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[–] [email protected] 85 points 11 months ago (2 children)

Why is facebook's grimace so horrifying?

[–] [email protected] 35 points 11 months ago (1 children)

They said no I don’t think just not having lips is terrifying enough, and gave it depth so it feels like it could just bite you at any moment.

[–] [email protected] 10 points 11 months ago (1 children)
[–] [email protected] 4 points 11 months ago

It looks like it has one of those mouth guards in that dentists use to whiten teeth

[–] [email protected] 4 points 11 months ago

Reminds me of the overbite Winnie the Pooh meme face with those teeth

[–] [email protected] 35 points 11 months ago* (last edited 11 months ago) (1 children)

WhatsApp is not its own company, it belongs to Facebook/Meta.

Also, on that topic, you could do the same thing you did with X/Twitter to Meta/Facebook.

*edit: Oh, and of course Alphabet/Google. Curious how many big tech companies seem keen on obfuscating their own name these days...

[–] [email protected] 11 points 11 months ago (1 children)

Facebook the product is still called Facebook, Google the product is still called Google. It's only the parent companies that changed their names, their products kept the same branding.

Twitter the product has been, or is being, rebranded as X along with the company.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 11 months ago

But this is about companies, not products or brand names.

[–] [email protected] 25 points 11 months ago (1 children)

The URL is still twitter, so that’s what it is.

[–] [email protected] 25 points 11 months ago (1 children)

I deadname corporations run by transphobes

[–] [email protected] 3 points 11 months ago

Another good reason.

[–] [email protected] 16 points 11 months ago (3 children)

Facebook and WhatsApp are both owned by Meta -- why on Earth do they use two different emoji fonts?

[–] [email protected] 4 points 11 months ago

Facebook and WhatsApp were separate apps until Facebook bought WhatsApp. That's why there's so much difference in the design language, functionality, etc.

[–] [email protected] 0 points 11 months ago (1 children)
[–] [email protected] 1 points 11 months ago

Meta is the name of the company. Facebook is the product made by the company. I acknowledged that in the comment you're replying to.

[–] [email protected] 14 points 11 months ago (3 children)

Honorable mention: Samsung 😬

[–] [email protected] 29 points 11 months ago (1 children)
[–] [email protected] 2 points 11 months ago* (last edited 11 months ago)

Porky Minch ass looking mfer.

[–] [email protected] 13 points 11 months ago* (last edited 11 months ago) (1 children)

That's not how emojis work. They look different for everybody. It all depends on how the client renders Unicode character U+1F62C. Just like text.

Try it out. Find a PC with a web browser and find your comment and emoji, and see how it looks on a different platform.

[–] [email protected] 13 points 11 months ago* (last edited 11 months ago) (1 children)

Oh, yeah, I know how emojis work using unicode, I just didn't bother to attach an image of the Samsung 😬 emoji for laziness reasons (I myself don't have a Samsung Smartphone either.)

I'm sorry, I should have done that, now I have made myself look like a fool :')

[–] [email protected] 9 points 11 months ago* (last edited 11 months ago) (1 children)

Oh shit my bad, I was being a nerd. 🤓

[–] [email protected] 5 points 11 months ago* (last edited 11 months ago)

Haha no problem. We all are nerds around here, otherwise we'd probably be using Instagram and TikTok (and Reddit).

Funny back story: I first learned about Unicode around 2013 - 15 (I always judge those wrong in terms of when I started using certain apps/sites)... Back then people would start commenting shit on YouTube using emoji but Firefox hadn't introduced emoji support yet, causing them to be displayed as Unicode strings which lead to comments looking like this: "Hahaha, haven't laughed like this in ages U+1F602 Best video ever U+2764"

[–] [email protected] 2 points 11 months ago
[–] [email protected] 9 points 11 months ago (2 children)

Facebook's looks just a tiny bit too realistic.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 11 months ago

they really got that just-dipped-my-balls-in-the-unidentifiable-buffet-soup-and-it-was-scorching kinda look to em

[–] [email protected] 1 points 11 months ago

Yeah, Facebook's one is really getting into uncanny valley territory. Especially those teeth...

[–] [email protected] 8 points 11 months ago (2 children)

Is my group of friends and I the only ones who use that emoji as kind of "fuck yeah" or "yes please"?

Because I don't think this meme is meant that way 🤔

[–] [email protected] 12 points 11 months ago (1 children)

Yes, I would be very confused if you sent me one that way

[–] [email protected] 3 points 11 months ago* (last edited 11 months ago)

Interesting, we use it in a way like we would use this gif:

As a way of saying yes a bit too excitedly, leaning into craziness. 😅

[–] [email protected] 2 points 11 months ago
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