Apple's New Black Heart Emoji Is The Perfect Ending To The Crap Storm Of 2016

And an avocado. Life complete.

Christmas has come early for emoji lovers, as Apple has released a whole new batch of the expressive symbols with their iOS 10.2 update.

Many of us have become become reliant on these symbols to maintain 90% of our relationships so an additional 72 are welcomed with open arms.

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Not only do they include nods to 2016 - a gorilla emoji, a really creepy clown, and finally a bloody avocado - there are also some that allow us to express our most frequently-felt-emotions, namely the facepalm and the black heart.

We always felt there was a gaping hole where we needed to say “I-love-you-but-I-also-hate-the-world” and the introduction of the black heart means we are now free to embrace our icy hearts of stone.

Emojipedia says that the new symbol is: “A heart shaded completely black. May be used to express morbidity, sorrow, or a form of dark humor.”

But the internet just says, yes, yes, yes.

<3 I honestly cant even believe there is a bat emoji and a black heart emoji now 2016 IS SAVED <3

— NIKKI LIPSTICK (@nikkilipstick) December 13, 2016

The best thing about the iOS 10.2 is the black heart emoji that represents basically everyone I know 🖤🖤🖤🖤🖤🖤🖤🖤🖤🖤🖤🖤🖤🖤🖤

— Abbas (@AbbasHashem_) December 12, 2016

THERES A FRICKIN BLACK HEART EMOJI IM LIVING, I FOUND ME AS AN EMOJI đź–¤

— alli fitz (@allicatttx) December 13, 2016

An avocado and black heart emoji may have just made 2016 a bit more bearable 🖤🥑🖤

— Lauren (@pottsy_) December 12, 2016
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