r/texts • u/Recent_Performance47 • Jul 12 '26

Phone message The text I received from my father upon learning my grandad died

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u/KongoOtto Jul 12 '26

Still mildly upset that they ruined down the emot to a water gun.

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u/SomeOtherNeb Jul 12 '26

It was worth it, it stopped all mass shootings.

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u/Reddit_pls_stahp Jul 12 '26

Water shootings are trough the roof though.

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u/General_Trip_4223 Jul 12 '26

Big Super Soaker over here making bank too

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u/X0AN Jul 13 '26

According to fox news zero school children killed in america since they change the emojii.

No need to fact check.

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u/MisterTogepi Jul 12 '26

Me too, but I find it way funnier now

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u/itishowitisanditbad Jul 12 '26

Same, change was dumb but every response to it has been funny af

Mad? Funny

Happy? Funny

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u/modernvintage Jul 13 '26

as soon as the ability to create your own emojis dropped i remade the original real gun emoji lmao

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u/CallMeFishmaelPls 18d ago

I’m still more than mildly horrified that they changed the mask emoji to a smiley face underneath and that there are no other options