Josie Ford
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Physics of defecation
News editor Alexandra Thompson passes along a press release from the University of Amsterdam entitled “Hoe de poep-emoji zijn vorm kreeg“. A hasty bit of translation reveals that this means “How the poop emoji got its shape”.
For those whose knowledge of emoji doesn’t extend beyond the smiley face, a spot of explanation may be in order. Buried in the emoji alphabet is the poop emoji, which, though it can take many guises IRL, is shaped like a sort of conical tower made up of coiled ropes of faeces. The Emojipedia website helpfully compares it to “soft-serve ice cream”, which, in these heatwave-addled times, is a frankly monstrous image to put into people’s minds.
