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Bitcoin is Stupid and Does Not Deserve an Emoji (blog post) (thedabbler.patatas.ca)

submitted 3 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago) by smallpatatas@lemm.ee to c/technology@lemmy.world

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35 crypto companies got together to make a change dot org petition called "Bitcoin Deserves an Emoji".

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[–] magic_lobster_party@kbin.run 100 points 3 months ago (50 children)

We also need a McDonald’s emoji, Pepsi emoji, Windows emoji and Mastercard emoji. These are also brands that are heavily ingrained in our culture. Probably even more so than Bitcoin.

Or we accept that brands like Bitcoin shouldn’t use emoji as a marketing tool.

[–] uriel238@lemmy.blahaj.zone 1 points 3 months ago (6 children)

🍟 <<< Only one brand sells French fries / Chips in this format. And it's the super-size format.

[–] magic_lobster_party@kbin.run 2 points 3 months ago (1 children)

Unicode Consortium decide which emoji should be included. It’s up to each vendor themselves to come up with how they should look like. I don’t think Unicode Consortium explicitly state it must look like McDonald’s fries.

[–] uriel238@lemmy.blahaj.zone 1 points 3 months ago (2 children)

No. But the description of the Emoji is French Fries in a red carton.

Now I can't be absolutely certain only McDonald's sells french fries in a red carton, nor do I know if red french fry cartons are trademarked (answers to these questions evaded simple websearches) but I have never seen french fries sold in red cartons outside of McDonald's.

If you do find non-McDonald's french fries sold in a red carton, please point them out.

[–] magic_lobster_party@kbin.run 1 points 3 months ago (1 children)

Red carton is chosen because that’s how it’s commonly depicted in cartoon images.

https://duckduckgo.com/?q=french+fries+cartoon&t=h_&iar=images&iax=images&ia=images

[–] uriel238@lemmy.blahaj.zone 1 points 3 months ago

The red and white stripes are the generic 50's era diner fries. Flat red was introduced by McDonald's in the 1980s extra-large and super-size cartons. (Before that McDonald's fries were sold in white waxed-paper envelopes.

[–] azalty@jlai.lu 1 points 3 months ago (1 children)

At KFC they’re in a red plastic box of the same format. Can’t buy them cuz of reusable packaging laws in France, but that’s what I thought first when I saw this emoji

[–] uriel238@lemmy.blahaj.zone 2 points 3 months ago

That's fair. I had forgotten KFC made their own version of fries and boxed them in red.

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