Emoji Lore
The actual, researched origin stories of work chat's most famous emojis. Every fact checkable, every source linked. By Miles Crawford.
Party Parrot: The True Story of Work Chat's Favorite Bird
A real endangered parrot, a real BBC documentary, and a GIF whose creator has never been found. The bird humped a zoologist's head, and now he celebrates your deploys.
This Is Fine: The Dog Is Not Fine, and He Never Was
KC Green drew six panels in 2013 while working on his mental health. The internet kept two of them and has been posting them in standup channels ever since.
Sad Cowboy: They Always Say Yeehaw, They Never Ask Haw Yee
A Unicode cowboy, a comedian's emoji sheriff, and one unemployed Facebook user's photoshop project. How the saddest emoji in work chat earned its hat.
Peanut Butter Jelly Time: The Banana That Survived Everything
A 2002 Flash animation that reached network TV twice, outlived Flash itself, and became the grandfather of every looping reaction GIF in your chat.