But apparently, enough Skype users prompted their removal, which is why Microsoft has stepped in to provide more family-friendly replacements, such as a cat, a dog, a series of corporate-sponsored Captain America images, and some smiley face named “Oliver,” who wears a fedora and glasses and looks like a well-educated pedophile.Īre Captain America, Nick Fury, and, of course, Oliver any less offensive than a cartoon image of a lady wearing stilettos? Probably not. Of course, unless you’re a delicate Southern belle or a member of an evangelical pastor’s secret basement family, you probably won’t be offended by these emoticons. Gasp! Eyelash flutter! Pearl-clutch! Well, I never! Won’t someone be a dear and fetch my smelling salts? I’m feeling a bit faint.

Among the removed images were Skype’s (wtf) emoticon, (fubar), (finger), or a smiley face flashing the middle finger, and (hollest), an image of a woman’s legs with high heels. TechCrunch reports that Microsoft secretly removed a handful of emoticons more than a month ago. Yet the folks over at Microsoft have apparently gotten their panties in a twist over a handful of emoticons on Skype, which they’ve removed on the grounds that they had “ the potential to offend some users.” Unless you’re the type of person who’s appalled-appalled, I tell you!-by the image of an anthropomorphized pile of feces, you’re probably not likely to be offended by the majority of emoticons on the Internet.

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