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submitted 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago) by smallpatatas@lemm.ee to c/buttcoin@awful.systems

35 crypto companies made a Change Dot Org petition called "Bitcoin Deserves an Emoji"

F that

Sign this one instead: "Bitcoin is Stupid and Does Not Deserve an Emoji": https://www.change.org/bitcoin-is-stupid

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[-] tiramichu@lemm.ee 118 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago)

Emojis should be purely generic, and not represent an individual product or service.

No apple logo. No BMW logo. Generic.

Imagine if every brand had a fucking emoji, what a wasteland that would be. And then in years to come the unicode character space is littered with dead brands that have gone the way of the dinosaur but still living on in emoji form like digital trash, because emoji are permanent. There's no taking it out once it's made.

So I'd support an emoji to represent the notion of 'digital currency' but it should be generic, not Bitcoin.

[-] LostXOR@fedia.io 32 points 1 month ago

There are some brand emojis in the Private Use Area, such as the Apple Logo and Twitter Logo, but they're not a part of the standard and thus aren't included in most fonts. Only Apple users can see this: 

[-] FMEEE@lemmy.dbzer0.com 9 points 1 month ago

Jup I can't btw fuck Apple.

[-] EddoWagt@feddit.nl 20 points 1 month ago

We already have a bunch of currency specific emojis, so it's already too late for this notion 💱💲💰🪙💷💶💴💵💸

[-] trashgirlfriend@lemmy.world 41 points 1 month ago
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[-] bitofhope@awful.systems 37 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago)

Why on earth an emoji anyway? $, €, £ and ¥ aren't emoji either.

And now that I look, Unicode already has ₿ (U+20BF BITCOIN SIGN). Just use that. Or better yet, don't.

[-] bountygiver@lemmy.ml 11 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago)

o really? 💵💶💴💷

but seeing these are physical representation of those currencies.. bitcoin's emoji can be a usb stick (at least having an actual USB stick emoji can be useful in some cases like when making guides)

[-] swlabr@awful.systems 32 points 1 month ago
[-] lobut@lemmy.ca 27 points 1 month ago

we also have 💩

[-] atro_city@fedia.io 15 points 1 month ago

ay 🅱️🅱️, wan sum fuk?

[-] dgerard@awful.systems 25 points 1 month ago

how did this of all the posts break containment

[-] froztbyte@awful.systems 9 points 1 month ago

crossposting, I think, but I was also 🤨 for a moment there..

[-] froztbyte@awful.systems 8 points 1 month ago

wait no it's not literally crossposted

yeah I got nothing.

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[-] Potatisen@lemmy.world 24 points 1 month ago
[-] michael@westergaard.social 24 points 1 month ago

a change.org petition, for or against bitcoin, is the perfect manifestation of bitcoin: entirely pointless

[-] aasatru@kbin.earth 18 points 1 month 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.

[-] FireTower@lemmy.world 12 points 1 month 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.

[-] aasatru@kbin.earth 11 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago)
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[-] carlitoscohones@awful.systems 21 points 1 month ago
[-] blindbunny@lemmy.ml 18 points 1 month ago

Bitcoin has an emoji but moths don't... Wtf

[-] Blisterexe@lemmy.zip 9 points 1 month ago

It doesnt have an emoji yet

[-] Fedizen@lemmy.world 17 points 1 month ago

crime coin should be banned since its only use case is illegal activity

[-] Shawdow194@kbin.run 9 points 1 month ago

Ban cash then! BTC isnt a holy grail but a deregulated international currency isnt a bad idea

[-] dgerard@awful.systems 12 points 1 month ago

boy was that a quick exit

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[-] self@awful.systems 16 points 1 month ago

edit: how dare you downvote my surely good points that bitcoins are worthy of not just an emoji but a nobel prize!!!!!

adding this to your post will get you laughed at and then banned

[-] aasatru@kbin.earth 16 points 1 month ago

Easier to distinguish between people who want to establish a patriarchal white ethno-state, and people who just like ancient Greek sculpture

Nice.

[-] BlueMonday1984@awful.systems 14 points 1 month ago

On the one hand, Bitcoin as an emoji would be basically useless.

On the other hand, it could work as an easy shorthand for "scam"

[-] oo1@lemmings.world 14 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago)

Bitcoin is stupid and therefore deserves an emoji. It is not worthy of ascii-art. (_!_)

Edit , this shitty webpage doesn't support ascii-art. Re-edit, needed to add escape characters, true art is always born out of struggle.

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[-] andrew_bidlaw@sh.itjust.works 10 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago)

robux emoji when?

[-] fasterandworse@awful.systems 8 points 1 month ago

What the fuck happened here?

[-] smallpatatas@lemm.ee 9 points 1 month ago

i dont know i just posted a silly thing and all hell broke loose 😭

[-] fasterandworse@awful.systems 10 points 1 month ago

The fediverse has randomly placed wormholes

[-] dgerard@awful.systems 8 points 1 month ago

don't worry you can't break the fediverse it comes pre-broken for your inconvenience

[-] zout@fedia.io 7 points 1 month ago

Maybe a hot take, but I think emojis are stupid, so maybe bitcoin deserves one after all?

[-] laughterlaughter@lemmy.world 8 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago)

Emojis are not stupid when used well. They help add more context to a text.

If people use emojis stupidly, chances are they'll use "the alphabet" stupidly as well if there were no emojis. As in "lol like wat de eff amirite anyway bei felicia!"

[-] V0ldek@awful.systems 7 points 1 month ago

emojis are stupid

Really curious on what grounds, like is the entire idea of a pictogram stupid?

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