• Cigarette_comedian [he/him]
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      10 months ago

      The problem with that is that emotes and emojis inherently don't go inside sentences. They are often tone/emotion indicators or express ideas that are hard to put into words, or are simpler to use an image to use than writing out. No one says "Bruh, that's so 💀 funny." Nor does anyone say "You are such a :stalin-approval:, dude!" And if I want to say "Oooooooooah!" in anguish, it's simpler to post :ooooooooooooooh: . Combinations of emotes with no words are also their own expression, where you can assemble the appropriate pictures into a little language game for others to interpret.

      If there had to be a criteria, it would have to be what kind of idea or emotion the emote could represent or simplify. The emote submission posted here is of course a little out there, and personally I don't know where to use it other than in specific situations about Putin acting like a zoomer. Which I have no idea when that would happen.

      • TrudeauCastroson [he/him]
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        10 months ago

        I said "use it in a sentence" because that's what they say in spelling bees, but I guess you have a point and more accurately it'd be "write a mock comment where you'd use this emoji", or "what mock comment/event would u reply this to"

        But then again its hard to predict what'll take off or not. Maybe this one would just end up being the general emoji when referencing/making fun of zoomers and their broccoli hair.

        I always forget the name for us-foreign-policy and other stuff like that.

        All the emojis on this site are pretty top tier, only problem is finding and using them, and how long the emoji picker takes to load. If I learned how to contribute to open source projects, my first task would probably be tags for emojis on this website so they're found easier.