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The Internet Remembers a Robber

Emoji, but Apparently It Never
Existed
BY GINA VAYNSHTEYN
UPDATED 19 HOURS AGO

Remember the robber emoji

emoji? It wore a striped black

and white shirt and held a brown bag that had the

money sign on it? Okay, so here’s the weird thing:

Apparently it never existed, even though everyone on

the internet swears that not only do they remember

it, but they’ve totally used it before. Wild, right?!

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gréta
@dinasimp

i swear this emoji existed

73.5K 4:58 PM - Jun 16, 2020

8,090 people are talking about this

What happened to the robber

emoji?
According to every source we’ve looked into, it

appears that the robber emoji just never existed in

any shape or form. In this Reddit thread posted

Uve days ago, the OP wrote, “I can swear there was a

robber emoji. It had like a grey beanie, a beard and

wore a black and white striped shirt.” The post has

144 comments, almost all of which also claim that

there *deUnitely* used to be a robber emoji. But why

can’t we Und any proof of its existence?

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SOURCE: REDDIT

One Reddit user claims that maybe what we’re all

remembering is the custom-made graphics in the app

Bitlife, which included a robber: “there were custom

made graphics in the app “bitlife,” including the

robber, so you probably saw one while

playing/watching the game, or seeing one of the

mobile ads they used to constantly play on other

apps and games.”

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SOURCE: REDDIT

Another mystery? Apparently there used to be a hiker

emoji, and nobody is able to Und that one either!

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Twitter is currently trying to crack

the case of the missing robber (and
hiker) emoji.
Mostly, Twitter users are drawing what they

remember. Interestingly enough, everyone seems to

remember the same emojis. It’s possible that as soon

as one person saw someone else’s sketch, they clung

on to that image — but still. With this many people

remembering the elusive emojis to exist, it’s strange

to think they could have just evaporated from the

digital atmosphere.

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ARE YALL TELLING ME THE ROBBER EMOJI

NEVER EXISTED BC I SWEAR I REMEMBERED
USING IT BEFORE pic.twitter.com/L1gYCPGYf4

— ًwas @oibanai (@bluelcok) June 16, 2020

JT
@SPT_JT

Can somebody tell me what the fuck happened to

the robber emoji??

36 10:18 AM - Jun 16, 2020

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millie
@almostmillie

SO YOURE TELLING ME.... the hiking emoji and

the robber emoji NEVER EXISTED??????? i’m
really confused rn i can litersllt imagine them clear
as day

127 8:22 PM - Jun 16, 2020

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𝘣𝘪𝘢 *♡~
@uhhbia

ok so i can't draw. and i did it with a mouse in like 5

mins but. YOURE GOING TO TELL ME THIS
DOESN'T LOOK FAMILIAR??????????? HELLO
WHERE IS THE ROBBER EMOJI

24 11:22 PM - Jun 10, 2020

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@Vjoshiofficial

Fam how tf did the robber emoji and the emoji of the
guy hiking never exist?! I literally have them pictured
in my head but there’s no trace of them on the
internet
5 3:49 AM - Jun 17, 2020

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Bunni
@bunniiiibabe

Apparently there is no record what so ever of the

robber emoji but like???? I know he's real I know
what he looks like AnD hE LOOKS LIKE THIS
excuse my basic sketch but I am not insane I know
he's real

10 11:54 PM - Jun 16, 2020

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After scouring the Apple emoji evolution from

1997 to 2018
2018, we couldn’t Und the robber emoji

anywhere. Could it have just not existed? Or was it

quietly deleted without a trace, for seemingly no

reason? (Except maybe for the reason of not

glorifying being a robber, but come on.)

Sorry, folks. Looks like that’s as far as we’ll get for

now. Unless Anonymous wants to get involved.

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