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graemep 11 hours ago

There are too many, and there are a ridiculous number of variants. Why do we need options for the skin colour of an emoji? How on earth does it change the meaning of a smiley or a face palm? Faces with different hair colours too! Clocks with hands at different times?

neogodless 11 hours ago | parent [-]

Which skin color should all emoji be?

https://i.pinimg.com/736x/0a/e5/36/0ae536826bb1cf643e6f05066...

KptMarchewa 11 hours ago | parent | next [-]

Original bright yellow was a good candidate, since actually no one looks like this.

F3nd0 10 hours ago | parent | prev | next [-]

Why should skin colour be specified at all? Why not leave it as an implementation detail? Yellow is the popular default choice, but it could very well be green, blue, pink, or anything really.

magguzu 9 hours ago | parent | next [-]

Why are the Simpsons yellow, yet the black guy in the show is black?

There's no "neutral" rather its just "white without specifying it"

graemep 12 minutes ago | parent | next [-]

That is your perception. What is neutral is cultural, maybe personal.

F3nd0 6 hours ago | parent | prev [-]

Why should the Simpsons hold any relevance to emoji?

tehjoker 10 hours ago | parent | prev [-]

why not let people just pick which one they want to use

F3nd0 6 hours ago | parent [-]

I guess they could just support custom colours, but that seems like a needless complication—much like skin tones themselves.

normie3000 9 hours ago | parent | prev [-]

This map doesn't seem accurate.