2013年，emoji一词正式入驻牛津在线词典，人们才惊觉这小小的表情符竟能如此造势。emoji贴纸，emoji衣服，emoji瑜伽……似乎一切和emoji挂钩的事物变得时尚有趣起来，除此之外，emoji也给一些古灵精怪的人带来了很多新奇的体验——从前，有个人决定只吃emoji里才有的食物，然后她……从前，有对情侣整整一个月只用emoji交流，结果他们……而这次，为了探究emoji能否取代文字的地位，作者也要充当小白鼠去尝试只用emoji聊天的生活了，不知道会有什么状况等着她呢?
Emoji—Asmalldigitalimageoriconusedtoexpressanidea, emotion, etc. inelectroniccommunications. Emojiareeverywhere. Thelittleillustratedcharactersthatareonsmartphonekeyboardsaretakingovertheworld. Thereareshoeswithemojionthem, pantswithemojionthem, emojistickers, emojiyoga , andthelistgoesonandonwithnosignofending. Asemojispreadsintoourculture, I’veactuallyheardthefollowingquestion: Isemojimovingtoreplacecommunicatingwiththewrittenword?
Tofindout, IcommunicatedviaiMessageusingonlyemojiforfivedays. ThatmeanteverytimesomeonesentmeatextorIwantedtosendatext, Icouldonlyusethepopulartinypicturecharacterstorespondtoorstartaconversation.
Iwasn’tallowedtocheatbymovingtheconversationtoFacebookorTwitter, etc., butIcouldsendaphoneemojitoindicatetotherecipientofmytextsthattheycouldcallmeinstead; Icouldnotinstigatethephonecallmyself. IwantedtoseeifitwaseasierorharderthanIexpectedittobe, yes, butIalsowantedtoseeifIcouldinfluencethoseIwasconversingwithtooverthrowtheiruseoftextandstartusingemojiwhiletalkingtome.
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