I will never call it "X," just like I will never call Facebook "Meta."
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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.
You still call it Google too despite the parrent company thry added years ago, don't you? ...
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.”
No, I always call it Fuckbook and don't intend to change that but yea, definitely not Meta!
I still think of Facebook as The Facebook from when its website used to be thefacebook.com.
TruthX. It brings it more in line with SpaceX and model X, and also tells what it's turning into.
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?
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
Sir, this is a Wendy's.
I maintain that everyone on The Office except Dwight was basically an absolute pile of shit.
One of my favorite shows cause everyone was charming but flawed, just like real life. If you filmed any of us for years, the viewers would say we are Irredeemable piles of shit just cause of our day to day mistakes and actions.
You're dunking on a fictional character over a one-liner joke. Jesus, people work themselves into a lather.
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.
Jim is kind of an asshole a lot throughout the show, like repeatedly disrespecting Dwight's martial arts and belts as a joke. Disrespecting his wife because she believes in the paranormal and he doesn't. He makes fun of Dwight for being into "fake stuff" but is all about fantasy football. Plop doesn't like sports so Jim immediately says that they have NOTHING in common, like a person's entire worth is wrapped up in what sports they like. He belittles and looks down on everyone, even his bosses, but he has no personality beyond sports and pranks. Jim is a guy I would never get along with in person.
It's a tv show
I always felt like Jim was a dick here. But I agree in this context.
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
I love the Office and will say Jim is just a dick in general.
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.
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.
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?"
I'm going to call it "eggs". A tweet is now an "egg" and tweeting is "egging".
Imma going to go with “Y” from now on
thats the name of his daughter with claire (grimes) too lol
But... WHY would you call it that?
I've been calling it Xitter, sounds like zitter. Gotta call it something, not the dumb thing he made up.
Exitter
This is just so Elon Turd can say he didn't ruin twitter, right?
Well, this just adds to the list of how he ruined twitter.
I'm perfectly fine with using the name Xitter
it is ALWAYS ok to deadname a company
tfw when you're too lazy to actually screenshot the clips with subtitles so you just add them in Snapchat
Jim looks like Potato Head
No, you don't understand;
I paid the fees and everything.
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“X. I go by X now.”
Remember the
G A Y S E Twitter
Nah. Gonna call you S. Stands for Shit.
I won't even name it like this in my launcher, Twitter Delta icon + Twitter label lol.
So I have a younger, semi-autistic relative that wants to be called "Kalcifer." To be it seemed absolutely stupid, and I refused, but I was nice about it. But I've heard of other people wanting the same thing. Can someone explain this to a Millennial please?
Why not call someone what they want to be called? It ain't new. Just like it's polite to ask someone "can I call you x" or "do you prefer x or y" when you start to call someone a nickname or more personal name, someone can ask to be called x, and it's polite to do so. Names are arbitrary things, but at the same time often deeply meaningful to people.
My guess is that Kalcifer sounds cooler than their birth name? I think it sounds cool at least.
Calcifer is the fire demon from Howl's Moving Castle - I'd guess it's a reference to that?
They might be trans and this is their first foray into explaining how they want to identify. Autism and gender issue have a huge co-diagnosis.
I'm a millennial and changed my name. I don't know why your relative wants to be called something new. There are thousands of possible reasons. You could ask them directly. If they're autistic, there's a very good chance they'll be happy to tell you their thought process in direct and concrete terms. You could also attempt to compromise by calling them "Cal" which is a more normal name. Denying them without understanding is pretty much the worst move >_>
They played too much WoW.
No, but seriously, calling people whatever they like is OK. As another Millenial, at least in my corner, we all had some kind of nicks and they came to real life. I have a lot of friends who still go by their nicknames from decades ago. I also changed my own name a little and am currently almost exclusively known by that name. I don't go around telling people why but my name is connected to trauma quite strongly. I can even go further in my family history to have an example of how people have been doing that always. My grandma was called by two names. She moved to the city and decided to go by another name. I was a little bit confused as a kid when my great-aunt called and asked her by a name I had never heard before. I might understand not calling someone something offensive, but Kalcifer is quite mild. In the end, it doesn't hurt anyone and is a tool for building your identity.