@swaggboi
As modern day emojis originated in Japan, there are still some leftovers from those times which are historically still there.
I think this is what it is: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Koinobori
It's not the only emoji having little to no meaning to the rest of the world's population ๐
A lot of the food emojis are considered very niche in other parts of the world, but they are still there and I think for the same reason.