Time to never use it again.

  • @[email protected]
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    58 months ago

    It’s a joke based on what Prince was referred to as, in the '90s and '00s. He changed his name to some crazy symbol that no one knew how to pronounce, and he wouldn’t clarify, so the media just referred to him as, “the artist formerly known as Prince.”

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      38 months ago

      Ahhh, I know the reference, I didn’t catch on that’s the angle you were going for. Nicely done.

    • dual_sport_dork 🐧🗡️
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      38 months ago

      …And it’s speculated that the reason he did so was to get out of a record label contract with Warner Bros. For his part, it was deliberately unpronounceable.

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      8 months ago

      You missed the real joke.

      “So Twitter.” is a way of saying “Fuck Elon, stil gonna call it Twitter.” ;)

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        38 months ago

        Seems, based on the other commenter’s reply that we whooshed each other. Lol. Thanks for the clarification!