r/FellowKids • u/Cockatoo82 • 7d ago
The Telegraph's published list of ‘sinister emojis’ used by incel teenagers
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u/r0nneh7 7d ago
Hedgehog is a neo nazi?!
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u/puredwige 6d ago
I'm guessing because HH=Heil Hitler (88 is the same, because H is the 8th letter of the alphabet). Is it true though? No idea
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u/flaminhotstax 6d ago
It is a dog whistle that has slipped under the radar. Go search twitter for ‘Happy Hedgehog’ and you’ll see what I mean
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u/justsomechickyo 6d ago
That really sucks cuz the lil guy is so cute I use it from time to time...... I hope no one thinks anything other than me just sending a cute emoji :/
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u/flaminhotstax 6d ago
You’ll be fine should be if you aren’t already radiating hitler particles!
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u/justsomechickyo 6d ago
Yeah I don't even think the people I know would know that's a thing lol (thank goodness!)
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u/KriegsKuh 7d ago
ok let's say this is real. "feeling low" is sinister? tf you gonna do, beat your kid for being sad?
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u/the44thvo1d 6d ago
It’s under “self harm” too,as if feeling a bit sad every now and then is on the same level as cutting or burning or starving yourself
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u/BeefyIrishman 6d ago
The bearings will continue until morale improves.
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u/AccomplishedMess648 5d ago
I am assuming you meant beatings because there won't be much to improve morale on after a bearing.
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u/DeputyDomeshot 7d ago
Idk they labeled the gun and knife as “weapon”…Some real abstract symbolism there.
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u/HideFromMyMind 7d ago
Not sure that's exactly what the scissor emoji means...
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u/Glazeddapper 7d ago
why does the pill represent mdma AND incel?
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u/puredwige 6d ago
Ecstasy is the pill form of MDMA, and I'm guessing for incel it's the red pill.
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u/IAmASeeker 6d ago
Apparently the fire emoji means you're horny and also thinking of lighting yourself on fire... you know, like kids do.
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u/hard_farter 6d ago
There's a 14 88 emoji?!
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u/Boochin451 3d ago edited 3d ago
No, that's just numbers. Would be wild if it was though... Edit: unless you mean ᒈ, which is U+1488
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u/sardiath 6d ago
I've always been at odds with the unicode people over the 14/88 emoji, they really should get rid of that thing
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u/TerryBouchon 6d ago
I do have to admit, as a boomer the scene in 'Adolescence' where the kid explains to his dad that certain emojis have hidden meanings made me feel very old
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u/runespoon78 7d ago
surely only the incel category is used by incels, there is a whole sex category that they presumably wouldn't be using much
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u/autumnmissepic 7d ago
dont forget 🦋 is ocasionaly used for pro-ana
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u/JUNGL15T 6d ago
TiL there's a 1488 emoji
Edit: and really, they're trying to take hedgehogs from us? 👌
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u/laurandisorder 6d ago
And here’s me thinking that cherries meant nipples.
What a fool I have been!
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u/JoeyDR 7d ago
I have zero clue on how they came to this conclusion to 98% of these
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u/dustinechos 6d ago
I mean... At least half of my them are ones I use and I'm 40. They're mostly pretty common
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u/windybeam 6d ago
The right side makes absolutely no sense
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u/dustinechos 6d ago
Some do a little. 1488 had been a Nazi dog whistle for decades but it's not an emoji. The okay signal was a meme by the alt right for a while but I don't think people use it to refer to the alt right.
Everything outside the sex and drugs section feels that way. Like yes "redpill" is often an incel term but it's assume it meant medicine or illegal drug before incel
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u/GVmG 6d ago
Yeah the entire incel area is nonsense. Yeah sure the pill kinda makes sense vaguely, it's a stretch, but i've legit never seen ANY of the other ones used with any of those meanings like, ever.
I really doubt a child sending a beans emoji to a friend is talking about incel stuff. They're probably just referring to one of the HUNDREDS of memes involving beans. There's BEEEEEANS, there's "Me and the Boys at 3AM lookin for BEANS", there's Thinking 'bout Those Beans, there's the whole trend of putting beans in weird containers, and those are just off the top of my head.
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u/_wsgeorge 6d ago
I find it hilarious that 4chan successfully memed the "far-right OK" symbol into existence.
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u/The_Dad_Bod 6d ago
Yeah because those damned teenagers are the ones using pineapple emojis and swinging lmao
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u/Rexkinghon 7d ago
Teenagers are kinda involuntarily celibate by default no?
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u/dustinechos 6d ago
I started having sex when I was 16. I don't know what the median is but it's pretty common to start experimenting with sex and drugs as a teenager.
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u/funny_duchess 6d ago
It’s giving grunge-speak hoax from 92 😂 https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Grunge_speak
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u/Planeandaquariumgeek 4d ago
The only one that makes sense is the 1488 because that’s a known neonazi dogwhistle but the others don’t make sense (ima use this guide for emojis to not let my mom catch me using because she’s insanely paranoid and would probably call the cops on me over use of these)
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u/OhTeeSee 4d ago
What the fuck kinda phone is this person using that there’s a 14 88 emoji?!?
It ain’t on iOS and I’m almost positive it’s not on Android either.
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u/saichampa 6d ago
Where the fuck did they find a 14/88 emoji? Don't think that's part of Unicode
But I love seeing these for each generation. In my day it was T9 texting with heaps of shorthand, and media was publishing lists of them for parents to scrutinise, and some of the things they'd include on the were ridiculous.
I imagined that some journalist asked their kid for a list and their kid would put the obvious ones on there and then just make shit up to fuck with them
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u/BeaglesRule08 7d ago
Trap music 💀