Peter
00:00
It conveys that something is uh possibly an absolute dumpster fire and crap fest, but it does it with a smile.

Aubrey
00:17
Welcome back to Generations. I'm one of your co-hosts, Aubrey.

Peter
00:21
And I am your other co-host, Peter.

Aubrey
00:23
How are you, Dad? How's it going?

Peter
00:26
I'm hanging in there. I'm hanging in there. It's, you know, it's The end of summer, which is always a lot less meaningful for me where I'm at, just because Not a whole lot changes, but it's kind of dealing with everything changing for everybody around me.

00:45
Right. Um, even though it's not really me. But uh how about you?

00:48
How are you?

Aubrey
00:49
I'm good. I'm doing pretty good. Yeah, just we went to a wedding this last week, which was super fun for um Hayden's friend who was his best man.

00:59
He got married. Um there they got married on their seven year anniversary, so they don't have to remember a new date or anything. It was very cute.

01:10
That's convenient. Yeah, very convenient. They did five years of long distance and Hayden and I did four years.

01:17
So they were our long distance um fellow fellow warriors where during college Hayden would be like, okay, I'm gonna go FaceTime Aubrey for our date night and he would be like, I'm also gonna FaceTime my girlfriend also for virtual date night so it could kind of be in solidarity together, which was great. So it was very it was a very sweet Um very beautiful day. I did cry.

01:44
Um I did cry because I was just like, oh I'm just so happy for them. Um it was in a Catholic church. Um which I've never been in like an actual Catholic church or been to a Catholic Mass or even knew what a like Catholic ceremony would look like.

02:02
Okay. Um and it was The ceremony took a full hour long.

Peter
02:08
Wow. That's yeah. That's a lot.

Aubrey
02:11
A full hour. And I went to the rehearsal the day before because Hayden's a groomsman and Um the rehearsal took a full hour and a half solidly to go through everything and Wow Yeah, it was it was a lot. I was like, wow, there's just is still more to remember. There's just so many steps. Like they got married, technically were officially married like 20 minutes into the ceremony Or maybe even fifteen minutes into the ceremony, but then there was just still things to be done.

Peter
02:44
Yeah.

Aubrey
02:45
Yeah, I was like, wow, this is a lot. And like wild. Everyone takes communion too, so like that takes a while 'cause everyone, you know, walks up and takes communion or does the like cross their hands across the thing just to get a blessing or whatever.

03:01
Yeah, it was a lot. Sure. But it was a beautiful beautiful few days.

03:05
Very fun to hang out with everyone from Hayden's college days. 'Cause we haven't really seen everyone. The last time we've seen everyone was at our wedding.

03:15
So it was fun to To yeah, see everyone. So yeah. Cool.

03:21
It was a fun few days. But you have a topic for us today.

Peter
03:25
Um, topic Yeah, I might be stretching it. We'll create an activity. Okay. I am going to share my screen with you.

Aubrey
03:38
Okay.

Peter
03:39
And Here we go. Okay. Are we gonna tier list tear rank emoji

Aubrey
03:49
I like it.

Peter
03:50
Now how did I pick these emoji? Well part of it was kind of random. Some of it was me. I took like My 25 most the you know the little section in iMessage where it shows you what your most commonly used emoji are?

Aubrey
04:05
Yeah.

Peter
04:05
So I took that and started with those and then added in some other ones that I thought would be fun. Some of them maybe they're not gonna be fun. I don't know.

04:15
We're just gonna go ahead and we're gonna tier list them. Uh and then we're gonna go from there. So I've shuffled, I'm shuffling a few more times.

04:24
We're gonna go like this. Here we go. We are starting with the chef's kiss.

Aubrey
04:31
The chef's kiss, yeah.

Peter
04:32
The chef's kiss little hand signal. What do you think about this one

Aubrey
04:35
Uh honestly, I think it's gotta be at least A because it just is too perfect.

Peter
04:41
I agree. I think A is a good place for it. I'll be honest, I don't use it very often.

04:47
But it is one of those that I'm like, oh yeah, every time I see it, like, that was a good one. That's a good emoji. And and also, let's just be honest, let's talk about this maybe first.

04:58
We're gonna pause here. How often do you use emoji?

Aubrey
05:01
Not as often as I used to, that's for sure.

Peter
05:05
Okay.

Aubrey
05:05
Yeah.

Peter
05:06
Okay.

Aubrey
05:06
Not not a ton.

Peter
05:08
Any reason in particular?

Aubrey
05:10
Usually it's to express how funny something is, normally. Um and I usually am using like the sobbing face for the laughing more often than like the actual laughing face. Okay.

05:27
Um Yeah. Just to express extreme emotions Or annoyance. Annoyance as well.

05:34
Yeah. What about you?

