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:[After the submit button is pressed, 1 to 3 emoji symbols appear in the window, framed inside a light blue triangle.]
 
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==List of Possible Emoji Responses==
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==Trivia==
  
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The source code for the comic contains an array of 507 possible emoji characters. When the "Ask" button is pressed, one to three characters are randomly chosen from this list.
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* The 8-ball randomly returns between one and three emoji characters. The source code reveals there is 42.1% chance of getting one character, 52.6% chance of getting two characters, and 5.2% chance of getting three.
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* The source code contains 507 different emoji characters. For a full list of the supported characters, see [[1525:_Emojic_8_Ball/List_of_emoji|List of emoji]].
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| 🙅||  ‎1F645  FACE WITH NO GOOD GESTURE||||🎋||  ‎1F38B  TANABATA TREE||||💃||  ‎1F483  DANCER
 
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| 🙆||  ‎1F646  FACE WITH OK GESTURE||||🎌||  ‎1F38C  CROSSED FLAGS||||💄||  ‎1F484  LIPSTICK
 
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| 🙇||  ‎1F647  PERSON BOWING DEEPLY||||🎍||  ‎1F38D  PINE DECORATION||||💅||  ‎1F485  NAIL POLISH
 
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| 🙋||  ‎1F64B  HAPPY PERSON RAISING ONE HAND||||🎎||  ‎1F38E  JAPANESE DOLLS||||💆||  ‎1F486  FACE MASSAGE
 
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| 🙌||  ‎1F64C  PERSON RAISING BOTH HANDS IN CELEBRATION||||🎏||  ‎1F38F  CARP STREAMER||||💇||  ‎1F487  HAIRCUT
 
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| 🙍||  ‎1F64D  PERSON FROWNING||||🎐||  ‎1F390  WIND CHIME||||💈||  ‎1F488  BARBER POLE
 
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| 🙎||  ‎1F64E  PERSON WITH POUTING FACE||||🎑||  ‎1F391  MOON VIEWING CEREMONY||||💉||  ‎1F489  SYRINGE
 
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| 🙏||  ‎1F64F  PERSON WITH FOLDED HANDS||||🎒||  ‎1F392  SCHOOL SATCHEL||||💊||  ‎1F48A  PILL
 
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| ✂||  ‎2702  BLACK SCISSORS||||🎓||  ‎1F393  GRADUATION CAP||||💋||  ‎1F48B  KISS MARK
 
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| ✈||  ‎2708  AIRPLANE||||🎠||  ‎1F3A0  CAROUSEL HORSE||||💌||  ‎1F48C  LOVE LETTER
 
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| ✉||  ‎2709  ENVELOPE||||🎡||  ‎1F3A1  FERRIS WHEEL||||💍||  ‎1F48D  RING
 
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| ✊||  ‎270A  RAISED FIST||||🎢||  ‎1F3A2  ROLLER COASTER||||💎||  ‎1F48E  GEM STONE
 
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| ✋||  ‎270B  RAISED HAND||||🎣||  ‎1F3A3  FISHING POLE AND FISH||||💏||  ‎1F48F  KISS
 
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| ✌||  ‎270C  VICTORY HAND||||🎤||  ‎1F3A4  MICROPHONE||||💐||  ‎1F490  BOUQUET
 
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| ✏||  ‎270F  PENCIL||||🎥||  ‎1F3A5  MOVIE CAMERA||||💑||  ‎1F491  COUPLE WITH HEART
 
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| ❄||  ‎2744  SNOWFLAKE||||🎦||  ‎1F3A6  CINEMA||||💒||  ‎1F492  WEDDING
 
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| ❤||  ‎2764  HEAVY BLACK HEART||||🎧||  ‎1F3A7  HEADPHONE||||💓||  ‎1F493  BEATING HEART
 
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| 🚀||  ‎1F680  ROCKET||||🎨||  ‎1F3A8  ARTIST PALETTE||||💔||  ‎1F494  BROKEN HEART
 
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| 🚃||  ‎1F683  RAILWAY CAR||||🎩||  ‎1F3A9  TOP HAT||||💕||  ‎1F495  TWO HEARTS
 
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| 🚄||  ‎1F684  HIGH-SPEED TRAIN||||🎪||  ‎1F3AA  CIRCUS TENT||||💖||  ‎1F496  SPARKLING HEART
 
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| 🚅||  ‎1F685  HIGH-SPEED TRAIN WITH BULLET NOSE||||🎫||  ‎1F3AB  TICKET||||💗||  ‎1F497  GROWING HEART
 
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| 🚇||  ‎1F687  METRO||||🎬||  ‎1F3AC  CLAPPER BOARD||||💘||  ‎1F498  HEART WITH ARROW
 
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| 🚉||  ‎1F689  STATION||||🎭||  ‎1F3AD  PERFORMING ARTS||||💙||  ‎1F499  BLUE HEART
 
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| 🚌||  ‎1F68C  BUS||||🎮||  ‎1F3AE  VIDEO GAME||||💚||  ‎1F49A  GREEN HEART
 
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| 🚏||  ‎1F68F  BUS STOP||||🎯||  ‎1F3AF  DIRECT HIT||||💛||  ‎1F49B  YELLOW HEART
 
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| 🚑||  ‎1F691  AMBULANCE||||🎰||  ‎1F3B0  SLOT MACHINE||||💜||  ‎1F49C  PURPLE HEART
 
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| 🚒||  ‎1F692  FIRE ENGINE||||🎱||  ‎1F3B1  BILLIARDS||||💝||  ‎1F49D  HEART WITH RIBBON
 
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| 🚓||  ‎1F693  POLICE CAR||||🎲||  ‎1F3B2  GAME DIE||||💞||  ‎1F49E  REVOLVING HEARTS
 
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| 🚗||  ‎1F697  AUTOMOBILE||||🎴||  ‎1F3B4  FLOWER PLAYING CARDS||||💠||  ‎1F4A0  DIAMOND SHAPE WITH A DOT INSIDE
 
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| 🚙||  ‎1F699  RECREATIONAL VEHICLE||||🎵||  ‎1F3B5  MUSICAL NOTE||||💡||  ‎1F4A1  ELECTRIC LIGHT BULB
 
