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I don't think you need to be so negative about this.

Most people are unaware that Unicode has that kind of character and even fewer people know what it does to screen readers.

The difference between showing off knowledge and trying to be show people a cool thing you know about is intent and it's REALLY hard to get that across on the internet.




> it's REALLY hard to get that across on the internet

Agreed, that's why I like emojis, for example. They're whimsical, and they increase a bit the bandwidth of written communication.

Alas, HN doesn't support them because of reasons ¯\_(ツ)_/¯




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