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Presenting: The Admiral Ackbar ‘ACK’ Emoji

I'm sure that someone else has thought of this before, but after a quick search, nothing turned up, so I'm going to provisionally claim credit for this lightbulb moment I had today.

I was going about my usual work day on Slack. When acknowledging a request or fyi from someone else, I usually choose one of the many custom 'ack' (i.e. acknowledged) emoji reactions. BUT, this morning I just realised that Admiral Ackbar's name from Star Wars (revered and famous for "IT'S A TRAP!") starts off being spelled the same way! 🤯

So thanks to ChatGPT's newish image creation capabilities (especially for text), I lazily went to work on my idea. Ten minutes later, I had this:

Emoji of a neutral-faced Admiral Ackbar with the large letters ACK overlaid

My announcement on the company Slack:

Lucas announcing his new emoji on slack: "Just made this. I'm probably more proud of this than anything else I've done this year 🤣

Now that's what I call impact. Not all heroes wear capes, but some create awesome emojis that brighten up the daily grind. 😜

Feel free to download it for your own workplace. It's also available at https://slackmojis.com/emojis/122982-ack-admiral-ackbar/.

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