10-year-old Teddy hopes that Apple will make a new version of the “nerd emoji”. He feels that the current emoji is disrespectful to people who wear glasses.
A 10-year-old interviewed by the British broadcasting company BBC Teddy Cottle tells how he is upset by the “nerd emoji” found in even Apple’s operating systems, which depicts a character with big teeth and a bespectacled head.
Teddy thinks the emoji mocks people who wear glasses. Teddy thinks the emoji with big teeth is “absolutely awful”, and he believes many other glasses wearers will agree.
– It makes me sad, Teddy said.
Made a new version myself
Teddy did not wait for the possible updated vision of the design team responsible for Apple’s emojis, but made a proposal for a new “genius emoji” himself.
In Teddy’s proposal, the frames of the glasses are thinner and the wide grin with big front teeth has been replaced by a more restrained smile.
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He hopes that since there is nothing embarrassing about wearing glasses, they won’t be mocked in emojis either.
– I like wearing glasses because I can see much better. They also look good and stylish, Teddy reasoned.
In use since 2015
Released in 2015, the emoji is a part Unicode 8.0. In addition to Apple, a similar emoji can be found in the emoji selection of many other technology companies, but some have modified its teeth to be smaller or even replaced it with just a smile.
Apple, Samsung and, for example, the messaging service X, however, use a large-toothed version.
The teacher encourages
To take the initiative, Teddy received support from his teacher Lisa.
– He has been quite vocal about it, but in a quite mature way. I think he should be encouraged and supported in this matter, Lisa stated to the BBC.
– He fights for things that are important to him, the teacher praised.
Sources: BBC, Daily Mail, Creative Bloq