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[–] [email protected] 159 points 2 years ago (4 children)

I love how everyone still calls them Facebook. It's the simple things.

[–] [email protected] 40 points 2 years ago (2 children)

This highlights how deep the BS surrounding Musk has burrowed into the media scape. They invariably refer to his companies as "Elon Musks Tesla" or "Elon Musks Twitter" and so on. Where other billionaire's (for the most part) avoid the limelight and their companies stand seperate to their idiotic personal choices.

[–] [email protected] 44 points 2 years ago (2 children)

I am Elon Musk's throbbing need for attention.

[–] [email protected] 13 points 2 years ago

His name is X Æ A-12 Paulsen

[–] [email protected] 10 points 2 years ago

“Fucker’s settin’ up franchises”

[–] [email protected] 26 points 2 years ago (1 children)

I say “Elon Musk’s Twitter” like would I say “Joel Schumacher’s Batman” — to identify it as the worst version of the thing.

[–] [email protected] 16 points 2 years ago (2 children)

Here's his prequels

Elon Musks failed Solar City

Elon Musks failed Boring Company

Elon Musks failed Hyperloop

[–] [email protected] 12 points 2 years ago

Boring and Hyperloop were successful, they were meant to divert local governments from pursuing viable public transportation projects.

[–] [email protected] 9 points 2 years ago

Unfortunately Boring and the hyperloop were wins for him. The goal was to get cities to continue using cars.

[–] [email protected] 32 points 2 years ago (3 children)

Nothing makes me happier than deadnaming a corporation

[–] [email protected] 12 points 2 years ago

🍗 (The Bird Formerly Known As Twitter)

[–] [email protected] 2 points 2 years ago

I dont care how long it has been or how persistent you are. It's fucking Comcast Xfinity sounds like the subtitle to a terrible Sci-fi movie from the 80s

[–] [email protected] 1 points 2 years ago

"You'll always be Union Carbide to me"

[–] [email protected] 17 points 2 years ago (2 children)

Lol the tweet I found this article from referred to it as Meta. nah.

[–] [email protected] 27 points 2 years ago (3 children)

I like how you still call it a tweet. I hope tweet, tweeting and twitter remain the lexicon for X forever.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 2 years ago

I X'ed about it last night.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 2 years ago (1 children)

Tweet and Retweet are now Post and Repost 😭

[–] [email protected] 3 points 2 years ago

More like eXcrete, and eXhibit.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 2 years ago (1 children)

Twitter and tweeting where such well established and creative words, which set Twitter apart. I loved the analogy to birds. And Elon just throws all of that away...

[–] [email protected] 1 points 2 years ago (1 children)

You can still toot on Mastodon at least

[–] [email protected] 1 points 2 years ago

Loxodon flatulence best flatulence

[–] [email protected] 1 points 2 years ago

Yeah but you posted it as Facebook. You're doing good.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 2 years ago (1 children)

the local telephone service here has seen several owners and even more name changes in the last couple decades. i still call it by the company name it had in the 90s.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 2 years ago

Stadiums get like too.

Going to catch the game at the T-Moble Samsung SL17 this weekend?
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