Peter
05:36
I use them fairly often, and I often will use them as tapbacks. Like I don't just use the default tapbacks. I like to use them as tapbacks.

05:45
I don't know if this just comes from maybe this is an older person thing. I don't know. I remember emoticons when we used to, you know, figure out, okay.

05:56
semicolon, dash, smile, you know, end parenthesis and all that kind of stuff. Uh I like emoji. I feel like they can, because I feel like All right, let's back it up.

06:09
You and I both know that I am, in fact, old enough that my text messages Have capitalization, have correct punctuation, and are grammatically correct and complete sentences.

Aubrey
06:22
Yes. Yep.

Peter
06:24
And so I know that I can come across a little bit You know, depending especially on who I am texting with, yeah, I can see where that could feel a little stuffy. And so I think emoji is my fallback to be like No, really. It's okay.

06:40
I don't know. Right. Loosen it up a little bit.

06:43
I think that's why I use them as often as I do. Totally. Yeah.

06:47
So I do. I like I use emoji fairly frequently. Alright, the next one.

06:52
The like Easter Island big kahuna like type head thing This is a random one that I pulled in.

Aubrey
06:59
Yeah. I I just would say D cause it in especially if I'm doing in terms of use and functionality and r versatility, I'm never using that to be honest.

Peter
07:10
I agree. I mean, I think it's it's a decent emoji in terms of it's rendered fun. It is recognizable. Yeah. But I don't know what I would ever use it for, and I don't use it.

Aubrey
07:21
Yeah, I agree.

Peter
07:23
Okay, we're coming up with one I've got strong feelings about. It's the poop emoji.

Aubrey
07:27
The poop emoji. Okay. I think for for Uh how iconic it is, I would say maybe even A or S, I would say personally.

Peter
07:37
For me, the poop emoji has to go in S

Aubrey
07:39
Yeah, I figured it's a good idea.

Peter
07:40
I use table emoji all the time.

Aubrey
07:43
Love it. Love it.

Peter
07:44
I think it's extremely versatile. It conveys that something is uh possibly an absolute dumpster fire and crap fest. But it does it with a smile.

Aubrey
07:54
Yeah, exactly.

Peter
07:55
So it's friendly. I think that I think that that's part of what makes it so endearing. If it didn't have the smiley face and the big eyes on it, it would be less endearing, but uh I think it's a good one.

08:05
I agree. Alright. What about this one?

08:07
This kind of squiggly face.

Aubrey
08:09
I actually have used this one kind of often because I feel like it conveys kind of a variety of emotions where it's like kind of confused and also annoyed and also a little sick.

Peter
08:26
I agree. I think it's a nice versatile one because it it really can you can use it in a variety of different situations.

Aubrey
08:35
Yeah, yeah. I would say maybe B though, just because it's not as like that was a fire one as Chef's Kiss, in my opinion.

Peter
08:44
And I think the other thing is because it can convey a number of different things, there's a little bit of ambiguity on the receiver's end. What did you mean when you sent this input?

Aubrey
08:54
Yes.

Peter
08:55
And I think that puts it potentially in peril because I could see a situation in which this could be misunderstood.

Aubrey
09:03
Yes, I agree.

Peter
09:05
So I agree. I think B's a good one. All right. What about the like scared, gasping looking, screaming, the scream one?

Aubrey
09:14
Like I would say maybe maybe B, I don't use it in a ton of situations, but it is an iconic I feel like it's one of like the older ones. It's been there for real it's been an emoji for a really long time. Am I correct about that about that?

Peter
09:32
I believe so. I believe so. It feels like a pill pretty classic one.

09:36
I think B's a good place for it. Uh it's another one of those I don't use that often, but I think that it I think it's versatile. Alright, what about the big eyes looking sideways?

Aubrey
09:49
This one I do tend to use more often. Okay. It's kind of good as like a side eye. situation, you know. Um but I still wouldn't say it's versatile enough or iconic enough to go higher than like Maybe B, maybe A. Yeah, maybe.

Peter
10:07
See for me this one's probably a C. Okay. Just because I don't really use it. And I personally would rather use an emoji that has a face attached to it to convey probably the same thing I would try and convey with this.

10:24
Yeah, I'm okay with that. I'm okay with the C. Yeah, let's put that in C. Uh, what about this one? Just the the straight flat line face.

Aubrey
10:32
I do like this one. I feel like I have used this one decently enough. Um in a way where usually I'm like telling someone something, but it is sort of a a bad enough thing that I'm like, can you believe this? But instead of being like shocked, it's like a just a flat like face. So I do like this one.

Peter
10:55
I I like this one too. I mean this one for me is kind of like this is the emoji equivalent of just like really? Really?

Aubrey
11:03
Exactly.

Peter
11:04
You know, I mean I think this one's either B or A for me.

