To share an alternative viewpoint, I read your comment and wondered "what emoji?". I had to go back and skim over the article again -- and reading it in full -- to see what you were referring to.

In other words, I really didn't even notice them. To me, at least, they certainly weren't a distraction at all; in fact, just 30 seconds after closing out that tab I didn't recall seeing them in the first place.

Personally I didn't mind them. Like the other poster said, I'd already forgot about them when I read your post.

It's fun, lighten up.

Where's your sense of fun?