Something to cheer about for vegans as Google has changed its salad emoji and made it egg-free. A Google’s spokesperson Daniel added hundreds of new emoji, and tweaked a number of existing icons, for the latest test version of Google’s Android P software.
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“There’s big talk about inclusion and diversity at Google so if you need any evidence of Google is making this priority may I direct your attention to the ???? emoji— we’ve removed the egg in Android P beta 2, making this a more inclusive vegan salad,” a tweet of Daniel read with images of previous version and updated version of salad emoji.
There's big talk about inclusion and diversity at Google so if you need any evidence of Google is making this priority may I direct your attention to the ???? emoji— we've removed the egg in Android P beta 2, making this a more inclusive vegan salad. pic.twitter.com/kzHY0A9ZjG
— Jennifer ????????️ (@jenniferdaniel) June 6, 2018
This led to the chain of reactions from Twitter users and over 3,000 likes with comments ranging from praise to criticism.
Congratulations you played yourself.
Congratulations you played yourself. pic.twitter.com/iArSB4QuKj
— niles turner ???? ???? (@nilesturner) June 6, 2018
My confidence in humanity has dropped
I thought this was a parody account, my confidence in humanity has dropped upon the realisation that you were being serious.
— Halo 5 (@Halo5_) June 6, 2018
Please bring back the egg.
Speaking as a carnivore, I find this salad and specifically the exclusion of eggs (its most nutritious component!) deeply offensive and certainly not inclusive. Images like these foster unhealthy eating habits and disorders. Please bring back the egg. #bringbacktheegg cc @Cortes
— Corine Vloet (@corinevloet) June 6, 2018
You’re doing God’s work
You're doing God's work, now I won't have a heart attack each time I see an egg in my virtual salad.
— Red (@RobinRedHood2) June 7, 2018
“A more inclusive salad emoji”, seriously.
WTF did I just read?!
You and your team maybe should sit and discuss on what you are doing with your working hours.
“A more inclusive salad emoji”, seriously.— Miss-Evil-Lyn (@MissEvilLyn1) June 7, 2018
The updated icons in the new Android version can be seen below:
We're slowly giving some our emojis more love. Our goat is no longer so angry. The turtle really needed a hug. And we gave the Grinning Face With One Large and One Small Eye some anti-anxiety meds. pic.twitter.com/HUKQe0EeAs
— Jennifer ????????️ (@jenniferdaniel) June 6, 2018
The goal of updating the emoji explained
Hello carnivores, vegans and everyone in between! Just want to clarify that the goal of salad emoji redesign was to create an image more faithful to unicode's description. "A bowl of healthy salad, containing lettuce, tomato, and other salad items such as cucumber." Bon appetite!
— Jennifer ????????️ (@jenniferdaniel) June 6, 2018
