Tue. 12/28 - Emojis As Folklore & Cows On Waterbeds

<p><strong><em>The argument for emojis as folklore, the top emojis of 2021, and why an emoji reference site is being archived in the Library of Congress. Plus, it turns out gray hair can return to its original color… sometimes, and temporarily. And, waterbeds didn’t fully go away after the early 90s. Their main consumer base just shifted… to cows.</em></strong></p><p>Sponsors:</p><ul><li>GiveWell, Have your donation matched up to $250 by entering Kottke Ride Home at check out at <a href="https://www.givewell.org/" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">GiveWell.org</a></li><li>Shopify, Get a 14-day free trial at <a href="http://shopify.com/kottke" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">shopify.com/kottke</a></li></ul><p>Links:</p><ul><li><a href="https://blog.emojipedia.org/emojis-are-folklore/" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Emojis Are Folklore</a> (Emojipedia)</li><li><a href="https://home.unicode.org/emoji/emoji-frequency/" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">The Most Frequently Used Emoji of 2021</a> (Unicode)&nbsp;</li><li><a href="https://javier.xyz/emoji-to-scale/" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Emoji to Scale</a>&nbsp;</li><li><a href="https://art19.com/shows/coronavirus-daily-briefing/episodes/280b5482-a659-48e3-bdf9-855aa25c4502" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">7/17/20 episode about World Emoji Day</a> (Kottke Ride Home)</li><li><a href="https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/gray-hair-can-return-to-its-original-color-mdash-and-stress-is-involved-of-course/" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Gray Hair Can Return to Its Original Color--and Stress Is Involved, of Course</a> (Scientific American)</li><li><a href="https://www.mentalfloss.com/article/71404/what-ever-happened-waterbeds" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">What Ever Happened To Waterbeds?</a> (Mental Floss, 2016)</li><li><a href="https://newsfeed.time.com/2012/07/19/cows-deserve-waterbeds-too/" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Cows Deserve Waterbeds, Too</a> (TIME,