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| 🚚||  ‎1F69A  DELIVERY TRUCK||||🎶||  ‎1F3B6  MULTIPLE MUSICAL NOTES||||💢||  ‎1F4A2  ANGER SYMBOL
 
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| 🚢||  ‎1F6A2  SHIP||||🎷||  ‎1F3B7  SAXOPHONE||||💣||  ‎1F4A3  BOMB
 
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| 🚥||  ‎1F6A5  HORIZONTAL TRAFFIC LIGHT||||🎹||  ‎1F3B9  MUSICAL KEYBOARD||||💥||  ‎1F4A5  COLLISION SYMBOL
 
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| 🛀||  ‎1F6C0  BATH||||🏄||  ‎1F3C4  SURFER||||💰||  ‎1F4B0  MONEY BAG
 
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| ⌛||  ‎231B  HOURGLASS||||🏈||  ‎1F3C8  AMERICAN FOOTBALL||||💳||  ‎1F4B3  CREDIT CARD
 
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| ⏰||  ‎23F0  ALARM CLOCK||||🏊||  ‎1F3CA  SWIMMER||||💵||  ‎1F4B5  BANKNOTE WITH DOLLAR SIGN
 
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| ⏳||  ‎23F3  HOURGLASS WITH FLOWING SAND||||🏠||  ‎1F3E0  HOUSE BUILDING||||💸||  ‎1F4B8  MONEY WITH WINGS
 
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| ☁||  ‎2601  CLOUD||||🏡||  ‎1F3E1  HOUSE WITH GARDEN||||💺||  ‎1F4BA  SEAT
 
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| ☎||  ‎260E  BLACK TELEPHONE||||🏢||  ‎1F3E2  OFFICE BUILDING||||💻||  ‎1F4BB  PERSONAL COMPUTER
 
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| ☔||  ‎2614  UMBRELLA WITH RAIN DROPS||||🏣||  ‎1F3E3  JAPANESE POST OFFICE||||💼||  ‎1F4BC  BRIEFCASE
 
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| ☕||  ‎2615  HOT BEVERAGE||||🏥||  ‎1F3E5  HOSPITAL||||💽||  ‎1F4BD  MINIDISC
 
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| ♨||  ‎2668  HOT SPRINGS||||🏦||  ‎1F3E6  BANK||||💾||  ‎1F4BE  FLOPPY DISK
 
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| ♻||  ‎267B  BLACK UNIVERSAL RECYCLING SYMBOL||||🏧||  ‎1F3E7  AUTOMATED TELLER MACHINE||||💿||  ‎1F4BF  OPTICAL DISC
 
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| ♿||  ‎267F  WHEELCHAIR SYMBOL||||🏨||  ‎1F3E8  HOTEL||||📀||  ‎1F4C0  DVD
 
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| ⚓||  ‎2693  ANCHOR||||🏩||  ‎1F3E9  LOVE HOTEL||||📃||  ‎1F4C3  PAGE WITH CURL
 
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| ⚡||  ‎26A1  HIGH VOLTAGE SIGN||||🏪||  ‎1F3EA  CONVENIENCE STORE||||📅||  ‎1F4C5  CALENDAR
 
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| ⚽||  ‎26BD  SOCCER BALL||||🏫||  ‎1F3EB  SCHOOL||||📆||  ‎1F4C6  TEAR-OFF CALENDAR
 
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| ⚾||  ‎26BE  BASEBALL||||🏬||  ‎1F3EC  DEPARTMENT STORE||||📈||  ‎1F4C8  CHART WITH UPWARDS TREND
 
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| ⛄||  ‎26C4  SNOWMAN WITHOUT SNOW||||🏭||  ‎1F3ED  FACTORY||||📉||  ‎1F4C9  CHART WITH DOWNWARDS TREND
 
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| ⛅||  ‎26C5  SUN BEHIND CLOUD||||🏮||  ‎1F3EE  IZAKAYA LANTERN||||📌||  ‎1F4CC  PUSHPIN
 
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| ⛪||  ‎26EA  CHURCH||||🏯||  ‎1F3EF  JAPANESE CASTLE||||📍||  ‎1F4CD  ROUND PUSHPIN
 
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| ⛲||  ‎26F2  FOUNTAIN||||🏰||  ‎1F3F0  EUROPEAN CASTLE||||📎||  ‎1F4CE  PAPERCLIP
 
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| ⛳||  ‎26F3  FLAG IN HOLE||||🐌||  ‎1F40C  SNAIL||||📓||  ‎1F4D3  NOTEBOOK
 
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| ⛵||  ‎26F5  SAILBOAT||||🐍||  ‎1F40D  SNAKE||||📔||  ‎1F4D4  NOTEBOOK WITH DECORATIVE COVER
 
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| ⛺||  ‎26FA  TENT||||🐎||  ‎1F40E  HORSE||||📕||  ‎1F4D5  CLOSED BOOK
 
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| ⭐||  ‎2B50  WHITE MEDIUM STAR||||🐑||  ‎1F411  SHEEP||||📖||  ‎1F4D6  OPEN BOOK
 
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| ⛽||  ‎26FD  FUEL PUMP||||🐒||  ‎1F412  MONKEY||||📞||  ‎1F4DE  TELEPHONE RECEIVER
 
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| 🌀||  ‎1F300  CYCLONE||||🐗||  ‎1F417  BOAR||||📠||  ‎1F4E0  FAX MACHINE
 
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| 🌁||  ‎1F301  FOGGY||||🐘||  ‎1F418  ELEPHANT||||📡||  ‎1F4E1  SATELLITE ANTENNA
 
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| 🌂||  ‎1F302  CLOSED UMBRELLA||||🐙||  ‎1F419  OCTOPUS||||📣||  ‎1F4E3  CHEERING MEGAPHONE
 
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| 🌃||  ‎1F303  NIGHT WITH STARS||||🐚||  ‎1F41A  SPIRAL SHELL||||📦||  ‎1F4E6  PACKAGE
 
