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[–] [email protected] 9 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (2 children)

These are emojis, not unicode right?

Edit: well, TIL.

[–] [email protected] 43 points 1 year ago

Emoji are defined as part of Unicode, so they can be encoded alongside other text:

https://unicode.org/emoji/charts/full-emoji-list.html

[–] [email protected] 23 points 1 year ago

Emoji are part of unicode. And people demand more of them, so it's no surprise they put effort into those, even if OP thinks they are not important.Few people appreciate the unicode consortium for their originally intended work.