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iPhone update adds 'pregnant man' emoji, other gender neutral cartoons
Fox News ^ | 4/17/22 | Anders Hagstrom

Posted on 04/17/2022 7:02:48 PM PDT by conservative98

A recent software update for Apple's iPhones includes a "pregnant man" emoji as well as a number of other gender neutral cartoons.

Apple rolled out the update in mid-March according to the Wall Street Journal, adding the pregnant emoji, as well as a gender neutral "person with crown" emoji to go alongside the king and queen cartoons. Apple also added 35 other emojis.

Apple first rolled out the pregnant man and "pregnant person" emoji in January as part of an optional update, but it came to all users with the iOS 15.4 update.

The decision to roll out the new emoji was met with criticism and mockery from many conservatives. Fox News Host Greg Gutfield praised the emoji as a step toward acceptance for men with ‘beer guts.’

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TOPICS: Culture/Society; News/Current Events
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1 posted on 04/17/2022 7:02:48 PM PDT by conservative98
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2 posted on 04/17/2022 7:02:57 PM PDT by conservative98
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When the my current so-called smart phone croaks, I’m buying a freaking Jitterbug.

I’ve had it with this cr@p.


3 posted on 04/17/2022 7:03:53 PM PDT by mewzilla (We need to repeal RCV wherever it's in use and go back to dumb voting machines.)
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To: conservative98

My two rabbits have figured out that if they have fun it’s the female who gets pregnant. Guess they are smarter than our betters in Silicon Valley.


4 posted on 04/17/2022 7:04:51 PM PDT by packagingguy
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To: conservative98

Yet another reason to avoid anything ‘Apple’.


5 posted on 04/17/2022 7:06:27 PM PDT by tomkat ( SOTU = FUBAR )
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Apple’s creativity appears to have been reduced to emojis and other additions that really don’t appear to improve things at all. I have been an Apple fan for years, but when it comes time to replace my notebook and desktop units in the near future, I’m going to seriously consider the “dark side of the force”, hoping that the computer won’t spout LGPBWXYZ crap all the time.


6 posted on 04/17/2022 7:06:49 PM PDT by Da Coyote
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Of course, this kind of thing is low IQ. But I don’t apply that to regular people who go along with it, because their motive is avoiding social pressure.

The low IQ comes from the elites who force this stuff on us. Klaus Schwab, Soros, and whoever orders them around.

When these people laugh at us for accepting this gender garbage, they’re in fact laughing at themselves. They just don’t know it.


7 posted on 04/17/2022 7:09:06 PM PDT by reasonisfaith (What are the cosmological implications if the Resurrection of Christ is a true event in history?)
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I’ve had Google, android, apple, Microsoft,etc…they’re all stupid woke idiots. We will use them the way they use us…until we don’t need them anymore.


8 posted on 04/17/2022 7:11:56 PM PDT by mikelets456
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> Yet another reason to avoid anything ‘Apple’.

Do you seriously believe that Android, etc. phones don't (or won't soon) have similar emojis for the same SMS emoji-codes? These SMS emojis are standardized for compatibility, so that whatever emoji you enter on an X-phone shows up as a similar emoji on a Y-phone.

Think about it -- it HAS to be that way. So don't trash Apple, trash them all.

This article is just another case of putting "Apple" or "iPhone" in a headline to gather clicks because it doesn't work as well for "Android".

9 posted on 04/17/2022 7:13:14 PM PDT by dayglored ("Listen. Strange women lying in ponds distributing swords is no basis for a system of government.")
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I wonder if those new woke emojis are distributed to iOS devices within the PRC?


10 posted on 04/17/2022 7:14:24 PM PDT by markomalley (Directive 10-289 is in force)
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Yet another reason to avoid anything ‘Apple’.

Do you really think Android is going to pass on this perversity?

11 posted on 04/17/2022 7:15:01 PM PDT by AlaskaErik (In time of peace, prepare for war.)
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To: Da Coyote

You won’t escape this on the Google ecosystem. Google goes a step further with a bearded pregnant man emoji, just to emphasize the maleness. At least Apple’s pregnant man is clean shaven.


12 posted on 04/17/2022 7:18:06 PM PDT by libh8er
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“ pregnant man”

I thought it was the “I’m constipated” emoji!


13 posted on 04/17/2022 7:18:27 PM PDT by aMorePerfectUnion (Fraud vitiates everything.)
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Well, that’s pretty nauseating. As well as stupid and unsurprising.

But they’re all alike, and the only thing I don’t understand is why “transgenders” have become the flavor of the day with all US corporations, not only media or tech, but in any field.


14 posted on 04/17/2022 7:19:55 PM PDT by livius
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> I’m going to seriously consider the “dark side of the force”, hoping that the computer won’t spout LGPBWXYZ crap all the time.

I'm afraid you'll be disappointed. They all have some amount of that crap now, unless you can find a special-order low-volume manufacturer who addresses the market for conservatives. And then hope they aren't drummed out of business for when you need service or parts.

These days I just ignore it -- I've taught my brain to not see it, so that it no longer distracts or bugs me. Not a perfect defense, but good enough.

It probably helps that I have lived for 40 years in/around Ithaca NY, the City of Evil, the most extreme steaming pile of liberal progressive democrats this side of Portland OR. It was Learn To Ignore It Or Die.

15 posted on 04/17/2022 7:20:35 PM PDT by dayglored ("Listen. Strange women lying in ponds distributing swords is no basis for a system of government.")
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Western Oligarchs are either evil or deranged , though i suspect they are both.


16 posted on 04/17/2022 7:26:54 PM PDT by escapefromboston (Free Chauvin)
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To: conservative98

I wonder how often this will be used - other than in jest.


17 posted on 04/17/2022 7:30:10 PM PDT by Jamestown1630 ("A Republic, if you can keep it.")
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Western Oligarchs are either evil or deranged , though i suspect they are both.

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Bingo!


18 posted on 04/17/2022 7:30:59 PM PDT by Bishop_Malachi (Liberal Socialism - A philosophy which advocates spreading a low standard of living equally.)
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To: conservative98

I’ve been ignoring that update for a couple of months now, I think....


19 posted on 04/17/2022 7:39:32 PM PDT by Gaffer
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#5: "Yet another reason to avoid anything ‘Apple’."

Yep.

20 posted on 04/17/2022 8:29:42 PM PDT by Governor Dinwiddie (LORD, grant thy people grace to withstand the temptations of the world, the flesh, and the devil.)
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