All of which is to say: The 3,000-year-old tilde might want to consider rebranding itself as Invisible Man With Twirled Mustache. I t’s easy to dismiss emoji. They are, at first glance, ridiculous.

An old-school smiling emoji is currently trending on Twitter, but it’s not an icon you have on your iPhone keyboard. Instead, it’s a GIF of a smiley face with buck teeth that slowly ...

GIFs, emoji, stickers… they’re taking over the internet. It took me a while to come to terms with the fact that it’s okay if we use fewer words, but now I’m a flag-flying enthusiast.