I genuienly appreciate the explanation, that makes sense.

2 reasons unc here sees them similarly:

A ) I barely ever use emojis

Many millennials grew up using

*-*

=D

:<

0.0

>=[

… style constructions to represent emotions / facial expressions in text.

I’m used to those, I’m not used to emojis.

B ) I’m just actually slowly losing visual acuity.

I’m getting oooollldddd.

I’ve got an astigmatism now, and I tend to only wear my glasses when I absolutely need to.

So I have to squint or put on my glasses to make out variations in emojis, sometimes.