Mr_PenguinAlex wrote:

if skulls are too scary, why do so many children have them?

Purvitekriwal wrote:

25Freyst wrote:

SavetheAtlantic wrote:

I've seen jack'o'lanterns scarier than a idealized skull, I think you're being incredibly disrespectful to young people if you think they'll be scared of that.

The same argument could be made against the ESRB, so many good games rated M, however kids play them. Same with FNaF. I’m fairly sure that that mentality could be applied here, it would be disrespectful to a kid who isn’t afraid of jumpscares. There are plenty of kids who are afraid of the skull emoji. I’m 15 and know I’m quite unsettled by it.
Additionally, there’s no Jack-o-Lantern emoji on Scratch, nor skull. Additionally:

25freyst wrote:

]If it’s something that could scare children, particularly kids under the age of 8, than its no support, as there are a lot of younger users on Scratch.

Spiders can cause a lot of fear in younger audiences, and they’re only partially as fear inducing compared to skulls. Additionally, the above quote includes 3 year olds.
And, finally, anything can scare anyone. I’m scared of fishing and anything that has to do with it. However, a cartoony, unrealistic/under detailed one is generally not as bad. Same thought process here. A realistic skull can cause fear, and there’s plenty of medians of entertainment that are aimed at younger audiences, but can cause fear. Something like the Skeleton Dances skeletons, or CN ones would be much less likely to cause fear.

I am not scared of skulls at all from the very start(7 year from when I remember) but am a lot scared by dogs spiders and insect bugs as I have their fear snd phobias. I am 12 now. My friend is 13 and she is scared by skulls that much that she won't sleep for days even of a cartoon but is not at all scared by the things I am so you cannot define a agr to be scared everyone get scared by different things and lives for a different period of time.

Kyrofelonoshophobia is the fear of cartoon characters. It is almost exclusively experienced by young children. The fear is often triggered due to unique appearance of cartoons. Sufferers often have bad dreams about getting attacked by some cartoon characters, especially by villains.

Sliverus wrote:

(#147)
Oh also, I support because I've seen a lot of users using the copy paste skull emoji or posting :skull: and I know that must mean a lot of users would find it useful

--Optimum-- wrote:

Until it goes down the path of ‘yeet’, ‘no u’, ‘bussin’, and ‘poggers’.

--Optimum-- wrote:

Until it goes down the path of ‘yeet’, ‘no u’, ‘bussin’, and ‘poggers’.

--Optimum-- wrote:

(#151)
I was referencing those because they're all internet slang from recent years that died and now nobody uses them anymore. Same thing will happen to this emoji soon.

--Optimum-- wrote:

I was referencing those because they're all internet slang from recent years that died and now nobody uses them anymore. Same thing will happen to this emoji soon.

ThatOneWeirdDude wrote:

(#152)

--Optimum-- wrote:

(#151)
I was referencing those because they're all internet slang from recent years that died and now nobody uses them anymore. Same thing will happen to this emoji soon.

its an emoji, so will people stop using the laughing emoji soon?

Sliverus wrote:

(#153)

--Optimum-- wrote:

I was referencing those because they're all internet slang from recent years that died and now nobody uses them anymore. Same thing will happen to this emoji soon.

We have an emoji where you have to use

: lol :

to activate it. It's internet slang and it might eventually die but not as far as I can see, besides not every emoji has to be something that will be relevant forever, but we know skull will last us a very long time and maybe as long as Scratch is available

Eagle138 wrote:

Possible consequence: Scratch gets bad press for having a skull emoji bc even though we've already established that skulls aren't scary many people think they are and those people would complain that they are on a kids website

--Optimum-- wrote:

ThatOneWeirdDude wrote:

(#152)

--Optimum-- wrote:

(#151)
I was referencing those because they're all internet slang from recent years that died and now nobody uses them anymore. Same thing will happen to this emoji soon.

its an emoji, so will people stop using the laughing emoji soon?

It :b:eing an emoji doesn't make it immune to dying. Also, laughing is an action, so the emoji represents it. That is its one use and it does not change. ‘Skull’ however, is not an action so its meaning is whatever people want it to be, which can change and the old meaning can die. That's what I mean when I say it will die in a year.

Eagle138 wrote:

Possible consequence: Scratch gets bad press for having a skull emoji bc even though we've already established that skulls aren't scary many people think they are and those people would complain that they are on a kids website

--Optimum-- wrote:

(#148)

Sliverus wrote:

(#147)
Oh also, I support because I've seen a lot of users using the copy paste skull emoji or posting :skull: and I know that must mean a lot of users would find it useful

Until it goes down the path of ‘yeet’, ‘no u’, ‘bussin’, and ‘poggers’.