AboutWhat does the meme depict?
The Crying Laughing Emoji (😂), also known as Face With Tears of Joy, is widely used to represent extreme amusement, equivalent to saying LOL or LMAO. This emoji depicts a yellow face with an exuberant smile, scrunched eyes, and tears streaming from the eyes, suggesting intense laughter. Historically, before the emoji, people often used the emoticon XD, representing a similar expression of loud laughter with a widely open mouth and closed eyes. Another similar emoticon was :'-), which could also be used to indicate laughter to the point of tears.
OriginWho did it first?
The Crying Laughing Emoji was introduced by the Unicode Consortium, which is responsible for approving new emojis. The emoji was officially incorporated in their roster in 2010 with the release of Unicode version 6.0, which you can view on their full emoji list. Following its inclusion in Unicode, this emoji became part of the emoji offerings on Apple's iOS and OS X platforms. Its creation was influenced by user submissions that proposed new emojis for consideration.[1]
Origin: 2010