How long was Prince “The Artist Formerly Known as Prince”?
For about seven years, and then he went back to calling himself Prince again.
Comment on How long do you think we'll keep seeing "formerly Twitter"?
BigPotato@lemmy.world 2 weeks ago
How long was Prince “The Artist Formerly Known as Prince”?
Yeah, the rest of his life.
Twitter probably will have the same laid upon it.
CoggyMcFee@lemmy.world 2 weeks ago
Steve@communick.news 2 weeks ago
Well he changed his name to a literally unpronounceable logo, so in that case there was no real other option.
BigPotato@lemmy.world 2 weeks ago
If we say that the accepted pronunciation of “X” is “ex” then we run into an even bigger problem than Prince’s logo.
“Ex” User says… Is this a former user of the website or current?
A user on the website “ex” is too long winded and sounds like I’m saying a hypothetical.
Users on “ex” - although shorter, X is a street name for ecstacy and user is sometimes used as shorthand for drug user (e.g. User and abuser) so why should we be listening to a cracked out party kid?
The golden ticket is “formerly Twitter” because we actually know what the fuck that one is.
I’m willing to bet there’s at least one X user on X right now.
Nollij@sopuli.xyz 2 weeks ago
Some places tried calling him “The Artist”, but it never stuck. Not even “The Artist formerly known as Prince” stuck. But “Prince” has endured to his grave and beyond.
lettruthout@lemmy.world 2 weeks ago
You’re referring to the former artist formerly known as the artist formerly known as Prince?