Only 31 new emojis will be introduced this year as approvals slow to a trickle

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These emojis will have to make room for the new additions coming later this year. TENGKU BAHAR/AFP via Getty Images

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In a new feat for humanity and art, it seems that we have finally reached peak emoji.

After countless rounds of new additions that included flora and fauna, as well as the valiant cowboy emoji, the amount of new symbols that will be added this year is a fraction of the numbers from years past.

The Unicode Consortium,

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