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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 (lemmy.world)
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[–] Arbiter@lemmy.world 72 points 1 day 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 33 points 1 day ago

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

[–] wise_pancake@lemmy.ca 28 points 1 day 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.