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[-] Metaright@kbin.social 79 points 10 months ago

I will never call it "X," just like I will never call Facebook "Meta."

[-] ImplyingImplications@lemmy.ca 36 points 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago)

Isn't Facebook still Facebook? Meta is the parent company that owns Instagram, WhatsApp, Threads, Oculus, Onavo, Beluga, and about 90 other tech companies. They do just like Google, or Alphabet, and buy out every tech startup that has any chance of success to ensure they never have competition.

[-] gamey@feddit.rocks 21 points 10 months ago

You still call it Google too despite the parrent company thry added years ago, don't you? ...

[-] OrangeXarot@sh.itjust.works 3 points 10 months ago

called the game of Monopoly

[-] Ghostalmedia@lemmy.world 13 points 10 months ago

The Twitter brand was the most valuable part of that company. If Musk is dumb enough to throw that away, I will GLADLY call it “X.”

[-] gamey@feddit.rocks 5 points 10 months ago

No, I always call it Fuckbook and don't intend to change that but yea, definitely not Meta!

[-] son_named_bort@lemmy.world 3 points 10 months ago

I still think of Facebook as The Facebook from when its website used to be thefacebook.com.

[-] SlopppyEngineer@discuss.tchncs.de 1 points 10 months ago

TruthX. It brings it more in line with SpaceX and model X, and also tells what it's turning into.

[-] pingveno@lemmy.ml 1 points 10 months ago

Didn't Trump already claim the Orwellian social media company name? The one where you get your turds (or whatever they call them) deleted for contradicting Dear Leader?

[-] SlopppyEngineer@discuss.tchncs.de 1 points 10 months ago

That's Truth Social. Musk seems to use it as a blueprint for the new Twitter.

[-] pingveno@lemmy.ml 1 points 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago)

Ministry of Truth Social, of course.

[-] LegionEris@lemmy.world 35 points 10 months ago

Fuck Elon Musk, but this is one of Jim's worst moments in that show. If someone comes back from an extended therapy program with a set of tools and techniques they are using to solidify and remind themselves of the changes they have made to themselves and their lives, and one of them is as simple as asking you to use the other half of their legal name as their short form moniker, you have to be a an asshole not to do so. So yeah, call Musky's new sinking ship whatever you want, but don't be Jim Halpert about it, because Drew never crossed the line in anger again. /rantover

[-] madcaesar@lemmy.world 17 points 10 months ago

Sir, this is a Wendy's.

[-] dingus@lemmy.ml 16 points 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago)

I maintain that everyone on The Office except Dwight was basically an absolute pile of shit.

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[-] ikidd@lemmy.world 5 points 10 months ago

You're dunking on a fictional character over a one-liner joke. Jesus, people work themselves into a lather.

[-] LegionEris@lemmy.world 19 points 10 months ago

Idk I was having fun. I critically interpret things. It's what I do o_o

[-] Comment105@lemm.ee 2 points 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago)

The way I see it, office fans genuinely like talking shit about Andy and don't think people like him deserve respect. And they liked Jim's rejection in this scene, because they agree with it.

This isn't about dunking on a fictional character, it's about addressing the audience.

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[-] Limeey@lemmy.world 33 points 10 months ago

I always felt like Jim was a dick here. But I agree in this context.

[-] Ghoti_@lemmy.world 35 points 10 months ago

Jim is a dick in most of the office

He thinks he’s better than everyone he works with and really only treats people decently when he wants something

[-] DTFpanda@lemmy.world 7 points 10 months ago

I love the Office and will say Jim is just a dick in general.

[-] LegionEris@lemmy.world 1 points 10 months ago

I posted a whole rant about this before I saw your comment. Suffice to say, I entirely agree. It's one of his worst moments. What an asshole.

[-] Ghostalmedia@lemmy.world 30 points 10 months ago

If you want Musk to fail, use the name that has less brand recognition and lower brand trust.

The Twitter brand was literally the most valuable part of that company. When people hear “X” they are MUCH more inclined to either

  • not recognize the brand name
  • focus on the fact that the product has changed significantly (for the worse)

Call it X.

[-] FluffyPotato@lemm.ee 12 points 10 months ago

You forgot option #3: Think it's some porn site.

I never used twitter but when I saw some site named X my first thoughts were "Why is a porn site suddenly so popular?"

[-] Minarble@aussie.zone 12 points 10 months ago

Imma going to go with “Y” from now on

[-] hellboundheart@lemmy.world 9 points 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago)

thats the name of his daughter with claire (grimes) too lol

[-] nei7jc@lemmy.world 4 points 10 months ago

But... WHY would you call it that?

[-] dolle@feddit.dk 12 points 10 months ago

I'm going to call it "eggs". A tweet is now an "egg" and tweeting is "egging".

[-] darcy@sh.itjust.works 10 points 10 months ago

it is ALWAYS ok to deadname a company

[-] AbsolutelyNotCats@lemdro.id 10 points 10 months ago

This is just so Elon Turd can say he didn't ruin twitter, right?

[-] HikingVet@lemmy.sdf.org 15 points 10 months ago

Well, this just adds to the list of how he ruined twitter.

[-] jayrodtheoldbod@midwest.social 10 points 10 months ago

I've been calling it Xitter, sounds like zitter. Gotta call it something, not the dumb thing he made up.

[-] Comment105@lemm.ee 1 points 10 months ago
[-] shadearg@lemmy.world 5 points 10 months ago

No, you don't understand;
I paid the fees and everything.

ᴋ.

[-] steve228uk@lemmy.world 4 points 10 months ago

“X. I go by X now.”

[-] PP_BOY_@lemmy.world 4 points 10 months ago

tfw when you're too lazy to actually screenshot the clips with subtitles so you just add them in Snapchat

[-] 1050053@lemmy.ml 4 points 10 months ago

Jim looks like Potato Head

[-] freebrick@kbin.social 3 points 10 months ago

Nah. Gonna call you S. Stands for Shit.

[-] blue_zephyr@lemmy.world 3 points 10 months ago

Angry X'ing

[-] sounddrill@lemmy.antemeridiem.xyz 1 points 10 months ago

Remember the

G A Y S E Twitter

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