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Can your terminal do emojis? How big?

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178 points dgl | 2 comments | 24 Jun 25 02:13 UTC | HN request time: 0.413s | source
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sebtron ◴[24 Jun 25 06:52 UTC] No.44363495[source]▶
Am I the only one who actually dislikes the recent trend of putting emojis everywhere in CLI tools? I am ok with red and yellow text for errors and warning, and I can stand green for success (though I find it useless), but emoji's are just distracting.
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1. hnlmorg ◴[24 Jun 25 07:30 UTC] No.44363703[source]▶
I’m the same. I hate emojis anywhere that is intended to be informative reading. Whether it is terminal output, markdown documents (even titles), git commit messages, etc.

I get they bring people a little bit of joy, but as a dyslexic who likely also has ADHD, they bring me unnecessary distractions and visual clutter.

The only time I like emojis in a formal setting is when used in Slack to denote a thread (the thread/sewing emoji).

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