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People, please, it's "ex-twitter" (lemmy.ml)
submitted 11 months ago by wurosh@lemmy.ml to c/showerthoughts@lemmy.world
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I still don't get how - with such a perfect tee-up - we settled on "X, the platform formerly known as Twitter".

Besides, imagining Musks reaction to this tickles me slightly.

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[โ€“] Sallp@lemmy.world 13 points 11 months ago* (last edited 11 months ago) (1 children)

It is referencing Prince. He went by a symbol and people called him, The Artist (Formerly Known as Prince).

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Prince_(musician)#/media/File%3APrince_logo.svg

[โ€“] wurosh@lemmy.ml 5 points 11 months ago

The trouble with that is that it shows a certain amount of respect