You may have been under the impression that the pronoun wars had reached its peak—that the whole thing couldn't get any existentially weirder after Disney pop stars started adopting "they/them" titles and some kids started referring to themselves as "its."

Well, we've got a non-binary news flash for you: You were wrong. Behold the newest chapter in this saga, "emoji pronouns":

Perhaps it's high time to retire the phrase "Now we've seen it all." Assuredly we haven't. Up next week: Morse code pronouns.