"The unbearable ambiguity of emoji." "A grain buyer in Saskatchewan, Canada, texted farmers asking to buy flax at $17 per bushel, and one farmer indicated he could deliver on that. The buyer texted a photo of the contract, as it had done numerous times before, and asked, 'Please confirm flax contract.' The farmer replied with a thumbs-up 👍 emoji. But when prices for flax jumped to $41 per bushel and the farmer failed to deliver on the less-lucrative contract, the buyer sued for breach."

7 years after Emojis: The Musical warned us all about the problem of the ambiguity of emoji.

The unbearable ambiguity of emoji

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