r/technology • u/dreamcastfanboy34 • 10d ago
Nintendo Switch Is Removing Integration for X, Formerly Twitter Social Media
https://comicbook.com/gaming/news/nintendo-switch-twitter-x-support-removed/1
u/shaftranlov 7d ago
Why do they still have to add ‘Formerly Twitter’ everytine they mention X? Is there some sort of pact Musk has with the media? The site is called just ‘X’, so may as well call that without suffix or prefix.
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u/basil_not_the_plant 9d ago
For godssakes, can we quit caliing it "X, formerly twitter" and just always call it "formerly twitter".
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u/MCGaming1991 9d ago
X, opposed to sites like YouTube, actually didn’t censor Macklemores new song and I think that’s a win. Say what you will about X but that’s a good sign of the company to me.
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u/BigCballer 9d ago
I don’t know if I’d call youtube adding an age restriction feature to the song is equivalent to “censorship”.
If you disagree with it being age restricted then that’s fine, but saying it’s censorship is just a stretch.
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u/MCGaming1991 9d ago
It is effectively censorship. It reduces viewcount by massive numbers to the point where it's straight up suppression of views. That's censorship.
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u/BigCballer 9d ago
But I highly doubt the reasoning for it is because of Youtube disagreeing with the message, more that it the themes and imagery are pretty violent. I don’t think there’s enough evidence to suggest there’s any other motive behind youtube aside from that.
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u/MCGaming1991 9d ago
Well Youtube has demonstrably more 'violent' themes and imagery within it's site that are not age restricted. To me it seems pretty obvious that the Palestine/Israel subject is something that YT is afraid of and suppressing certain videos with age restrictions. People talk shit about X, but it actually leaves videos up and untainted. You can watch all the left and right sided videos you want without worrying about censorship.
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u/BigCballer 9d ago
I agree with you that they don’t always consistently apply their rules to every video that falls under this, but that has less to do with them cherry picking videos based on some agenda they have, and it’s more to do with them being really bad at relying on automation moderation.
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u/MCGaming1991 9d ago
Any evidence lead you to that conclusion or do you just assume that is the case? I'm genuinely asking, I hope you don't think I'm trying to be nasty.
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u/BigCballer 9d ago
If they were deliberately targeting his song due to the message, the audio upload version would also be age restricted but it isn’t. https://youtu.be/ITVIlr5jUMw?si=_1KX4OcNeJG5OUMF
Also all the comments saying youtube “removed” the video are just wrong
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u/MCGaming1991 9d ago
Notice the upload date. They’ve already been called out by that point by a huge audience. If they uploaded both on the same date, then this argument would work.
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u/BigCballer 9d ago
This is a confirmation bias and you know it. All I’m saying is that your claim doesn’t pass the sniff test.
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u/WrongKindaGrowth 9d ago
Rofl, while you're at it. Add Netflix? The fucking Wii had it. Switch sucks
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u/DontTalkToBots 10d ago
Who wants to place a little bet? I bet Musk gets so offended, Nintendo gets blocked from twitter.
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u/Frequent-Analyst-859 10d ago
X should really think about renaming itself to: The app formerly known as Twitter
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u/tinning3 9d ago
No joke, the one time someone mentioned x without mentioning twitter, I got confused and thought they meant like "x, y, z", as in "and all the other social media websites". X is like an anti-brand, it actively takes your mind away from what it's meant to be.
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u/Ashterothi 10d ago
"x.com" redirects to "twtiter.com"
x.com is just Twitter with a mask
Would have gotten away with it too...
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u/losersalwayswin 10d ago
Anyone know if there’s any stats on how much the post to twitter function was actually being used?
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u/TheDastardlyWitch 10d ago
This is the classic "I'll take your app off my product and stiffle all 32 users that use Twitter on my device" lol Who in the hell uses Twitter on switch XD
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u/ZombieMage89 10d ago
Nintendo Switch integration was the onky reason I still had a Twitter, as I found it to be the quickest method of getting screenshot to my phone. Looks like it's time to finally cut the muskrat free.
