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? ...
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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.
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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.
Idk I was having fun. I critically interpret things. It's what I do o_o
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.
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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?"
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'm going to call it "eggs". A tweet is now an "egg" and tweeting is "egging".
I've been calling it Xitter, sounds like zitter. Gotta call it something, not the dumb thing he made up.
Exitter
it is ALWAYS ok to deadname a company
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.
No, you don't understand;
I paid the fees and everything.
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Jim looks like Potato Head
“X. I go by X now.”
tfw when you're too lazy to actually screenshot the clips with subtitles so you just add them in Snapchat
Angry X'ing
Nah. Gonna call you S. Stands for Shit.
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