Google Removes Eggs from Salad Emoji for Vegan Inclusivity

Emojis are serious business, guys. If you had any doubts, just check out this news from Google. Google’s salad emoji, which used to contain eggs, is now forgoing them in favor of being more vegan friendly! Uh, alright, cool! That salad looks kind of lame, though. Maybe throw some onions or cucumbers in there? Who’s eating their salad with lettuce, tomatoes and no dressing? Don’t get me wrong, there’s nothing wrong with lettuce and tomatoes, but I wouldn’t just eat a big portion of both and call that lunch. 

Wait, Seriously? This is News? 

Hey, people take those emojis pretty seriously. Remember when Google’s burger emoji had the cheese under the patty and people freaked out? And a bunch of other people learned that placement of stuff on a burger is important, apparently? If not, I don’t blame you, this is certainly niche news. But people seem to like communicating with each other via pictographs, and the ones representing their food need to be accurate. Or something. 

Other Food Related Emojis 

Google is also making their bacon emoji more crisp looking and adding some brown to the edges. See, meat eater, it’s not just vegans getting new stuff! Google probably heard the belly-aching of countless meat eaters at once and headed them off with their favorite thing, bacon. Seriously, you guys are weird with your bacon. Bacon flavored milk shakes? Bacon on double cheeseburgers, as though those didn’t have enough calories already? Bacon on freaking pancakes? I mean, who am I to tell you how to live your life. But you know it’s weird how much you focus on bacon.  

Does bacon even taste all that good? Is it really worth all the hype? Why am I writing all of this about bacon and salad emojis? Well, anyway, Google’s emoji updates will likely be out in September. Until then you’ll have to live with eggs in your salad and not-so-crispy bacon. 

Feature Image Credit: Mashable