Fuck Elon Musk, but this is one of Jim's worst moments in that show. If someone comes back from an extended therapy program with a set of tools and techniques they are using to solidify and remind themselves of the changes they have made to themselves and their lives, and one of them is as simple as asking you to use the other half of their legal name as their short form moniker, you have to be a an asshole not to do so. So yeah, call Musky's new sinking ship whatever you want, but don't be Jim Halpert about it, because Drew never crossed the line in anger again. /rantover
I always felt like Jim was a dick here. But I agree in this context.
Jim is a dick in most of the office
He thinks he’s better than everyone he works with and really only treats people decently when he wants something
I love the Office and will say Jim is just a dick in general.
I posted a whole rant about this before I saw your comment. Suffice to say, I entirely agree. It's one of his worst moments. What an asshole.
If you want Musk to fail, use the name that has less brand recognition and lower brand trust.
The Twitter brand was literally the most valuable part of that company. When people hear “X” they are MUCH more inclined to either
- not recognize the brand name
- focus on the fact that the product has changed significantly (for the worse)
Call it X.
You forgot option #3: Think it's some porn site.
I never used twitter but when I saw some site named X my first thoughts were "Why is a porn site suddenly so popular?"
Imma going to go with “Y” from now on
thats the name of his daughter with claire (grimes) too lol
But... WHY would you call it that?
I'm going to call it "eggs". A tweet is now an "egg" and tweeting is "egging".
it is ALWAYS ok to deadname a company
This is just so Elon Turd can say he didn't ruin twitter, right?
Well, this just adds to the list of how he ruined twitter.
I've been calling it Xitter, sounds like zitter. Gotta call it something, not the dumb thing he made up.
Shitter
Nope this is name is already taken:
No, you don't understand;
I paid the fees and everything.ᴋ.
Jim looks like Potato Head
“X. I go by X now.”
Nah. Gonna call you S. Stands for Shit.
Angry X'ing
So I have a younger, semi-autistic relative that wants to be called "Kalcifer." To be it seemed absolutely stupid, and I refused, but I was nice about it. But I've heard of other people wanting the same thing. Can someone explain this to a Millennial please?
Why not call someone what they want to be called? It ain't new. Just like it's polite to ask someone "can I call you x" or "do you prefer x or y" when you start to call someone a nickname or more personal name, someone can ask to be called x, and it's polite to do so. Names are arbitrary things, but at the same time often deeply meaningful to people.
My guess is that Kalcifer sounds cooler than their birth name? I think it sounds cool at least.
Calcifer is the fire demon from Howl's Moving Castle - I'd guess it's a reference to that?
I'm a millennial and changed my name. I don't know why your relative wants to be called something new. There are thousands of possible reasons. You could ask them directly. If they're autistic, there's a very good chance they'll be happy to tell you their thought process in direct and concrete terms. You could also attempt to compromise by calling them "Cal" which is a more normal name. Denying them without understanding is pretty much the worst move >_>
They might be trans and this is their first foray into explaining how they want to identify. Autism and gender issue have a huge co-diagnosis.
They played too much WoW.
No, but seriously, calling people whatever they like is OK. As another Millenial, at least in my corner, we all had some kind of nicks and they came to real life. I have a lot of friends who still go by their nicknames from decades ago. I also changed my own name a little and am currently almost exclusively known by that name. I don't go around telling people why but my name is connected to trauma quite strongly. I can even go further in my family history to have an example of how people have been doing that always. My grandma was called by two names. She moved to the city and decided to go by another name. I was a little bit confused as a kid when my great-aunt called and asked her by a name I had never heard before. I might understand not calling someone something offensive, but Kalcifer is quite mild. In the end, it doesn't hurt anyone and is a tool for building your identity.
I won't even name it like this in my launcher, Twitter Delta icon + Twitter label lol.
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