@fastandcurious to No Stupid Questions • edit-211 months agoWhat was the original use of the ‘☠️’ emoji?message-square16arrow-up147arrow-down15file-text
arrow-up142arrow-down1message-squareWhat was the original use of the ‘☠️’ emoji?@fastandcurious to No Stupid Questions • edit-211 months agomessage-square16file-text
minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilinkEnglish33•11 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🐑🇸 🇭 🇪 🇪 🇵 🇱 🇪🐑linkEnglish8•11 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@[email protected]linkfedilink3•11 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.