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| 🌄||  ‎1F304  SUNRISE OVER MOUNTAINS||||🐛||  ‎1F41B  BUG||||📧||  ‎1F4E7  E-MAIL SYMBOL
 
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| 🌅||  ‎1F305  SUNRISE||||🐜||  ‎1F41C  ANT||||📫||  ‎1F4EB  CLOSED MAILBOX WITH RAISED FLAG
 
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| 🌆||  ‎1F306  CITYSCAPE AT DUSK||||🐝||  ‎1F41D  HONEYBEE||||📰||  ‎1F4F0  NEWSPAPER
 
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| 🌇||  ‎1F307  SUNSET OVER BUILDINGS||||🐞||  ‎1F41E  LADY BEETLE||||📱||  ‎1F4F1  MOBILE PHONE
 
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| 🌈||  ‎1F308  RAINBOW||||🐟||  ‎1F41F  FISH||||📷||  ‎1F4F7  CAMERA
 
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| 🌉||  ‎1F309  BRIDGE AT NIGHT||||🐠||  ‎1F420  TROPICAL FISH||||📹||  ‎1F4F9  VIDEO CAMERA
 
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| 🌊||  ‎1F30A  WATER WAVE||||🐡||  ‎1F421  BLOWFISH||||📺||  ‎1F4FA  TELEVISION
 
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| 🌋||  ‎1F30B  VOLCANO||||🐢||  ‎1F422  TURTLE||||📻||  ‎1F4FB  RADIO
 
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| 🌏||  ‎1F30F  EARTH GLOBE ASIA-AUSTRALIA||||🐣||  ‎1F423  HATCHING CHICK||||📼||  ‎1F4FC  VIDEOCASSETTE
 
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| 🌙||  ‎1F319  CRESCENT MOON||||🐤||  ‎1F424  BABY CHICK||||🔊||  ‎1F50A  SPEAKER WITH THREE SOUND WAVES
 
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| 🌛||  ‎1F31B  FIRST QUARTER MOON WITH FACE||||🐥||  ‎1F425  FRONT-FACING BABY CHICK||||🔋||  ‎1F50B  BATTERY
 
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| 🌟||  ‎1F31F  GLOWING STAR||||🐦||  ‎1F426  BIRD||||🔌||  ‎1F50C  ELECTRIC PLUG
 
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| 🌠||  ‎1F320  SHOOTING STAR||||🐧||  ‎1F427  PENGUIN||||🔎||  ‎1F50E  RIGHT-POINTING MAGNIFYING GLASS
 
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| 🌰||  ‎1F330  CHESTNUT||||🐨||  ‎1F428  KOALA||||🔐||  ‎1F510  CLOSED LOCK WITH KEY
 
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| 🌱||  ‎1F331  SEEDLING||||🐩||  ‎1F429  POODLE||||🔑||  ‎1F511  KEY
 
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| 🌴||  ‎1F334  PALM TREE||||🐫||  ‎1F42B  BACTRIAN CAMEL||||🔒||  ‎1F512  LOCK
 
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| 🌵||  ‎1F335  CACTUS||||🐬||  ‎1F42C  DOLPHIN||||🔓||  ‎1F513  OPEN LOCK
 
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| 🌷||  ‎1F337  TULIP||||🐭||  ‎1F42D  MOUSE FACE||||🔔||  ‎1F514  BELL
 
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| 🌸||  ‎1F338  CHERRY BLOSSOM||||🐮||  ‎1F42E  COW FACE||||🔜||  ‎1F51C  SOON WITH RIGHTWARDS ARROW ABOVE
 
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| 🌹||  ‎1F339  ROSE||||🐯||  ‎1F42F  TIGER FACE||||🔥||  ‎1F525  FIRE
 
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| 🌺||  ‎1F33A  HIBISCUS||||🐰||  ‎1F430  RABBIT FACE||||🔦||  ‎1F526  ELECTRIC TORCH
 
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| 🌻||  ‎1F33B  SUNFLOWER||||🐱||  ‎1F431  CAT FACE||||🔧||  ‎1F527  WRENCH
 
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| 🌼||  ‎1F33C  BLOSSOM||||🐲||  ‎1F432  DRAGON FACE||||🔨||  ‎1F528  HAMMER
 
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| 🌽||  ‎1F33D  EAR OF MAIZE||||🐳||  ‎1F433  SPOUTING WHALE||||🔩||  ‎1F529  NUT AND BOLT
 
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| 🌾||  ‎1F33E  EAR OF RICE||||🐴||  ‎1F434  HORSE FACE||||🔪||  ‎1F52A  HOCHO
 
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| 🌿||  ‎1F33F  HERB||||🐵||  ‎1F435  MONKEY FACE||||🔫||  ‎1F52B  PISTOL
 
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| 🍀||  ‎1F340  FOUR LEAF CLOVER||||🐶||  ‎1F436  DOG FACE||||🔮||  ‎1F52E  CRYSTAL BALL
 
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| 🍁||  ‎1F341  MAPLE LEAF||||🐷||  ‎1F437  PIG FACE||||🗻||  ‎1F5FB  MOUNT FUJI
 
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| 🍂||  ‎1F342  FALLEN LEAF||||🐸||  ‎1F438  FROG FACE||||🗼||  ‎1F5FC  TOKYO TOWER
 
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| 🍃||  ‎1F343  LEAF FLUTTERING IN WIND||||🐹||  ‎1F439  HAMSTER FACE||||🗽||  ‎1F5FD  STATUE OF LIBERTY
 
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| 🍄||  ‎1F344  MUSHROOM||||🐺||  ‎1F43A  WOLF FACE||||🗾||  ‎1F5FE  SILHOUETTE OF JAPAN
 
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| 🍅||  ‎1F345  TOMATO||||🐻||  ‎1F43B  BEAR FACE||||🗿||  ‎1F5FF  MOYAI
 
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| 🍆||  ‎1F346  AUBERGINE||||🐼||  ‎1F43C  PANDA FACE||||😴||  ‎1F634  SLEEPING FACE
 
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| 🍇||  ‎1F347  GRAPES||||🐽||  ‎1F43D  PIG NOSE||||🚁||  ‎1F681  HELICOPTER
 
