• The Cuuuuube@beehaw.org
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    11 months ago

    And it’s true. X stopped being edgy and cool around when Nü Metal hit the scene. Elon Wants to be edgy and cool, but unfortunately he’s a 52 year old white supremacist transphobe with more money than anyone has any right to have that he pretends to do useful things with instead of actually doing useful things, and the walking embodiment of divorce. He’s probably the least cool, most edgeless, person to walk the earth.

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      11 months ago

      “Pretends to do useful things instead of actually doing useful things” is a great line. But I would add that he pretends to do useful things so he can get richer and have more influence.

      Why solve problems when you can instead make money from them.

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      11 months ago

      I guess I should start referring to Twitter as “Mathematical double-struck capital X”

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      11 months ago

      I just watched this in my brain and now I want to watch it again. Totally x-treme!

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    11 months ago

    Fun fact! The haXe programming language was named as such in 2005 because it was short, simple, and “has an X inside”, which the author asserts humorously is needed to make any new technology a success.

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    11 months ago

    I would say the next hot letter was “i” even if it didn’t have quite the longevity as X

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    11 months ago

    “What once was a symbol of subversion has been thoroughly assimilated by the mass market.” 🧑‍🍳😽

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    11 months ago

    B̶̢̙͎͉̯̺̳̪̳̺̘̓ͅǘ̶̧̝̮̝̫̯̭͚̘̹̃͗͗͒̅̕t̸͕̤͔͖̮̩̬͙̒͌̂̀̀̾͑͋͆͛̐̌̓̈́͊́̆ ̴̧̝̳̹͔̘̟̖̝̖̝̏̀̀̄̓̎͋͗̊͛͆͊̔̚̚ͅͅẗ̶̲͕̱̦̙͌̏͆͋͊̔̊̓̅̔̆̚̕̕͘h̸̨̡̨̡̠͇͕̬͕̬̠̙͇̹͉̞͛̍̈̓͌̋̅̒͛̆̂͐̋̚͜͝e̷̞̰͇̖̭͕͒́̉̓̓̏ͅy̶͕̰͎͓͍̬̪̟̐͂̓̈͌͒̓̒̋͜ ̸͎̤̦̯͍̳̩̜͚̭͗͌̊͒̍͆͌͂̈́́͗́̔̐͑̔͠w̷̧̛̹̫̼̗͈̼̰̳̆̍́̐̉̊̒̽̕̕͘͘͝é̵̜̻̳̎ŗ̷̨̨͉͎͍͚̬̣̤̻̩̥͉̯͗̇͌̍̍̌̆͗̀̊ȅ̶͖͕̤̰͉͙̣͒͊̂,̶̜̹̙͔̅̋̽̊́̎̌͐̑̊͛͘ ̷̨͓̞̰͎͚͔̿͒̍̍̇̈̂͆͆̏̀̊̄̉͜͝ǎ̸̧͖̝̠̰͔̤̣̙̰͍̜̝͙̊̈́͘͜l̸̰͓̫͉̪̪̩̦͎͚̍͋̇́̾̌̈́̐̉̈́̌͂͌̄̀͐̚ͅl̵̨̼̰̱̣̤̮͖̑̉ ̵̨̢̜̮̘͎̮͚̯͓͖̣͎̠̜͗̔͘ǫ̵̧̫̩̠͓̜̯̹̱̂̐̚f̸̨̢̻̼̰̝̥̠̰̙̼̤͓̻̹̳͚̎̀̀͋̀͠ ̷̨͕͕̬̹̟̮̝͔̯̫̞̬̜̭̜͝t̷̢͖͉͖͔̝͇̩̯̥̫͙͓̠͛̄͂͌̿͑̇͒͋̀̒͆͝͝ͅͅh̴̨̠̪͔̙͂̆͊̾̋̑͊̿ê̵̝͋̏̎͝ṁ̶̦͎͕̥͈̱̝̜̱͋͜͝,̴̜͋̅̕͠ ̶̛͖̥̳̼̪̫̝͖͚̦̍́̂̍̒̈̾̓͝͝ͅḑ̵̯̼̰͔̝̦̝͆̾͐̅͋͑́̎͜͝ͅe̴͔̫̺̊͒͑͆͆̓̎̔̈́̚̕͜͝ć̸̢̠̪͕̦͈̞͎̫̞̽̓͌ē̸̢̫̘̬̳̜̯͚͈̙̩̖̹̏́͘i̷̥̼͋̕v̵̬̟̣̙̪̠͈̬͍̀̅̽̆͒́̔̀̓̚͜͠e̶̮̻̣̯͂̒̃͑̊̈́̈́͊̄̈́ď̴̨̧̳͎̜͈̼̼̘̭͍̰̩̀̌̆̿̈͊̋̓̆͐̕,̵̜͉͋͑͊͋̐̆̔̏̂̒̿̒̓̈́̚͠͝ ̸̛̖̱̊͒͌̈̿̓̍͌̀̇̚f̴̫̫̫̦̼̮̯̜̘͉̝͋̇̇̏̎̂̈́̓͐̉̄̊̆̇̐̚͝o̴̱̠͔̭͇̯̲̫̟͔͖̬͕͎̎̏͋̒̐͛́͐͆̌̓̿͘͘r̶̻̾͒̈̽͐̉͆̿̄͘͘ ̷̻̦͈̞̤̠̫͈̗͍̪̺̜̆͑̍̃̔̎͊̂̽͐̃͝͝a̸̧̨͍͓̤͚̺̟̤̟̓̀͋̆͆̀̆̏̅̓̿͋̐̌̌̓͝n̶̜̝̮͇͑̇̅̈́͋̓̅̾͆̌͆̑͠ö̷̧̡̤̦̦͕͙̅̇̓̎̊̓t̶͎͔̪̘̩͛̿̏͆̈́̀̒͑̓̊̇͌ḫ̷̛̛͚͖̮͙̈́̓͋͊̈́̎̊͌͆̕͘͠ě̷̢̨̛͓̞̜̘̝̄̈͐̾͝ŗ̶̛̛̭͉̺̰͖͕͕̔̑̔̂͋͘͜ ̸̧̢̡̢̧̡̯͙̖̹̠̦̺͖̭̓̽͐͗̂̽̌͋̀̂̆̈͛́́̇l̸͈̣̝̣̘̔̎͂̿̃͠͝ĕ̵̡̨͍̲͉͕͇̤͔̩̳̘͛͒́̋̂̇͋t̴͙̤̙͉͔̠̹̦̤̯̝̻̅́̈͛̂͂̎̀̏̎̍̾̕t̶̡̳͇͚̜̯̰̥̺̰̯̗̥͐͜ͅͅȩ̵͓̘̤͓̮͚̀͐͆͋́͋͘ŕ̴̻̰͎͍̥͇̮̘͚̖͓̖͇̯̙̅͛̅̇͠͠ ̶̢̗̼̱̘̞̙͋͑̃̎̀̿͝w̴̢̨̨͕̜͉̰͖͋̈́̑̓̋̆͐̊̿̅͐̀̅̒̕͝ạ̷͔̝͎̺̘̲͓̱͈̎ŝ̴̻̭͎̰̞̞͇͈̲̙͍̿̌̒̈̊̾͆̒́͠͝ ̸̫͍͕͖͕̩̮̲̮͐̑͒̇̅̈͗͛̓͛̒m̶̪̺͍̤͚͖̬͗̔ä̴̢͎͌̏͗̑d̶͍̰̤͓͖͎̩̩͐e̶̛̛̛̬̙̱̭̙͈̣̲͉͔̙̠̬͑͗̍͛̄͐̇͒̏̇͑͒̚.̷͔͕̰̺̺̞̦͚̙̫͙͕̓ͅ