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[–] [email protected] 153 points 10 months ago (4 children)

Imagine spending 40 billion dollars on one of the most recognizable brands in history, so deeply embedded in the public consciousness that any other company would throw virgins into a volcano for a chance at that level of recognition, just to replace all of that branding with your own little name that everyone has been telling you sounds stupid for the last 25 years

[–] macrocephalic 58 points 10 months ago (2 children)

It's so much so that every news article that quotes it still says "X, formerly Twitter".

[–] [email protected] 51 points 10 months ago (1 children)

That's because X means absolutely nothing. It's a letter commonly used to fill in blanks. It's an awful name for any company/brand.

[–] [email protected] 28 points 10 months ago (1 children)

I've seen and prefer "Twitter, now X".

[–] [email protected] 5 points 10 months ago

Twitter (now “X”)

[–] CitizenKong 33 points 10 months ago (2 children)

Welcome to the mind of a narcissist.

[–] pyre 19 points 10 months ago (1 children)

i think that gives him too much credit. he's just fucking dumb and bad at everything. he failed upwards so long because he wasn't too visible in the public eye. now he's terminally online and constantly embarrassing himself and his companies.

[–] CitizenKong 9 points 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago)

Yes, because that's what happens when a narcissist has way too much money. A person capable of self-reflection would realize that it's much easier and safer to trust people around you that know more about their respective areas of expertise. That's what good leaders do, they delegate. Musk is incapable of that. The companies he owns are not yet bankrupt despite, not because, of him.

[–] JustZ 5 points 10 months ago

Dude thinks the cyber truck is cool, and not the dumbest fucking vehicle ever.

[–] [email protected] 19 points 10 months ago (1 children)

Yes, I mean how many companies get their brand turned into a verb?

[–] [email protected] 15 points 10 months ago (3 children)

It’s like someone buying Kleenex and going “Nope, it’s called K now.”

[–] [email protected] 5 points 10 months ago

Elon: "Need some Ks, mate"

[–] [email protected] 4 points 10 months ago

At least K has something to do with Kleenex. It's more like buying Coca-Cola and changing it to J

[–] [email protected] 3 points 10 months ago

IMHO it was more about preventing more social justice movements akin to #metoo