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Mirror Ball Emoji Proposal (2018) [pdf]

https://www.unicode.org/L2/L2019/19310-mirror-ball-emoji.pdf
23•michalc•3d ago

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lifestyleguru•1h ago
Would be the most culturally neutral "party emoji". Party popper is not used that much outside of Anglosphere, confetti ball even less so and its emoji looks like medusa.
charcircuit•59m ago
>confetti ball even less so

Because it's a Japan only thing.

01HNNWZ0MV43FF•25m ago
Ah yes the super smash brothers ball
thomascountz•1h ago

    The iconic decoration reflects light in all directions and transforms every room - no matter how big its size - into a glamorous space in which people can dance or dream.
I never thought about dreaming in a room with a disco ball in it. I think the informality of emoji proposals is really special!
heinrich5991•44m ago
U+1FAA9
deathanatos•4m ago
Added in Unicode 14: https://unicode.org/emoji/charts-14.0/emoji-released.html

I also appreciate melting face, dotted outline face, and face with salute. Low battery & ID card.

DonHopkins•32m ago
It should reflect the colors of pixels on the screen in all different directions in real time, and also cast bright spots of colored light all over the screen, while spinning. The stress test would be to fill the entire screen with many disco balls, over live video. Also a set of colored spotlight and smoke machine emojis would go well with it nicely too.

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224•sealeck•8h ago•110 comments

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27•dvrp•2h ago•1 comments

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64•m_walden•3d ago•11 comments

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444•taviso•16h ago•451 comments

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13•edweis•2d ago•3 comments

Mirror Ball Emoji Proposal (2018) [pdf]

https://www.unicode.org/L2/L2019/19310-mirror-ball-emoji.pdf
23•michalc•3d ago•7 comments

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49•austinallegro•1h ago•38 comments

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99•mikece•15h ago•85 comments

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367•vquemener•18h ago•224 comments

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108•jafioti•15h ago•51 comments

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37•ksec•6h ago•9 comments

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156•psionides•11h ago•80 comments

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126•crcsmnky•15h ago•42 comments

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280•kieloo•21h ago•52 comments

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