← Back to context Comment by Reason077 11 hours ago Twitter -> XSame playbook. 7 comments Reason077 Reply delecti 11 hours ago I don't want to defend Musk, but renaming a thing you own is a far cry from renaming geography.(And on that spectrum, DoD > Department of War is somewhere in the middle) gumby 10 hours ago Since he deadnames his own child, I’m happy to deadname his business. theflyingelvis 8 hours ago In English? 1 reply → theflyingelvis 11 hours ago Apple Computer -> AppleGoogle -> AlphabetFacebook -> Meta Reason077 10 hours ago Each of these cases makes sense, though, because the scope of the wider companies had expanded well beyond their original product.Unlike “Lake America” or “X”, they weren’t renamed just because of ego or out of spite. 1718627440 10 hours ago I think that is different, alone because the companies still call it "Google" and "Facebook" themself.
delecti 11 hours ago I don't want to defend Musk, but renaming a thing you own is a far cry from renaming geography.(And on that spectrum, DoD > Department of War is somewhere in the middle) gumby 10 hours ago Since he deadnames his own child, I’m happy to deadname his business. theflyingelvis 8 hours ago In English? 1 reply →
gumby 10 hours ago Since he deadnames his own child, I’m happy to deadname his business. theflyingelvis 8 hours ago In English? 1 reply →
theflyingelvis 11 hours ago Apple Computer -> AppleGoogle -> AlphabetFacebook -> Meta Reason077 10 hours ago Each of these cases makes sense, though, because the scope of the wider companies had expanded well beyond their original product.Unlike “Lake America” or “X”, they weren’t renamed just because of ego or out of spite. 1718627440 10 hours ago I think that is different, alone because the companies still call it "Google" and "Facebook" themself.
Reason077 10 hours ago Each of these cases makes sense, though, because the scope of the wider companies had expanded well beyond their original product.Unlike “Lake America” or “X”, they weren’t renamed just because of ego or out of spite.
1718627440 10 hours ago I think that is different, alone because the companies still call it "Google" and "Facebook" themself.
I don't want to defend Musk, but renaming a thing you own is a far cry from renaming geography.
(And on that spectrum, DoD > Department of War is somewhere in the middle)
Since he deadnames his own child, I’m happy to deadname his business.
In English?
1 reply →
Apple Computer -> Apple
Google -> Alphabet
Facebook -> Meta
Each of these cases makes sense, though, because the scope of the wider companies had expanded well beyond their original product.
Unlike “Lake America” or “X”, they weren’t renamed just because of ego or out of spite.
I think that is different, alone because the companies still call it "Google" and "Facebook" themself.