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| 🍈||  ‎1F348  MELON||||🐾||  ‎1F43E  PAW PRINTS||||🚂||  ‎1F682  STEAM LOCOMOTIVE
 
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| 🍉||  ‎1F349  WATERMELON||||👀||  ‎1F440  EYES||||🚆||  ‎1F686  TRAIN
 
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| 🍊||  ‎1F34A  TANGERINE||||👂||  ‎1F442  EAR||||🚈||  ‎1F688  LIGHT RAIL
 
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| 🍌||  ‎1F34C  BANANA||||👃||  ‎1F443  NOSE||||🚊||  ‎1F68A  TRAM
 
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| 🍍||  ‎1F34D  PINEAPPLE||||👄||  ‎1F444  MOUTH||||🚍||  ‎1F68D  ONCOMING BUS
 
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| 🍎||  ‎1F34E  RED APPLE||||👅||  ‎1F445  TONGUE||||🚎||  ‎1F68E  TROLLEYBUS
 
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| 🍏||  ‎1F34F  GREEN APPLE||||👆||  ‎1F446  WHITE UP POINTING BACKHAND INDEX||||🚐||  ‎1F690  MINIBUS
 
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| 🍑||  ‎1F351  PEACH||||👇||  ‎1F447  WHITE DOWN POINTING BACKHAND INDEX||||🚔||  ‎1F694  ONCOMING POLICE CAR
 
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| 🍒||  ‎1F352  CHERRIES||||👈||  ‎1F448  WHITE LEFT POINTING BACKHAND INDEX||||🚖||  ‎1F696  ONCOMING TAXI
 
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| 🍓||  ‎1F353  STRAWBERRY||||👉||  ‎1F449  WHITE RIGHT POINTING BACKHAND INDEX||||🚘||  ‎1F698  ONCOMING AUTOMOBILE
 
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| 🍔||  ‎1F354  HAMBURGER||||👊||  ‎1F44A  FISTED HAND SIGN||||🚛||  ‎1F69B  ARTICULATED LORRY
 
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| 🍕||  ‎1F355  SLICE OF PIZZA||||👋||  ‎1F44B  WAVING HAND SIGN||||🚜||  ‎1F69C  TRACTOR
 
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| 🍖||  ‎1F356  MEAT ON BONE||||👌||  ‎1F44C  OK HAND SIGN||||🚝||  ‎1F69D  MONORAIL
 
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| 🍗||  ‎1F357  POULTRY LEG||||👍||  ‎1F44D  THUMBS UP SIGN||||🚞||  ‎1F69E  MOUNTAIN RAILWAY
 
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| 🍘||  ‎1F358  RICE CRACKER||||👎||  ‎1F44E  THUMBS DOWN SIGN||||🚟||  ‎1F69F  SUSPENSION RAILWAY
 
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| 🍙||  ‎1F359  RICE BALL||||👏||  ‎1F44F  CLAPPING HANDS SIGN||||🚠||  ‎1F6A0  MOUNTAIN CABLEWAY
 
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| 🍚||  ‎1F35A  COOKED RICE||||👐||  ‎1F450  OPEN HANDS SIGN||||🚡||  ‎1F6A1  AERIAL TRAMWAY
 
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| 🍛||  ‎1F35B  CURRY AND RICE||||👑||  ‎1F451  CROWN||||🚣||  ‎1F6A3  ROWBOAT
 
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| 🍜||  ‎1F35C  STEAMING BOWL||||👒||  ‎1F452  WOMANS HAT||||🚦||  ‎1F6A6  VERTICAL TRAFFIC LIGHT
 
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| 🍝||  ‎1F35D  SPAGHETTI||||👓||  ‎1F453  EYEGLASSES||||🚮||  ‎1F6AE  PUT LITTER IN ITS PLACE SYMBOL
 
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| 🍞||  ‎1F35E  BREAD||||👔||  ‎1F454  NECKTIE||||🚵||  ‎1F6B5  MOUNTAIN BICYCLIST
 
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| 🍟||  ‎1F35F  FRENCH FRIES||||👕||  ‎1F455  T-SHIRT||||🚿||  ‎1F6BF  SHOWER
 
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| 🍠||  ‎1F360  ROASTED SWEET POTATO||||👖||  ‎1F456  JEANS||||🛁||  ‎1F6C1  BATHTUB
 
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| 🍡||  ‎1F361  DANGO||||👗||  ‎1F457  DRESS||||🌍||  ‎1F30D  EARTH GLOBE EUROPE-AFRICA
 
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| 🍢||  ‎1F362  ODEN||||👘||  ‎1F458  KIMONO||||🌎||  ‎1F30E  EARTH GLOBE AMERICAS
 
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| 🍣||  ‎1F363  SUSHI||||👙||  ‎1F459  BIKINI||||🌜||  ‎1F31C  LAST QUARTER MOON WITH FACE
 
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| 🍤||  ‎1F364  FRIED SHRIMP||||👚||  ‎1F45A  WOMANS CLOTHES||||🌝||  ‎1F31D  FULL MOON WITH FACE
 
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| 🍥||  ‎1F365  FISH CAKE WITH SWIRL DESIGN||||👛||  ‎1F45B  PURSE||||🌞||  ‎1F31E  SUN WITH FACE
 
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| 🍦||  ‎1F366  SOFT ICE CREAM||||👜||  ‎1F45C  HANDBAG||||🌲||  ‎1F332  EVERGREEN TREE
 
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| 🍧||  ‎1F367  SHAVED ICE||||👝||  ‎1F45D  POUCH||||🌳||  ‎1F333  DECIDUOUS TREE
 
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| 🍨||  ‎1F368  ICE CREAM||||👞||  ‎1F45E  MANS SHOE||||🍋||  ‎1F34B  LEMON
 
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| 🍩||  ‎1F369  DOUGHNUT||||👟||  ‎1F45F  ATHLETIC SHOE||||🍐||  ‎1F350  PEAR
 
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| 🍪||  ‎1F36A  COOKIE||||👠||  ‎1F460  HIGH-HEELED SHOE||||🍼||  ‎1F37C  BABY BOTTLE
 
