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Musk changed the water pistol emoji to render a realistic handgun on his site last year, because of course he did (europe.pub)
submitted 6 months ago* (last edited 6 months ago) by Lemminary@lemmy.world to c/political_weirdos@lemmy.world
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[–] Sylvartas@lemmy.dbzer0.com 2 points 6 months ago

Tbh it is actually the "gun" emoji and was changed to a water pistol years ago (after some mass shooting iirc). But knowing why he's doing it now makes me very uneasy.