• Maybelline@lemm.ee
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    11 months ago

    I get it now!

    Now, when he’s on the earnings call, the investors will hear “X users”, every time he says ex-users.

    I’ve heard he’s smart, but that’s “solar-powered flashlight” smart.

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    11 months ago

    Is “to x” a verb now as well? I assume that’s the idea. “Today I was xing about Lemmy.” “I’m gonna x that.”

    This is immensely sad because now future generations will not be able to fully appreciate the highly nuanced and layered joke in Moana where Maui says “When you use a bird to write, it’s called tweeting.”

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    11 months ago

    One, two, three, they gonna run back to me

    Climbing over mountains and a-sailing over seas

    One, two, three, they gonna run back to me

    They always wanna come, but they never wanna leave

    • Elle King - Ex’s and Oh’s

    …I suppose that’s what Elon hopes will happen with his Ex- erm I mean X-users.