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Re:Unicode uses elephants as baseline comparison of cultural... by spondylosaurus on Thursday October 17, 2024 @02:05PM (#41872057)
These guidelines note that emoji proposals for "specific people, whether fictional, historic, living, or dead" will be rejected outright, but most versions of the rockstar emoji are an obvious Bowie homage!
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Re:Unicode uses elephants as baseline comparison of cultural... by Cyberdog on Thursday October 17, 2024 @03:28PM (#41872938)
David Bowie transcends history and fiction, life and death.
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Re:Unicode uses elephants as baseline comparison of cultural... by saalweachter on Friday October 18, 2024 @07:17AM (#41878314)
He was an archetype, and therefore not a specific person.
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Re:Unicode uses elephants as baseline comparison of cultural... by shervinafshar on Thursday October 17, 2024 @05:13PM (#41873857)
Aladdin Sane persona, to be precise: https://david-bowie.fandom.com/wiki/Aladdin_Sane_(persona)
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