I still prefer to write it “xitter” pronounced as “shitter”.
this post was submitted on 22 Nov 2023
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I still prefer to write "Twitter" because fuck X and Musk
And Spez
I was taking that to be "zitter" like it's infected and probably should be seen by a professional otherwise it's going to leave a nasty mark.
In Chinese pinyin x is a sh sound.
zittler
You know, you may have just changed my mind
And there’s the issue. There are just too many good jokes to be had here.
The other half is that news organizations won’t let themselves place a joke over the appearance of objectivity, using the legally changed name of the company. The most they will do is add the parenthetical (formerly Twitter).
Journalists are wet blankets. What can you do?
😕 🤚 X, formerly known as Twitter
😎 👉 Xitter, pronounced as Shitter
Didn't South Park call it Shitter first?
Scary how prophetic satire is
I'll call it Twatter until the day I die
While it still says "twitter.com" in the SSL certificate, that's still it's name. It is still called Twitter.
I'll have to think about it, meanwhile I'll keep calling twitter, twitter.
It is referencing Prince. He went by a symbol and people called him, The Artist (Formerly Known as Prince).
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Prince_(musician)#/media/File%3APrince_logo.svg
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The trouble with that is that it shows a certain amount of respect
And it's owned by the X billionaire Elon Musk.
Hopefully, he'll soon be an ex-billionaire.
Honestly, I was just hoping it might help him realize how dumb X sounds to everyone else.
I’ve already posted this elsewhere but
Site: Twatter. Users: Twats.
i have a longing for the day when Twitter is bailed out because it's tOo BIg to fAiL
I prefer "used-to-be-twitter." I think it captures the context better, and it's clunky, as it should be.
Because ex-Twitter doesn’t get the same SEO as Twitter nor X.
Why are we still talking about it? Yesterday's news, man.