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| 🍫||  ‎1F36B  CHOCOLATE BAR||||👡||  ‎1F461  WOMANS SANDAL||||🏇||  ‎1F3C7  HORSE RACING
 
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| 🍬||  ‎1F36C  CANDY||||👢||  ‎1F462  WOMANS BOOTS||||🏉||  ‎1F3C9  RUGBY FOOTBALL
 
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| 🍭||  ‎1F36D  LOLLIPOP||||👣||  ‎1F463  FOOTPRINTS||||🏤||  ‎1F3E4  EUROPEAN POST OFFICE
 
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| 🍮||  ‎1F36E  CUSTARD||||👤||  ‎1F464  BUST IN SILHOUETTE||||🐀||  ‎1F400  RAT
 
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| 🍯||  ‎1F36F  HONEY POT||||👦||  ‎1F466  BOY||||🐁||  ‎1F401  MOUSE
 
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| 🍰||  ‎1F370  SHORTCAKE||||👧||  ‎1F467  GIRL||||🐂||  ‎1F402  OX
 
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| 🍱||  ‎1F371  BENTO BOX||||👨||  ‎1F468  MAN||||🐃||  ‎1F403  WATER BUFFALO
 
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| 🍲||  ‎1F372  POT OF FOOD||||👩||  ‎1F469  WOMAN||||🐄||  ‎1F404  COW
 
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| 🍳||  ‎1F373  COOKING||||👪||  ‎1F46A  FAMILY||||🐅||  ‎1F405  TIGER
 
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| 🍴||  ‎1F374  FORK AND KNIFE||||👫||  ‎1F46B  MAN AND WOMAN HOLDING HANDS||||🐆||  ‎1F406  LEOPARD
 
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| 🍵||  ‎1F375  TEACUP WITHOUT HANDLE||||👮||  ‎1F46E  POLICE OFFICER||||🐇||  ‎1F407  RABBIT
 
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| 🍶||  ‎1F376  SAKE BOTTLE AND CUP||||👯||  ‎1F46F  WOMAN WITH BUNNY EARS||||🐈||  ‎1F408  CAT
 
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| 🍷||  ‎1F377  WINE GLASS||||👰||  ‎1F470  BRIDE WITH VEIL||||🐉||  ‎1F409  DRAGON
 
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| 🍸||  ‎1F378  COCKTAIL GLASS||||👱||  ‎1F471  PERSON WITH BLOND HAIR||||🐊||  ‎1F40A  CROCODILE
 
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| 🍹||  ‎1F379  TROPICAL DRINK||||👴||  ‎1F474  OLDER MAN||||🐋||  ‎1F40B  WHALE
 
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| 🍺||  ‎1F37A  BEER MUG||||👶||  ‎1F476  BABY||||🐏||  ‎1F40F  RAM
 
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| 🍻||  ‎1F37B  CLINKING BEER MUGS||||👷||  ‎1F477  CONSTRUCTION WORKER||||🐐||  ‎1F410  GOAT
 
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| 🎀||  ‎1F380  RIBBON||||👸||  ‎1F478  PRINCESS||||🐓||  ‎1F413  ROOSTER
 
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| 🎁||  ‎1F381  WRAPPED PRESENT||||👹||  ‎1F479  JAPANESE OGRE||||🐕||  ‎1F415  DOG
 
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| 🎂||  ‎1F382  BIRTHDAY CAKE||||👺||  ‎1F47A  JAPANESE GOBLIN||||🐖||  ‎1F416  PIG
 
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| 🎃||  ‎1F383  JACK-O-LANTERN||||👻||  ‎1F47B  GHOST||||🐪||  ‎1F42A  DROMEDARY CAMEL
 
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| 🎄||  ‎1F384  CHRISTMAS TREE||||👼||  ‎1F47C  BABY ANGEL||||👬||  ‎1F46C  TWO MEN HOLDING HANDS
 
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| 🎅||  ‎1F385  FATHER CHRISTMAS||||👽||  ‎1F47D  EXTRATERRESTRIAL ALIEN||||👭||  ‎1F46D  TWO WOMEN HOLDING HANDS
 
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| 🎆||  ‎1F386  FIREWORKS||||👾||  ‎1F47E  ALIEN MONSTER||||📬||  ‎1F4EC  OPEN MAILBOX WITH RAISED FLAG
 
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| 🎇||  ‎1F387  FIREWORK SPARKLER||||👿||  ‎1F47F  IMP||||📭||  ‎1F4ED  OPEN MAILBOX WITH LOWERED FLAG
 
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| 🎈||  ‎1F388  BALLOON||||💀||  ‎1F480  SKULL||||📯||  ‎1F4EF  POSTAL HORN
 
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| 🎉||  ‎1F389  PARTY POPPER||||💁||  ‎1F481  INFORMATION DESK PERSON||||🔬||  ‎1F52C  MICROSCOPE
 
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| 🎊||  ‎1F38A  CONFETTI BALL||||💂||  ‎1F482  GUARDSMAN||||🔭||  ‎1F52D  TELESCOPE
 
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Revision as of 08:03, 15 May 2015

Emojic 8 Ball
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Explanation

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This is an interactive comic. You can experience it by going to http://xkcd.com/1525/ .

Emojic 8 Ball is a type of parody of Magic 8 Ball using emoji instead of words. Whereas the real Magic 8 Ball is shaken while you ask it a question and gives out an answer along the lines of YES or NO or ASK AGAIN, this comic takes written user input and once submitted gives a non-verbal answer using graphical Unicode "text" called emoji.

It is possible that this may be commentary on the inclusion of such "meaningless" symbols into Unicode. Ask a question and get a meaningless reply. Even more meaningless than the answers given by a Magic 8 Ball.

Transcript

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Title: Emojic 8 Ball [with the 8 itself an emoji that looks like an 8-ball]
[Form input field with placeholder text]: How will I die?
[Submit button]: Ask
[Image of a shiny black ball with a smaller circular window at its center.]
[After the submit button is pressed, 1 to 3 emoji symbols appear in the window, framed inside a light blue triangle.]

