Emojis take over

Apple unveiled earlier this month 100 new and redesigned emojis, which were distributed among the buyers and loyal customers for the IOS 10.

These brand new super duper emojis are either slightly altered or completely different from the original ones.

For example, the former gun emoji used to indicate anger and great dislike has been changed to a water pistol that can symbolize summer fun.

This change resulted in the most controversial debates after the release of the IOs 10 in the U.K. There is beautiful irony in the fact that of all things to cry about and crusade against, it would be replacing a dangerous weapon symbol with a fun non-violent toy.

What some of these people don’t know is that the change was the result of last summer’s Orlando shooting at the gay nightclub in which 49 people were killed and 53 more were wounded.

Apple was simply trying to show sensitivity to the tragedy.

Some are happy with this change but comments on Twitter contradict their positive attitude toward the change. “Bye gun. I guess now instead of killing myself I’ll just get wet with the water gun,” said Twitter-er @lalatayler.

Wow. Maybe instead of casting Lindsey Lohan in “Confessions of a Teenage Drama Queen” someone could have hunted down this guy.

Some emojis can now be accessed with words being typed into the text box. Say you type in the word “cool” and then all of a sudden a smiley or winkey face takes its place.

So for those of you “Deadpool” fans, if you were to type in the word “chimichanga” a unicorn pooping money emoji could pop up, hopefully.

The emojis include a swimmer, biker, basketball player, jogger, surfer, lady lifting weights, Ping-Pong paddle and  volleyball.

In replacement of the gun emoji, and in the spirit of the recent Olympic Games, a rifle emoji has been added. Also added were American and Canadian, and the gay pride rainbow flags.

I suppose emotions have gotten more complex over the years and those in possession of an Android need a unicorn emoji to show how horribly complex their LOLs are.

Just like they need the brand new chili pepper, popcorn, hot dog, taco, burrito, champagne, and cheese emojis are to represent the complexities and irrational feeling they have when hungry.

Well, they say a picture is worth a thousand words. So Spock’s Vulcan hand gesture emoji must either say, “Live long and prosper,” or “Isn’t ‘Star Trek’ just like so totally dope and sweet, right.”

People are so articulate they don’t need to waste their time with actual words on a simple text to someone they know.