Like, so do you know the hot and sweaty, red-faced emoji with its tongue out?Īmory: That, to me, is it's a it's a hot day and you're cleaning out the garage and you're like, Oh, this sucks, I'm so hot and I hate this so much.īen: I'm pretty sure that's not how the kids use it.īen: I think the kids used that emoji as in like “this makes me horny.”Īmory: What?! It's not the way we did it in my day.īen: So I want us to explore this. And what’s interesting here is that they actually translated some of the same words differently in emoji. And the book was translated by people all over the world. Because it is an incredible piece of literature.Īmory: Well, the first line of it looks like Moby Dick.Īmory: First line says, “got a bad phone call, I got to get on a boat and go see about a whale.”īen: So this is what you are looking at right now, Amory, is an excerpt of a translation, an emoji translation of the Herman Melville classic Moby Dick or The Whale.īen: This was admittedly years ago. And.īen: Just just for the record, just for the record, I'm not asking you to literally repeat the emoji.
music, sound effects, tone) are harder to translate to text.īen Brock Johnson: All right, so Amory, can you read this incredible piece of literature?Īmory Siverston: We've got a telephone little dude making some kind of expression with his mouth open, but I can't really see what the eyes are doing. The transcript has been edited from our original script for clarity. This content was originally created for audio. Everyone who makes a monthly donation will get access to exclusive bonus content. If you want that too, we would deeply appreciate your contribution to our work in any amount. We love making Endless Thread, and we want to be able to keep making it far into the future. " The rise of anti-trans 'radical' feminists, explained" (Vox).Pride dinosaur illustrations by u/drawingsauce on r/lgbt.Transgender flag Unicode proposal by Alda Vigdís.Dinosaur emoji Unicode proposal by Dominik Schwarz.Courtney Milan's tweet, saying emoji dinosaurs are trans.Jurassic emoji set Unicode proposal by Courtney Milan.Mixer, sound designer and music creator: Matt ReedĪdditional production: Nora Saks, Kristin Torres, Quincy Walters, and Rachel Carlson Show producers: Dean Russell, Nora Saks, Kristin Torres and Quincy Walters Credits:Įpisode producers: Dean Russell and Ben Brock JohnsonĬo-hosts: Ben Brock Johnson and Amory Sivertson You can find more of their work on Instagram or Redbubble. Thanks to Dane Grey for this week's artwork.
What happens when one symbol is used for conflicting reasons? And can the dinosaur emoji avoid redefinition - or extinction? Join Ben and Amory as they explore the history of dinosaur emoji in LGBTQ+ communities and their more recent use as an online dog-whistle for anti-trans activists. You can find more of their work on Instagram or on their Redbubble page (Dane Rex).Įmoji might not be 66 million years old, but they are pretty much everywhere.