Oh Dear
Well this is an…interesting way to display this data.
I have mixed feelings about the use of Chernoff faces (or any derivatives) to visually display multivariate data. Unless done correctly, I think that this type of visualization can be difficult to interpret. I also think it lacks one of the main purposes of a visual – a quick and relatively easy way to understand the data – because it involves a lot of parsing of the individual pieces (eyebrows, eyes, nose, mouth, face shape, etc.) which is a pretty big ask if someone’s just quickly glancing at the faces.
But anyway, I do like the idea of trying to make “Chernoff emojis” for each state based on the variables in question. Using the color of the faces as a representation of one of the variables rather than face shape/size makes them all look a bit more uniform and makes comparing the other features a bit easier.
Also:
Yeah, that’s my expression whenever I think of West Virginia, too.
I hate emojis, but…
I don’t know if it’s the sleep deprivation or what, but I stumbled upon this thing and I can’t stop laughing at some of the weirder combinations.
ACHY BREAKY SICKY HEART
Acid trip
THE EYES HAVE EYES
Sweet lord.
Hahahaha
HAHAHAHA
Okay, everyone else can go home. Mixing the spider with anything else is clearly the winning design.
“Oh heavens, I seemed to have ripped through your backyard! My apologies.”
Look, it’s me trying to add 4+7 in my head.
Claudia vs. Emojis
Okay, I know I did a blog post on emojis not too long ago, but holy hell. Now I have a smart phone and I can see the insanity firsthand.
I mean, I get it. Some of these are actually useful and/or sensible. Like the regular smileys. I use regular smileys over Skype and Facebook and whatnot to indicate sarcasm, mood, good-natured jesting, whatever.
But then it gets weird.
It’s an eye. One eye. It’s not even a “generic cartoon round shape” eye. It’s shaped kind of like a normal eye. But there’s just one. Why?
I DON’T UNDERSTAND THE POOP WHY IS THE POOP A THING
A pager, a fax machine, a floppy disk, and a VHS tape. ‘Cause LOL 90’s, right?
I don’t even know what this is. What the hell is this?
Yup. Them’s shapes.
I think this last page is Android saying, “we don’t know what the hell category to put this stuff in, so here are drugs, a gun, an Easter Island head, and a toxic barrel, you goddamn Millennials.”
WHY DO YOU NEED ANY OF THESE IN PICTURE FORM. Why would I ever want to text message someone the high density polyethylene plastic recycling symbol? Why would I ever want to text someone die faces? Or chess pieces?
Or whatever the hell this thing is?
OR THE POOP?
Ugh.
Emojis are dumb and so is your face
Am I the only one?
Am I the only one?
I mean, emoticons were one thing. They were born in the soulless era of early internet and thus are blameless, holy creatures that are not to be shunned simply because humans, as a species, didn’t quite know how to “internet” back then.
But these buggers?
Everything is awful.
Like, I get the point of some of the smileys if they’re use to denote tone or something like that. But what’s the point of some of the other ones? WHAT’S THE POINT OF THE POOP ONE?
Emojis almost as bad as excessive hashtags.
Almost as bad as excessive hashtags.
Edit: what in the everlasting hell. What are they going to do, have the little faces bounce around for an hour and a half with the same freaking expressions? I get that every time I check my damn Facebook. Why do these godawful things need a movie?
Society, I am disappoint.
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