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[–] Spitzspot@lemmings.world 79 points 6 months ago (1 children)

Thankfully corporations aren't people.

[–] jared@mander.xyz 35 points 6 months ago (1 children)

Amazing how many don't get that.

[–] theneverfox@pawb.social 3 points 6 months ago

How many people? Or corporations? Or did you mean politicians?

[–] soba@lemmy.ca 53 points 6 months ago (1 children)

There's just something so pathetic about failing to start your dream company called X in 1999, and then twenty years later when your ultra rich buying some other company and renaming it X to try and finally feel like you won, you did it, you made a globally important social media company called x. The struggle is over. At last.

[–] InternetPerson@lemmings.world 32 points 6 months ago (1 children)

globally important

This is continually decreasing.

It's even funnier that the website itself is still using "twitter" as URL.

[–] user224@lemmy.sdf.org 11 points 6 months ago (1 children)

Well, not anymore. It's already fully migrated to x.com.

[–] Midnitte 11 points 6 months ago

It still refers to itself as Twitter though. X referring to itself as twitter

[–] Excrubulent@slrpnk.net 46 points 6 months ago

Twitter didn't even want to change its name, that was forced on it by its abusive owner.

[–] Vespair@lemm.ee 43 points 6 months ago

Small brain: Calling it X

Big brain: Calling it twitter

Galaxy brain: Not acknowledging that shithole at all

[–] NataliePortland@lemmy.ca 15 points 6 months ago

Fucking fuck yes

[–] SaintWacko@midwest.social 14 points 6 months ago (1 children)

I just deadname buildings. Anyone been up the Sears Tower lately?

[–] AzzyDev 2 points 6 months ago

not lately, no. I should go back there lol

[–] MachineFab812@discuss.tchncs.de 10 points 6 months ago* (last edited 6 months ago)

Deadnaming Corporations-In-General: chef's kiss

[–] lars@lemmy.sdf.org 9 points 6 months ago

I’ve been known to deadname the one true church. Joseph Smith named it the Church of Christ, but the Mormon church is going through its little phase 💅 and insists on being called, and get this, no abbreviations allowed,

The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints.

[–] cumskin_genocide@lemm.ee 2 points 6 months ago

His momma name him Clay imma call him Clay.

[–] CileTheSane@lemmy.ca 2 points 6 months ago

I will happily call it 'X' because it is a stupid name and one of the dumbest decisions Elon has made and tried to enforce. Why are we trying to protect him from his stupidity?

[–] hungryphrog@lemmy.blahaj.zone 2 points 6 months ago

I'll be long gone before I start calling it "X"

[–] urska@lemmy.ca 1 points 6 months ago
[–] Eyck_of_denesle@lemmy.zip 1 points 6 months ago

What is a rule