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[โ€“] paddirn@lemmy.world 145 points 1 year ago (3 children)

Brilliant move by Musk. 'X' has long been identified as the universal symbol for closing out of an application. Hopefully with this move even more people will permanently close out of Twitter and move on so I don't have to read so many dumb news stories where the lazy journalist uses a few random tweets as their "source" for the headline.

[โ€“] obinice@lemmy.world 31 points 1 year ago (2 children)

Let's also not forget it's adult connotations, things are rated "X" for a reason ๐Ÿ˜…

[โ€“] paddirn@lemmy.world 15 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Can't wait till Premium X membership is known as "XXX Members".

[โ€“] H2207@lemmy.world 4 points 1 year ago

Then Elon's handle changes to "Professor"

[โ€“] great_site_not@lemmy.world 3 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Also, if anybody here has seen Foodfight!, maybe I'm not the only one who thinks of Brand X

[โ€“] EssentialCoffee@midwest.social 2 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Brand X has been associated with generic off-brand for a long long time.

Yes, but I'm talking about a very specific Brand X.

[โ€“] ohlaph@lemmy.world 4 points 1 year ago

That's hilarious. And hopefully!