Why so much emoji nonsense?

[James Kass via Unicode]

Asmus Freytag wrote:

>> Words suffice.  We go by what people actually say rather than whatever
>> they might have meant.  When we read text, we go by what's written.
>
> That is a worthy opinion, but not one that is shared, either in principle
> or in lived practice (esp. related to digital communication) by vast numbers
> of people.

True, but there are also plenty of people who strive to say what they
mean and mean what they say.