Aubrey
11:07
Yeah, I would say I would say maybe A because I think I like it better than the screaming the screaming one.

Peter
11:12
Okay. So uh what about the the drooling one?

Aubrey
11:17
This one is funny. I think this was a funny edition. Um I would say just because it's funny um and is kind of a perfect specific, I don't know, conveying emotion, I would say probably A for me.

Peter
11:36
Okay. I I could definitely get behind an A here. Again, I'm with you. I think that this is I I think that this is very descriptive in and again it makes it pretty clear what you're describing with this one.

Aubrey
11:52
Exactly. Exactly. Exactly.

Peter
11:53
Alright, what about the halo?

Aubrey
11:56
I honestly don't use this one that much and I don't find it very versatile. I think it's cute looking. I think it's cute, but in terms of actual use, I'd probably put it down in the C, to be honest.

Peter
12:09
Yeah, I think so. I'm kind of the same. I I think it's reasonably well made, but it's not uh Uh i it it it isn't very versatile.

12:17
Yeah. All right. What about this one?

12:19
This is, you know, round eyes, teeth clenched together, mouth wide open.

Aubrey
12:25
I I do use this one a lot because this one's like a ooh yikes. Uh-huh.

Peter
12:30
I agree. This is I think this is a really good one.

Aubrey
12:32
Yeah, I would probably say a at least Okay. Probably a yeah.

Peter
12:37
I don't feel like it quite hits S tier for me. Yeah. But I do think that it's it definitely belongs up there.

Aubrey
12:43
Yep.

Peter
12:43
All right, so we got a little blushing face handover kind of I I don't know if this is like kind of blushing or a slight laugh, a slightly embarrassed, a little bemused.

Aubrey
12:54
Yep. Yep. I do like this one a lot.

12:58
I do use this one a lot. I think it was a great addition. I think it was um uh a good like missing uh or feeling a a lack of emotion that we had before this one came out and this one I feel like filled something that was missing.

13:12
So I do I do solidly like this one. I would probably honestly say A just because I use it so often.

Peter
13:20
Okay. It's one that I like, but I don't use very often. Fair enough. But I can definitely go with A. All right, we've got the rolling eyes.

Aubrey
13:30
This one's good. I might even put this one an S just because of it's kind of the same thing. It felt like we were lacking a really irritated eye roll emoji, and this one is just So how do you feel about that?

Peter
13:42
I agree. I think this for me is an S tier. This is definitely one of my more commonly used ones.

13:47
Yep. Um and it it it's just it's perfect for those times when you need it. Exactly Alright, now we got the devil, which for some odd reason they decided to make purple.

13:59
We got the little devil horns. He's kind of it's got a smile, but it's a sinister smile.

Aubrey
14:04
I do like this one as well. This one is iconic because I feel like we've it's been there for a long time. Um but I also don't use it that often. But it is iconic So I don't know. What do you think?

Peter
14:19
Uh uh I mean for me this is like maybe a B. It's it is iconic, but I don't feel like it's It's definitely not one I use and I don't see myself looking at it going, oh, I should use this more often.

Aubrey
14:36
Yeah. Yeah, I'm okay with that.

Peter
14:38
Alright. So what about this one? We've got the saluting with just like half a face.

Aubrey
14:43
I'm a big fan of the salute Emoji. I'm a big fan. I fear I'm putting a lot in the A in the A tier, but there's just a lot of good ones that I'm realizing I do use a lot So I might put this in A because I I use it a lot.

Peter
14:56
I mean I don't use it as much, but I broke it out the other day for some reason and I was like, dang, I should use that one more often because it is great.

Aubrey
15:04
It's a great one.

Peter
15:05
Yeah Alright, what about the upside down smiley face?

Aubrey
15:09
This one I feel like in theory I would have used more often, but I don't really. I feel like it's kind of got the like Oh well, what do you d what do you do sort of feeling about it, you know? Or like a little bit of like the same emotion as like the flat look, the like just flat face.

Peter
15:29
That's the thing for me is I look at it and I say uh I go, okay, it's okay, but I I think of when I would want to use this emoji, and I think that there's other emoji I would use instead. So that's probably like a C at best for me Like a C maybe.

Aubrey
15:47
I'm okay with the D just because I think I would use a bunch of other ones instead of that one. That's my thing too.

Peter
15:53
Yeah. All right, what about this one? The clapping hands emoji.

Aubrey
15:57
This one I have used quite often. It's good for obviously the obvious things like applause, congrats, stuff like that, but also emphasizing words like as if you were gonna clap every time you said a word, which I I do do sometimes. Um so I don't use it enough to put in A, but I think B is probably probably good

Peter
16:20
Okay, I'll give you B. I don't use this often, but again, I think everything you said is is reasonable. All right. What about this one?

