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Austrian airlines leaves Xitter(poptalk.scrubbles.tech)

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Admiral Patrick@dubvee.org
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Why is this the first time I’m hearing X-it? That’s pretty good.

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cybervseas@lemmy.world
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You probably haven’t heard “X-it” because everyone still calls it Twitter.

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glimse@lemmy.world
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As far as I’m concerned, Twitter is dead and X never even existed.

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Gork@lemm.ee
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I still call it Twitter because it pisses Musk off. Not that he is on Lemmy, but principal of the matter.

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Klear@sh.itjust.works
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Source on it pissing him off?

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explodicle@sh.itjust.works
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I call it X to piss off X users so they quit. Musk doesn’t read my posts.

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AwkwardLookMonkeyPuppet@lemmy.world
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Because a marketing writer just came up with it.

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JesusTheCarpenter@feddit.uk
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Didn’t you hear about the X-odus to Bluesky?

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spechter@lemmy.ml
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Dude, you’ve failed your reading comprehension.

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i_stole_ur_taco@lemmy.ca
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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.

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Mayor Poopington@lemmy.world
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Imagine the shenanigans if a small town in Australia with a small airport was named Vienna

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Droggelbecher@lemmy.world
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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

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SkaveRat@discuss.tchncs.de
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Same the other way around. And for the Koreas

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Microw@lemm.ee
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The volume of missent mail has certainly gone down in recent years due to both communication moving online and international post adopting more precise adress systems, but 10-15 years ago you could get parcels with multiple “missent to Austria - missent to Australia” stamps on them due to some incompetent people not realizing where it should actually go.

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limelight79@lemm.ee
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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.

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Scrubbles@poptalk.scrubbles.techOP
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Autocorrect.

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YurkshireLad@lemmy.ca
28 points

When will the Musk-child sue them?

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thisisbutaname@discuss.tchncs.de
145 points

Daily reminder that the X in Xitter is pronounced ‘Shi’ like in Chinese

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alcoholicorn@lemmy.ml
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It took me 3 tries to realize she wasn’t saying “We took a moment to locate our nearest shit.”

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thisisbutaname@discuss.tchncs.de
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Well, you never really think about where the nearest shit is to you

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Tech With Jake@lemm.ee
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But i do think about where the nearest xitter (shitter) is.

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WagnasT@lemmy.world
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it might be behind you

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nimble@lemmy.blahaj.zone
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Hey speak for yourself. i think about this ALL the time when i go to the dog park

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P4ulin_Kbana@lemmy.eco.br
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She?

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alcoholicorn@lemmy.ml
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No, She is the current president, Who is the last president of China.

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pewgar_seemsimandroid@lemmy.blahaj.zone
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there’s a mastodon client by the name of shitter

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P4ulin_Kbana@lemmy.eco.br
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Maybe I should try it out… it’s not Moshidon, but it has a perfect name!

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MunkysUnkEnz0@lemmy.world
27 points

Can we start saying shxitter now?

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Scrubbles@poptalk.scrubbles.techOP
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xitter is pronounced “shitter”

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RuBisCO@slrpnk.net
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ThatWeirdGuy1001@lemmy.world
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I’ve called it zhitter since the original switch.

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