The undervalued emoji
Hip hip hooray, a happy World Emoji Day everyone. And if you're thinking: is there already a day for that? Yes, there indeed is. But that's the least you can do for those cheeky illustrations that you fling onto the digital highway about a hundred times a day and a trillion times a year. How often do you use the king anyway? Exactly, and we have a proper day reserved for that too. So it's World Emoji Day and therefore a tribute to the underrated variant.
In my emoji library, the hands-in-the-air, tears-of-laughter, the kissy face, and the big red heart (all love here) are under the shortcut. I prefer to apply the smile or wink in a classic way, the typography. But there are artistic emojis with the perfect load that are particularly underestimated. Therefore: read and multiply them.
The poop emoji
It's a poop, it laughs and... it's a poop. It gives exactly the touch of don't give a shit that something sometimes needs. To cheer up or to visually represent a shitty traffic jam, it does its job with flair.
The whiskey glass
The champagne pops, the glasses clink and tinkle, and the beer has a white, well-filled foam head, but there is only one glass that is cool with a hint of sexy. The whiskey glass. That's what you want to see that handsome figure holding, right? Therefore.
The fuming smiley
It blows the frustration right out of the nose. Because life isn't all peace and quiet, and sometimes you just need to sigh away your frustrations like an incapable, frustrated wimp. It does that for you.
In the clouds
But then as a great thinker. It looks poetic, as if you are carefully choosing your words. It also gives you those much-needed ten seconds to formulate an answer with flair, instead of switching between ‘is typing’ and ‘online’ to ‘is typing’ andnn not again. It's not too silly, but just dreamy enough (because hello, a cloud). The fluffy thinking thing is an invention.
Check-in-the-box
The businesslike, very capable, convincing black checkmark. It has an everything under control vibe that gives me an intensely tidy feeling. The right thickness, dark enough, and with a nice curve. Nice to send, nice to receive. Shit (laughing poop) is under control.
Oh yes, and if we just exchange all those flags (who even uses those things?) for a broader range of deeply rooted emotions, a fresh breeze through the wardrobe, and an expansion of the menu, then this is truly an extraordinary World Emoji Day. By the way, you can also celebrate it with, I don't know, emoji sexting. Clickety-click here maar even.