16:28
This is the one that I can't tell. Is it a big beat of sweat? Is it that's the way I've always read this?

16:33
It's You know, the faces it's not coming from the eyeball, so it doesn't look like a cry. It's like off to the side of the eyeball. We've got, you know, a downturned face, the eyes or mouth, the eyes are open.

16:47
This looks to me, this one just spells like anxious or something like that. But I don't know. Yeah.

16:52
What about this one? Do you use this one?

Aubrey
16:53
Honestly, I do not use this one that much because there is if I'm gonna use one that has like a sweat one. There's the one that actually has the bead of sweat on the forehead and that's what I'm gonna use for that. Yeah. And then if I'm gonna use a sad one, there's another sad face that looks more sad So I kind of don't really ever use this one.

Peter
17:14
So the file name for this one is sad underscore relieved. And I just don't get the placement of the The the water droplets. If that's what we're going for.

17:26
Yeah. So I agree. I don't think this one's actually very good because of a lot of ambiguity about it.

Aubrey
17:33
I agree. We could put that in the D.

Peter
17:35
Alright. We'll put that down there. Alright, what about the green one that's like looks like he's trying to hold in his vomit

Aubrey
17:41
This one is a very good addition, I would say. I really I like this one because it's like just gives you that sick feeling, but without the actual vomit. Yep.

17:50
Which there is the emoji for the actual vomit. So I do really like this one. I'd I'd put it far further up there, I'd say.

Peter
17:56
Okay. What do you think?

Aubrey
17:58
Yeah. Yeah.

Peter
17:59
I use this one fairly often for the same reason. Sometimes I want to convey, oh that's not great, but I don't want to convey full on that's awful, which is for me what the vomit pouring out of the mouth is for.

Aubrey
18:12
Yes.

Peter
18:13
Alright, what about the fire?

Aubrey
18:15
The fire is very versatile, I would say. Um I feel like you could use it. in a lot of areas and it's also pretty iconic because I feel like it's one of the ones that's been there for a long time.

Peter
18:28
Yeah.

Aubrey
18:28
So but I also personally don't use it that much. So that's a little bit of a That's kind of where I'm at.

Peter
18:32
Like I I I see it being uh Honestly, the only place I ever use this one would be as a tap back. If somebody sends me something and I want to be like, oh, that's fire, but Like I don't know. I would I would use this as a tap back, but I interestingly wouldn't send it just as an emoji response.

Aubrey
18:50
Yeah, yeah, I think I would agree. So maybe like B or C, maybe.

Peter
18:54
Yeah, I think for me it's probably C.

Aubrey
18:56
I'm okay with that.

Peter
18:58
All right. Thumbs up.

Aubrey
19:00
Thumbs up. Very versatile. I also use it as a reply very often.

Peter
19:05
I use this one. Yeah, I use this one all the flipping time.

Aubrey
19:11
I feel like we could even just put it in S just for the amount that it's used.

Peter
19:15
I kind of feel like it belongs there because it's earned its place.

Aubrey
19:19
It has, yeah. I agree.

Peter
19:21
Uh what about the dynamite?

Aubrey
19:24
I honestly don't know if I've ever used this more than like one time. So I would probably put it pretty low. No higher than a C for me

Peter
19:35
Okay. I I'm okay putting it right there by the fire. I don't ever use it because again, in a place where I would think I would use this, I would actually probably default to sending the fire emoji.

Aubrey
19:46
I agree. I agree

Peter
19:48
Alright, now we have the face palm.

Aubrey
19:51
This one is very good. Very, very good. I feel like it really conveys a very specific emotion which is just the face palm you're just disappointed. Um I I could put it I could put it in S. Especially because you got the varieties too.

Peter
20:07
Yeah, for me, I think this one is S tier. Uh I use this all the time. It definitely was in my top 25 most used emoji. Yeah. It's like this one, the rolling eyes, the poop, and then another couple we'll get to.

Aubrey
20:21
Yeah. Yeah.

Peter
20:22
All right. We got the ghost. And I always think it's interesting. The ghost is sticking his tongue out and he's got one real big eye and one much smaller eye

Aubrey
20:30
Yeah, I feel like it's an iconic emoji that's been there for a really long time and he's kind of cute looking, but he doesn't he's not very versatile and I don't think I ever use him at all. So I feel like just because he's iconic he can go in B, but maybe no higher than that, 'cause I don't ever use him.

Peter
20:48
I would agree. I think it's a fun emoji, but I don't find it something that I use. So I I I think B is is a right spot for that one. Cool. Okay, we've got the frozen The cold, you know, so it's basically our previous yellow one with the grim grimace teeth, but now he's blue and he's got icicles hanging off both his chin and his lips.

Aubrey
21:10
Yeah. Um, I honestly don't use this one that often. It feels a little like too extreme and not versatile enough for me to have any specific situations.

