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It’s an icon. A representation of the actual thing. It does not have to conform to actual physical requirements.

It’s neat I guess, but isn’t really a productive pursuit.



> It’s neat I guess, but isn’t really a productive pursuit.

Yes, and? No one claimed otherwise. It's just a fun thing someone did, shared with other people who might want to be briefly entertained.


> It’s an icon. A representation of the actual thing. It does not have to conform to actual physical requirements.

The article say it.

> but isn’t really a productive pursuit.

It's fun and kinda interesting though. If you reflect on what productive things enable, at the end, it's always "futile".


> It’s neat I guess, but isn’t really a productive pursuit.

Heaven forbid someone's curiosity doesn't result in something useful.

Sometimes people do things for fun and self-satisfaction.


From TFA:

> Unlike the real world tool it represents, the emoji’s job is to convey the idea, especially at small sizes. It doesn’t need to be able to swing or cut things. Nevertheless, let’s judge them on that irrelevant criterion.


That didn't stop someone testing rockets. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9Pn0rHTpwvo




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