200 Words with Owen Lang

I want them to make a twirl emoji. Something like if these ones had a baby ✨💃💫🤸. I’m working on my proposal to the Unicode Consortium. They’re the company that decides what the new emojis are and does some type of computer science so it shows up the same on iPhones, Androids, websites, et al. The problem is that it can take up to 3 years to go through the application process, plus they are only getting more selective about the ones they introduce. By that time, I’ll probably be completely over my desire for the twirl.

I actually used to hate emojis…but I ironically started embracing this one: 😂 and now I just can't get enough. They’re contemporary hieroglyphics.

😂✌️💫✨🐶.

My fav emoji changes bi-weekly. I’m currently obsessed with this emoji: 🐶. Its official name is “dog face” but I call it “the puppy.” I keep finding more and more use cases for “the puppy.” It’s super cute, curious, innocent, mischievous, playful. I think it could even be a little horny. I used it while flirting over DMs recently, but the guy didn’t respond 💔🕊️.* Regardless, it's still so perfect.

*the dove is perfect for when something really bad happens or when someone dies.