Slack chose to add an old-fashioned normal smiley to its custom emoji set, under the name “Simple Smile.” For a generic smiling face, it’s OK for the moment, and there are situations where you might want to use it, but there is a lot of room for improvement. This is so bad that most platforms with emoji shortcuts, Google Hangouts included, redirect : – ) to the “Slightly Smiling Face” emoji, U+1F642. It is a way to soften the fact that it is blushing. (And on top of that Facebook’s emoji looks like it’s using tons of mascara.) The emoji now looks like this:Īccording to Emojipedia, this face has “A modest smile, rosy cheeks and soft, closed eyes.” But “rosy cheeks” is not something that happens in an actual normal smile. It’s still there.īut some device company “tried to enhance” the emoji, to put it lightly, and every major company has followed suit, most recently Google in 2017. But what happened to the generic regular smile?Īs a matter of fact, there is a Unicode character for a generic smiley, U+263A, which was originally a black-and-white drawing on a plain text interface, before emoji. There’s even a “Slightly Smiling Face” that is as close to a real normal smile as you can get. There’s that grimace that was supposed to be a grin. And this leaves one huge annoying question: There are grins galore and a couple of blushes. OK, I don’t send them that much, but I use them and experiment with them. Follow Mashable SEA on Facebook, Twitter, Instagram, and YouTube.It may come as a surprise to my friends and acquaintances that yes, I actually do use that branch of Unicode characters called “emoticons” (mostly correct) or “emoji” (mostly correct) or “emojis” (which is definitely incorrect). Bonus: When your fellow SSF-using friend sends you a SSF. This just might be an example from personal experience. When clients hate your work and want something more "creative". Tip: Use ellipsis (the three dots) for flair! 9. When you make a decision for your indecisive friend, but they don't appreciate it. When someone judges you for liking something different. When someone answers your question with another question.Īnything else? 6. When you need to reciprocate enthusiasm.ĪLrIgHtY! 5. Life's all about learning, the same applies to your slob of a colleague. Your fragile friend can't take another stab in the chest. When you're right about something but humility is your best trait. Use SSF to inject a sense of politeness in your replies to the people who think commitment to work equates to selling your soul, your time, and even your dog. Let me show you how to use SSF appropriately in these unavoidable life situations. Serving as a blank canvas for moments when you lack words but need a worthy substitute for indecipherable nuances in your feelings (or when you run out of fucks to give), SSF is useful. Almost like the middle child vying to be "different" by intentionally going against the grain, SS sticks out - not in a sore thumb kind of way - but in a subtle, nondescript fashion. But once you get acquainted with it, you'll find a demon peeking through its angel wings.Ĭompare SSF to its cheerful smiley siblings, it lacks obvious passion to draw red in its cheeks. Sure, at first glance, Slightly Smiling Face (SSF) may seem harmless. IMAGE: GizmodoĪnd because of these reasons, it's literally the best emoji ever existed. The face is complex, almost impossible to gauge. Let's not kid ourselves because that's literally what it is. Its real name should be "The Multifaceted, Shapeshifting Asshole Of The Emoji Universe". ![]() The bodiless emoji below is - as the Emojipedia (there's a "pedia" for everything these days) describes it - the "Slightly Smiling Face".Ĭorrection.
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