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Musk changed the water pistol emoji to render a realistic handgun on his site last year, because of course he did (infosec.pub)
submitted 5 months ago* (last edited 5 months ago) by Lemminary@lemmy.world to c/political_weirdos@lemmy.world
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[–] Arbiter@lemmy.world 78 points 5 months ago (2 children)

I mean, it used to be an actual gun. Then platforms changed it to a water gun because I guess that does something.

[–] FlexibleToast@lemmy.world 38 points 5 months ago

Yeah, he actually kind of fixed this one...

[–] wise_pancake@lemmy.ca 28 points 5 months ago

Yeah apple changed it and it's been a mess for years.

I don't actually care that it's a gun, I just want it to mean the same thing on all platforms.