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@ooli@lemmy.world to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish • 1 year ago

Elon Musk’s ironic bot army exposed

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Elon Musk’s ironic bot army exposed

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@ooli@lemmy.world to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish • 1 year ago
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Bluesky users are roasting Elon Musk for his blue-checked bot army of fake Xitheads. Musk famously complained...
  • @paddirn@lemmy.world
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    17•1 year ago

    Is the “X” in “Xitheads” pronounced like “xzitheads” or like “jhitheads”?

    • @WaxedWookie@lemmy.world
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      15•1 year ago

      I naturally assumed zitheads or shitheads, given the standard pronunciation of ‘x’ in words…

      • @DragonTypeWyvern@literature.cafe
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        8•1 year ago

        The best part is, it all works, because it all sounds stupid!

        • @WaxedWookie@lemmy.world
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          10•1 year ago

          It all is stupid.

    • southsamurai
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      10•1 year ago

      Szhitheads

    • @Papergeist@lemmy.world
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      7•1 year ago

      I usually pronounce ‘x’ as an ‘sh’ like the native Mexican language of Nahuatl.

      • @bionicjoey@lemmy.ca
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        7•1 year ago

        Also like the X in Pinyin (eg. “Chairman Xi”)

    • @bitwaba@lemmy.world
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      3•1 year ago

      Shitheads.

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