Collected Item: “"The Internet has discovered... a plague doctor emoticon"”
Give your story a title.
"The Internet has discovered... a plague doctor emoticon"
What sort of object is this: text story, photograph, video, audio interview, screenshot, drawing, meme, etc.?
text message
Tell us a story; share your experience. Describe what the object or story you've uploaded says about the pandemic, and/or why what you've submitted is important to you.
A text message I received from my brother where he shares a new emoticon created from keyboard characters which he discovered has been created during the pandemic which represents the classic plague doctor mask of the early modern period, which is frequently being used now as a reference to the current pandemic and the need to wear masks.
Use one-word hashtags (separated by commas) to describe your story. For example: Where did it originate? How does this object make you feel? How does this object relate to the pandemic?
emoticon, emoji, humour, mask
Who originally created this object? (If you created this object, such as photo, then put "self" here.)
Hope and Noah Gresser
Give this story a date.
2020-06-24