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Everyone be using the eggplant emoji as a penis euphemism, I have two thoughts on this ... (lemmy.world)

submitted 8 months ago* (last edited 8 months ago) by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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over time this might affect our collective consciousness in regards to the purpose & function of the eggplant; and
can we please just get a straightforward penis emoji already?? Half the human population has a penis attached to their bodies anyway, why are we still so prude about incorporating actual penises into mainstream vernacular & daily life?

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[–] [email protected] 7 points 8 months ago (3 children)

Can we please stop these idiotic calls to de-profanify all things and pretend everything’s for every situation.

Are you aware we invented clothing super super super early on, and that humans tend to wear loincloths when there’s no other need for clothing?

Stop trying to greenfield rewrite culture. It’s like trying to tear down a bridge you’re standing on.

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[–] [email protected] 4 points 8 months ago (1 children)

I want to send a string of emojis so offensive, it chases all the Puritans off of Plymouth Rock

[–] [email protected] 2 points 8 months ago (1 children)

Well a little less then 50%... But yes.

[–] [email protected] 0 points 8 months ago* (last edited 8 months ago) (1 children)

The rest can grow them still. They're just temporarily internal.

And usually to get there, they've seen one.

[–] [email protected] 24 points 8 months ago

See Sidebar Rules: The entire showerthought must be in the title

[–] [email protected] 0 points 8 months ago* (last edited 8 months ago)

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Edit: Sorry to everyone, but I think I just won the Internet. You're welcome, in advance.

[–] [email protected] 10 points 8 months ago (1 children)

It doesn't help that social media censorship is leading to a more constrained language, if anything. Not only profanities are either censored or shadowbanned by some platform algorithms, there's also general use words for sensitive topics such as suicide, abortion and the like.

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[–] [email protected] 22 points 8 months ago (3 children)

We can't even have a gun or a middle finger emoji. I doubt we're getting a penis one anytime soon.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 8 months ago (1 children)

We don’t have an emoji face for sadistic glee either. For the longest time the only angry face was a devil face.

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[–] [email protected] 30 points 8 months ago (2 children)

🖕?

[–] [email protected] 2 points 8 months ago

Yes, that is the middle finger. https://www.compart.com/en/unicode/U+1F595

[–] [email protected] 21 points 8 months ago (1 children)

Well there is🖕and 🔫 in UTF 8 at least, so it is kind of there as an emoji.

But as the UTF 8 pistol is shown as a water gun this very much shows why a penis will always be denied.

[–] [email protected] 11 points 8 months ago (2 children)

The gun emoji used to be a real gun, but controversies made Apple change their emoji into a water gun. Other companies followed suit.

[–] [email protected] 9 points 8 months ago

Because the way to prevent mass shootings is to remove people’s ability to convey the concept of gun in communication.

It’s a flawless plan with no possible downsides.

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