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NJCher

(43,164 posts)
Mon Jul 31, 2023, 01:16 PM Jul 2023

Elon Musk Changes His Own Name to WTF

from New Yorker, July 31, Andy Borowitz:

SAN FRANCISCO (The Borowitz Report)—One week after changing Twitter’s name to X, Elon Musk has changed his own name to WTF.

Explaining the decision to reporters, he said, “Elon Musk is an O.K. name, but WTF fits me better.” “I know that people everywhere have extremely warm and positive associations with the name Elon Musk,” he added. “But, as we say at SpaceX, sometimes you have to blow things up.”

The tech magnate revealed that his new name had been chosen “in a fun contest” by employees at X headquarters. “People may have been pissed when I wouldn’t let them work from home, but one perk of coming in to the office is you get to do cool stuff like this,” he noted.

He said that the name WTF won the contest after beating back a strong challenge from the employees’ second-favorite name for him, LMFAO.

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Elon Musk Changes His Own Name to WTF (Original Post) NJCher Jul 2023 OP
Lol imaginary girl Jul 2023 #1
I wasn't sure if this was a joke - too close to reality. kysrsoze Jul 2023 #2
🤣🤣🥴 irisblue Jul 2023 #3
What happened to TFA? 58Sunliner Jul 2023 #4
"But, as we say at SpaceX, sometimes you have to blow things up." GopherGal Jul 2023 #5
That would have been the most sane thing zuul Jul 2023 #6

zuul

(14,704 posts)
6. That would have been the most sane thing
Mon Jul 31, 2023, 08:11 PM
Jul 2023

he has done in the last few years.

The *poop* emoji would have worked too. He loves using it so much it’s almost like his signature.

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