• aasatru@kbin.earth
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    5 months ago

    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.

    • laughterlaughter@lemmy.worldEnglish
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      5 months ago

      I don’t think emojis should be the place to have a socio-political discussion. Emojis should reflect how people popularly communicate.

      Having said that, in regards of impressionable folks:

      If Christianity gets to have a cross emoji (which is a torture device, let’s remember), then so should Bitcoin. And I don’t even like either!

      • ebu@awful.systemsEnglish
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        5 months ago

        I don’t think emojis should be the place to have a socio-political discussion.

        have some entirely non-political emojis:

        🗳️: BALLOT BOX WITH BALLOT

        🇹🇼: FLAG: TAIWAN

        🇵🇸: FLAG: PALESTINIAN TERRITORIES

        🗽: STATUE OF LIBERTY

        🤡: FACE OF “NON-POLITICAL” PERSON

        • laughterlaughter@lemmy.worldEnglish
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          5 months ago

          Good for you. I never said I’m “non-political.” That’s a red herring, but just to be clear: did you miss the part where I said that emojis should represent what people think or talk about? All those examples you put are exactly what I meant. And did you miss the part in which I mentioned Christianity? Because if you think that Christianity is a non-political thing today, then I got news for you.

          BACK to the fucking discussion: You’re proving my point that the emoji bitcoin should then be included. Because a large group of people talk about it, in pro- or against.

    • lemmytellyousomething@lemmy.dbzer0.comEnglish
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      5 months ago

      There is a wine emoji… There is a cigarette emoji…

      People with fragile mind could think that it’s perfectly healthy to consume that stuff…

      There is even a bomb emoji… People with fragile mind could…

      • self@awful.systemsEnglish
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        5 months ago

        Edit: Thanks for the dislikes. Negativity is way better than sharing arguments!!!111

        yeah you’re annoying as fuck and we don’t need your posts

    • Potatisen@lemmy.worldEnglish
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      5 months ago

      I don’t know if I’m reading this right because it seems so retarded? Make emojis open, why are they locked down to begin with? They’re KB-sized silly icons.

    • FireTower@lemmy.worldEnglish
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      5 months ago

      🤯: 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.