Ken WhiteHere is how to distinguish Elon Musk’s new X.com from 1994 computer strategy gaming classic XCOM: one involves a brave struggle against freakish, hideous alien intelligence seeking to undermine world civilization with advanced technology and the other is a computer game
Karl Auerbach@Popehat And I thought that the new name would be more apt if spelled "Ex" rather than a simple 'x'.
Steve Bellovin@SteveBellovin Well, somebody, like me, has to create bad jokes to provide a low quality, high contrast ocean upon which the far better jokes can float and be perceived.
BillStewart415@billstewart415 @Popehat Yes, the Norwegian Blue is a beautiful bird.
Claude Rains@karlauerbach @Popehat It’s obvious, by now, that the ends of the “X” arms are hinged on the right?
Anyway, this is what “X” un-ironically looks like nowadays…
Karl Katzke@karlauerbach @Popehat @icymi_law no, see, it’s just a symbol for “the platform formerly known as Twitter”
Arnel Šarić Sharan 
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Good one! 😂
Good one! 😂
podkaynelives for 🌷@Popehat Elon's X.com2: War On The Chosen
Sean 🤷♂️🤷♀️🤷@Popehat This was a deep cut.
Reed's Dad@Popehat I keep getting redirected to a porn site. Maybe that the point? (Please accept my lame attempt at a joke)
My Profile@Popehat The question is, why?
Jonathan Horowitz@Popehat This xkcd is two degrees away from your post but it made me think of it anyway.
https://xkcd.com/1049/
https://xkcd.com/1049/
grouchox@Popehat har de har
Kluthulhu' XOR 1=1--@Popehat I strongly doubt the "intelligence" part of your statement
wpieper@Popehat nailed it.
Your winnings, sir.
eigenman 
@Popehat That's much better than my post which was going to be about distracting the media away from an absolutely horrendous TSLA 2nd quarter earnings report.
RodneyPetersonTalentAgency@Popehat Well when you’re the kind of idiot that repeatedly drives something into the ground it’s tough to find new ways to do it. So congratulations, Elon. You putz.
Jonathan HendryMusk calls everything X because it’s hard to type a swastika
Sean Fenian@jonhendry @Popehat I guess the rename means even Musk realizes he's completed the destruction of the Twitter brand.
Sandhu@Popehat every time I hear “X” brand I remember scourge of the internet from 1999; X10 ads *everywhere*. Makes me wonder if he was behind the company. Anyone else remember those ads? Fits Elon’s business model perfectly.
Keith D
germanio@Popehat I loved that game
Dr. Holly Walters@Popehat My theory is that Musk is just trying to hide his usage of discount porn sites by putting X on everything he owns.
@Popehat Advanced technology such as the man in a latex suit pretending to be a robot?
🇺🇦🌻@rogue_corq🌻🇺🇦@Popehat When "X Bank" was a thing, I briefly had an account, I think I got it for the free shirt at the time. Feels like an eternity ago.
But I've also played XCOM, and the metaphor is entirely apt!
@Popehat This perma-death sucks.
Jon_Ostrove
Zoomer Antimillenarian@Popehat BTW Ken have you tried Terra Invicta yet?
@Popehat The factions in Terra Invicta would all make *amazing* clients.
Anti-Alien Death Squad
UFO Prosperity Gospel Cult
Gulf State Rocket Bros
Psychopathic Financier Polycule
UNHRC Quislings
Rogue Ex-Mil Resistance Cell
Academics, but with guns
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It's an ex-parrot.
It's an ex-parrot.
Greg@Popehat Which is Elon? X.com: Terror from the Deep, X.com: Apocalypse, etc.
Blinxeto@Popehat 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣👏👏👏👏
Phil Rees@Popehat One was in Humble, the other's a brag.
VulcanTourist [MOVED]Just to head off people drawing the wrong conclusions, autistic people are neither alien nor freakish and hideous, though they often are abnormally intelligent.
What makes Elon Musk freakish and hideous is his selfishness and greed.
Arthur Bright@Popehat One is fun. The other used to be Twitter.
Mikeytsi