There is really no right and wrong way to use an emoji. It all comes down to whether or not the person at the other end of the message you're sending will be able to interpret the emoji correctly. In recent years, there's been a real concerted effort to reconcile meaningful variances of interpretation. When did it make the jump from Japan? So I remember I didn't get an iPhone until like 2009 or something. And then I remember when my friend Micah sent me the first emoji I'd ever seen - which was like an arm flexing.

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