand against gun violence
Ifucking hate this planet

Hector Beerlioz
Jun 16, 2010

aw, hec
:nexus:

Hector Beerlioz
Jun 16, 2010

aw, hec

The Kingfish posted:

Ifucking hate this planet

Would you rather have them use emoji to advocate gun violence?

Dreddout
Oct 1, 2015

You must stay drunk on writing so reality cannot destroy you.

The Kingfish posted:

Ifucking hate this planet

Tricky D
Apr 1, 2005

I love um!
Apple has taken the controversial position that gun violence is bad.

Hector Beerlioz
Jun 16, 2010

aw, hec

Tricky D posted:

Apple has taken the controversial position that gun violence is bad.

You can tell Steve isn't at the wheel anymore

ziasquinn
Jan 1, 2006

Fallen Rib
🔫🔫🔫🔫🔫

rezatahs
Jun 9, 2001

by Smythe
pretty sure swords and knives have historically been responsible for more deaths than firearms but they callously have left those in place instead of replacing them with pool noodles

Dr. Dogballs Jr.
Jun 9, 2014

the angriest sex machine

Your Dead Gay Son posted:

🔫🔫🔫🔫🔫

a hole-y ghost
May 10, 2010

quote:

iOS 10 beta 4 (released August 1, 2016) displays this emoji as a toy squirt gun / water pistol.

Windows 10 Anniversary Update (released August 2, 2016) displays this as a regular pistol, updated from the previous release which displayed a toy gun.
:wth:

a hole-y ghost
May 10, 2010

What this means is Apple is against gun violence, while Microsoft is pro gun violence.

Iron Prince
Aug 28, 2005
Buglord
DICKS OUT 4 HARAMBE 🍆🍆🐵🐵🙈

Tricky D
Apr 1, 2005

I love um!

quote:

Apple's change, while well-intentioned, will unilaterally modify the meaning of countless historic messages, texts, and uses of emojis — transforming them in unpredictable ways.

It's a small consolation that Apple isn't taking the nuclear option and removing the handgun emoji altogether, as some anti-gun activists have called for.

Just imagine if Apple decided to remove the word "gun" from its platform, rendering past sentences that used it meaningless. It would be terrifying abuse of power — and it's the exact same principle.

so much hand wringing

Mozi
Apr 4, 2004

Forms change so fast
Time is moving past
Memory is smoke
Gonna get wider when I die
Nap Ghost
i knew they would come for my guns but i had no idea it would come to this...

Tinestram
Jan 13, 2006

Excalibur? More like "Needle"

Grimey Drawer
this is as poorly thought-out as replacing BC/AD with BCE/CE

thanks Apple

A ILL BREAKFAST
Jun 9, 2007

*unsheathes katana*
historic texts

Pontificating Ass
Aug 2, 2002

What Doth Life?
The Apple one is a truly awful version of :D

ANIME IS BLOOD
Sep 4, 2008

by zen death robot

Iron Prince posted:

DICKS OUT 4 HARAMBE 🍆🍆🐵🐵🙈

remove the zookeeper emoji instead imo

Moridin920
Nov 15, 2007

by FactsAreUseless
who is an activist trying to get Apple to change emojis to remove guns like what dude how are you that bereft of other poo poo to do

je1 healthcare
Sep 29, 2015

Tricky D posted:

Apple has taken the controversial position that gun violence is bad.

But they still have car emojis available, which I'm going to interpret as their silent consent of automotive homicides

Anyway if this stops even one gun emoji-related death its worth it.

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Blue Train
Jun 17, 2012

this is bs, how am I going to protect myself against the emoji police

💀👮💥🔫🖕

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