I identify as being... Tired ass. What shade or tint should I use? Never mind. The stress of trying to figure it all out is making my ass even more tired.

People gotta lot of hate in them, get pissed off immediately.

I don’t take the time to try and keep up. I’m staying the same, just an ordinary American that remembers old fun decades in this fine country.

God Blessed us all to be here.

Hey if we’re fretting about stuff like this, we aren’t paying attention to $3.50 a gallon gasoline.

This is all a distraction.

If I fail to mention that, I feel like I’m betraying my American roots...

I perceive a difference between an "emoji" and a "smilie". I prefer to use "smilies" in my message. To me, "emojis" are just gussied up "smilies" anyway, but I don't care for the look.

This is my favorite "smilie":

flashguy

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Originally posted by Pale Horse:
“I have a dream that my four little children will one day live in a nation where they will not be judged by the color of their emoji but by the content of their text message.”

Most excellent. Hahaha

If I could rate the 1,000 things I give even the remotest damn about, emoji's wouldn't come close to making it onto that list. The people involved in that piece should be banished from society for having exactly zero to offer.

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Originally posted by bigdeal:
If I could rate the 1,000 things I give even the remotest damn about, emoji's would come close to making it onto that list. The people involved in that piece should be banished from society for having exactly zero to offer.

You are paying their salary at NPR bigdeal, we all are.

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Originally posted by wcb6092:

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Originally posted by bigdeal:
If I could rate the 1,000 things I give even the remotest damn about, emoji's would come close to making it onto that list. The people involved in that piece should be banished from society for having exactly zero to offer.

You are paying their salary at NPR bigdeal, we all are.

True, and disgusting, but given the amount of money the federal government pisses away on pure stupid every year, the amount NPR gets is almost irrelevant.

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Originally posted by bigdeal:

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Originally posted by wcb6092:
You are paying their salary at NPR bigdeal, we all are.

True, and disgusting, but given the amount of money the federal government pisses away on pure stupid every year, the amount NPR gets is almost irrelevant.

While it's not wholly accurate to say American taxpayers are "paying NPR/PBS employee's salaries," we are paying for part of them. The amount, in terms of those corporations' budgets or the federal government's budget is inconsequential. "Public" radio and TV are clearly unbalanced. We should not be funding propaganda machines with taxpayer money--pure and simple.

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Originally posted by 6guns:
I'll admit I didn't read this entire article, but I do get a kick out of people who feel the need to change the color of their emojis to more accurately depict their skin color. It's a friggin emoji for crying out loud. Leave it default yellow and we'll all be the same! More evidence of division if you care to look at it that way.

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Originally posted by darthfuster:
I use what I want to use regardless of what the virtue signaling, pearl clutching, bigots think.

I did read the entire article.. but I'm not sure I am any better informed for it. Certainly not convinced by it.

This whole color of your text emoji is as meanigless as the choose your own personal pronouns ridiculousness is.

So far at least, I haven't run into anyone who uses text emojis to self-identity themselves by color. When I do, I will thank them for using it, and explain to them that by using it they have helped me to identify them as a shallow individual, not capable of rational thought... so unserious, so focused on artificial superficial external characteristics that they aren't capable of producing any dialogue or content worth my time to read or listen to, and thus saving me the time of having to consider whatever it is they text.

A local radio talk show host read this NPR article last week, and shared it briefly with the audience for the ridiculous content it provided. His proposed solution was to use a different color emoji every day while texting different people, just to get a few really wrapped around the axle...

...of course, there is the Senator Jay Bulworth school of thought on racial deconstruction to consider. (* profanity warning)


https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=GfxL_wuYtSg

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Originally posted by V-Tail:

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just make them all rediculous colors like green

Ain't nothing wrong with green!

Unfortunately the color green as in the Hulk has been seen as racist since the Simi Valley trial.