Trivia

  • The 8-ball randomly returns between one and three emoji characters. The source code reveals there is 42.1% chance of getting one character, 52.6% chance of getting two characters, and 5.2% chance of getting three.
  • The source code contains 507 different emoji characters. For a full list of the supported characters, see List of emoji.


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Discussion

I'm not sure that "This is an obvious parody" counts as an explanation of the cartoon. I looked up "Magic 8 ball" (with which I was unfamiliar). I looked up "Emoji" (with which, too, I was unfamiliar). I then turned back to the cartoon, and I still don't understand it. What's more, there is no explanation of the practically unique absence of mouseover text. BinaryDigit (talk) 05:55, 15 May 2015 (UTC)

Lack of mouseover / alt and title attributes is common in **interactive** comics. --JakubNarebski (talk) 06:23, 15 May 2015 (UTC)
Randall has published several interactive comics: 1350: Lorenz, 1110: Click and Drag, and 1416: Pixels. All of these have title text. The only other without was this year's April Fools (which was also interactive. However, this is definitely not a common feature of interactive comics. Djbrasier (talk) 13:20, 15 May 2015 (UTC)
See Category:No title text --Kynde (talk) 21:03, 17 May 2015 (UTC)

It seems that this comic may be poking fun at the reliance of the modern generation on emoji for communication. By trying to answer serious questions only in emoji, their inadequacy in conveying information is shown. After all, a telephone and party ball hardly answer how one will die. It's all left to the imagination. 173.245.56.179 06:01, 15 May 2015 (UTC)

There might be a horoscope component to it too, i.e. you can interpret the emoji as a meaningful answer no matter which one you get. 108.162.215.162 06:30, 15 May 2015 (UTC)

I believe you may mean to refer to tarot cards. I had a similar thought. Azule (talk) 07:16, 15 May 2015 (UTC)
Both horoscopes and tarot cards qualify; they're two ways of eliciting the same sort of Rorschach test. 173.245.52.183 11:58, 15 May 2015 (UTC)
It also bears similarities - particularly with its default question of "How will I die?" - to the fictional Machine of Death, which tells a person how they will die, often in a particularly obtuse or cryptic manner. Randall has previously submitted a short story to the collection: Machine of Death Podcast 33 Studley (talk) 07:21, 15 May 2015 (UTC)

I'm guessing Randall is using Unicode emoji characters, i.e. from a font I don't have. I get a small rectangle with "01F40C" (two rows of three characters), which is indicative of "A character I have no font support for", in the browser I'm using (although from previous experience it isn't a browser thing, it's that I haven't deliberately installed the specialist font involved). Which rather spoils things for me, this time round, but I suppose doesn't cause problems for most people who have been persuaded to install emoji-characters to use in the place of 'mere' emoticons... 141.101.98.213 06:36, 15 May 2015 (UTC)

(reply to self), I've found a good guide, for someone like me, would be to consult the document http://www.unicode.org/charts/PDF/U1F300.pdf to see what one should see. Apparently "How will I die?" is answered by a snail, and my flippant "Where do I get the Emoji font from?" is answered by a man's face. It remains to be seen whether that's 100% correct on both counts. ;) 141.101.98.213 07:58, 15 May 2015 (UTC)

Linux folks can install the ttf-ancient-fonts package to add support for the Unicode emoji characters.

Ok, I've given in. As a non-Linux folk, I followed various signposts and went to http://users.teilar.gr/~g1951d/ and went straight for the "Symbola: 08-03-2015" download (extracted and installed the .ttfs by the age-old method). In case anyone else as out-of-date as me needs and wants to do it manually. It instantly converted my "Man's Face" code (see reply-to-self, above) into the actual man's face, on that browser tab. FYI. 141.101.98.213 08:12, 15 May 2015 (UTC)
On Fedora: sudo yum install gdouros-symbola-fonts
On Ubuntu: apt get ttf-ancient-fonts
On Debian: sudo apt-get install ttf-ancient-fonts
Spongebog (talk) 04:36, 16 May 2015 (UTC)
On Gentoo: emerge symbola
--Quazgar (talk) 21:25, 16 May 2015 (UTC)
ON OpenSUSE: sudo zypper install gdouros-symbola-fonts
--Tom 141.101.92.18 11:19, 20 May 2015 (UTC)

Note that, although the emojis do seem to be chosen at random (I haven't attempted to check any code), the URL is changed to encode your question and the result, so this link encodes my question and a three-emoji result. Mark Hurd (talk) 07:07, 15 May 2015 (UTC)

Is that 3-emoji result hack free? I've only gotten 1 or 2 emoji results so far. Edit: Nevermind. I clicked a bunch in a row and got a 3 emoji result. Now the question is: Can 4 be hacked in? Azule (talk) 07:19, 15 May 2015 (UTC)
I had to be horrible and hack every single emoji into the page. For the lovers of overflow! Azule (talk) 07:54, 15 May 2015 (UTC)
From the code there appears to be an 8/19 chance (42.1%) of one character, 10/19 (52.6%) of two, and 1/19 (5.2%) of three.--Laverock (talk) 07:52, 15 May 2015 (UTC)
It is just a base64 encoding of the question and answer characters as a JSON object, the part of the link given by Markhurd after the "#" is the encoding of {"q":"Is this a good question to immortalise?","a":["🍥","🐐","🍝"]}. So you can add extra characters to the answer array, but after 3 they start clipping out of the triangle. 108.162.249.158 07:32, 15 May 2015 (UTC)

In the edit history it is noted that the emoji are in color. They are in color for me, too. But I question whether this is universal (where the glyphs are supported). Anyone having a black and white experience? Azule (talk) 07:36, 15 May 2015 (UTC)

