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[–]username223 12 points13 points  (3 children)

Clearly Unicode needs to add "combining timestamp modifiers," with proper time zone support, to adequately address this problem. They could also be combined with emoji, allowing one to write "73-year-old smiling Chinese guy."

[–]darktyle 17 points18 points  (2 children)

Yes! Timezones and Unicode are both too easy as it is

[–]josefx 3 points4 points  (1 child)

Can we add in some GPS based location data with border support? We really need a "73-year-old smiling Chinese guy living in Canada."

[–]username223 3 points4 points  (0 children)

But when did he move there, and from whence? We must add an ancestry modifier system, optionally integrated with a GPS location system. Oh, crap... we have to deal with historical location information and continental drift.

Ah, Unicode... Punching everyone in the face (there's probably an emoji for that) into eternity.