Peter
21:19
I agree. Like, I think it's a fun emoji, but other than like in the winter or something, I don't know when I'd ever use it. Yeah. So I mean this is like a C or a D for me. I kind of want to go C just because I think it's fun, but I don't find I use it often.

Aubrey
21:33
I agree. I think C is good.

Peter
21:35
All right. So now we've got like the hot face. So this is similar to our previous one. uh with the oddly placed bead of moisture. But this time the face is reddish orange instead of yellow, and the mouth is sticking out its tongue.

Aubrey
21:53
Yes, I do like this one. I use this one a lot. Um I would say it could even go in A for the amount that I use it.

Peter
22:01
Um tell me what situations do you use this one in?

Aubrey
22:05
often. Honestly, it's when I'm commenting on my friends posts on Instagram and they look really beautiful or hot. So I'm telling them they look hot.

Peter
22:14
There you go. There you go and I think it's you said A? Yeah, I would put it in A. I'll I'll give you A again.

22:20
I don't really use it but Alright, now we've got the full on vomit emoji, which I love the fact that if you look close you can see there's like not just green vomit coming out, but there are chunks in it. I'm just gonna go ahead and say this is S tier for me. I love the puking emoji.

22:40
I like the green sick face emoji, but sometimes I just want, I want I want it all. I want it to go all the way and the green with the chunks of vomit.

Aubrey
22:52
I'll I'll give you that. I honestly didn't even know there was chunks of vomit in it until just now when it's zoomed in wide wide enough. So that that kind of sends it over for me.

Peter
23:02
Yeah. I'm okay with that. This this for me, this is a classic.

23:06
That is It's an S tier there. Yeah. All right, we've got the the crying one with just not just drops, tear drops, but like the two solid lines of waterfalls going down the face.

Aubrey
23:19
This one I use so often. I feel like it has to be an S tier because I use it for something is so funny, I'm crying, or something like if I I'm distressed about something or basically anything I do use this emoji for. So I would say I would say it has to be S for me.

Peter
23:37
I'll give you S tier.

Aubrey
23:39
Perfect.

Peter
23:40
Alright. Let's go. We've got the winking emoji, but with like the tongue out. This is like an aggressive winking emoji.

Aubrey
23:50
It is. And it is one of the OGs. Um, like it's an older, it's an older emoji. So this one has been a lot around for a while. However, I don't ever use it.

Peter
24:03
I don't either. Because again, it's too aggressive. I feel like you are potentially Walking into a minefield if you use this emoji.

Aubrey
24:14
Yeah. Yeah.

Peter
24:15
Like you could really somebody could interpret this in a way that is very, very far from what you meant it Yep. So so that for me actually puts a I think I'd almost go D. Like I think it's a fun emoji. Yeah. But I think that the perils of using this are significant

Aubrey
24:34
I would agree. I'll give you that.

Peter
24:36
D. All right. I picked the red heart, but we're just going to go heart emoji.

Aubrey
24:42
Okay. I feel like I feel like these are just very used very often to express Affection. Yeah? Yeah? I feel like it could just go in A for the amount that it's used, especially the different colors.

Peter
24:57
So I think that if especially we add in the d I don't use this very much. It's just my personal style. But I think if we add in the other colors of it, it provides enough versatility that I do think that it's a strong emoji.

Aubrey
25:10
Yeah.

Peter
25:11
All right, what about the painting nails? We got some purple nails. Painting some fingernails.

Aubrey
25:17
I do like this one to convey um a specific like you know, fashionable sort of something, you know. Um, but I also don't use it enough for it to be very high. Just because it's not super versatile. I would say maybe B, maybe C.

Peter
25:37
I don't have strong feelings either way. Which do you pick? Which do you want? You pick.

Aubrey
25:40
I'll say B. I'll say B.

Peter
25:42
Okay. Cool. All right, here we've got the rolling on the floor crying laughing emoji. Now, can I just go ahead and and I'm gonna expose myself here. I hate this emoji.

Aubrey
25:59
Okay, interesting.

Peter
26:00
I hate this one. I hate this one. Okay.

26:02
I don't know why. For me, the other laughing with tears emoji is my go-to. That's the one that just seems right.

26:11
Anytime somebody uses this one, I just get angry and annoyed that they chose this emoji. I hate this emoji and I don't know why.

Aubrey
26:20
It is very aggressive, I feel like, as well, in uh just like it's just bit much. It's like I feel like there would not be like a situation I would want to use this and not something else

Peter
26:36
Okay, so I mean I want to put it in D. What do you think? Yeah, I I don't use this one.

Aubrey
26:42
Yeah, I also feel like it makes you seem like a boomer to use this emoji, is what I was gonna say.

