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What color are your emojis?
« on: December 24, 2016, 01:14:39 PM »
http://twitchy.com/gregp-3534/2016/12/23/people-are-mad-at-actress-ellen-pompeo-because-she-used-black-emojis/

Apparently, we need some new emojis for this board.  The yellow ones are okay for some I guess, but might offend yellow people (not sure who that would be).  Can we get some new emojis that are flesh colored.....  =| [tinfoil] ...how about skin colored....er........... :facepalm:  I guess I can't use emojis anymore. 
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Re: What color are your emojis?
« Reply #1 on: December 24, 2016, 01:22:00 PM »
Reminds me of a joke that is sure to trigger most all but this prompts me to share anyway:

After picking up some passengers, an argument about race broke out. Most of the passengers on the bus are getting involved and after twenty minutes of bickering the driver, tired of the argument, slams on the brakes and stops in the middle of the street. Everyone shuts up. He stands up and shouts at them, "I'm TIRED of this. I'm an old man and I can't bear to listen to this arguing anymore. From now on, there's no black, there's no white, got it? We're all the same color. We're all green. Now everyone sit down, dark green in back, light green in front."  :facepalm:

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Re: What color are your emojis?
« Reply #2 on: December 24, 2016, 02:45:30 PM »
Reminds me of a joke that is sure to trigger most all but this prompts me to share anyway:

After picking up some passengers, an argument about race broke out. Most of the passengers on the bus are getting involved and after twenty minutes of bickering the driver, tired of the argument, slams on the brakes and stops in the middle of the street. Everyone shuts up. He stands up and shouts at them, "I'm TIRED of this. I'm an old man and I can't bear to listen to this arguing anymore. From now on, there's no black, there's no white, got it? We're all the same color. We're all green. Now everyone sit down, dark green in back, light green in front."  :facepalm:

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Re: What color are your emojis?
« Reply #3 on: December 26, 2016, 08:27:26 AM »
My phone automatically puts up a black 👋🏿 when I type hey
Guess my phones racist
Or culturally appropriating
Or....*expletive deleted*ck I don't care
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Re: What color are your emojis?
« Reply #4 on: December 26, 2016, 09:12:08 PM »
Emojis? They used to just be called "smileys" you know..  :old:
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Re: What color are your emojis?
« Reply #5 on: December 27, 2016, 07:28:55 AM »
But we use a Japanese term, because we just love cultural appropriation so much.  =)
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Re: What color are your emojis?
« Reply #6 on: December 27, 2016, 03:24:45 PM »
Emojis? They used to just be called "smileys" you know..  :old:

They also just used to be text instead of an actual graphic.

What about blue  [barf] and green  :rofl: ? Are those racist?
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Re: What color are your emojis?
« Reply #7 on: December 27, 2016, 03:34:40 PM »

If you use twitter and you're relatively normal, you're going to get an internet lynch mob at some point. Don't use twitter and it'll be significantly less of a problem.
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Re: What color are your emojis?
« Reply #8 on: December 27, 2016, 03:35:18 PM »
If you use twitter and you're relatively normal, you're going to get an internet lynch mob at some point. Don't use twitter and it'll be significantly less of a problem.


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Re: What color are your emojis?
« Reply #9 on: December 27, 2016, 04:00:13 PM »
They also just used to be text instead of an actual graphic.

What about blue  [barf] and green  :rofl: ? Are those racist?

I think the barf should be green to start and the rofl should be blue.  You're going to be green before you puke and blue if you can't breathe from laughing so hard.
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Re: What color are your emojis?
« Reply #10 on: December 27, 2016, 04:06:56 PM »
I think the barf should be green to start and the rofl should be blue.  You're going to be green before you puke and blue if you can't breathe from laughing so hard.

well, sure, bring logic into this.  ;/
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Re: What color are your emojis?
« Reply #11 on: December 27, 2016, 04:22:16 PM »
There are five things, above all else, that make life worth living: a good relationship with God, a good woman, good health, good friends, and a good cigar.

Only two defining forces have ever offered to die for you, Jesus Christ and the American Soldier.  One died for your soul, the other for your freedom.

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Re: What color are your emojis?
« Reply #12 on: December 27, 2016, 07:21:09 PM »
I think the barf should be green to start and the rofl should be blue.  You're going to be green before you puke and blue if you can't breathe from laughing so hard.

If I cared enough I could edit the Gif and do that. If I cared enough...
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Re: What color are your emojis?
« Reply #13 on: January 13, 2017, 10:46:14 AM »
More on emojis:

http://twitchy.com/samj-3930/2017/01/13/derp-ashley-judd-wonders-why-emoji-are-yellow-and-therefore-racist-no-seriously/

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Re: What color are your emojis?
« Reply #14 on: January 13, 2017, 10:51:23 AM »
I use only clear emojis.  Like these: 




















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Re: What color are your emojis?
« Reply #15 on: January 13, 2017, 11:58:55 AM »
Why aren't yellow emojis considered racist against Asians?  Or is that comment just racist?

Maybe we can't make some square emojis that look like saltine crackers.   =)
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Re: What color are your emojis?
« Reply #16 on: January 13, 2017, 01:44:21 PM »
Why aren't yellow emojis considered racist against Asians?  Or is that comment just racist?

Maybe we can't make some square emojis that look like saltine crackers.   =)

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Re: What color are your emojis?
« Reply #17 on: January 13, 2017, 08:14:51 PM »
My emoji refuse to be limited by the cisnormative, hex triplet hierarchy. Color is, of course, a fluid concept, and they are the color, or non-color, they identify as.
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Re: What color are your emojis?
« Reply #18 on: January 13, 2017, 08:48:34 PM »
I'm changing all my non animated smileys to pink...

http://herohog.com/images/icons/smileys
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Re: What color are your emojis?
« Reply #19 on: January 13, 2017, 09:40:37 PM »
http://twitchy.com/gregp-3534/2016/12/23/people-are-mad-at-actress-ellen-pompeo-because-she-used-black-emojis/

Apparently, we need some new emojis for this board.  The yellow ones are okay for some I guess, but might offend yellow people (not sure who that would be).  Can we get some new emojis that are flesh colored.....  =| [tinfoil] ...how about skin colored....er........... :facepalm:  I guess I can't use emojis anymore. 

I thought __I__ was color-blind.

Those emojis she used aren't yellow, but they sure aren't black. I don't know what they are (and it probably depends on the viewer's monitor), but they aren't black.
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Re: What color are your emojis?
« Reply #20 on: January 13, 2017, 11:15:57 PM »
I added an index.html file so ya can see them all now...

http://herohog.com/images/icons/smileys
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Re: What color are your emojis?
« Reply #21 on: January 14, 2017, 12:20:46 AM »
I added an index.html file so ya can see them all now...

http://herohog.com/images/icons/smileys

I hope you don't object that I just bookmarked that link.
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Re: What color are your emojis?
« Reply #22 on: January 14, 2017, 11:31:32 AM »
I hope you don't object that I just bookmarked that link.

Naw, Skidmark used it all the time!
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Re: What color are your emojis?
« Reply #23 on: January 14, 2017, 12:11:57 PM »
Naw, Skidmark used it all the time!

Well, since I aspire to emulate his lofty degree of curmudgeonliness, I will do my best to use it in good faith.
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