From the code, here's the list of possible characters: 🙅, 🙆, 🙇, 🙋, 🙌, 🙍, 🙎, 🙏, ✂, ✈, ✉, ✊, ✋, ✌, ✏, ❄, ❤, 🚀, 🚃, 🚄, 🚅, 🚇, 🚉, 🚌, 🚏, 🚑, 🚒, 🚓, 🚕, 🚗, 🚙, 🚚, 🚢, 🚤, 🚥, 🚧, 🚨, 🚩, 🚪, 🚫, 🚬, 🚲, 🚶, 🚽, 🛀, ⌚, ⌛, ⏰, ⏳, ☁, ☎, ☔, ☕, ♨, ♻, ♿, ⚓, ⚡, ⚽, ⚾, ⛄, ⛅, ⛪, ⛲, ⛳, ⛵, ⛺, ⭐, ⛽, 🃏, 🌀, 🌁, 🌂, 🌃, 🌄, 🌅, 🌆, 🌇, 🌈, 🌉, 🌊, 🌋, 🌏, 🌙, 🌛, 🌟, 🌠, 🌰, 🌱, 🌴, 🌵, 🌷, 🌸, 🌹, 🌺, 🌻, 🌼, 🌽, 🌾, 🌿, 🍀, 🍁, 🍂, 🍃, 🍄, 🍅, 🍆, 🍇, 🍈, 🍉, 🍊, 🍌, 🍍, 🍎, 🍏, 🍑, 🍒, 🍓, 🍔, 🍕, 🍖, 🍗, 🍘, 🍙, 🍚, 🍛, 🍜, 🍝, 🍞, 🍟, 🍠, 🍡, 🍢, 🍣, 🍤, 🍥, 🍦, 🍧, 🍨, 🍩, 🍪, 🍫, 🍬, 🍭, 🍮, 🍯, 🍰, 🍱, 🍲, 🍳, 🍴, 🍵, 🍶, 🍷, 🍸, 🍹, 🍺, 🍻, 🎀, 🎁, 🎂, 🎃, 🎄, 🎅, 🎆, 🎇, 🎈, 🎉, 🎊, 🎋, 🎌, 🎍, 🎎, 🎏, 🎐, 🎑, 🎒, 🎓, 🎠, 🎡, 🎢, 🎣, 🎤, 🎥, 🎦, 🎧, 🎨, 🎩, 🎪, 🎫, 🎬, 🎭, 🎮, 🎯, 🎰, 🎱, 🎲, 🎳, 🎴, 🎵, 🎶, 🎷, 🎸, 🎹, 🎺, 🎻, 🎽, 🎾, 🎿, 🏀, 🏁, 🏂, 🏃, 🏄, 🏆, 🏈, 🏊, 🏠, 🏡, 🏢, 🏣, 🏥, 🏦, 🏧, 🏨, 🏩, 🏪, 🏫, 🏬, 🏭, 🏮, 🏯, 🏰, 🐌, 🐍, 🐎, 🐑, 🐒, 🐔, 🐗, 🐘, 🐙, 🐚, 🐛, 🐜, 🐝, 🐞, 🐟, 🐠, 🐡, 🐢, 🐣, 🐤, 🐥, 🐦, 🐧, 🐨, 🐩, 🐫, 🐬, 🐭, 🐮, 🐯, 🐰, 🐱, 🐲, 🐳, 🐴, 🐵, 🐶, 🐷, 🐸, 🐹, 🐺, 🐻, 🐼, 🐽, 🐾, 👀, 👂, 👃, 👄, 👅, 👆, 👇, 👈, 👉, 👊, 👋, 👌, 👍, 👎, 👏, 👐, 👑, 👒, 👓, 👔, 👕, 👖, 👗, 👘, 👙, 👚, 👛, 👜, 👝, 👞, 👟, 👠, 👡, 👢, 👣, 👤, 👦, 👧, 👨, 👩, 👪, 👫, 👮, 👯, 👰, 👱, 👴, 👶, 👷, 👸, 👹, 👺, 👻, 👼, 👽, 👾, 👿, 💀, 💁, 💂, 💃, 💄, 💅, 💆, 💇, 💈, 💉, 💊, 💋, 💌, 💍, 💎, 💏, 💐, 💑, 💒, 💓, 💔, 💕, 💖, 💗, 💘, 💙, 💚, 💛, 💜, 💝, 💞, 💟, 💠, 💡, 💢, 💣, 💤, 💥, 💦, 💧, 💨, 💩, 💪, 💫, 💬, 💮, 💯, 💰, 💲, 💳, 💵, 💸, 💺, 💻, 💼, 💽, 💾, 💿, 📀, 📃, 📅, 📆, 📈, 📉, 📌, 📍, 📎, 📓, 📔, 📕, 📖, 📞, 📟, 📠, 📡, 📣, 📦, 📧, 📫, 📰, 📱, 📷, 📹, 📺, 📻, 📼, 🔊, 🔋, 🔌, 🔎, 🔐, 🔑, 🔒, 🔓, 🔔, 🔜, 🔥, 🔦, 🔧, 🔨, 🔩, 🔪, 🔫, 🔮, 🗻, 🗼, 🗽, 🗾, 🗿, 😴, 🚁, 🚂, 🚆, 🚈, 🚊, 🚍, 🚎, 🚐, 🚔, 🚖, 🚘, 🚛, 🚜, 🚝, 🚞, 🚟, 🚠, 🚡, 🚣, 🚦, 🚮, 🚵, 🚿, 🛁, 🌍, 🌎, 🌜, 🌝, 🌞, 🌲, 🌳, 🍋, 🍐, 🍼, 🏇, 🏉, 🏤, 🐀, 🐁, 🐂, 🐃, 🐄, 🐅, 🐆, 🐇, 🐈, 🐉, 🐊, 🐋, 🐏, 🐐, 🐓, 🐕, 🐖, 🐪, 👬, 👭, 📬, 📭, 📯, 🔬, 🔭 108.162.249.158 07:38, 15 May 2015 (UTC)

Those are mostly the SAME character. An eye chart.108.162.238.191 14:12, 15 May 2015 (UTC)
I added them to the page body in table form (my two new favourite tools for the day: Bulk unicode code converter and Excel to Mediawiki table converter). However, even converted to three columns, it does seem to take over the page somewhat; it's nice to have the descriptions, but maybe a simple character list like yours would be better. Studley (talk) 07:44, 15 May 2015 (UTC)
Moved the emoji list to a separate page, problem solved (or at least deferred). Studley (talk) 08:04, 15 May 2015 (UTC)
No numerals, weirdly enough. The Twenty-second. The Not So Only. The Nathan/Nk22 (talk) 12:09, 16 May 2015 (UTC)

