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      i’m going to stop calling it twitter when twitter.com redirects to x.com, and not the other way around

      at that point i would stop talking about it, because X is just too stupid

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        His obsession with the letter X is like that middle school kid who used to talk about how many girlfriends he got and how good he is at being a bad ass…

        Basically, he’s a less likeable version of Zane from Hypnospace Outlaw.

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      I’ve said it before and I’ll say it again. If you want him to fail, help him destroy Twitter’s brand.

      Call it X.

      I has worse brand recognition, terrible brand loyalty, and if only highlights that the product has changed for the worse.

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    1. I’m sorry, but due to cultural norms the name Twitter is rooted deep within our modern language.

    2. [PERSUASION] Maybe a free little blue check will do the trick

    3. Or what?

    4. [INTIMIDATION] drop your daughter’s dead name and I’ll drop your site’s.

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        Narrator: You imagine throwing a burlap sack over his head. His underlings would be extremely displeased with you, but he wouldn’t put up much of a fight himself.

        Narrator: You can think of someone who would be extremely pleased with your offering, however.

        Elon: You’re looking at me funny. Is there something you need?

        1. [THE DARK URGE] Give in to your desires.

        2. [PERSUASION] I have an investment opportunity that I think you would be interested in.

        3. Can I see your wares?

        4. No, nothing. I was just lost in thought.

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          You know you’ve played the game too much when you can hear how the Narrator would read those lines.

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            And you know you’ve also watched too much Thunderf00t when you can hear how Elon would read his line too…

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        What game has “THE DARK URGE” dialogue options? I was imagining Fallout before, but this makes me think it must be some newer one.

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    I’m so tired of these woke CEOs and their snowflake whining over misgendering their companies. There’s the name that a company is assigned at birth, and I’ll be damned if I’m going to change the way I’ve always called them (for my whole life and ALL of god-fearing Christian history) because some liberal snowflake CEO one-day wakes up and simply declares, “twitter is now X” ffs.

    The facts of the birth incorporation certificate, DON’T CARE ABOUT YOUR FEELINGS little pissant mUsK… GET OVER IT!

    /s since satire is dead.

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      Mr. Pibb, Dr. Robotnik, Sierra Mist, I’m not using your woke “Pibb Extra, Dr. Eggman, Starry” nonsense!

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    Image Transcription:

    X post by user The Chaser @chaser reading: ‘Stop calling it Twitter’ says guy who deadnames his own child. Underneath is a photo of Elon Musk’s face with a barely visible Tesla logo in the background and the link to the article at chaser.com.au

    [I am a human, if I’ve made a mistake please let me know. Please consider providing alt-text for ease of use. Thank you. 💜]

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    No. I’m exercising my Musk-given right of ultimate free speech and will continue calling it Twitter, just because I feel like it. Musk would be proud of me standing up against censorship. Oh wait…

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    … And all of this could have been avoided if he just renamed it “Twitter by X”, so make Twitter part of the X super-app that he wanted to build.

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    Yep. One of many reasons I’m not catering to the whims of a billionaire and calling it what he wants it to be called. It’s going to continue to be Twitter as far as I’m concerned.

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    … hold on this mf has TEN kids

    which… one? we’re not talking about Grime’s baby are we?

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        Reminder that his response to this was “Can’t win 'em all”. Father of the year, no wonder he thinks his sperm is a gift from god.

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          You’re basically forced to measure that as wealth. Otherwise we’re just pretending someone is poor just because they’re cash poor, yet I would argue that poor people have no real way to get 40 billion dollars to immediately lose money on a social media company.

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    “i’m so sick of this annoying guy” say people who won’t stop thinking or talking about this annoying guy.

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      “I’m so sick of these people who won’t stop thinking or talking about annoying guy” say people who are talking about this annoying guy.

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        “I’m so sick of these people who won’t stop thinking or talking about people who won’t stop thinking or talking about annoying guy” say people who are talking about people who won’t stop thinking or talking about annoying guy.

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            Nah bro you’re supposed to say

            “I’m so sick of these people who won’t stop thinking or talking about people people who won’t stop thinking or talking about people who won’t stop thinking or talking about annoying guy” say people who won’t stop thinking or talking about people people who are talking about people who won’t stop thinking or talking about annoying guy.

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      I think he’s a fucking idiot asshole bigot, but it’s still fun to watch him make the dumbest decisions ever for attention.