People Are Freaking Out Over Whether They See A Hugging Emoji Or A Film Camera 🫂

This is the supplication manus / high - five saga all over again .

The creation of emojis is probably one of the greatest communication upgrades that has happened in the last 25 years.

i started using emojis as a laugh now i b Iike 😈 💘 🧚 🏼 🧚 🏼 🥰 🥺 💀 🥺 👀 🧚 🏼 😌 🧚 🏼 ✨ 💖 😌 💘 ✨ 👁 👄 👁 💯 👯 ‍ ♀ ️ 🧿 👅 🙈 🙈 😈 ❤ ️ ❤ ️ 🤩 😳 😭

Yet even with how great emojis are, there’s no denying they can sometimes get confusing.

This 😩 means moan ? I thought this was a sigh emoji ..

How can anyone forget the chaos that ensued when people tried to claim 🙏 was actually a high-five and not prayer hands?

Then there’s the ongoing debate over whether 😭 represents sadness, pride, embarrassment or unmatched happiness.

me trying not to habituate the 😭 emoji in every other sentencepic.twitter.com/E4RhJkxzxC

But turns out, there’s yet another emoji that has left people confused for months: This bad boy 🫂.

Now why I mean this 🫂 emoji was this camera 🎥 😭 😭 😭 😭 😭 😭 😭 😭 😭 😭 😭 😭 😭 😭 ✌ 🏾 ✌ 🏾 ✌ 🏾 ✌ 🏾 ✌ 🏾

As proven by TikTok user@kehoee, this confusion between the ‘film camera’ emoji and ‘people hugging’ emoji is actually more common than you think.

that CANNOT be a embrace emoji#huggingemoji#filmcamera#fyp

“ I might be a bloody idiot , ” she start out her TikTok . “ But every clip I see the hugging emoji – now I recognise it ’s a hugging emoji – but for the last , um , ever since I knew it exist , I would look at it and be like , ‘ Why is everyone posting a film tv camera ? ’ ”

And astonishingly, @kehoee and M are not the only ones who have been making this mistake.

ITS THE SAME SHAPE OKAY ? ? ? ? Pls tell me i m not the only one 🫠#emilieleyes#mentalhealth

" I was always so confused why multitude always point out that emoji , of a tv camera , on my videos about mental health , " Leyes laughed . " I literally thought that it was people saying ' that ’s a good video 👍 ' — it realize sentience now . "

People Are Freaking Out Over Whether They See A Hugging Emoji Or A Film Camera 🫂

The creation of emojis is probably one of the greatest communication upgrades that has happened in the last 25 years.

Yet even with how great emojis are, there’s no denying they can sometimes get confusing.

How can anyone forget the chaos that ensued when people tried to claim 🙏 was actually a high-five and not prayer hands?

Then there’s the ongoing debate over whether 😭 represents sadness, pride, embarrassment or unmatched happiness.

But turns out, there’s yet another emoji that has left people confused for months: This bad boy 🫂.

As proven by TikTok user@kehoee, this confusion between the ‘film camera’ emoji and ‘people hugging’ emoji is actually more common than you think.

And astonishingly, @kehoee and M are not the only ones who have been making this mistake.

Now according to Emojipedia, and well, my eyes, 🫂 isdefinitely two people hugging.

But what did you see at first glance: An old school film camera or a two people embracing in a warm hug?

The creation of emojis is probably one of the greatest communication upgrades that has happened in the last 25 years.#

Yet even with how great emojis are, there’s no denying they can sometimes get confusing.#

How can anyone forget the chaos that ensued when people tried to claim 🙏 was actually a high-five and not prayer hands?#

Then there’s the ongoing debate over whether 😭 represents sadness, pride, embarrassment or unmatched happiness.#

But turns out, there’s yet another emoji that has left people confused for months: This bad boy 🫂.#

As proven by TikTok user@kehoee, this confusion between the ‘film camera’ emoji and ‘people hugging’ emoji is actually more common than you think.#

And astonishingly, @kehoee and M are not the only ones who have been making this mistake.#

Now according to Emojipedia, and well, my eyes, 🫂 isdefinitely two people hugging.#

But what did you see at first glance: An old school film camera or a two people embracing in a warm hug?#

The creation of emojis is probably one of the greatest communication upgrades that has happened in the last 25 years.

Yet even with how great emojis are, there’s no denying they can sometimes get confusing.

How can anyone forget the chaos that ensued when people tried to claim 🙏 was actually a high-five and not prayer hands?

Then there’s the ongoing debate over whether 😭 represents sadness, pride, embarrassment or unmatched happiness.

But turns out, there’s yet another emoji that has left people confused for months: This bad boy 🫂.

As proven by TikTok user@kehoee, this confusion between the ‘film camera’ emoji and ‘people hugging’ emoji is actually more common than you think.

And astonishingly, @kehoee and M are not the only ones who have been making this mistake.

Now according to Emojipedia, and well, my eyes, 🫂 isdefinitely two people hugging.

But what did you see at first glance: An old school film camera or a two people embracing in a warm hug?