To see the passion of Americans, mess up an emoji
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What's wrong with this emoji?
There are a few things that can stir the passions of America into quick action, and emojis -- for reasons I don't begin to understand -- is one of them.
Lobster legs provide an example.
A lobster has 10.
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So the emoji has been redrawn. What kind of fool would use an 8-legged lobster emoji? Happy now, America?
When you'd use a lobster emoji -- and because I'm aged, when you'd use any emoji -- is also a mystery, but it's at least keeping members of Congress happy.
Unicode is also reconfiguring a new skateboard emoji after an outcry from Big Skateboard. And it's also replacing a left-hand double helix.
No, really, this upset people in the DNA community.
(h/t: Paul Tosto)
