Elmo Loves Unicode Until Surrogates

Text on the meme

Linear A, Linear B, Hieroglyphics, Cuneiform Unicode Emojis Extinct languages

What it means

A red Elmo puppet crawls toward a pile labeled “Emojis” while labels for ancient writing systems and Unicode appear behind him. In the second panel, Elmo has collapsed face-first into the pile, labeled “Extinct languages.” The joke compares the broad range of Unicode-supported writing systems and emojis with the frustration of encountering extinct or unsupported languages, especially in programming contexts. EN: A red Elmo puppet crawls toward a pile labeled “Emojis” while labels for ancient writing systems and Unicode appear behind him. In the second panel, Elmo has collapsed face-first into the pile, labeled “Extinct languages.” The joke compares the broad range of Unicode-supported writing systems and emojis with the frustration of encountering extinct or unsupported languages, especially in programming contexts.

Who

Elmo (Sesame Street)

Objects

red puppet / красная кукла Elmo puppet / кукла Элмо white eyes / белые глаза orange nose / оранжевый нос banana / банан apple / яблоко white powder pile / куча белого порошка table / стол beige wall / бежевая стена crawling pose / поза ползущего