Tue. 12/28 - Emojis As Folklore & Cows On Waterbeds
The argument for emojis as folklore, the top emojis of 2021, and why an emoji reference site is being archived in the Library of Congress. Plus, it turns out gray hair can return to its original color… sometimes, and temporarily. And, waterbeds didn’t fully go away after the early 90s. Their main consumer base just shifted… to cows.
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Emojis Are Folklore (Emojipedia)
The Most Frequently Used Emoji of 2021 (Unicode)…
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