The Father of Emoticons Hates Emoji :(
Latest30 years ago this month, Professor Scott Fahlman of Carnegie Mellon University sent an email with the first ever sideways smiley face: “I propose the following character sequence for joke markers: 🙂 Read it sideways.”
He never expected emoticons to go global. But now, millions of people are unable to express their emotions without adding a 🙁 to convey despair or a 🙂 to convey “that thing I just typed was kinda bitchy but if I put a smiley face after it maybe you won’t think so?”