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[-] Cmot_Dibbler@lemmy.world 49 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

I'm not. Prince was awesome. He changed his name to a symbol because Warner Bros trademarked his name and wouldn't let him do what he wanted with his own music. People started calling him The Artist Formally Know as Prince. But the reason was ignored and everyone made fun of him.

Musk is an idiot and loser and shouldn't be even tangentially compared to Prince.

I much prefer to call it "10"

[-] Rakn@discuss.tchncs.de 9 points 1 year ago

This might hurt a little, but I don’t think most people today know who Prince is. I just know that he was a musician. That sentence is also a commonly used sentence in such scenarios, unrelated to one person.

[-] Buddahriffic@lemmy.world 7 points 1 year ago

Call it "no", or maybe "close button".

[-] quaddo@reddthat.com 1 points 1 year ago

"Two drunk buddies holding one another up"

[-] lemme_at_it@lemmy.world 1 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)
[-] dylpickles@lemmy.world 7 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

I think you're a little silly for assuming that directly references Prince. I wasn't even alive when all that stuff with Prince was happening and I had only heard it happened in a conversation I had with my mom when I was like 12. A conversation suddenly brought back to mind by your comment.

That's just kinda what you call something that was formerly known as something else when the something else is not well received.

[-] can@sh.itjust.works 4 points 1 year ago

It was popularized by the Prince situation whether people know that today or not.

[-] OtakuAltair@lemm.ee 2 points 1 year ago

No idea who prince except he's a musician but "the site formerly known as Twitter" sounds hilarious

[-] can@sh.itjust.works 1 points 1 year ago
[-] Cmot_Dibbler@lemmy.world 3 points 1 year ago

Aye yai yai. Yes, thank you.

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