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Title: Unicode 9.0's 72 new emoji threaten to kill the beloved ROFL and Picard face palm pics Post by: HCK on June 24, 2016, 04:05:16 pm Unicode 9.0's 72 new emoji threaten to kill the beloved ROFL and Picard face palm pics
<article> <section class="page"> <p> The emojification of your online emotional life is complete. The Unicode Consortium announced Unicode Standard Version 9.0 on Tuesday, complete with 72 new emoji characters—the most important of which include rolling on the floor laughing, face palm, fingers crossed, drooling face, lying face, nauseated, and shrug.</p><p> Yes, Unicode managed to kill ROFL from text messages and Twitter replies overnight, as well as put the beloved Picard face palm reaction (http://imgur.com/gallery/iWKad22) on the endangered list.</p><p> Other notable additions to Unicode 9.0 include emojis for selfie, fox, gorilla, scooter (both kick and motorized), as well as bacon—what took you so long, UC? Anyone interested in checking out the complete list of the 72 new emoji (http://www.unicode.org/emoji/charts/emoji-released.html) can find it on the Unicode site.</p><p class="jumpTag"><a href="/article/3087368/internet/unicode-90s-72-new-emoji-threaten-to-kill-the-beloved-rofl-and-picard-face-palm-pics.html#jump">To read this article in full or to leave a comment, please click here[/url]</p></section></article> Source: Unicode 9.0's 72 new emoji threaten to kill the beloved ROFL and Picard face palm pics (http://www.macworld.com/article/3087368/internet/unicode-90s-72-new-emoji-threaten-to-kill-the-beloved-rofl-and-picard-face-palm-pics.html#tk.rss_all) |