Isn't the unicode consortium responsible for that? Not Apple?
this post was submitted on 16 Dec 2025
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Didn't you know? Emojis only exist on Apple devices!
Apple users think ~~steve~~ Tim apple invented computer that can internet, and the rest of us are still soldering vacuum tubes together.
I wonder who are the consortium's voting members and where does the vice-chair of the Emoji subcommittee work.
So... lots of people have a say, not exclusively Apple, as per Anafabula's statement?
If Apple (or Google for that matter) proposes a new Emoji it will get approved 101% of the times.
Honestly, I am a bit surprised the Government of India hasn't pushed for an won this fight already. (Though as one that has not traveled to India, I am uncertain if Indians uses Kettles as much as the British.)
`[ ])
Not bad
I've delved into the darkest corners of the "character map", and offer you the following kettles (or watering cans, depending on the font you're using):
[ ]) ▇) ◝▇) ◝▇⦆ ⸌▇⦆ ⸃▇⦆ `▇⦆ ⸃▇)
⸃▇⦆
Perfection. Really appreciate the effort here
Thank you. Totally worth it ⸃▇⦆ :)
[Edit]
Source code:
⸃ right substitution bracket (U+2E03)
▇ lower seven eighths block (U+2587)
⦆ right white parenthesis (U+2986)
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Error 418: That's a teapot
That's not a kettle
🫖🔌
Ah, but that’s a US power plug, do you want to wait 8 minutes for the meagre dribble of volts they provide to eventually boil the water? Not like our glorious high speed kettles. How about:
🫖♨️⚡️
Don't put the teapot in the onsen
The USness of the plug is a font issue. I don't believe the Unicode standard specifies. Switch to a UK English font.
Ah the plug unification fiasco, truly the Unicode consortium’s greatest error
The UK power plug is 📌💣👣
Looks like a type F or type C plug to me, got em all over Europe.
🔌🫖💨
That no moon.
This was why it was a terrible idea adding emoji to unicode in the first place. It's inevitable that now you need to provide little pictures for every single goddamn household object and every single possible facial expression (and there's STILL no adequate confused face)
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https://github.com/Crissov/unicode-proposals/issues?q=is%3Aissue+state%3Aopen+kettle
Edit: apparently there are 5 suns
keep calm and.... fuck there is no kettle emoji.