We at Technical.ly don’t often cover national (or in this case, international) days, but when Philadelphia Gas Works alerted us this morning about World Emoji Day with a plea for a cone emoji, it was too good to ignore.
Conan's feeling pretty unrepresented — there's a 🚧 emoji, a 👷 emoji, even a ⚠️ emoji! But no cone? @Apple, it's time. #WorldEmojiDay @TechnicallyPHL pic.twitter.com/zzL6LS6WgO
— MyPGWCommunity (@MyPGWCommunity) July 17, 2019
While we’re not entirely sure why we were mentioned, we’re grateful to know about this delightful day. Without further ado, please enjoy a roundup of some of the best Philly tweets featuring your favorite wordless reactors. (P.S. “Conan” = PGW’s new mascot, Conan O’Struction.)
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Not gonna lie, we had to check the comments to realize the 76ers were tweeting emojis that represent all their players. But for those who are sports-inclined, you can give it your best guess as to what matches with whom and confirm with others in the responses below.
. squad deep
🚫
😤
📚
💥
🇦🇺
🧂
🇩🇴
📸
🇧🇷
🧔🏿
🎹
🇦🇬
🆙
🐝
🌪️#WorldEmojiDay— Philadelphia 76ers (@sixers) July 17, 2019
Di Bruno Bros. gave us its take on the top dog (or mouse) in the emoji world
It's #WorldEmojiDay but we all know what the best emoji is🧀🧀🧀🧀
— Di Bruno Bros. (@DiBrunoBros) July 17, 2019
Philadelphia Convention and Visitors Bureau wrote a handy translation of all the best ways to identify Philly, minus one very important figure …
Philadelphia:
-City of Brotherly Love 💑💋❤💘🏳️🌈🌈
-America's Birthplace 🇺🇸🏛️🆓📜🔔
-Innovation Hub ⚡🪁🗝🔬🧬⚕💻
-America's Garden Capital 🌲🌹🌺🌳
-America's First Zoo 🐻🐯🦁🦍🐧🦒
-Foodie Haven 🥨🍕🧀🥩🍦🍱🍜🍻
-Sports City 🏆🦅🏈⚾️⚽️🏀🏒⛳#WorldEmojiDay #discoverPHL pic.twitter.com/AvLcDQihbK— discoverPHL (@discoverPHL) July 17, 2019
… but luckily, Brian Communications didn’t forget our Gritty when its created some Philly-centric emojis missing from the Apple and Android libraries, including Rocky and wooder ice.
.@GrittyNHL + Emoji =
G R I T T Y M O J I
(Your move, @Apple) #WorldEmojiDay pic.twitter.com/i1ii8sKqkW
— Brian Communications (@BrianComms) July 17, 2019
But the Philadelphia Flyers took home the true Gritty gold with a portrait actually made from emojis. (Zoom in — we think his eyes might be toilet paper rolls.)
A modern art masterpiece. 🎨 #WorldEmojiDay pic.twitter.com/THtIXLnYdI
— Philadelphia Flyers (@NHLFlyers) July 17, 2019
Fox29’s Scott Williams offered the three stages of heat wave grief via emojis.
Happy #WorldEmojiDay #Weather @fox29philly #Philly Another Hot Day Ahead! pic.twitter.com/lC5RF18f7B
— Scott Williams (@ScottFox29) July 17, 2016
And finally, Jim’s South Street gave a very reasonable argument for why Philly needs a cheesesteak emoji.
On this #WorldEmojiDay we'd like to formally petition @unicode for a #CheesesteakEmoji already! 🐄🍞 just ain't cuttin' it. #Philly
— Jim's South St (@JimsSouthStreet) July 17, 2015
Psst — looking for integrate some truly Philadelphian emojis into your internet life? A few years ago, we made some for Slack. You’re welcome.
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