Where were you during the great burger emoji debate of 2017? And are you ready to start it all up again over how wrong everyone gets their ingredients?
It all began when the writer Thomas Baekdal made an important observation:
And oh, did the internet go nuts at the time as accusations were levelled at Google attempting to doom burger-lovers to a lifetime of soggy buns and second degree cheese burns to the hand and wrist areas? Yes. Yes it did.
Proving that this is a very, very important issue, Google’s CEO even weighed in:
…and he followed through, since by 2018 Google’s icon had quietly swapped its layers around. And that, you might think, is that.
But then you casts an eye over the various emoji available and suddenly you have more questions than answers.
Sure, Google and Apple are now in burger-sync, but then Facebook comes along with its own order…
And then emojidex decided to sidestep the whole “cheese” issue altogether…
…and then… what are these monstrosities? YOU’RE NOT EVEN TRYING, MOZILLA.
Now look, we don’t want to re-litigate the emoji debate but clearly some organisations have never even seen a burger, much less emojed one.
And Apple? WHY ARE YOU PUTTING THE BUN ON TOP OF THE TOMATO? THAT’S JUST A RECIPE FOR SOGGY BUN TOP, YOU MONSTERS. And don’t even get me started on the shameful chilli-erasure in all these representations.
Anyway, who fancies a bánh mì?