Hacker News Reader

Would controversial emojis even get widespread support? Look at what happened to gun emoji.

Which is really the root problem with emojis: they're a top down definition of what concepts you are allowed to communicate.

If you're only allowed to communicate in emojis, I guess? Other than that I'm not sure what bearing emojis have on what I'm allowed to talk about.

"Dumpster fire" is a idiomatic phrase in English/US, so may not be universal enough.

I'm not an American... but "bin fire" seems to be a thing too.