Imagine a glue gun with the nozzle from that emoji. It would just blurp right out. You’d have no control! Glue gun nozzles come to a point so that you can put the glue exactly where you want it.
I could almost believe that the Samsung version is a glue gun if you squint real real hard, but definitely not the 2018 twitter version.
Microsoft’s original one was neat!
It remains mind-numbing to me that someone who talks about the ‘woke mind virus’ unironically in everyday conversation is both taken seriously by and not treated as if they have serious mental problems by such a large number of people.
I don’t know why you’d need a trigger guard on a glue gun, but yeah, out of all the pictures the Samsung one comes closest.
I’ve heard the expression “terminally online” used to describe people like Elmo - those who have become so obsessed with internet culture and memes and such that they treat the whole world like it’s 4chan while forgetting that the real world doesn’t have the anonymity that the internet provides.
It’s a good term and it bears repeating.
“Woke Mind Virus” 
So at what point does Elmo just claim to be Q?
“Oh, he’s not really up to our standards…”
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Just noticed the image didn’t actually check the current emoji. Microsoft changed to a different design.
But the point is that it has been a squirt gun for over 6 years, and having one platform have it be different just creates confusion, and messes up the point of Unicode. The same post would have different meanings depending on where it is posted.
The responsible thing to do if you wanted a gun emoji would be to create a new emote. But this is just Elon appealing to his base. The original image (without the inaccurate 2024 line) was part of the culture war nonsense.
Oh, the gun was purpotedly changed at least in part because of laws in other countries about depicting guns. So Musk may be stumbling into yet another issue internationally.
On the other hand, Trelane is a positive match for Elon Musk.
None of that hidden responsibility or empathy! Just a child with too much power, screaming how nothing is fair.
Trek Nerd Spoiler: Of course, if you go by some of the novels, Trelane IS a Q, so, what have you.
When I hear Elon whining or telling his advertiser to “Go fuck yourselves!”, I always think of little Anthony Fremont:
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Yes, Anthony Fremont is who Musk wants to be, and while he can (more or less) cornfield anyone on Xitter, when he tries his shit IRL he often comes afoul of the actual courts (IF [big IF] it’s someone who can get past his hand-picked judges and into a more rational part of the legal system, AND afford to do so).
Which is why I picked Trelane - lots of power, but ultimately, he’s a child that can be forced to play by the rules if the benignly (???) neglectful parents can be bothered to do so.
My most popular tweet ever (not saying much, about 2,200 likes) was a comparison of little Anthony Fremont to a picture of Trump standing in a group of cowardly medical doctors who were afraid to contradict anything he said.
Not to break up a good Star Trek riff, but I actually meant “Q” as in Qanon. This works too though! Carry on! 
World Bank is dismayed to see its advertising on Twitter paired with racist user content, suspends advertising there.
I’m waiting for Elmo to tell them to go fuck themselves.
“To express my sorrow at your misfortunes, let me share this heartfelt message:”
"I never thought leopards would eat MY face,’ sobs woman who advertised on the Leopards Eating People’s Faces Platform.
You can see all kinds of racist content on Twitter, but risk getting banned for writing the word “cisgender”.
Full list of Twitter investors released as part of a lawsuit.
Well, I mean ‘cis’ is clearly hate speech caused by the Woke Mind Virus. ‘Cis’ murdered Elmo’s son after all. Hmm. something seems wrong with that logic, but I can’t quite put my finger on it. Oh well, off to do some more ketamine, that usually helps me remember things. Or at least forget that I forgot them.
