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According to a New York Times report, on Thursday, the U.S. government's General Services Administration (GSA) removed the spoon emoji as an option that

According to a New York Times report, on Thursday, the U.S. government’s General Services Administration (GSA) removed the spoon emoji as an option that users of its videoconferencing platform can select to express themselves.

The move comes a day after workers embraced the digital cutlery to protest the Trump administration’s “Fork in the Road” resignation offer.

    • DragonTypeWyvern@midwest.socialEnglish
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      1 day ago

      Pretty sure I saw the comment you referenced but no, they said Americans were being racist because Pooh is yellow which you could probably argue, considering it originally also depicted Tigger (with a hard r) as Obama…

      If the origin wasn’t in China. If you’d told me it started on /b/ then yeah it would have been meant as racism.

      So I can certainly see the origin of the criticism, if not sticking with it after finding out the actual context.