noordinary
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LOL you don't need to petition us ("computer programmers"): you just need to submit your proposal to UnicodeOkay, I'll admit that cloud punctuation is somewhat . . . whimsical — However! we don't yet have a conventional symbol to punctuate thoughts. Historically, the amount of conventional typographical symbols was limited by the printing press but today we have no such restrictions: we have thousands of glyphs to choose from—our modern HTML toolbox. The cloud, be whatever its shortcomings, is an intuitive thought symbol.
The only new typographical symbol of the computer age seems to be the interrobang (‽), and I think we could use about three more. Perhaps I'll start petitioning the computer programmers so we can get these two.
Submitting Character Proposals
After (if) approved you will need start harassing your favorite font's owners asking to add it.