Apple rolled out its iOS15.4 update with 37 fresh new emojis that has created a rift amongst the users (and non users alike). The tech giant introduced emoticons including a ‘pregnant man’ and a gender neutral person with a crown. The pregnant man emoji is now available in all skin colours. The update released in March has drawn criticism, mostly from the conservative circle. Most users are appalled by the company’s shift in keeping in vogue with gender neutrality and fluidity as ‘woke’ appeasing.
Time to throw away my #iphone. They added an emoji of a "gender neutral pregnant man." Wtf @Apple 🤦🏻♀️ pic.twitter.com/7QFnurOBuP — Kara 👑 (@arakszabo) April 18, 2022
WTF? Pregnant man emoji Apple iOS 15.4 (Emojipedia blog)
The world is on 🔥 and this is what needed to be fixed right now? #Apple #Woke-ass bullshit pic.twitter.com/b3wYG0zV3R — Buck (@BuckFullerton) April 17, 2022
There is no such thing as a 🫃🏼 pregnant man @apple! You are promoting mental illness in all your wokeness! Give me a break! — Brett Stevenson (@Bas4runner) April 18, 2022
🫃🏻this new woke emoji is just another way to brainwash people. Sham on you @Apple — Collin Dozier™ (@CollinDozier) April 18, 2022
Apple have officially boycotted biology with their pregnant man emoji.
The Apple has gone woke! 🙄🤡 pic.twitter.com/yyfgxopFmz — Bob McCoskrie (@bobmccoskrienz) April 18, 2022
While the debate rages on with triggered salty conservatives, few took it with a pinch of salt mocking it as ‘fat shaming’, calling it a' beer belly’ and ‘dad bod.’ Greg Gutfeld of Fox News wrote “One small step for the beer guts. But What’s next?”
Hey @Apple what’s this emoji? 🫃🏻
A ‘pregnant man’ or are you ‘fat shaming’?
You bunch of goofballs. 🤪 — Thomas Rossini (@TommyRo) April 18, 2022
I’m sick of the lies and I’m going to tell the truth about this. Someone has to do it! I’m that person! It’s not a pregnant man! It’s a man with a beer belly and this is how men can now be accepted without fear of the beer! LOLOLOL pic.twitter.com/KGhMUs71hi — Dr. Steven Brooks 🇫🇮🇺🇸82nd Airborne (@brookstevo) April 18, 2022
Apple really outdid themselves this time. The Bill Gates emoji is spot on! pic.twitter.com/OJRHpIBXIE — SnippityPakin🇺🇸 (@SnippityPakin) April 18, 2022
Introducing the new Apple Emoji
The Dad Bod pic.twitter.com/ZPjoED3vi8 — Alta Stare (@StareAlta) April 17, 2022
Apple’s Pregnant Man Emoji is officially available today in every skin color. This way people of all races can show the world they failed biology. — Jimmy Failla (@jimmyfailla) April 19, 2022
Even as the mockery continues, some have other concerns too
Listen, @apple, as much as I appreciate the new worm emoji 🪱, when are we getting a normal pink heart??????? pic.twitter.com/RCi2TS817v — Annie Goldstein (@aegoldstein) April 12, 2022
🥹🫥🫡🫠🫣🫤 apple added these new emojis but still no chefs kiss emoji :( pic.twitter.com/yUcVe0tzsJ — Ollie | 𖤐 | Ayaka Wanter (@gollygod_) April 18, 2022
The Unicode Consortium updated Unicode 14.0 with all these new emojis in September 2021 to be rolled out in various devices. The updates added 838 characters including 37 new emojis. ‘Melting Face’, ‘Pregnant Person’, ‘Troll’, ‘Biting Lips’ etc made the final cut of a draft list. Check the complete Unicode 14.0 list of new emojis here.
The emojis were first introduced in the Apple devices in Jan 2022 as an optional update. In its latest 15.4 update the company introduced additional features like 1) Using FACE ID with Mask, 2) Alternate voice update for SIRI, 3) Digital IDs, 4) Emergency SOS support, 5) Improvement in Apple Card Widgets, 6) Improvements in personal automation, 7) New filter options in Podcast 8) Share Play option in Share Sheet, 9) Live text integration, 10) additional camera options etc. Yeah, all these updates! Nice! However the bone of contention will always be how you represent (or misrepresent or not represent) my ideology and worldview in pixels.
Let's sum this up the whole discourse with this tweet
This is the Unicorn Apple emoji. Like Pregnant Man, it's not real either. But I don't see people making a fuss over unicorn. Pick your battles wisely, my friends. pic.twitter.com/8f2D7hKbkn — Arkie Hogg (@HoggArkie) April 18, 2022
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