Showerthoughts

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A "Showerthought" is a simple term used to describe the thoughts that pop into your head while you're doing everyday things like taking a shower, driving, or just daydreaming. The best ones are thoughts that many people can relate to and they find something funny or interesting in regular stuff.

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People, please, it's "ex-twitter" (lemmy.ml)

submitted 9 months ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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I still don't get how - with such a perfect tee-up - we settled on "X, the platform formerly known as Twitter".

Besides, imagining Musks reaction to this tickles me slightly.

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[–] [email protected] 13 points 9 months ago* (last edited 9 months ago) (1 children)

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

[–] [email protected] 5 points 9 months ago

The trouble with that is that it shows a certain amount of respect