chrisaldrich@boffosocko.com
chrisaldrich@boffosocko.com

All I want for Christmas is a typewriter emoji…

It's a moral failing of technology that the re isn't a typewriter emoji. #typecast DEC 22 2023

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ianjs
ianjs

@chrisaldrich I have mixed feelings about emojis. What's the end game?

Are we trying to have a pictograph for every word and concept? That seems like a odd and ultimately futile quest.

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chrisaldrich
chrisaldrich

@ianjs 🤷🏼Because we can? fun 🥳? Do we need a reason, really? How about for communication? There are currently 3,664 emojis and by comparison knowledge of 1,500 Latin words will put one at the 80% level of vocabulary mastery for most classical texts. If not emojis, take another step down the slipper slope: Why bother having new words? Dictionaries?

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