Let’s admit it: emoji is one of the best things that has ever happened to the iPhone.
Seriously, what would life be like without the ability to quickly show someone solidarity or express tears of joy?
See also: Why 2015 was the year of emoji
Although…
It’s happened to all of us: You’re on your iPhone, searching for the perfect emoji reaction to a text or Slack update, when you realize what you’re looking for is really ¯_(ツ)_/¯, a.k.a. the shruggie. But how to type it fast?
You think fast. A fairly complex emoticon, the shruggie is nigh-impossible to type naturally, so you search the web, find a page that has it in the text, tap the link, scroll past some ads, mark the shruggie, copy it, switch back to what you were doing… only to realize the moment has passed.
See also: 23 Times Celebs Mastered the Shruggie
It doesn’t have to be this way — not for the shruggie, and not for any complex, long phrase that you want to be able to type fast. The iPhone’s keyboard has a built-in way to automatically replace a piece of text with a different piece of text, and it’s super easy to use. Read more…
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