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October 3, 2020 06:16 pm
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Original Link: https://www.theverge.com/2020/10/3/21500163/apple-emoji-mask-medical-face-2020
Apple is hiding a smile behind its new mask emoji
GIF: Emojipedia
In a move that, I’m sure, has absolutely no relation to anything going on in the world today, Apple has quietly updated its “Face with Medical Mask” emoji with friendlier eyes, eyebrows, and rosy cheeks. Before, it looked a little lethargic. Now, it’s almost happy? You can practically imagine a smile underneath.
Except you don’t have to imagine. Wait for it:
As Emojipedia points out, the new emoji is literally Apple’s existing “Smiling Face” with a mask on top. Do you think the artist was imagining a frown under there? Probably not.
It’s just the latest way that emoji have evolved to express the anguish of 2020 — even as other emoji are getting delayed...
Original Link: https://www.theverge.com/2020/10/3/21500163/apple-emoji-mask-medical-face-2020
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