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[–]opinioncloset 3 insightful - 3 fun3 insightful - 2 fun4 insightful - 3 fun -  (0 children)

To be perfectly frank, this doesn't wig me out as much as the "Mx. Claus" emoji. For the most part, the "gender" of emoji really just manifests itself as short, medium, or long hair. The "bearded lady" emoji 🧔‍♀️ just ends up looking like Jesus, not a sideshow attraction. And the "pregnant man" emoji just ends up reading as a pregnant lady with short hair: 🫃

"Mx. Claus" on the other hand? 🧑‍🎄 That's straight up a fictional character made-up by Unicode. That's not how standards are supposed to work, they're supposed to describe the world, not define it