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Many emojis have taken on their own meanings from memes (e.g. πŸ†), often entirely unrelated to the picture (πŸ…±οΈ, πŸ’―, πŸ—Ώ etc). When reading ancient languages, how do we know their pictographs didn't also have completely unrelated meanings that came from e.g. cultural memes of the time?

by /u/Lost4468 in /r/askscience

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