World Emoji Day 2017

An emoji is a picture ... a small digital icon or other image which expresses some idea or emotional construct — and is used in electronic communication modalities such as email and SMS (texting and chat) applications.

Having never been a real 'fan' of emojis I'm afraid that I've always viewed them as one of those cutesy manifestations of pop culture and have typically excluded them from my e-communications for that very reason.

The emoji is said to be the "brainchild" (sic) of one Jeremy Burge who obviously embraces these tidbits of feelings ... and I would likely feel like planting my foot up his trivial ass if I ever met the guy — but also, to each their own.

Today has been declared "World Emoji Day" and is an observance celebrated today. The orignators call this day "a global celebration of emoji" with that being held in the various forums and social media outlets rather than 'in the streets' as it were ...

Oh well, I suppose there's enough room for all the whimsy we can stand in our electronic life.

meh