Silly, risqué chain texts are being generated by AI. But some connoisseurs of the modern art form don’t like it at all.
As AI continues to make breakthroughs in live-saving medicine and anime facsimile, it threatens one of the greatest new art forms that has developed this century: the NSFW emoji chain text.
Here’s some context in case you’ve never been sent one of these. This is the start of a rare safe-for-work example about the EZ-Pass scam texts that have been going around:
It goes on from there, but we’ll cut it off for a family-friendly website.
These emojipasta texts are like chain letters, in theory. They’re full of emojis and usually sexualized language. They’re meant to be funny, not actually sexy. (I don’t think anyone is sending these to someone they intend to seduce (if you somehow have, congrats to you).
Why do these exist, and where did they originate? Well, they’re funny, so that’s the why. And while the origins aren’t clear, a lot of them seem to come from Reddit’s r/emojipasta (based on the term «copypasta», internet slang for a text that gets passed around and copied).
The emojipasta subreddit is updated nearly daily — most are related to minor holidays or events, or sometimes based on requests for someone to make something new.
For example, a recent one celebrating the Ides of March included the line, «Caesar???? said ‘et tu, BOOTEH????’, before he SASHAYED AWAY???? from life????!»
An emojipasta about the new trade tariffs ended with a warning: «SEND THIS TO 10 PATRIOTIC THICC ???? TRADE WARRIORS ???????? AND YOU’LL GET A TAX CUT ????. IGNORE IT, AND YOU’LL PAY DOUBLE AT THE STORE ????️????»
I’ve actually tried writing my own for events or inside jokes with friends. It’s genuinely hard! I found myself copying aspects of other chain texts to get inspiration about where to put the ???? emojis.
THIS TO 10 PATRIOTIC THICC ???? TRADE WARRIORS ???????? AND YOU’LL GET A TAX CUT ????
. IGNORE IT, AND YOU’LL PAY DOUBLE AT THE STORE ????️????
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