Peter
26:47
It makes you seem like a crazy person Like just unhinged. Yeah, I let's say D. We're just gonna cheat ahead. And this one here that I just popped up, this is for me if you're like, oh, this is so funny.

26:59
This is the one to use. The other one, I'm just like, you're a crazy person. I agree.

27:04
Okay, that's going in D. Very good. Popcorn bucket.

Aubrey
27:07
I just never really use this ever. And it's cute. I think it is well done as well. Uh, but I just don't really use it, so probably like a D or a C Maybe just a little bit more.

Peter
27:22
But fortunately, here's where I would use this. If I was in a group text and some people started having some type of argument, I would respond with this. That's good. That's good. Fortunately, in my group texts, I don't really have any arguments that would require the popcorn bucket. But but because that is there, if that would ever happen, I think that for me at least that's gotta bump it up to the

Aubrey
27:47
Fair enough. Fair enough.

Peter
27:48
Alright, we got the skull.

Aubrey
27:51
So this one I've upped my use of it in the recent years because it is funny to pair with um either the laughing crying one or the sobbing one to be like in it like a like yeah I'm dead, a shock factor, uh I can't believe this happened, can't believe I did this sort of situation. Um, so I would bump it up to maybe even a for me.

Peter
28:19
I'll give you that. I don't use it very often. I find what really bothers me about it is the narrowness of the mandible I'm like, you've got the teeth and the chin, but where's actually the sides of the mandible?

28:32
It just really bothers me, makes me uncomfortable, but that's okay. That's fair. All right.

28:36
So see, here is where I'm like, this would be kind of the side eye that I would use rather than the other looking side.

Aubrey
28:44
Yeah. This one is very good for that exact emotion. I agree.

Peter
28:49
Yeah, I think this one just is very much the like both the what are you doing over there or it could be this like I'm watching you sort of thing

Aubrey
28:57
Yeah. It's a very it's a very good one. Yeah. I would I would even say maybe A for me.

Peter
29:04
Yeah, I think it's that good. I agree. Very good.

29:08
All right, so now we've got the big wide eyes, the eyebrows raised, the flat face, the blushing cheeks. Mm-hmm. I think this is a pretty good one.

Aubrey
29:16
This is a pretty good one. I don't use it very often, but I do just like the way that it looks. I think it's just a good one in general. But I would say just because I don't use it that often, maybe B, but uh you can also

Peter
29:29
You know, again, I think it's a good one. Interestingly, I would probably use it more if it wasn't blushing. For some reason, the blushing just makes me always a little uncomfortable that I'm gonna be misinterpreted in when I when I send it. So I'm gonna go ahead and I'm gonna go with you and we're gonna put that in a B. Alright, crossing fingers.

Aubrey
29:49
I like this one. It's it's specific. I like having more of the hand motions because it's quite literally, you know, crossing your fingers to to wish for something. And I so I do feel like I use it quite often because of that. I do too.

Peter
30:01
I use it. I use it all the time. This one for me is probably an A. I don't think it's good enough to bump up into the S But I use it often enough and I think it again, it's very, very good at conveying what you want it to convey.

Aubrey
30:13
Exactly. Yeah, I agree. A is good.

Peter
30:17
Alright, we've got the melting emoji.

Aubrey
30:20
I like this one. This is a funny one. I like I like the way it looks. But I don't use it I think I could utilize it more. I think I could do it more because I don't use it a ton.

Peter
30:33
Yeah.

Aubrey
30:34
So maybe not super high. Aspirational B. Yeah, aspirational B is good.

Peter
30:39
Aspirational B. Alright, we've got the swearing emoji. Scowl, red, the black bar across the mouth. I mean, come on.

Aubrey
30:50
I I feel like it just has to go to S. Yeah.

Peter
30:52
Like that's just too good.

Aubrey
30:54
It's too good.

Peter
30:55
It's an all-timer. It just you just you break that pup you break that out and everybody knows exactly what you mean.

Aubrey
31:02
Exactly.

Peter
31:03
Yep. All right, so now here's another winking emoji. No blushing, not as aggressive. This is my go-to winking emoji.

Aubrey
31:11
Yeah, I agree. I agree. It's just a subtle, you know, it's a wink, but doesn't need to be anything crazy.

31:17
So I like this one. This one's a solid one. I will say I tend to use the semicolon with the parentheses more than I actually do this emoji.

Peter
31:28
Okay.

Aubrey
31:28
If I'm trying to do a wink. I don't really know why. I don't really know why.

Peter
31:33
Huh. Yeah, no. I like this one. I use this quite often. Like I said, it's it's kind of my go-to uh just anytime I want to just like I'm winking. This is what I go with. So

Aubrey
31:48
Yeah.

Peter
31:48
What do you think? A or B?

Aubrey
31:50
I would say probably B just because I don't use it that as much.

