Cassandrich

Ok new rule, products of subsidiaries of nasty tech companies get referred to by the most disreputable name in the structure, not their branding.

They're not Waymo robotaxis. They're Google robotaxis.

It's not Whole Foods Market. It's Amazon Foods Market.

It's not Meta Glasses. It's Facebook Glasses.

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Show threadCassandrichMar 3
It's not React it's Facebook Web Framework.
Show threadclang-enbyMar 3

@dalias

Reactionary Web Framework

Show threadJohn BreenMar 3

@dalias Musk Style Guide ?

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bootstrap_(front-end_framework)

Bootstrap (front-end framework) - Wikipedia

Show threadJ.V.B.Mar 3
@dalias I know it as the windows 11UI
Show threadLaurent BercotMar 3
@dalias not sure I vibe with this one. React is repulsive enough of its own accord.
Show threadCassandrichMar 3
@ska "React Social Media" 🤣
Show threadCrazypedia⍼ Mar 2
@dalias its not Github, its Microsoft CoPilot Github
Show threadFrank HeijkampMar 2
@crazypedia
#microSlop
@dalias
Show threadJanko Luin Mar 2

@crazypedia New SourceForge

EDIT: Sorry, I meant ”SourceSafe” 🫠

Show threadUwe SinhaMar 2
@crazypedia @dalias Edlin Office 365
Show threadCassandrichMar 2
@uwesinha @crazypedia I said disreputable not arcane and legendary. 😂
Show threadUwe SinhaMar 2
@dalias @crazypedia Well, I'm "Microsoft Windows – from the folks who brought you Edlin" years old... 😁
Show threadHaelwenn /элвэн/ Mar 2
@dalias So ex-epstein robotaxis^W remote-workers taxis, ex-epstein food, ex-epstein glasses, …
Show threadIrenes (many)Mar 2
@dalias yeah good plan. we've had feelings along those lines but hadn't managed to identify an explicit principle for it.
Show threadBen SmithMar 2
@dalias I’ve long dreamed of a browser extension that would do this automatically to see how all products are owned by a few companies
Show threadQuasitMar 2
@dalias
I second the motion!
Show threadjfcaronMar 2
@dalias Do it for food and it'll become clear how much stuff is just like 5 companies like Nestle/Nabisco/Kraft.
Show threadBadriMar 4
@jfcaron PepsiCo chips, anyone?

@dalias
Show threadPeter Ries 🚲🫩Mar 2

@dalias

It's not Xfinity, it's still Comcast.
It's not Atria, it's still Phillip Morris.

Show threadAsbestosMar 2
@dalias
can I just call them metadouche glasses?
or asswipe glasses?
Show threadCassandrichMar 2
@Asbestos Facebook being there is key because Facebook is so extremely uncool.
Show threadᴮᵉⁿ ᴿᵒʸᶜᵉVOTE IN THE PRIMARIESMar 2

@dalias

it's not a Hitachi BWRX-300 300 MW Small Modular Nuclear Reactor

it's a Hitachi Magic Wand BWRX-300 300 MW Small Modular Nuclear Reactor

am I doing this right?

Show threadCassandrichMar 2
@benroyce I said disreputable not legendary.
Show threadᴮᵉⁿ ᴿᵒʸᶜᵉVOTE IN THE PRIMARIESMar 2
@dalias 😂
Show threadjorikiMar 2

@dalias

and maybe an extra slang step where it becomes

Facebook Creep Goggles

Google Slop Taxi

Show threadMegan Marie HartMar 2
@dalias Trump files.
Show thread🍀March Mastodoness🍀Mar 2
@dalias It's not the "United States of America", it's the "Land Stolen from Native Americans who were subjugated to horrific ethnic cleansing, genocide, racism, and white colonization that forced their victims to refer to the land as the United States of America."
Show threadEnno RehlingMar 2
@dalias it's not Slack, it's Salesforce Chat.
Show threadCassandrichMar 2
@enno This is the kind of example that's really useful because I had no idea which slimy owner was behind Slack.
Show threadEnno RehlingMar 2
@dalias Discord better beware they don't become known as "Palantir Communities".
Show threadEnno RehlingMar 2
@dalias it's not Roundup, it's IG Farben weed killer.
Show threadRob van Kan🔻Mar 2
@dalias oh and fuck Ray-Ban, and fuck any optician who offers perv glasses.
Show threadGoodlucksilMar 2
@dalias Hasefroch Kopilot
Show threadcanleaf08✅ 加拿大葉子 🏳️‍🌈⚧️🇪🇺🍁Mar 2
@dalias It is not whatsapp messager. It is Meta Messenger
Show threadCassandrichMar 2
@canleaf Facebook. Using the name Meta they chose specifically to rebrand away from the disreputable name is exactly the thing I was rejecting.
Show threadBrian CampbellMar 2
@dalias @canleaf the problem is that there's a different app that is actually called Facebook Messenger, so it gets ambiguous at that point
Show threadCassandrichMar 2
@unlambda @canleaf Facebook Signal-clone. Or, to use the youngs' name for clones, Facebook temu-signal.
Show threadLuna Dragofelis ΘΔ🏳️‍⚧️🐱Mar 4
@unlambda @dalias @canleaf Facebook Messenger: Green Edition

(to be interpreted like Pokémon's split editions)
Show threadMaxSmitheeMar 2
@dalias true. Its THE REPUBLICANS - not DJT Pedolf #DontSayHisName
Show threadJohn BreenMar 2
@dalias Not github, but Microsoft (Microslop ?) Source Control
Show threadJohn BreenMar 2
@dalias FIFA is the Saudi Soccer League
Show threadStarkRGMar 2
@dalias Ok, but Monsanto bought the company that invented heroin and chose to abandon the Monsanto name in favor of Bayer. Monsanto's definitely worse, though.
Show threadEnola KnezevicMar 5
@StarkRG @dalias Monsanto Aspirin
Show threadEnola KnezevicMar 5
@StarkRG @dalias But historically Zyklon B Aspirin
Show threadjosh buermannMar 2

@dalias

Beezholes Food Market, Zuckerborg Glasses, Sundown Cars, Larry Failson Pictures

Show threadkitMar 4
@dalias I quite like Fashbook and Googevil as spelling forms. Never sure what to call Bezos’ monstrosity.
Show threadwitch_t *naviMar 4
@dalias and TIL that Waymo is actually owned by google

another point to why we need this
Show threadCassandrichMar 4
@navi Exactly. Not only is it owned by Google, but it's the renaming/spinoff of their early robotaxi shenanigans to break the association with their name, and I'd actually forgotten that. Remembering was my motivation for the kinda-but-not-really-shitpost. This kind of reputation laundering is exactly what we need to be vigilant about and undermine - by using the names they specifically didn't want us to use. Meta is very much the same principle.
Show thread2somethingMar 4
@dalias There's no Microsoft Windows or Microsoft Xbox: It's ChatGPT OS and ChatGPT Console.
Show threadhackilluMar 4
@dalias We gotta call it Google Waymo and Facebook React, otherwise noone understands what we mean.
Show threadJohn BreenMar 4
@hackillu @dalias Also, it's the Aramco World Cup
Show threadziviMar 10

@dalias

most disreputable name in the structure

ICE Robotaxis

ICE Foods Market

ICE Glasses

Show threadziviMar 10
@dalias buy 1 get 5 innocents murdered free