[Normille]

  >A modern solution is simply to have non-breaking space easily accessible in your keyboard layout 

An even better solution would be --for grown up people who have progressed beyond cave-painting and want to communicate using, you know, actual words-- to be able to disable emojis completely.

Fucking moronic shite that they are. I've seen people on Twatter and FB have entire conversations in bloody emojis. Talk about reverse evolution! Why don't we just go back to grunting and gesturing and have done with it?

[benj111]

I'm surprising myself by saying this, but emoji are pretty useful in certain contexts.

Certainly more useful than the requirement to put a space before a colon, non breaking or not.

[xboxnolifes]

I guess you only speak monotonically and avoid interpreting pitch, pauses, and physical cues in conversation as well, since those would be archaic, right?

[Normille]

smiley face. crying face. row of hearts in different colours. strange yellow thing that might be a banana or an arm flexing its bicep. sports trophy. winking face.

My god! --you're right. This is so much better and clearer than using those boring old fashioned words.

[xboxnolifes]

Emotions aren't clear either, but there are certain societal expectations to read and respond to them appropriately.