The new version of Apple's
iPhone operating system comes
with new emojis, the popular
emoticons that are often used in
texting and email, especially by
young kids and nerdy adults like
me. Two of these new
pictograms represent gay and
lesbian couples for the first time.
The icons are placed next to the
previous relationship-related
emojis showing a heterosexual
couple holding hands and a
heterosexual couple with a son.
One shows two men holding
hands. The other shows two
women in the same position.
From Japan to the world
Emojis started in Japan. Meaning
picture (e) and letter (moji), the
pictograms quickly become a
standard across this highly
visually oriented culture. Apple
introduced an emoji keyboard
when it got the iPhone into the
Japanese market, knowing that
they were fundamental to
compete there.
But then Westerners, fascinated
by their cuteness, quickly
adopted them too. Software
appeared to enable that special
Apple emoji keyboard in any
iPhone or iPad. Every kid and
nerdy adult with an Apple device
quickly adopted them, and
emojis spreaded like wildfire.
Now you can find them
everywhere.
Apple has greatly expanded the
emoji palette with the new iOS 6,
including these two gay and
lesbian icons which weren't
present in iOS 5. I wouldn't be
surprised if same sex couples
with babies appear in iOS 7.
There's only one question: why
don't the gay and lesbian couples
have any facial expressions?
[Thanks Logan!]
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are u one?.

One what? Technically I'm a collection of cells, so one can argue that I'm a composition of ones. Lol. But if you're asking about my sexual orientation, then.............