Welcome to the mind of a narcissist.
Comment on RIP Twitter Dot Com: Elon Musk Moves Social Network to X Web Address
starman2112@sh.itjust.works 5 months ago
Imagine spending 40 billion dollars on one of the most recognizable brands in history, so deeply embedded in the public consciousness that any other company would throw virgins into a volcano for a chance at that level of recognition, just to replace all of that branding with your own little name that everyone has been telling you sounds stupid for the last 25 years
CitizenKong@lemmy.world 5 months ago
pyre@lemmy.world 5 months ago
i think that gives him too much credit. he’s just fucking dumb and bad at everything. he failed upwards so long because he wasn’t too visible in the public eye. now he’s terminally online and constantly embarrassing himself and his companies.
CitizenKong@lemmy.world 5 months ago
Yes, because that’s what happens when a narcissist has way too much money. A person capable of self-reflection would realize that it’s much easier and safer to trust people around you that know more about their respective areas of expertise. That’s what good leaders do, they delegate. Musk is incapable of that. The companies he owns are not bankrupt despite, not because, of him.
JustZ@lemmy.world 5 months ago
Dude thinks the cyber truck is cool, and not the dumbest fucking vehicle ever.
erwan@lemmy.ml 5 months ago
Yes, I mean how many companies get their brand turned into a verb?
etruscan@lemmy.ca 5 months ago
It’s like someone buying Kleenex and going “Nope, it’s called K now.”
enleeten@discuss.online 5 months ago
Elon: “Need some Ks, mate”
starman2112@sh.itjust.works 5 months ago
At least K has something to do with Kleenex. It’s more like buying Coca-Cola and changing it to J
helenslunch@feddit.nl 3 months ago
K is something very different LOL
Beetlejuice001@lemmy.wtf 5 months ago
IMHO it was more about preventing more social justice movements akin to #metoo
macrocephalic@lemmy.world 5 months ago
It’s so much so that every news article that quotes it still says “X, formerly Twitter”.
UndercoverUlrikHD@programming.dev 5 months ago
That’s because X means absolutely nothing. It’s a letter commonly used to fill in blanks. It’s an awful name for any company/brand.
Cybermonk_Taiji@r.nf 5 months ago
Remember that “brand X” is the lesser brand that advertising uses when they can’t directly name their competitors. Brand X is inherently the cheap crap no name brand.
BlueSquid0741@lemmy.sdf.org 5 months ago
Love that Joker
TheBlackLounge@lemm.ee 5 months ago
I’ve seen and prefer “Twitter, now X”.
flying_sheep@lemmy.ml 5 months ago
Twitter (now “X”)