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> I wish those emojis carried a very small caption.

If you're using Firefox: https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/emoji-to-engl...

Great for people who have difficulty understanding expressions such as children or people with autism. Frankly I don't understand emojis most of the time. Not in the least because there are so many. Call me nostalgic but where's the time when only a limited amount of smileys were used?

> but where's the time when only a limited amount of smileys were used?

I agree whole-heartedly but then I'm an old fart.

At least they're more decipherable than the more complex emoticons :3c

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