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6mo ago

Austrian airlines leaves Xitter

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Why is this the first time I'm hearing X-it? That's pretty good.
- You probably haven't heard "X-it" because everyone still calls it Twitter.
  
  I still call it Twitter because it pisses Musk off. Not that he is on Lemmy, but principal of the matter.
  
  As far as I'm concerned, Twitter is dead and X never even existed.
- Because a marketing writer just came up with it.
- Didn't you hear about the X-odus to Bluesky?

Daily reminder that the X in Xitter is pronounced 'Shi' like in Chinese
- It took me 3 tries to realize she wasn't saying "We took a moment to locate our nearest shit."
  
  Well, you never really think about where the nearest shit is to you
  
  She?
- there's a mastodon client by the name of shitter
  
  Maybe I should try it out… it's not Moshidon, but it has a perfect name!

I hope this leads to many other companies using their abandonment of Xitter as a way to dunk on them in a viral way.

When will the Musk-child sue them?

Can we start saying shxitter now?
- xitter is pronounced "shitter"
- I've called it zhitter since the original switch.

When you're too fascist for the Austrians...

#XODUS

Are they on another platform like BlueSky or Mastodon?

press X to quit.

I love how both pronunciations work here. Exit or shit.

Uh oh, someone is going to get sued!

- I would love for that to take off, that's what I've been wanting into too. Problem is they have to handle moderation, but I think there are solutions to it

Highly based

Austrian Airlines took THE flight!

Dude, you've failed your reading comprehension.
- My favourite urban legend is that there’s a special desk at the Vienna airport for people who accidentally flew to Austria instead of Australia.
  
  Not quite as fun but my mum works for postal services in Austria and there's a special stamp for mail accidentally sent to Austria instead of Australia
  
  Imagine the shenanigans if a small town in Australia with a small airport was named Vienna
  
  I went to Vienna for a conference for work in 2016. When I got back, I turned in my receipts, and the admin assistant helpfully typed up my reimbursement paperwork, carefully converting to USD from Australian dollars.
  It was at that moment that I was glad I'd made my own flight and hotel reservations.
- Autocorrect.

G’day mate! Let’s put another shrimp on the barbie!
- It's Austrian

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