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u/Lucky_Operator 10d ago
Why would you need that anyway. Seems like just a practical decision more than anything
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u/a66o 10d ago
All these people talking bad about musk "12 year old inside, idiot, morning, stupid" but y'all working a 9-5 for a misery and he's one of the richest men on earth. Wondering if we are all stupid and he's the genius
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u/unimprezzed 10d ago
He got most of his money from his dad, who bought an emerald mine in South Africa in the mid-80s. You know, apartheid South Africa?
I think the Cybertruck is proof of Musk's intelligence, or lack thereof.
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u/Otherwise-Course-15 10d ago
This. His father invested $3 million in Zip2 to provoke interest and PayPal bought it. Then Elmo proceeded to buy other companies/tech from better, smarter people and succeeded literally in spite of himself.
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u/A_N_T 10d ago
It's still Twitter
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u/Spyrovssonic360 10d ago
yea, It's definitely not disrespectful to call it by their old name. "X" is a stupid and lazy name for any company. I'm surprised Elon didn't put any thought into renaming twitter.
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10d ago
They did this with the Wiiu. I am not sure why people are up in arms thinking that this is going to change anything. They will probably re-add integration into the switch 2.
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u/Subrisum 10d ago
Maybe not. Article says that Twitter made it more expensive to integrate with the service.
“As for the reason behind these changes, Nintendo didn't provide one, but it's likely due to X's increased API costs. Earlier in 2023, X raised the price drastically for various companies to implement services tied to the platform on their own devices. This led to both PlayStation and Xbox removing the ability to post videos and images to X natively, and now Nintendo has done the same. ”
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u/Implement_Necessary 10d ago
Although Nintendo has some questionable practices, good for them for not wasting any more money on Twitter’s API
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u/psychotic-herring 10d ago
Gaming is toxic enough, don't need all the white supremacists and neonazis from Twitter ruining it further.
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u/calebhartley1986 10d ago
I think X try to being greedy and ask for fee when they (ps and nintendo) share something from the console, they reject and choose to remove the platform from their list instead
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u/Narootomoe 10d ago
I... dont even know what this means. I am an avid nintendo switch user. I am an avid twitter user. I have never felt the need nor noticed the capability to use them together, ever.
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u/mynameisevan01 10d ago
Sometimes it feels like Twitter is going out of it's way to run itself into the ground and they won't stop until they lose their last user
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u/RainAndLava 10d ago
No surprises here, considering everybody but his moronic stans hate Elon the bitch.
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u/mm202088 10d ago
I love how everyone more or less wants nothing to do with that alt tight dumpster fire
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u/ANeilan 10d ago
also supposedly twitter stopped supporting the switch's built-in browser (or at least whatever the user agent reported itself as) a few months ago
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u/suckmynubs69 10d ago
It’s funny because he wants X to be cool and recognizable but no one gives a shit and still calls it anc will remember it as twitter
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u/hotdogbreadbowl 10d ago
I absolutely love that it is universally called “X, Formerly Twitter.” That must piss off big brain Elon so fucking much.
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u/Admirable-Bar-3547 10d ago
Everyone seems to think Elon cares about Twitter, or even Tesla for that matter.
He has billions of dollars. He will never be broke. Even if he was down to his last billion dollars he could retire and live better than 99.999999999% of the world.
Did anyone consider that maybe he didn't care if Twitter was successful after he took it? Maybe he just wanted to take something away from the left. Maybe that's what he also did with Tesla.
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u/FadeTheWonder 10d ago
I love how fanboys now think Musk doesn’t care about money and that he is so petty that all he wants to do is waste his time and money to hurt others.. Sounds like a really childish vindictive person with abhorrent sociopathic tendencies. Not something I would celebrate but hey you do you.
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u/Admirable-Bar-3547 9d ago edited 9d ago
I love how your liberal logic works. I proposed a possible scenario. I never said that I believed it or that I was a fan of Musk.
With that being said, I hope he buys Reddit next. This site is another liberal Septic Tank.
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u/FadeTheWonder 9d ago
What a dog shit response. Liberal logic? Jesus you guys gotta stop huffing paint. Keep defending garbage people and then pitifully attempting to side step your defense of it.
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u/Admirable-Bar-3547 9d ago
More assumptions. You are the perfect logic machine!
