The Melting Face Emoji Has Already Won Us Over
The New York Times
Of the 37 new emojis approved this year, one has stood out as a visual proxy for our collective malaise.
There are times when words feel inadequate — when one’s dread, shame, exhaustion or discomfort seems too immense to be captured in written language.
That’s where the melting face emoji comes in.
The face, fixed with a content half-smile even as it dissolves into a puddle, is one of 37 new emojis approved this year by the Unicode Consortium, the organization that maintains the standards for digital text. Other emojis that made the cut include saluting face, dotted line face and a disco ball.
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