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.
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".
Heaven forbid someone's curiosity doesn't result in something useful.
Sometimes people do things for fun and self-satisfaction.
> 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.
It’s neat I guess, but isn’t really a productive pursuit.