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35 crypto companies made a Change Dot Org petition called "Bitcoin Deserves an Emoji"

F that

Sign this one instead: "Bitcoin is Stupid and Does Not Deserve an Emoji": https://www.change.org/bitcoin-is-stupid

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[–] tiramichu@lemm.ee 125 points 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago) (3 children)

Emojis should be purely generic, and not represent an individual product or service.

No apple logo. No BMW logo. Generic.

Imagine if every brand had a fucking emoji, what a wasteland that would be. And then in years to come the unicode character space is littered with dead brands that have gone the way of the dinosaur but still living on in emoji form like digital trash, because emoji are permanent. There's no taking it out once it's made.

So I'd support an emoji to represent the notion of 'digital currency' but it should be generic, not Bitcoin.

[–] LostXOR@fedia.io 33 points 10 months ago (2 children)

There are some brand emojis in the Private Use Area, such as the Apple Logo and Twitter Logo, but they're not a part of the standard and thus aren't included in most fonts. Only Apple users can see this: 

[–] V0ldek@awful.systems 19 points 10 months ago (1 children)
[–] froztbyte@awful.systems 7 points 10 months ago (1 children)

it renders as the co logo on fruitcompany hardware

although now I wanna go check the codepoint to see why it rendered as that on your side

[–] mii@awful.systems 14 points 10 months ago

https://codepoints.net/U+f8ff

On Apple devices some installed fonts contain the Apple logo at this position. However, it is not recommended to use it in this way, since people with other operating systems will most probably not see this character.

The ConScript Unicode Registry suggests to use this codepoint for the Klingon Mummification Glyph. This encoding has been endorsed by the Klingon Language Institute.

lol

[–] FMEEE@lemmy.dbzer0.com 8 points 10 months ago

Jup I can't btw fuck Apple.

[–] EddoWagt 17 points 10 months ago (4 children)

We already have a bunch of currency specific emojis, so it's already too late for this notion 💱💲💰🪙💷💶💴💵💸

[–] trashgirlfriend@lemmy.world 41 points 10 months ago (7 children)
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[–] bitofhope@awful.systems 38 points 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago) (1 children)

Why on earth an emoji anyway? $, €, £ and ¥ aren't emoji either.

And now that I look, Unicode already has ₿ (U+20BF BITCOIN SIGN). Just use that. Or better yet, don't.

[–] bountygiver@lemmy.ml 11 points 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago)

o really? 💵💶💴💷

but seeing these are physical representation of those currencies.. bitcoin's emoji can be a usb stick (at least having an actual USB stick emoji can be useful in some cases like when making guides)

[–] swlabr@awful.systems 32 points 10 months ago (2 children)
[–] lobut@lemmy.ca 28 points 10 months ago

we also have 💩

[–] atro_city@fedia.io 10 points 10 months ago

ay 🅱️🅱️, wan sum fuk?

[–] dgerard@awful.systems 26 points 10 months ago (3 children)

how did this of all the posts break containment

[–] froztbyte@awful.systems 9 points 10 months ago (1 children)

crossposting, I think, but I was also 🤨 for a moment there..

[–] froztbyte@awful.systems 8 points 10 months ago

wait no it's not literally crossposted

yeah I got nothing.

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[–] Potatisen@lemmy.world 23 points 10 months ago (4 children)
[–] michael@westergaard.social 25 points 10 months ago

a change.org petition, for or against bitcoin, is the perfect manifestation of bitcoin: entirely pointless

[–] aasatru@kbin.earth 19 points 10 months ago (13 children)

Well.

Step one. Bitcoin gets emoji.
Step two. Young people and other folks with fragile minds think it's legit because it has an emoji.
Step three. Poor people lose their money.
Outcome: The rich get rich, the poor stay poor.

Alternatively: Step one. Bitcoin gets emoji.
Step two. Young people and other folks with fragile minds think it's legit because it has an emoji.
Step three. Crypto currencies keep burning through resources as if it was a Brazilian rainforest.
Outcome: The few lucky ones will feel really stupid living in their bunkers after the collapse.

[–] FireTower@lemmy.world 7 points 10 months ago (1 children)

🤯: me when ☦️, ☪️, ☯️, ☸️, ✝️, 🕉️, ✡️ all have emojis making each one legitimate.

They're stupid internet pictures people aren't going to make financial decisions off of them.

[–] aasatru@kbin.earth 10 points 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago) (3 children)
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[–] carlitoscohones@awful.systems 23 points 10 months ago
[–] blindbunny@lemmy.ml 19 points 10 months ago (1 children)

Bitcoin has an emoji but moths don't... Wtf

[–] Blisterexe@lemmy.zip 9 points 10 months ago

It doesnt have an emoji yet

[–] aasatru@kbin.earth 18 points 10 months ago

Easier to distinguish between people who want to establish a patriarchal white ethno-state, and people who just like ancient Greek sculpture

Nice.

[–] self@awful.systems 17 points 10 months ago

edit: how dare you downvote my surely good points that bitcoins are worthy of not just an emoji but a nobel prize!!!!!

adding this to your post will get you laughed at and then banned

[–] Fedizen@lemmy.world 17 points 10 months ago (25 children)

crime coin should be banned since its only use case is illegal activity

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[–] oo1@lemmings.world 16 points 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago) (1 children)

Bitcoin is stupid and therefore deserves an emoji. It is not worthy of ascii-art. (_!_)

Edit , this shitty webpage doesn't support ascii-art. Re-edit, needed to add escape characters, true art is always born out of struggle.

[–] SynopsisTantilize@lemm.ee 8 points 10 months ago (3 children)

Is...that supposed to be a butthole or a theigh gap

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[–] BlueMonday1984@awful.systems 15 points 10 months ago

On the one hand, Bitcoin as an emoji would be basically useless.

On the other hand, it could work as an easy shorthand for "scam"

[–] andrew_bidlaw@sh.itjust.works 12 points 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago)

robux emoji when?

[–] fasterandworse@awful.systems 9 points 10 months ago (1 children)

What the fuck happened here?

[–] smallpatatas@lemm.ee 10 points 10 months ago (2 children)

i dont know i just posted a silly thing and all hell broke loose 😭

[–] fasterandworse@awful.systems 11 points 10 months ago

The fediverse has randomly placed wormholes

[–] dgerard@awful.systems 9 points 10 months ago

don't worry you can't break the fediverse it comes pre-broken for your inconvenience

[–] V0ldek@awful.systems 8 points 10 months ago
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