Next Thursday, July 17th, is World Emoji Day. It will be the
twelfth annual global emoji celebration. (https://worldemojiday.com) Now I have no idea why we are having a World
Emoji Day, but for the sake of fun, let’s just roll with it. It is celebrated
on July 17
th because that is the day highlighted on the calendar
emoji. (I bet you didn’t know that.) The first emoji set of 176 was created in
1999 by Japanese artist Shigetaka Kurita. (
https://www.wired.com/story/guide-emoji/)
They started as a quick way to show how you felt without having to use words. By
2010 there were 625, with more being added every year. Now you can get them in
sets for skin tone, country and other groupings. They are ubiquitous; most of
us use them on a daily basis. We send thumbs up, prayers, smooches, hearts, and
even mad faces. There have been movies about them. My phone even tries to put
them into text messages in place of the actual words – well, if I let it. They
have become so common place that now it is easier than ever to miscommunicate
with each other, sometimes with embarrassing consequences. I once sent a kissy
face emoji to my wife, only to find I had actually sent it to my principal. He
was a good sport about it, but still.
So if you had to pick
one emoji, what would it be? Some people might have to choose several,
depending on their mood. (Hopefully it’s not the poop emoji!) I kind of like
the meh, but he does come off as kind of depressing. Although I send a lot of smooch
faces to my wife, I guess if I had to choose one it would be the gratitude
emoji ☺️. God has been good and faithful to me and I hope I stay thankful for
everything He has done. I’m glad that there are a variety of emoji that I can choose
from to express my feelings. So how will you celebrate World Emoji Day? I hope
it’s will be by making someone’s day a little brighter. I mean, look how many
you have to chose?
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