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		Asooka on July 18, 2018 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: An entomologist rates ant emojis I'm pretty sure users will just learn to interpret it as a pistol, rather than water gun. Same like how the eggplant emoji means "penis" now.

wild_preference on July 18, 2018 [–]

Besides, a small watergun graphic is just an often futuristic looking gun with neon colors. Hardly something that suddenly is unambiguously not a killing device.

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