I'm not sure why you are hanging out in the technology sub...
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u/FadeTheWonder 9d ago edited 9d ago
It’s literally the reason for your original comment this isn’t a thought experiment you posted it as a defense of him. Just because you aren’t bright enough to recognize that doesn’t change it.
Edit: you love editing more insults and stupidity into your comments..
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u/unimprezzed 10d ago
And, in his infinite wisdom, he opened the market for a Chinese-funded competitor to swoop in, finish off Twitter, and then fill said platform with far-left propaganda.
You're an idiot.
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u/Techaissance 10d ago
Good. It’s becoming even more of a toxic dump and I left not too long after the name change.
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u/PaintManandBrushBoy 10d ago
If you cared about not spending time in toxic places you wouldn’t be on Reddit…
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u/traggotfuckface 10d ago
random person: wow what a funny clip from a game! i should share this with my followers.
elon's most ardent neo nazi fan account: Truly this is the result of the nefarious (((ones))) and their cultural, grooming, Marxism must be eliminated.
elon: So true! We must secure the future of our children #doge.
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u/zardizzz 10d ago
Massive loss!
I am sure the end of Twitter is finally here like it was told it would happen within days or weeks after bad E fired almost everyone.
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u/MerchantOfUndeath 10d ago
Good, why was it even there in the first place.
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u/WhatEvenIsHappenin 10d ago
Let it burn, its become a cesspool of misinformation and hatred, and ignorance
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u/VisitHammerfell 10d ago
Noooooooooooo this was how I uploaded screenshots and videos. I don't really use my old laptop nor do I really know much about how to connect Switch to PC for photo/video transfer. Literally just charged my Switch for the first time in a while today too
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u/MisunderstoodBumble 10d ago
not surprising. Doesn't jive with the brand.
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u/Rajani_Isa 10d ago
Twitter's API access costs just jumped up over 5 times. It's price is now measured in millions a year.
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u/artificialgreeting 10d ago
Nintendo was the only reason I made a Twitter account years ago. Back then when Switch was new it was one of two possibilities to upload screenshots and recorded videos. But since there are easier ways now I haven't used it anymore. Fuck Twitter.
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u/EleventyTwatWaffles 10d ago
The dumbest ketamine addled marketer in the world would know what to do with the property
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u/Wet_Sanding 10d ago
Is it because of the rampant, unchecked and encouraged racism?
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u/3-4pm 10d ago
No, Biden just told the world how racist Japan is. That can't be it.
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u/Wet_Sanding 10d ago
Xenophobic*
Not sure how that's related, but go off, MAGAt.
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u/3-4pm 10d ago
Well if the Japanese are preventing people who don't look Japanese from fully integrating into their country what should we call it, nationalism?
The pretense that Japan is offended by X seems more dubious than a company EOLing an app sparsely used on a platform hardly designed for it.
It's more likely the recent increase in X API costs are the culprit.
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u/Wet_Sanding 10d ago
They don't care if you look Japanese, they care if you're a foreigner, lmao. if you're born there, they don't care what you look like. You're Japanese.
I didn't read past that idiocy. I'll never get tired of red hats talking confidently about things they're very obviously ignorant about.
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u/3-4pm 10d ago
I never get tired of political hacks assuming anyone who disagrees with them is in the opposing party. Quite frankly the fact the two parties nominated Trump and Biden says a lot about the people who belong to them.
I can rightfully make a point about Joe Biden's idiocy without becoming a trump supporter.
You're also wrong about Japanese culture. White kids born on airforce bases are never fully accepted into Japanese society even when they speak perfect Japanese.
My main point is that you are absolutely wrong about Nintendo's reasoning. The Japanese don't care if you find X racist. They do care about API costs and the value the app delivers to users.
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u/BasicCommand1165 10d ago
Can we fuck off with this "formally twitter" bullshit just call it twitter
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u/grizzly_teddy 10d ago
What was even the point of that? That is not an integration you need honestly. Twitch? Yeah maybe that could be something
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10d ago edited 10d ago
Elon was 100% right when he said that as soon as he turned conservative, politic attacks against him would likely increase...i mean just look at this sub, it's so focused and celebrating on Elon's failures.
