Microblog Memes @lemmy.world Scrubbles @poptalk.scrubbles.tech 3d ago

Austrian airlines leaves Xitter

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Austrian Airlines took THE flight!
press X to quit.
I love how both pronunciations work here. Exit or shit.
Uh oh, someone is going to get sued!
rambling about selfhosting

I saw someone suggesting that organizations should host instances, then I'm now thinking, that's the most smart shit ever!

You can control your data

Own rules so you don't get banned over random shit

Third pro

of course there would be some work to host and mantain it, but it would surely be hella nice to have goverments and etc doing this stuff
- 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
Why is this the first time I'm hearing X-it? That's pretty good.
- Didn't you hear about the X-odus to Bluesky?
- Because a marketing writer just came up with it.
- 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.
Daily reminder that the X in Xitter is pronounced 'Shi' like in Chinese
- 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!
- It took me 3 tries to realize she wasn't saying "We took a moment to locate our nearest shit."
  
  She?
  
  Well, you never really think about where the nearest shit is to you
G’day mate! Let’s put another shrimp on the barbie!
- It's Austrian
  
  Oh, sorry...
  
  Buen dia senor! Mi aerodeslizador esta lleno de anguilas!
When you're too fascist for the Austrians...
#XODUS
I hope this leads to many other companies using their abandonment of Xitter as a way to dunk on them in a viral way.
Can we start saying shxitter now?
- xitter is pronounced "shitter"
- I've called it zhitter since the original switch.
When will the Musk-child sue them?
Are they on another platform like BlueSky or Mastodon?
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.
  
  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.
  
  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
- Autocorrect.

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