So, #Twitter will become 'X'.
As edgy and as cool as a 12 year old using their $900 Parker fountain pen to scribble an anarchy symbol on their Latin textbook in the library of their exclusive private school.
"We've made 'Coca Cola' a household name. Everyone on the planet knows it. How do we best protect & build on such a brand identity?"
Elon: "Change the company name to 'Spud,' insult consumers of fizzy drinks, stop making drinks altogether, then sell horseshoes for hamsters"
"We've made 'Apple' a household name. Everyone on the planet knows it. How do we best protect & build on such a brand identity?"
Elon: "Change the name to 'Shit Carrots,' launch an ad campaign with the slogan 'Shit Carrots are better than tech,' stop developing tech, then sell shit carrots instead"
@Richard_Littler he’s a business genius though 🙄

@Richard_Littler It's like Eddie Lampert, the guy who bought Sears:

Lampert: What brands do we have that everybody knows and respects?

Sears old-timers: Well, Craftsman tools and Kenmore Appliances, to name two.

Lampert: Sell those fuckers!

https://www.investopedia.com/news/downfall-of-sears/

Who Killed Sears? Fifty Years on the Road to Ruin

The struggling retailer has filed for bankruptcy.

Investopedia
@Richard_Littler You may well laugh your ass off at Musk's 1990 idea of what sounds cool because it is, well, funny as Hell
Someone needs to draw the Twitter bird a la Liefeld now
@Richard_Littler At what point do they invite neo-nazis to be the public face of Coke drinkers?
@Richard_Littler @SimonLandmine Hey now, at least he didn’t choose “New Twitter” hahaha. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/New_Coke
New Coke - Wikipedia

@Richard_Littler Yeah! Move fast and break things. 🤪 😮
@Richard_Littler Or a rising Tory star doing coke off a signed and framed portrait of Cameron.

@Richard_Littler

Wasn't X Corp the villain in Streets of Rage 2?

We are living in a 90's action movie timeline and I hate it

@schnoots @Richard_Littler "X Corp" is also another of Disney-Marvel's trademarks because of the X-Men franchise.

I fully expect Disney's legal department to have words with His Sinkness about this. Soon.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/X-Corporation

X-Corporation - Wikipedia

@Richard_Littler will we be posting a Xeet while using Xitter?

(I'm assuming the X is pronounced with a 'sh' sound)

@Richard_Littler

X as in cancelled?

X as in wrong?

X as in "used to be"?

"Window System"?

@Richard_Littler I will not stand for people speaking disdainfully about #fountainpens. You, sir, have transgressed the unwritten law!
@Richard_Littler I hope X-Org issue a cease and desist order
@Richard_Littler Personally, I really appreciate the fact he's committed to having a $44bn breakdown in ultra slow-motion. It makes it much easier to catch every nuance of his, ahem, 'genius' at work.