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Re:Twitter’s Rebrand to X Could Be a Trademark Nightmare Tha... by the_optimist on Tuesday July 25, 2023 @01:57PM (#36866564)
One must recognize that virtually every human action can be hyperbolically represented. That hyperbole will resonant with some people on its surface. Others, from a perspective of experience, knowledge, priorities: they will add a tolerance. Some will add a lot. Personally, none of what you’ve mentioned even causes me to pause. This is massively subject to information bias and philosophy. Some things are “ho-hum,” others are not.

But the approach of “I will speak for all of us and take the liberty of summarizing and manufacturing a consensus” is too far. I object. I bet the needle has barely moved, and if it has that’s largely because the media is flooding the zone on normies who never really cared anyway.

Re:Twitter’s Rebrand to X Could Be a Trademark Nightmare Tha... by JuanPosadas on Wednesday July 26, 2023 @01:52PM (#36881934)
Normal people: "Musk, please stop all this weird twitter stuff about calling cave divers pedos and wasting resources on makeshift submarines. We really like the vision behind Tesla and SpaceX and want our cool scifi CEO back!"

Musk Fanboys: "One must recognize that virtually every human action [...]"

Re:Twitter’s Rebrand to X Could Be a Trademark Nightmare Tha... by the_optimist on Thursday July 27, 2023 @09:30PM (#36902195)
If your normal is buzzfeed, boingboing, CNN, and Reddit politics, and false emerald mine innuendo, just accept that you’ve given up in life.
Re:Twitter’s Rebrand to X Could Be a Trademark Nightmare Tha... by JuanPosadas on Saturday July 29, 2023 @12:13PM (#36921648)
I feel like you could probably do a better baseless ad hominem than "you probably watch the news and goto websites".