38 New Emojis Are Coming Next Year—and 1 Particular Emoji Might Change the Texting Game Forever

I do not think we're overselling this emoji update by saying one of the new ones will change the texting game forever. Not one bit. I am going to use the s--t out of one of them.
Personally, the smiling pile of poop emoji is usually our number one most used emoji for texting. But after looking at the list of new emojis coming out next year, we think that Mr. Poop McGrinny (that's what we call him) won't be used as much. Because there is on particular emoji that we know we'll be using pretty much in response to every single text we ever get.
Unicode has released a list of 38 emojis that will hopefully be approved for release in June of 2016. The document listing the reasons why they are requesting certain emojis be added are sort of interesting, like "pregnant woman" completes the family set and the "face palm" is the most requested from Apple users.

But the emoji that i think will change texting lives for good? The shrug emoji!
That's basically how i want to answer every person who ever texts us...with a giant ¯\_(ツ)_/¯. Now imagine that in a convenient, easy-to-use emoji form!
Boyfriend text: "Hey, did you break into my computer and email photos of yourself to my ex-girlfriends?
Us: ¯\_(ツ)_/¯
Annoying group text: "Are you guys coming to my stand up show tonight?!!!"
Us: ¯\_(ツ)_/¯
Roommate text: "You're late with rent."
Us: ¯\_(ツ)_/¯
Mom text: "Nana is sick. You might want to make peace with her."
Us: ¯\_(ツ)_/¯
See what we mean? This emoji is going to be a game-changer.

Here is the full list of the emojis coming out next year:
•Face with cowboy hat
•Clown face
•Nauseated face
•Rolling on the floor laughing
•Drooling face
•Lying face
•"Call me" hand
•Selfie
•Raised back of hand
•Left-facing fist
•Right-facing fist
•Handshake
•Hand with first and index finger crossed
•Pregnant woman
•Face palm
•Shrug
•Man dancing
•Prince
•Man in tuxedo
•Mother Christmas
•Wilted flower
•Scooter
•Motor scooter
•Octagonal sign
•Clinking glasses
•Black heart
•Croissant
•Avocado
•Cucumber
•Bacon
•Potato
•Carrot
•Fox face
•Eagle
•Duck
•Bat
•Shark
•Owl
You'll notice that bacon is finally coming to our phones, which is a giant step for mankind. But alas…the taco emoji continues to elude us.
One day, you guys. One day.
#FreetheTacoEmoji
¯\_(ツ)_/¯