in addition to this act of pressing “send,” there’s also a visual cue to suggest the end of a transmission: “Text messages and tweets already have a terminus, which is just the fact that they exist in little ‘bubbles.’” For these reasons, when a period is used, it can sometimes feel angry. ​ saying ‘end transmission’ instead of just ending it

What emoji do you send when you make a bad pun in a workplace Slack and then want to make a non-apology apology?— Jane Solomon (@janesolomon) February 5, 2019

“⠀⠀🤔 🤯 🧠 😮 ✨🧠✨ 😵”

In June 2015, the Unicode Consortium blessed us with a handful of new emoji including a burrito 🌯  and a cheese wedge 🧀. Perhaps the most think-piecey new addition to Unicode 8.0  was the inclusion of various skin-tone options for the hand-gesture and people emoji, which sparked