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by jowea 290 days ago
Would controversial emojis even get widespread support? Look at what happened to gun emoji.
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account42 289 days ago
Which is really the root problem with emojis: they're a top down definition of what concepts you are allowed to communicate.
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squigz 289 days ago
If you're only allowed to communicate in emojis, I guess? Other than that I'm not sure what bearing emojis have on what I'm allowed to talk about.
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throw0101d 290 days ago
"Dumpster fire" is a idiomatic phrase in English/US, so may not be universal enough.

* https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dumpster_fire

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harwoodr 290 days ago
I'm not an American... but "bin fire" seems to be a thing too.
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