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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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[–] [email protected] 121 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month 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.

[–] [email protected] 31 points 1 month 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: 

[–] [email protected] 7 points 1 month ago

Jup I can't btw fuck Apple.

[–] [email protected] 15 points 1 month ago (3 children)

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

[–] [email protected] 41 points 1 month ago (7 children)
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[–] [email protected] 35 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month 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.

[–] [email protected] 11 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month 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)

[–] [email protected] 32 points 1 month ago (2 children)
[–] [email protected] 28 points 1 month ago

we also have 💩

[–] [email protected] 10 points 1 month ago

ay 🅱️🅱️, wan sum fuk?

[–] [email protected] 25 points 1 month ago (3 children)

how did this of all the posts break containment

[–] [email protected] 9 points 1 month ago (1 children)

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

[–] [email protected] 8 points 1 month ago

wait no it's not literally crossposted

yeah I got nothing.

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[–] [email protected] 23 points 1 month ago (4 children)
[–] [email protected] 23 points 1 month ago

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

[–] [email protected] 16 points 1 month 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.

[–] [email protected] 7 points 1 month 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.

[–] [email protected] 9 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago) (3 children)
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[–] [email protected] 18 points 1 month ago (1 children)

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

[–] [email protected] 9 points 1 month ago

It doesnt have an emoji yet

[–] [email protected] 16 points 1 month 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

[–] [email protected] 16 points 1 month ago (23 children)

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

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[–] [email protected] 15 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month 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.

[–] [email protected] 7 points 1 month ago (3 children)

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

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[–] [email protected] 15 points 1 month ago

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

Nice.

[–] [email protected] 13 points 1 month 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 11 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago)

robux emoji when?

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

What the fuck happened here?

[–] [email protected] 9 points 1 month ago (2 children)

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

[–] [email protected] 10 points 1 month ago

The fediverse has randomly placed wormholes

[–] [email protected] 8 points 1 month ago

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

[–] [email protected] 7 points 1 month ago
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