Simon NewberyJul 4, 2023
HappyToast

"and you've researched the name and it has no bad connotations at all, especially for people in the UK?"

"er, sure, no, none at all Mark"

"Ok, let's launch it!"

Jul 4, 2023 at 6:00amWeb
Show threadAngelM16Jul 4, 2023
@IamHappyToast So glad I'm not the only one who thought this!
Show threadPhil ReesJul 4, 2023

@Angelm16 @IamHappyToast I'm still sniggering at the Meta Data thing.

https://mashable.com/article/mark-zuckerberg-data-star-trek

Someone Photoshopped Mark Zuckerberg as Data from 'Star Trek' and it's incredible

Wow.

Mashable
Show threadyezzerJul 4, 2023
@IamHappyToast it's definitely triggering something in 40+ Brits
Show threadKevin Teljeur ❄️Jul 4, 2023
@IamHappyToast Also, no-one has thought of this before:
Show threadHappyToastJul 4, 2023
@kevinteljeur Perhaps they bought it up and rebranded?
Show threadKevin Teljeur ❄️Jul 4, 2023
@IamHappyToast Haha, I wonder if someone had some inside knowledge and fired something up, anything, so they’d have to get bought out. App squatting.
Show threadNick Kocharhook 🇺🇦💪🏼Jul 4, 2023
@IamHappyToast @spacehobo Hadn’t run across this one. For those who are wondering, Threads was a 1983 TV movie about the aftermath of a nuclear strike on Sheffield. https://www.bbc.com/culture/article/20190925-was-threads-the-scariest-tv-show-ever-made
Was Threads the scariest TV show ever made?

This week marks the 35th anniversary of the TV premiere of the British nuclear war drama – which was dubbed “the night the country didn’t sleep”. It remains brutal – but essential – viewing, writes Ross Davies.

BBC
Show threadSpace HoboJul 4, 2023
@k9 @IamHappyToast Oh yeah, it was grim. Far more terrifying than The Day After, and it continues on to show what life is like a decade or two after the war.
Show threadGJ Groothedde 🇪🇺Jul 4, 2023
@IamHappyToast Indeed, indeed.
Show threadSidherianJul 4, 2023
@IamHappyToast @Detr1tu5 having seen this movie it’s exactly what I thought of as well.
Show threadUrsidinoj/The BjornsdottirsJul 4, 2023
@IamHappyToast wouldn't it be more like Threads the nuclear war drama?
Show threadAndyJul 4, 2023
@IamHappyToast Yep, my first thought was of the film Threads too. That’s the sort of film you never forget.
Show threadNeven FalicaJul 4, 2023
@IamHappyToast Every time I see that name I wince, not the best choice of the name. 😬
Show threadCalvin ParsonsJul 4, 2023
@IamHappyToast Exactly what I thought about when I heard the name. God that film disturbed me.
Show threadJack Yan (甄爵恩)Jul 4, 2023
@IamHappyToast I wonder what the take-up in Sheffieldʼs going to be like.
Show threadJaffa’s MamaJul 4, 2023
@IamHappyToast Yikes!
Show threadTim GentJul 4, 2023
@IamHappyToast tempted to sign up to get this trending on the first day.
Show threadGlennJul 4, 2023
@IamHappyToast Could you explain to this ignorant American?
Show thread Kale Jul 4, 2023
@glennsills @IamHappyToast it's the name of a (apparently) generationally traumatising tv show shown to kids as a 'nuclear war is very bad' effort.
Show threadMike SmaleJul 4, 2023
@IamHappyToast So when there's the inevitable mass data breach, is that Attack Warning Red?
Show threadChristian Berger DECT 2763Jul 4, 2023
@IamHappyToast For the people outside the UK. Threads is a pseudo documentary about what happens right after a nuclear strike on the UK. You see a society falling apart in great detail. It's not a light-hearted as "When the Wind Blows" if you know that.
Show threadAlan Miller  🇺🇦Jul 6, 2023

@IamHappyToast oof, never heard of it before but after reading it feels like a comparable American impact would be naming a new social media service "Roots"

Because it's all about families you see.