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
HEADLINE: BOTTOM COMMUNITY MOURNS AS PEACH EMOJI CHANGES TO LOOK LIKE ACTUAL PEACH
— no amanda they’re birds (@saturdaymegamix) November 1, 2016
https://twitter.com/lefthandhowell/status/793533610754187266
They about to change the peach emoji😩
— . (@chey____) November 1, 2016
K the emoji peach changing to resemble an actual peach is just devastating
— Ian Zelaya (@IanDavidZelaya) November 1, 2016
https://twitter.com/redrewmusic/status/793535622988173313
https://twitter.com/spacecatz/status/793539295898243072
Rest in peach? Pray for peach butt emoji 🍑🍑🍑
— TheScript (@truck_rolex) November 1, 2016
https://twitter.com/americancancly/status/793540189188722689
The peach emoji changing to look like an actual peach is devastating, rip ass peach emoji
— Neal McBeal the Navy SEAL (@swoodsys916) November 1, 2016
How can you make the peach emoji actually look like a peach 😒 ruining a culture
— The Diddler (@mightybeflexin) November 1, 2016
Joke’s on Apple: my butt already looks like the new peach.
(I should probably see a doctor about that.)
(Via NY Mag)