Peter
31:53
Okay.

Aubrey
31:53
But it's still a solid one.

Peter
31:55
Okay. Alright, we got a scowling face.

Aubrey
31:59
This one is they have this exact same one but with the red face, right? Like I think it's literally the two exact same faces, just one is yellow and one is the reddish orange.

Peter
32:12
Yeah. What do you think about this one then?

Aubrey
32:14
Um, I honestly would kind of put it a little lower just because there's other emojis that I would use. It doesn't it doesn't have like a very specific conveying emotion in my opinion.

Peter
32:26
I agree. I think this is like, I don't think it's bad enough for a C, but I think it's I mean a D, but I think it's a C. Yeah, I agree. Okay, we've got the middle finger emoji.

Aubrey
32:37
I think it just has to be S.

Peter
32:39
I think in my I probably use this almost or as much as I use the thumbs up emoji. So I agree. It's gotta go right up there. Yep. All right, we got the big smiley face with the stars in the eyes, and I'm just gonna say I n I don't ever use this one personally.

Aubrey
33:00
Yeah. I kind of think if if I'm gonna use it I don't know, there's other emojis I would use. There's like the hard eyes and other things. I feel like this one is just I guess a specific emotion I don't really need to convey very often.

Peter
33:17
Yeah, I think for me too. And and so I don't know. Again, I I'd probably go C on this one. Yeah, I agree. Okay, we're getting down to the home stretch. Now we got another side eye, but this one, this one, instead of the frown, this one's got a little half smile going on

Aubrey
33:34
I like this one. I feel like it can be, you know, a little mischievous and and have some other other uses. I think it's I think it's pretty solidly in A. I agree.

Peter
33:46
I think this is a good one as well. Yep. Alright, now this one here is called sweating.

33:52
So they moved the big water droplet up to the top of the forehead, and now it's for sure sweating is what they're calling it. Yeah I don't the water droplet just it's uh it doesn't work for me. Whether it's too big or kind of in the wrong place, I don't like this one at all.

Aubrey
34:11
Yeah, I don't use it very often, if at all. It just kind of doesn't really give off an emotion I need to express. So I don't know. It can kind of go down low.

Peter
34:21
I mean I'm thinking D for me.

Aubrey
34:23
Yeah, let's do it

Peter
34:24
Okay, we've got the big smiley face with this tongue sticking out the side, and I'm just gonna go ahead and again say it for some weird reason in my brain, if a tongue is involved. You better be sure that the person on the other end understands what you're meaning with this one.

Aubrey
34:40
That's fair. That's super fair.

Peter
34:42
I just feel like I feel like a tongue sticking out just potentially opens a certain amount of familiarity. that that could be could be risky depending on who you're sending this to.

Aubrey
34:53
It's true. And I feel like I only ever use this if I'm talking about like food that sounds yummy. Like I kind of don't use it for anything else, so I would it's cute looking. I think it's kind of cute in my opinion, but it I think I would put it pretty low.

Peter
35:08
Yeah, I think this is another C tier for me. Yeah. Okay, we've got the the hushing, the the finger on the you know, this is the your classic shh, you're in the library sort of emoji.

Aubrey
35:22
I like this emoji. I think it looks cool and is kind of funny in certain circumstances, but I don't use it enough for it to be super high.

Peter
35:31
I feel like I think this is a really good one. I think it's well made. I think it's fun. And for me where I mostly use this is if I'm sort of like Oh, we're gonna keep this on the DL or you know, shh like jokingly, like yeah. Yeah so it's fun, it's good. I think it's a solid B for me, but again, I don't think it gets any higher than that

Aubrey
35:53
I'm good with that.

Peter
35:54
Alright, we've got the kind of the hands up in the air, shrugging shoulders emoji with again the full person here. So I like this one.

Aubrey
36:04
I like this one a lot. It kind of similar to the to the face palm person one. Um I do feel like I use this one a lot because it just it conveys that specific emotion. I feel like it's I feel like it's pretty good. I think solidly A though. I don't think it quite sket quite gets to S.

Peter
36:20
That's what I'm thinking as well. That's an A. It's a good one. It's versatile.

36:24
It's pretty clear in what you're trying to convey. Mm-hmm. But it's just not as like the face palm is just better.

36:31
Yeah, I agree. All right, now we've got the zany. Is that what they call it?

36:36
It's like something like googly the eyeballs, the the tongue out. And we run into the same problem where we've got an aggressive tongue sticking out of this one.

Aubrey
36:45
Yeah, it's very aggressive. I feel like it just is kind of only conveys just being silly. Like you're feeling crazy, feeling crazy silly, and I don't really use it that often for that reason.

Peter
36:56
Yeah, I think this one for me is like a C tier.

Aubrey
37:00
Yeah. I'm a good I'm good at that.

