From a thread asking opinions about emoji usage.
However it happens and whomever is responsible here we are... and we're losing ground fast. And things like emojis are leading the charge.
Should we tell them @WhyEssEff@hexbear.net is responsible?
Link: https://hexbear.net/comment/4277133
Defending language and human expression by arbitrarily limiting the scope of what should be considered valid language and expression.
The linguistic niche that emojis fill is the same niche that is filled by emblems, which are a powerful tool for communicating specific ideas very concisely and have existed long before the internet. If pictures are too childish and regressive for this guy, then I suppose they want a world without bright red hexagonal stop signs and railroad crossing markers and would instead prefer traffic control markers be replaced with plain text billboards containing the relevant legal codes written in plain text.
Of course, law being famously unopen to interpretation, too.
You'd have pedestrians walking straight into oncoming trains muttering about a comma in the legal code that means the train isn't technically allowed to travel this way if it's late on a leapyear.
Don't forget corporate logos. bye bye golden arches Oh! and desktop shortcut can't have icons.
Gestures are also linguistically classified as emblems, so no more thumbs up or middle fingers for this guy