Most of the characters show up as squares with hex digits for me, both on the comic itself and on this wiki. Bad choice of font, I guess... Randall should learn how to use web fonts. 141.101.91.91 09:04, 15 May 2015 (UTC)

I wonder if this is related to "Machine of Death" (see http://www.amazon.com/Machine-Death-Collection-Stories-People/dp/0982167121). It's a collection of stories that were written by many different people. The story-starter was that a machine existed that could tell you the manner in which you would die, The day you turned a certain age, you could insert money or a credit card, it would take a tiny blood sample, and spit out a piece of paper with your manner of death. But no specifics were given. Thus, "swimming pool" might cause you to avoid swimming in pools, but one day you'd die after being hit by a truck delivering a prefab pool to some distant location. I believe the xkcd cartoonist (I'm blanking on his name--sorry--it's early and I'm old) had a hand in that book. The emoji concept is similar--even after you decipher "your" symbol's/symbols' meaning, you know nothing. 173.245.52.150 (talk) (please sign your comments with ~~~~)

    • You're thinking of Ryan North, of Dinosaur comics. Munroe (the actual author of XKCD) is clearly well aquinted with (at least that part of) North's body of work, so the "How will I die" line could be a reference. Then again, it's a common enough question (along with "does Bobby like me") 108.162.254.164 12:54, 15 May 2015 (UTC)
Machine of death is a collection of short stories. Munroe wrote one of them. He is well acquainted with MoD. I would suggest that Machine of Death be added to the description as a reference for "how will I die?" as the default question. 173.245.54.182 13:48, 15 May 2015 (UTC)


This comic does not have a title text which is uncommon. Should this be mentioned in the article? 141.101.92.135 11:03, 15 May 2015 (UTC)

I see this cartoon as a comment on the stupid questions asked of these "magic 8-ball"-type devices, and the expectation that the answer gained will have any relevance - i.e., ask a silly question and you'll get a silly answer." Grutness (talk) 12:07, 15 May 2015 (UTC)

I think it is a shame that this was not tested on linux. I see a bunch of squares with numbers. I am running a modern version of Mint and I have no intention of installing icon based fonts on my system. How very windows. 173.245.48.160 13:56, 15 May 2015 (UTC)
This isn't a Windows vs Linux thing, this is a do you have a font that includes additional symbols thing. For my part, it didn't work in multiple browsers on my Mint Linux box, but it also didn't work on a Windows XP box. It did work on a Windows 7 box.-boB (talk) 14:24, 15 May 2015 (UTC)
This displays correctly for me on Linux Fedora 20 which I installed about two months ago. I have not installed any extra fonts (directly), but it is possible that some packages I have installed added more fonts. Walenc (talk) 08:00, 16 May 2015 (UTC)

Could someone on a system with the right fonts replace the picture above with a picture showing emoji, i.e. showing the after-clicking-the-button version of the picture rather than the before version. Or better yet, an animated GIF showing both states. I think that would really help explain it for those for whom the interactive version isn't working properly and they're only seeing squares.-boB (talk) 14:04, 15 May 2015 (UTC)

The number of people in this discussion who simply don't understand the concept of Unicode is appalling. Come on, people... there is no "right" font or "wrong" font. There are only fonts (and operating systems) with complete Unicode support, and fonts (or operating systems) without complete Unicode support. NO, you don't need to install an icon font, because the font has nothing to do with the Unicode specification. NO, there is no need for Randall to use web fonts (forcing every user to see the comic with the same font) because the whole point of having a Unicode standard is that many different OSes and fonts can support it. If your system doesn't render Unicode emoji properly, then update your system. (The latest versions of OS X and iOS, for example, have no trouble rendering this comic, regardless of what font your browser is set to use.) Don't blame Randall for the fact that you're running out-of-date technology. I thought XKCD readers were generally more technically-literate than that. 108.162.238.187 21:02, 15 May 2015 (UTC)


Try using a smartphone .Emoji are made for smartphone. 108.162.231.53 (talk) (please sign your comments with ~~~~)

Nope. Black squares on a smart phone. I'm fairly sure the joke is that people think they're sending you emoticons when they're sending you useless eye charts or black squares. There's nothing here. No emoji. Nothing. Checked on all all sorts of sources, and others are saying the same thing. You can't fool me. I'm not afraid to say the emperor isn't wearing any clothes. The question is, are you?108.162.238.191 17:04, 15 May 2015 (UTC)


People act all superior when they talk down to people who use emoji, but what do you care how other people communicate? Yourlifeisalie (talk) 16:00, 15 May 2015 (UTC)

I see gun, is it a price question? 141.101.89.223 16:40, 15 May 2015 (UTC)

Chrome users can install the [1](Emojify) extension to view this comic properly. I downloaded it specifically to view this comic, so I have no idea if it contains malware or hogs resources. 173.245.54.194 17:51, 15 May 2015 (UTC)

When I clicked the initial 'How Will I Die?,' I got the symbols for Bank and pushpin, so presumably I will die in a bank stickup. Not the worst way, but my next bank visit may be a bit fraught. Miamiclay (talk) 23:06, 15 May 2015 (UTC)

Hmmm... I don't think that this is an emoji The Twenty-second. The Not So Only. The Nathan/Nk22 (talk) 11:45, 16 May 2015 (UTC)

References to meaningless square symbols only make sense on systems that don't support Emoji, like most Windows boxes. On any current Apple device, the emoji show up properly. I don't think the explanation on meaningless symbols actually fits...108.162.222.167 04:45, 19 May 2015 (UTC)

I asked what life would be like after Covid-19. The choice of emoji it responded with wasn't very upbeat... --141.101.98.152 03:54, 28 February 2021 (UTC) What does tree and cyclone mean?172.69.68.88 17:22, 27 April 2022 (UTC)

Seems pretty accurate... [2] or [3] PoolloverNathan[talk]U•T•S•c 17:42, 22 November 2022 (UTC)

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