Post ALI3K3lXGSBSN3NaHw by futureisfoss@fosstodon.org
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(DIR) Post #ALI3K3FHCONal0Hp0S by futureisfoss@fosstodon.org
2022-07-08T09:09:07Z
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There is a cyclone emoji! 🌀It just kinda looks like a spiral to me 🤔
(DIR) Post #ALI3K3lXGSBSN3NaHw by futureisfoss@fosstodon.org
2022-07-08T09:30:33Z
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You know what, when I learned about the names of some common emojis I got very confused & surprised!😂 - this emoji is often used by me and many others to show a laughing face, but apparently its called "face with tears of joy" !😋 - I have sometimes used this emoji to show a silly face, but its actually called "face savoring food".I wonder if this confuses people using screen readers, or do they understand these differences ?Full emoji list with names and all - https://unicode.org/emoji/charts/full-emoji-list.html
(DIR) Post #ALI3K4ExV3ifqJ959M by devinprater@devin.masto.host
2022-07-08T12:01:12Z
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@Hawlucha We get the actual Unicode name.
(DIR) Post #ALI3K4kraRExRG4Ysa by Hawlucha@donphan.social
2022-07-08T13:01:14Z
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@devinprater That's what I thought. Now I gotta learn to use the more appropriate emoji, rather than going with like meme-culture meanings my friends would also use. Some of the emoji also don't look exactly what we'd want to express, so we end up using emoji that would be technically wrong. It's also a bit worse with other emoji fonts whose own art style can make people use or not use some emoji. Most of the emoji are pretty straightforward across fonts, but some of them look not as we'd expect or think.
(DIR) Post #ALI3K5IBaXtZ6bfAoq by devinprater@devin.masto.host
2022-07-08T13:15:03Z
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@Hawlucha Oh, I didn't know that. Wow. Yeah I guess that's the problem with using characters to try to show the extensive set of emotions and such.
(DIR) Post #ALI3K5j7yNRiSAGgoS by futureisfoss@fosstodon.org
2022-07-08T15:07:41Z
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@devinpraterYou use a screen reader right? Have those emojis ever confused you? Especially that laughing emoji is very popular, it looks more like "tears from laughing too hard" than "tears of joy". So my question is, before reading my post did you knew that people meant laughing when they used that emoji?And @Hawlucha is right, different programs show these emojis in a different way, in my browser it looks flat, in my phone it has a little 3D effect. I wish these things were more consistent.
(DIR) Post #ALI3K66WZOA3cjDNHU by devinprater@devin.masto.host
2022-07-08T15:28:24Z
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@futureisfoss @Hawlucha Okay so when I see the "tears of joy" one, I ... kinda just think people are extra happy or something. I honestly don't find any reason to use it in its original meaning.
(DIR) Post #ALI3K6bMiipbANe0Lw by futureisfoss@fosstodon.org
2022-07-08T15:50:26Z
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@devinprater@HawluchaThat's interesting because people usually use it to mean laughter, which is kinda similar to being happy so I understand why you thought like that.
(DIR) Post #ALI3K76Cs3V8i24dQO by kartoffelcheetah@social.kartoffelcheetah.eu
2022-07-08T16:59:51.671622Z
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@futureisfoss @devinprater @Hawlucha oh no, it's the most common emoji we use in work
(DIR) Post #ALI3K7eaoD0UQgA61Q by futureisfoss@fosstodon.org
2022-07-08T18:26:03Z
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@kartoffelcheetahIts a very common emoji actually, I use it a lot too. I was very surprised to find that its actually trying to depict "tears of joy" and not "tears of laughter". I think this is an issue with unicode, they should've made these more clear. And when someone realizes that this emoji is commonly used to show laughter, then that clears the misunderstanding. I made this post to make more people aware of this since I didn't see anyone else talking about it.@devinprater @Hawlucha