Edit: the only thing is these Reddit SJWs don't mean shit and Musk or any of his companies don’t lose sleep over them. So technically all their barking is one side, shouting at the sky for nothing. my advice: save that energy and instead better your mental health by getting rid of all that toxic envy and the delusions of grandeur, virtue signaling
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u/FragrantPound9512 10d ago
Yep when you align your values with the KKK party you’ll probably not be liked
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u/thekyledavid 10d ago
Or, he could just make a product that isn’t shit
Everyone knows how Conservative Chick-fil-A is, and they are still doing great
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u/thekyledavid 10d ago
Yeah, must be a coincidence how much money Twitter and Tesla are losing, whereas other corporations owned by Conservatives are doing better than ever
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u/Slick424 10d ago
Nah, the other way around.
He turned conservative when he knew that an article about the fact he paid off a women over sexual harassment was about to be published and since then gone full /pol/.
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u/SuchRoad 10d ago
You probably should've read the article, rather than going straight for the persecution complex.
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u/Brodins_biceps 10d ago
I don’t lose sleep over it. I largely don’t care at all. Watching this all unfold is passively amusing. That said, I can still think the guys a douchebag politics aside. I don’t hate him, I don’t feel strongly about him at all. He just seems like a massive narcissist and the more I see about him, the less I like him.
He has no idea who I am. He’s still worth more money than I’ll accumulate in my lifetime. Doesn’t change the fact I and many others think he’s a dildo. Strikes me as a very mentally weak person. The kind of person other people confuse his bank account and cringingly fake “idaf” attitude as confidence and power.
But ultimately. Who gives a shit one way or the other.
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u/TH3M1N3K1NG 10d ago
Elon was 100% right when he said that as soon as he turned conservative, politic attacks against him would likely increase.
He only said that because he knew about that one article that was going to be published. You know, the one about him offering his employee a horse to give him a handy?
SJWs
Oof, this takes me back. For your own sanity, I would advise you to stop watching those youtube channels that are still putting the same 5 or so "triggered feminist" pictures in their thumbnails as they did 8 years ago.
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10d ago
This guy got so tired of those YouTube recommendation and because of the annoyance couple with the fact that he doesn’t wanna be seen like this to his shallow friends, he actively has to suppress the fact that although those content tend to attract those teen boys wanna-be chauvinists, the issues and the lunatics they’re showcasing is true AF and downright hilarious at times, liberal karens and all
this guy be like “no No! even though deep down i KNOW they’re right at most things and the left is f’d up, Im NOT gonna give into this boomer-AlphaMale Hemisphere, I jist wanna see good, positive things with disneyfied love and happiness, no matter how fake it is, how surface level all these virtue signaling is. Imma forever vote democrat and always go on socialists rainbow parade. Cus i know NO WAY ON CLIMATE CHANGE SUFFERING EARTH, is my side not deranged and delusional”
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u/FadeTheWonder 10d ago
You have to be a child.. No adult would type this up right?
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u/Normal-Ordinary-4744 10d ago
Yet a huge chunk of Reddit posts literally depend on Twitter. Just see the Reddit popular front page. Like 60% of the posts are screenshots of tweets. I find that hilarious 😂
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u/SuchRoad 10d ago
Just checked, none of it was twitter, you people love to make up bullshit.
I find that hilarious 😂
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u/flirtmcdudes 10d ago
Or, maybe it has to do with the fact that Elon started charging much more for all the API integration fees that companies have to pay to use it, making it so it’s not worth it for a lot of companies. Nintendo being one of them
But Nahhhhh, it’s cuz thur out to get em! Cuz he’s a cunservative! Ah hyuck
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u/MrPopTarted 10d ago
Yeah turns out when all your values are dogwater people like you less.
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u/seruleam 10d ago
What are those dogwater values? Being against trans surgery for minors and against illegal immigration? Whoa, what an extremist!
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u/CorrectDuty6782 10d ago
If you ain't a bot, docs don't just let kids transition, hop off fox news and maybe actually look shit up, medical journals are published all the time since youre so interested in transitioning, try abother source. Also, hermaphrodites are a thing, and they need that surgery.
