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Post #2552 · source on Telegram
Unicode Predicted the 2020s
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A Twitter screenshot from verified user Shane Huntley reads: "Did we miss a warning about 2020 in the Unicode spec? U+2020 is DAGGER † If so let's see what's up next... U+2021 DOUBLE DAGGER ‡ U+2022 BULLET •" followed by four fearful face emojis. The timestamp line says "11:05 AM · Dec 30, 2020 · Twitter Web App," with engagement counts of "14 Retweets," "2 Quote Tweets," and "34 Likes." The joke treats Unicode code points as ominous year-based prophecies, using real character names for U+2020, U+2021, and U+2022 as dark technical wordplay.
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The Unicode Consortium accidentally shipped the 2020 roadmap as a character table.
U+2023 is PLAY ‣ типичная кали-юга, короче Comment deleted
Fun fact: Windows NT 3.1 calendar doesn't allow 2020 (and everything after) as current date. Comment deleted