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[–] madcaesar@lemmy.world 31 points 2 years ago (1 children)

Meta, x alphabet... All these renamings and they all suck donkey balls. Not one cool name. And all 3 have gotten SIGNIFICANTLY worse.

[–] Diabolo96@lemmy.dbzer0.com 23 points 2 years ago (2 children)

Nah, they'd fit pretty good to the dystopia you'll be / you're already living in. Don't tell me the acronyms of GAFAM (Google (Alphabet), Apple, Facebook (Meta), Amazon and Microsoft ) and FAANG ( Facebook, Amazon, Apple, Netflix and Google ) don't sound like some end-of-world ushering big corps à la umbrella corporation.

[–] jmcs@discuss.tchncs.de 7 points 2 years ago (2 children)

MAMAA (Meta Alphabet Microsoft Amazon Apple) also fits our cyberpunk dystopia quite well.

If you switch Meta and Microsoft, and Alphabet and Apple, you almost have it sorted by market cap.

[–] Lemminary@lemmy.ml 0 points 2 years ago (1 children)

We're two companies short of MAMA-MIA

[–] jmcs@discuss.tchncs.de 2 points 2 years ago

Intel and we just need Qualcomm to change their name.

[–] electrorocket@lemmy.ml 3 points 2 years ago (1 children)

All restaurants are Taco Bell.

[–] samus12345@lemmy.world 2 points 2 years ago (1 children)

Not in my timeline, they're not!

[–] Anticorp@lemmy.ml -1 points 2 years ago (1 children)

LOL! That seems like a natural evolution of Carl's Jr's weird, male oriented marketing.

[–] samus12345@lemmy.world 2 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) (1 children)

It's from the movie Idiocracy, for those unaware. Their slogan used to be "Don't bother me, I'm eating!"

[–] Anticorp@lemmy.ml 2 points 2 years ago

Ah, I started that movie, but I never finished it. I really should watch it again. Although I guess I can just read the news for the prequel.