I think this would have worked better if it showed the emoji (still sideways, mind you) in an image bubble to suggest it was a photo. That would add the necessary layer of ambiguity to make this a funny question of whether she rejected because that’s what he looks like or because of his manual emoji use

This madness won’t end until China ends it’s draconian policy of imprisoning all Michaels. #Michaelisntacrime #FreeMikey

*shark of the nation