Gotta love websites that hijack basic browser functions, in this case forcing smooth scroll on.
embedding-shape•Jun 16, 2026
Seems to be some sort of design agency or similar, it's basically internet-law at this point that those always fuck with the scroll movements of your browser, for some reason.
holistio•Jun 16, 2026
I will be. Thanks.
By the way, Walnut Creek is less than 100 miles from Cupertino.
I love walnuts.
j1000•Jun 16, 2026
Also no thief emoji or pirate emoji. Can someone enlighten me why we don't have it?
dagmx•Jun 16, 2026
Simply because nobody has successfully pitched the Unicode group to add one.
Anyone can pitch new emoji, they just have to go through the fairly easy but strict formal process.
blanched•Jun 16, 2026
Alex Schmidt, a humor writer (formerly of Cracked and others) did this process for the bison emoji. I enjoyed his “miniseries” about it: https://www.bisonemojipodcast.com/
basch•Jun 16, 2026
does the reverse notebooklm exist yet that turns podcasts into longform journalism?
blanched•Jun 16, 2026
Not that I know of. And I generally prefer written pieces to podcasts :).
What’s next, a cowboy emoji? A ninja emoji? But seriously, as much as I like emojis, I kind of feel like they should stick to emotions. Maybe other intangible things. They’re hard to convey verbally (and succinctly), simple concrete nouns are good for a bit of fun and for UI icons, but really not very useful if we’re being honest. Unless you’re texting with a lizard, or my lazy elementary-school niece who shouldn’t really have a phone anyway…
holistio•Jun 16, 2026
Or you're texting with people whose native language uses a logographic system.
hbn•Jun 16, 2026
I was looking for a pirate emoji like 5 minutes ago. I'm sure it's not the first time but I'm super surprised that still isn't in there. Seems so obvious.
carrozo•Jun 16, 2026
still no Guillotine Emoji either, although not for a lack of trying.
I love the pregnant man emoji, I use it all the time after a big meal
aforty•Jun 16, 2026
So cool to get the background story on this. I remember adding the Japanese keyboard here in the US just so I could get access to emojis.
ollien•Jun 16, 2026
If the author is reading this, the hyperlink to the book in the first paragraph is broken. Looks like it's attempting to direct you to an absolute url that was meant to be relative.
<a href="https://books/face-with-tears-of-joy">
9dev•Jun 16, 2026
> We mapped almost 1:1 to SoftBank’s set, though Apple chose to omit a few of the more risqué ones.
Which are these risqué emojis mentioned here? I don't think I have ever seen any that are even slightly graphic, which is probably why all the emoji slang conventions have spread like fire (Aubergine, Peach, etc.)
stringfood•Jun 16, 2026
long eggplant and a smaller Pinching Hand emoji were probably the first to go
pimlottc•Jun 16, 2026
That's a good question. Comparing the Softbank emoji from June 2008 [0] and the initial batch of Apple emoji that shipping in iPhone OS 2.2 (Nov 2008) [1], it doesn't look like there are any missing at all, it's a perfect 1:1 mapping.
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https://emojipedia.org/apple
Interesting tidbit:
> Emoji support required iPhone OS 2.2 and a SoftBank SIM card.
What exactly do you think the "GenAI" trained on?
https://logandark.net/files/328S6690-9Q368809-16843Q53-RR2SN...
By the way, Walnut Creek is less than 100 miles from Cupertino.
I love walnuts.
Anyone can pitch new emoji, they just have to go through the fairly easy but strict formal process.
The show notes for episode 2 have good references (no fun commentary though): https://www.bisonemojipodcast.com/show-notes
https://www.carrozo.com/guillotine-emoji
Which are these risqué emojis mentioned here? I don't think I have ever seen any that are even slightly graphic, which is probably why all the emoji slang conventions have spread like fire (Aubergine, Peach, etc.)
0: https://emojipedia.org/softbank/2008
1: https://emojipedia.org/apple/iphone-os-2.2
For example the gun emoji by turning it into a water pistol instead of a real looking firearm handgun lol.
WOW THEY SURE CAUSED COUNTLESS LIVES TO BE SAVED W THAT ONE SINGLE MOVE!