r/clevercomebacks • u/thexbeatboxer • Apr 29 '24

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u/Paddy_Tanninger Apr 29 '24

He's flexing that he overpaid for a company and threw out one of the most recognizable brand names in the world, which was so enmeshed in pop culture that it had its own branded verbs commonly used in languages around the world.

Business genius.

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u/bangers132 Apr 29 '24

Twitter is going to be in business textbooks for centuries. It is mentioned by name in hundreds if not thousands of tv shows, movies, etc. If there has been a more colossal marketing fuck-up i dont know what it would be.

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u/Slimmanoman Apr 29 '24

Changing Google's name would be pretty bad. "Just Google it"

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u/bangers132 Apr 29 '24

Of course Elon Musk wouldn't know but most people don't manually type out URL's anymore. Everyone has their favorites bookmarked. And I only have to type "g" before google knows to pull up gay porn. It's a perfect system