@fastandcurious@lemmy.world to No Stupid Questions@lemmy.world • edit-26 months agoWhat was the original use of the ‘☠️’ emoji?message-square16fedilinkarrow-up146arrow-down15file-text
arrow-up141arrow-down1message-squareWhat was the original use of the ‘☠️’ emoji?@fastandcurious@lemmy.world to No Stupid Questions@lemmy.world • edit-26 months agomessage-square16fedilinkfile-text
minus-square@NighedlinkEnglish33•6 months agoThe skull and crossbones has pirate connotations. Or just for danger/death. It was added to Unicode in 1993 so it’s an original emoji.
minus-square🐑🇸 🇭 🇪 🇪 🇵 🇱 🇪🐑linkfedilinkEnglish8•6 months agoIt was also originally more used in a context of rebellion and trying to be edgy/cool. Rather than the irony wrapped use it has nowadays.
minus-square@Lmaydev@programming.devlinkfedilink3•6 months agoThe skull is what’s used. Skull and crossbones has never really had another meaning.
The skull and crossbones has pirate connotations. Or just for danger/death.
It was added to Unicode in 1993 so it’s an original emoji.
It was also originally more used in a context of rebellion and trying to be edgy/cool. Rather than the irony wrapped use it has nowadays.
The skull is what’s used. Skull and crossbones has never really had another meaning.
1993, wow. That’s OG.