Peter
37:03
Alright, now we've got the eyeballs or dollar signs and the green tongue sticking out has a dollar sign on it

Aubrey
37:10
I I think this one's funny and fun, but I don't use it almost at all, really.

Peter
37:16
You know, I just don't know what I'd convey with this. I feel like on the one hand, if you use it, somebody is like saying, oh, you're saying you're Mr. Moneybags, or if you're sending it to somebody else, you're saying they're there's too much risk in you know, in in it being interpreted wrong. So for me, while I think it's a fun and funny one, I think it kind of goes in the D tier.

Aubrey
37:39
Yeah, I'm okay with that.

Peter
37:40
Okay, and our final one is our LOL, our laughing out loud. Not the rolling on the floor laughing out loud that I hate so much. Right.

37:49
But the actual just like Big smiley face, tears coming out of both eyes, angled enough that it's very clear they're coming out of the corner of the eyes, not just some big stupid tear off to the side. This for me, this is my like I use this one all the time. Yeah.

38:06
All the time.

Aubrey
38:07
I agree. Gotta be yes. Gotta be S, yeah.

Peter
38:10
I agree. Well, I think it's funny if you notice in the S tier, the only ones that really are like unambiguously positive is the laughing and the thumbs up all of the rest of them are expressing some type of, you know, n negative emotion or something. It's true.

38:29
It's true. I don't know what that says about me. Maybe it's just, you know, that tells me tells me a little bit of what I uh what I what I am more into, I guess, in terms of conveying my emoji emotion.

Aubrey
38:43
It's true, it's true. There's a lot that are good for the negative emotions to really just pack the punch, I guess.

Peter
38:50
Yeah.

Aubrey
38:50
I love it.

Peter
38:52
All right. Well, I thought that would just be fun. You and I, we were both kind of struggling to come up with this particular topic for this week. Again. You know, you've had travel and it's in that time where you finished up the one summer position, you're doing the other stuff and and for me, it's just kind of been busy and getting Gareth back in school and swim meets again and just some really obnoxious, stupid things going on at work that I just thought it'd be fun to do something totally um Totally low stakes and there you go.

Aubrey
39:28
I love it. I love it.

Peter
39:29
Do you have any astro fact I don't have a health thing this week

Aubrey
39:33
I sure do because the Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope launched this morning. Oh beautiful. Morning.

39:43
It is Everything was all good. They rolled it out onto the launch pad yesterday, basically finished the final the final tests and everything. Um and it separated from the SpaceX Falcon Heavies second stage, basically just, you know, now it's flying on its own.

40:04
It separated from the second stage. at seven fifty six AM Eastern, so is now flying on its own. It launched at seven twenty six.

40:12
Um it is It deployed its solar era sun uh array sun shield, which provides power and doubles as as a thermal shield. Um, so then the four outer panels like swing into like its full big old six panel array, like the the classic giant big space telescope look. Um yeah, it is it is solidly up there.

40:37
It will do a um three three months to get to its orbit, which is the Lagrange two point. Yep. Where it solidly is locked in between Earth and the sun and we'll chill out there.

40:55
That is where James Webb is as well, but obviously s there's gonna be so far apart there will not be they will not be touching each other, but they will be at that same point together. Um Yeah, it is supposed to be able to take um pictures like fifty times wider than James Webb. That's its special shtick is that it can it has a much wider um lens panoramic view, basically.

41:30
Um while James Webb can see further um Roman can see wider. So it will work in tandem with James Webb. It's not just like James Webb but better.

41:41
It will work in tandem with James Webb. Um it it will send back one point four terabytes of data every day. Um goodness gracious data.

41:52
A lot of data It is on like a five-year mission, primary mission, and then also has like a five-year extended mission that it's scheduled for. So yeah, it will get we'll get our first images for it early 2027. Um so yeah, it will be able to paint a very complete, the most complete picture of the universe we have we will have had to date with it working in tandem with the James Webb.

42:19
Um so yeah, we will be able to explore more dark matter, dark energy, exoplanets. Basically anything from our solar system to galaxies at the edge of the observable universe um is is going to be very cool. So yeah, it's successfully up there.

42:38
It's it's gone. Yeah.

Peter
42:39
I love that.

Aubrey
42:40
So yep, that's my awesome.

Peter
42:43
Cool.

Aubrey
42:44
Yep. Well, I forgot it's mine.

Peter
42:46
So I was like, you know, I forgot it was too when I kind of did that last little bit. So

Aubrey
42:51
It's all good. Anyways. Well thank everyone think thanks to everyone for listening. Um make sure you are, you know Following us when wherever you can get your podcasts and leaving a review if you can. Five-star pod, I think.

43:11
Um, we will see everyone in a few weeks with another topic. Bye

43:12
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