poop
There’s an emoji that outflanks them all.
He isn’t cool like the sunglasses emoji. He doesn’t wear a crown or a cool hat like the princess or policeman. He isn’t even sassy like the various pink-shirted redheads.
He is, however, always around for a smile or a laugh. He’s your right-hand, your go to.
He is the poop emoji.
The poop emoji, in essence, is a smiling pile of poop. Apple officially describes it as “pile of poo.” But we all know it’s so much more.
Like a brilliant sunrise or a fresh spring blossom, the smiling poop is a reminder that life is good, and we live in a just world where a cheery mound of human refuse is only a screen tap away.
Not only friendly and accessible, the little brown guy is resilient. He never wavers when times are tough. He never lets the hurt show through. He never complains, regardless of how many times the kissing cat turns him down. He’s unselfish, and he’s only thinking of you — you and your unamused friends who really don’t think it’s that funny to receive 74 of him in a row. No, he smiles through the pain, eyes wide with wonder and enough quiet determination to fuel an all-night text session with your significant other.
He doesn’t even care that you laugh in spite of him. Like the best comedian, he takes it in stride, laughing along with you and encouraging laughter at his expense. Does he even know what he is? That he is the lowest of earthly substances, capable of nothing and loved by no one? No, he probably doesn’t. And even if he does, he doesn’t care. He is a mentor, a tutor, a life-coach, who instructs us all in the ways of undying humility.
The poop emoji is the perfect role model.
The poop emoji is all of us.