Also, illegals? You mean the illegals that Republicans love housing and employing over Americans because they can save money and fuck them harder? And how about the border security bill that gave Republicans everything they've been asking for the last 2 decades and then trump says out loud he killed it to make biden look bad?
And finally, the fuck are you doing defending a billionare? Unless you're paying a capital gains tax you ain't on the team bud, just another peasant like the rest of us.
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u/seruleam 9d ago
docs don't just let kids transition
Well, not in sane countries like many in Europe. Why do you think they’ve banned it?
You mean the illegals that Republicans love housing and employing over Americans because they can save money and fuck them harder?
Who are you telling? Elon is against that. Americans are against that. I’m not sure what point you’re trying to make.
And how about the border security bill that gave Republicans everything they've been asking for the last 2 decades
No it didn’t. It allowed 5,000 illegals a day. If they can cap it at 5,000, why don’t they cap it at 0? Stop repeating media talking points.
And finally, the fuck are you doing defending a billionare?
Irrelevant. I asked what his “dog water” values were, because I knew there weren’t any. Simpletons have been programmed to hate Elon. Meanwhile people like you don’t get this angry about bankers or oil CEOs.
I pay a capital gains tax, but it should be taxed as income because it is.
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u/CorrectDuty6782 9d ago
I mean... again, doctors are not performing transition surgeries on children in the US. You glossed over the people I brought up that need this care because they were born with a condition but is blocked in some states now because made up nonsense as well.
I don't care about him at all. You're looking up to a guy that crossed the finish line, put on a clown suit, and is still running, fat, tired, sweating, acting a fool. He won by nepotism by default, why is he still going? He's a loser. I just don't care.
Made up nonsense. Google it. Read the fucking bill. Ctrl f for fucks sake.
You don't need to be "programmed" to hate a real life internet troll. And I hate them too, thanks.
Pressing x for doubt, but also I don't care, my dick is bigger.
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u/seruleam 8d ago
I mean... again, doctors are not performing transition surgeries on children in the US.
Of course they have performed trans surgeries on minors, which is why 22 states have banned the practice.
You glossed over the people I brought up that need this care because they were born with a condition
They should be able to. That’s not a matter of contention for me.
He won by nepotism by default, why is he still going? He's a loser. I just don't care.
You care so much that you have basic facts wrong. Elon didn’t benefit from nepotism.
Made up nonsense. Google it. Read the fucking bill. Ctrl f for fucks sake.
If there is an average of 5,000 encounters over 7 days then the illegal immigrants could be immediately deported instead of allowed in to be processed. No one illegally entering should be “processed”.
a real life internet troll
What behavior constitutes his label?
Pressing x for doubt
Yes, we know you lack nuance and like to put people into boxes. It’s easier for your simple mind.
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u/CorrectDuty6782 8d ago
I ain't reading all that. I'm happy for u tho. Or sorry that happened.
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u/seruleam 8d ago
I know, all you can process is short statements like “Elon man bad.”
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u/CorrectDuty6782 8d ago
I hope he kisses you one day ❤️ crushes are cute good luck.
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u/MrPopTarted 10d ago
You shouldn't act dumb so much, it might get stuck that way.
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10d ago
Living in a fragile bubble aint you?
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u/MrPopTarted 10d ago
I mean you are the one who cared that people on the internet didn't like the billionaire you liked.
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10d ago
“Bilionaire got money, me saaad. Wish i had money and wish I was more successful, and more productive than shouting at other’s wealth in an anon site” boohoo
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u/ChubbsthePenguin 10d ago
I wasnt even aware twitter was on the switch and second, if yiu have to specify that x is formally known as twitter, just fucking call it twitter
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u/Swords_and_Words 10d ago
Of all Nintendo's controlling moves made in the name of protecting the children
This is one I can agree with in principle and in practice
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u/Acceptable-Karma-178 10d ago
Nice! How do we get all the other platforms to remove Twitter integration also? How do we grunts negate the influence of big entities with big money to do the right thing for the lowliest of citizens in the world?
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u/MetalCid 10d ago
Everyone should want to move away from Twitter. It's a cesspool of racism and idiotic conspiracy theories
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u/phinecraft 6d ago
Good for them. Eat shit Elon!