why is it that I can't read facial expressions but I know what every emoji is

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my own experience with real vs emoji faces 

@else i think for me it's the simplification and exaggeration of emoji, combined with tv and webcomics having taught me from an early age what various cartoon facial expressions mean

but i also find that i tend to disagree with people around me on what different emoji express? and there's a few of the emoji mashup bot stickers that i use regularly and that i suspect my friends can't interpret even though to me they're completely obvious????? so idk

my own experience with real vs emoji faces 

@wolfgang yeah! and if I don't know what one is, as long as it's standard I can look it up easily

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