With the new iOS update, Apple has rolled out many additions to its standard emojis. After nearly a week of use, here is my list of the best of these conversation-enhancing emojis.
1.) The squirrel emoji. My college experience had so far been incompletely expressed without an emoji version of this furry creature. Now, I will be able to tell and illustrate to my friends about the next time that I see a squirrel eating chicken wings outside of an off-campus house.
2.) The nerd-face emoji. Let's face it, at a school like Penn, we all have those moments where we will geek out over one thing or another and this perfectly acknowledges those instances of undeniable nerdiness.
3.) The cheese emoji. As a lover of cheese, this emoji represents pretty much a food group for me. It also can be used for pointing about particularly cheesy lines in the conversation.
4.) The smiley face with jazz hands. I don't know if it is supposed to be hugging someone, or if those are jazz just adding more enthusiasm to the smiley face; but this smiley face is truly adorable.
5.) The pondering, chin-scratching emoji. Yes, thank you emoji creators. You understand that there needs to be an emoji for when you're still attempting to think of which emoji you want to use in the first place.
6.) The levitating businessman. Yes, this emoji seems to serve no purpose, but sometimes you just need a levitating businessman to lighten up the conversation a little bit.
7.) The middle finger emoji. Not that I plan on using this emoji, but it is nice to have that more than passive aggressive option available in case of emergency.
In the world of texting, emojis can sometimes be more effective than words in communicating the true sentiment of your message. And now with these new emojis, you can feel free to geek out, ponder, break out the jazz hands, and even levitate.