Sometimes it can be difficult to understand what someone means in a message. And when you throw emoji into the mix, things get even more complicated. A " " or " ️" are easy to understand ...

But if you're active on Twitter, you've probably seen its popular emoji mashup bots, which combine multiple emojis into one. Only recently, Emoji Kitchen was native to Android users on Gboard.

Soon after WIRED's global editorial director started in 2023, she sent me a message on Slack. By accident, I hearted it. A message from my very serious, very new boss. It haunts me to this day.