Apple Is Updating One Of The Most Useful Emojis And People Aren’t Very Happy

Imagine the riots in the streets if Apple one day decided to delete the poop or eggplant emoji, the way Disney used to (still does?) retire home video releases into the Vault. Thankfully, things haven’t come to that (yet). But in the new beta version of iOS 10.2, which made its debut on Monday, Apple did tweak one of the most popular emojis: the peach. In case you still use words to describe the human physique, like an ancient hermit, the peach emoji is synonymous with butts, or in the words of Urban Dictionary, “The emoticon of the ass” (to use it in a sentence: “wow she’s got such a nice (peach emoji)”).

Unfortunately, the new peach emoji looks less a butt and more like… a peach.

https://twitter.com/AJFoegen/status/793503892701122560

Other emoji updates include a clown (no), Harambe (it’s actually any ol’ gorilla, but will only be used in reference to Harambe, or maybe Mighty Joe Young), a firefighter, a judge, an astronaut, the face palm, a dude shrugging, and an avocado. But it’s the peach that everyone keeps coming back to. This will change sexting and/or quoting your favorite The Presidents of the United States of America song forever. The fuzzy bum is already being mourned.

https://twitter.com/aminatou/status/793475443936616448

https://twitter.com/rillawafers/status/793500093554921472

https://twitter.com/lefthandhowell/status/793533610754187266

https://twitter.com/redrewmusic/status/793535622988173313

https://twitter.com/spacecatz/status/793539295898243072

https://twitter.com/americancancly/status/793540189188722689

Joke’s on Apple: my butt already looks like the new peach.

(I should probably see a doctor about that.)

(Via NY Mag)