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submitted 3 months ago by MattW03@lemmy.ca to c/lemmyshitpost@lemmy.world

I don't use it, but i'll forever call it Twitter.

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[-] Lost_My_Mind@lemmy.world 199 points 3 months ago

Hey, good news, Elon. Most of us have gone from calling it "twitter" to calling it "that facist shithole that used to be twitter".

Good job wasting 43 BILLION dollars only to see it's traffic literally cut in half, you micro-penised shitstain on society. You will not be remembered as the genius your group of ass kissers tell you you are. You'll be remembered as being dumber than a one brain celled orange tabby.

[-] ceenote@lemmy.world 30 points 3 months ago

You're being optimistic. He won't be remembered at all.

[-] Moob@lemmy.world 30 points 3 months ago

All the biggest disasters are remembered.

[-] Hobbes_Dent@lemmy.world 16 points 3 months ago

And it’s now less than one year salary because greed.

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[-] moon@lemmy.cafe 104 points 3 months ago

X is still such a stupid fucking name. I feel cringe saying that.

[-] InternetUser2012@lemmy.today 52 points 3 months ago

I won't. It will always be twitter, and he bought it because people made fun of him.

[-] HawlSera@lemm.ee 17 points 3 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago)

He offered to buy it as a joke, and was forced to finish the transaction because he had taken it too far by actually signing contracts and putting money down. He was gonna go "Just kidding" and pull out, but then the courts told him that this already constituted a legally binding sell and if he tried to back out now he'd go to jail for fraud.

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[-] saltesc@lemmy.world 26 points 3 months ago

It's very "hacking, trenchcoats, and Muse are cool" isn't it?

Like, yeah. Obviously this guy thought of it...

[-] yemmly@lemmy.world 21 points 3 months ago

What did Muse do to deserve this?

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[-] uis@lemm.ee 18 points 3 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago)

X11 is such a great name. Imagine instead of x.com opening x.org.

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[-] VantaBrandon@lemmy.world 99 points 3 months ago

Its almost funnier to see every news publication constantly refer to it as "X (formerly known as Twitter"), the constant need to remind people of how stupid the decision was it amusing

[-] funkless_eck@sh.itjust.works 52 points 3 months ago

I prefer "Twitter (temporarily known as X)"

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[-] SatansMaggotyCumFart@lemmy.world 82 points 3 months ago

He looks high as giraffe pussy in that picture.

[-] Lost_My_Mind@lemmy.world 46 points 3 months ago

..........ya know, I'm 40 years old, and up until this point in my life I've never once considered what a giraffe pussy looks like......and my brain isn't capable of doing so. Maybe that's a good thing.

[-] SpaceNoodle@lemmy.world 41 points 3 months ago

They got a zoo in your town?

[-] popekingjoe@lemmy.world 31 points 3 months ago

I don't think I like where this is going...

[-] SpaceNoodle@lemmy.world 31 points 3 months ago
[-] popekingjoe@lemmy.world 16 points 3 months ago

Yeah it's way too hot for a zoo trip. 🫠

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[-] PM_ME_VINTAGE_30S@lemmy.sdf.org 15 points 3 months ago
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[-] JasonDJ@lemmy.zip 59 points 3 months ago

Maybe he should buy Alphabet and rename their search engine.

Ooh or he could buy out Kleenex and rename that.

What the fuck would make someone throw out the name Twitter? It wasn't a bad name. It wasn't like...Phillip Morris or something.

[-] pyre@lemmy.world 48 points 3 months ago

"wasn't a bad name" is the understatement of the year. it was one of the most successful brand names ever. normal people with functioning brains would kill to have a brand that's so ingrained in the language, especially without the threat of genericizing the trademark.

xerox didn't want people to use xerox as a generic verb to mean photocopy, or kleenex the same for a generic tissue.

but Twitter was never used to mean another social media site, and tweeting never means posting on Facebook or Tumblr or whatever. a tweet is specifically a post on Twitter. that's the perfect brand.

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[-] fox2263@lemmy.world 23 points 3 months ago

He’s been wanting to have an “everything” company named X for years, since before PayPal I think. So he jumped at the chance to ruin twitter of course and rebuild it from the top down

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[-] gravitas_deficiency@sh.itjust.works 48 points 3 months ago

I’m gonna deadname his company for as long as he deadnames his kid :)

[-] Annoyed_Crabby@monyet.cc 47 points 3 months ago

There's no such thing as deadnaming a company/corporation/brand, they aren't a living entity and have no will of their own, the one offended is their owner.

[-] Jumuta@sh.itjust.works 33 points 3 months ago

except they get more rights

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[-] CaptDust@sh.itjust.works 42 points 3 months ago

I'm still pushing Xitter, pronounced with the "shee" sound

[-] JoMiran@lemmy.ml 38 points 3 months ago

That's what I call it.

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[-] Agent641@lemmy.world 42 points 3 months ago

Is there anything the average person can do to increase the running cost of Twitter without increasing their revenue?

Like, can we just automate uploading videos of nothing meaningful, and re-loading them over and over forever?

[-] OhStopYellingAtMe@lemmy.world 37 points 3 months ago

Awww. Poor Twitler doesn’t like his propaganda arm called Twitter.

[-] HawlSera@lemm.ee 37 points 3 months ago

It is always morally correct to deadname transphobes. Including JD Vance who's "Real" name is James Bowman

[-] Big_Boss_77@lemmynsfw.com 18 points 3 months ago

Thought it was Couchfucker McGuy-liner?

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[-] FlyingSquid@lemmy.world 33 points 3 months ago

That's pretty much what I've said about Twitter since he changed the name- I'll keep calling it Twitter while he still allows deadnaming.

[-] Slovene@feddit.nl 29 points 3 months ago

I thought we all agreed to call it shitter?

[-] makingStuffForFun@lemmy.ml 23 points 3 months ago
[-] subignition@fedia.io 59 points 3 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago)

Intentionally using the former name ("dead name") of a (typically trans) person with the intent to cause harm

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[-] NeatNit@discuss.tchncs.de 15 points 3 months ago

When saying the name of a trans person, it's when you use their previous name from before their transition. E.g. saying Ellen Page instead of Elliot Page.

Presumably it can also mean just calling someone by their previous name that they prefer to leave behind, even if not trans.

I have no idea who Musk's child is and no desire to look it up.

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[-] AgentGrimstone@lemmy.world 21 points 3 months ago

Never. "X" is so cringey to say.

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[-] ILikeBoobies@lemmy.ca 18 points 3 months ago

I’ll call it twitter until twitter.com is a different website

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[-] oyo@lemm.ee 16 points 3 months ago

Dude literally bought Kleenex and insists you call it facial tissue paper.

[-] nickwitha_k@lemmy.sdf.org 17 points 3 months ago

Nah. He bought Kleenex and insists that you call it 42 because it's a cool number.

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