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Re:The Absolute Denial of Shit by michaelt on Wednesday July 18, 2018 @04:53PM (#17561966)
I'm not sure time-to-change is all that relevant; it didn't take 100 years for the eggplant emoji to come to mean "penis"
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Re:The Absolute Denial of Shit by LocalH on Wednesday July 18, 2018 @05:04PM (#17562048)
It also didn't come to mean that at the behest of those in control of the glyphs. It came to mean that in an organic, even memetic fashion. That's the difference.
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