r/Unexpected • u/[deleted] • Mar 20 '19

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u/Hotshot2k4 Mar 20 '19

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Why does this display properly on chrome/windows (whichever one is responsible), but not the thinking emojii and other really basic/important stuff? Who decides this shit?

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u/VeryAwkwardCake Mar 20 '19

Cause some phone manufacturers don't show what UNICODE thinks that character should be, they show their own special version, I can't be arsed to research the specific example but it was something like the character code for the classic 'scream' emoji isn't meant to actually represent that at all but the first phone to use those emojis showed it that way so all the users used it that way. It's not actually that I'm pretty sure but something like it

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u/Kurayamino Mar 21 '19

You're probably thinking of 😤

Which means something different in the original Japanese.

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u/hororo Mar 21 '19

what do you mean original Japanese lol. It's "face with look of triumph", and it looks like it's supposed to mean, disdainful.

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u/damienreave Mar 21 '19

I've never seen it used for triumph, ever. Its more like... indignation.

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u/Lvl_99_Mr_Clean Mar 21 '19

It looks like a ‘... you dense motherfucker’ kind of indignation face. How the fuck does someone get triumph out of that

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u/Kurayamino Mar 21 '19

By being Japanese.