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I would have liked to see more arguments *against* this 'emojis and text-speak are dumbing humanity down' rhetoric. It felt really unbalanced in favour of that traditional thinking. Gretchen McCulloch's wonderful book 'Because Internet' sheds some light on this and makes the argument that Internet lingo (including emoji) are just the next evolution of language rather than something to be getting all bent out of shape about. Language will continue to grow and evolve as humans do - it's never a fully 'finished' product.