Stephen King is trolling Elon Musk over Twitter's name change | Mashable.
Stephen King is trolling Elon Musk over Twitter's name change
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Stephen King has never been one to hide his feelings on Twitter, and it doesn't look like he's about to stop now that it's called something different.
On Thursday, following the sudden rebranding of Twitter to "X" this week, the horror master took to the platform to share his thoughts on Elon Musk's name change — and it doesn't look like he'll be using "X" anytime soon.
"Twitter Twitter Twitter Twitter Twitter Twitter Twitter Twitter Twitter Twitter Twitter Twitter Twitter Twitter," wrote King, splitting the words into a nicely-structured little poem form. "And in case you didn't get that: Twitter."
King is sharing a sentiment many others have expressed over Musk's sudden decision to completely overhaul the 17-year-old brand, swapping the official Twitter accounts and booting an existing user off the "@x" account without giving him any money.
King has been a vocal critic of Musk's Twitter plans for a while now, first making it clear what he thought of the decision to charge for a blue tick and then doubling down on his criticism of Musk in particular.
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I'm glad Stephen King is expressing him freedom of speech. Tell him like it is.
ReplyDeleteHe should head over to X and express it all he wants..... It is why Elon bought the platform after all.
DeleteWhy would he have to do that? Elon keeps mucking up the app. Not only that but if someone posts something thin skinned musk doesn't like instead of checking himself and asking why someone might be saying such a thing he'll just ban them. The whole certification that people used to have certainly is a mess.
DeleteWhen was the last time you were on Twitter?
DeleteThat crap cheesed me off way before the thin skinned one acquired it. After that I had no desire to try signing up for it, when musk acquired it I saw no reason to even bother. It will be but a memory soon enough.
DeleteI think it means the bird is out of the cage now. Free bird. Hehe ✌🏽
ReplyDeleteHe wrote a couple of fun stories in the 80s… sad to see how he has become a anti-free speech fanatic as he got older.
ReplyDeletehe had 91 books turned into movies. A couple of fun stories ? 😂 He thinks the name is stupid and he doesn’t like Elon. That’s his right to excercise free speech. You don’t like because you’re a Muskateer. We know how the fanboys feel about their hero. Don’t be so fragile. https://www.empireonline.com/movies/features/best-stephen-king-movies/
DeleteYeah, but only a couple of them were good.😄 I like free speech. He doesn't. That's all... no Muskateering involved.
Deleteyou only like a couple of Steven King movies. Got it. Please post link of Steven King attacking free speech. The internet awaits your response and movie reviews.
DeleteHe has repeatedly spoken up in support of censorship of right wing individuals on Twitter: https://ibb.co/8YfKcZ9
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DeleteBut to be fair, I was just kidding when I said "couple of fun stories in the 80s", the guy is a legend and has written a ton of great books... I just think it's sad to see how he has lost touch with reality in the last ten years, something that's clear from his many misinformed political statements.
DeleteTo be fair you were writing rubbish.
DeleteFree speech doesn’t exempt people from the criticism of other people’s free speech.
Deleteoh your offended because he calls out the right wing nut cases. Got it.
DeleteHe certainly does not call out the left wing nut cases… maybe because he is one of those himself…
Deletebecause there are a lot more right wing nutcases.
Deletewhy doesn't he like Musk? Did he not like him before Musk bought twite and restored freedom of speech? Or was it when Musk proved that the FBI colluded with the Biden campaign to not get the Hunter Biden story out? U know, the one about why he is in court now, the one that the fbi and liberal media said was a "conspiracy theory". 🤣😂
Delete#LibtardLogic
or that the GQP are unapologetically narrow minded bigots… They could really be calling out the Swamp Clowns.. I really wish they would stand up and tell y’all how they really feel. Constant lies spewed and constant threats cast!
DeleteNever liked this clown or any of his idiotic books or movies.
ReplyDeleteheathen
Deleteyou're just butthurt, because he's not a member of your QAnon/MAGA tribe and sad that all the talented artists, musicians and writers tend to slant leftward.
Deletewhat?? Y’all are just unbelievable.
Deletetech bro MAGA outing yourself!
Deletea couple??? LMAO
DeleteHorror script... TW-IT.. the sequel
ReplyDeleteX has been a sign in many cultures equal to death or "No".
ReplyDeleteHonestly.. just looks like a gravestone to me. Literally
Edit: It also looks like the X thats used to close windows. Maybe this is a joke by Musk. Which implies "i will shut it down"
Not here in the West. X stands for technology and innovation.
DeleteX marks the spot of treasure......
DeleteClearly its all in how you look at it..... and in this case you chose to be negative.
Well, most time of my day i spend pressing X to close windows.
Delete>.> Am i being negative? X BEEP. I don't choose to be negative. The symbol has a negative implication for me. LIke X BEEP don't go there, leave.. death.. holy christ..
the xA1 is cool. But just X. I mean he already has Space X and all of that. I get that X is his thing.
But the X is just too simplified and the symbolismn behind isnt exactly pretty.
X Marks the treasure? You mean the treasure that people murdered for?
X on streetsigns here imply "dont park here"
>.> It just means to me.. dont stay. Thats not negative. It means i leave.
And with Apple you swipe up to close an app....
DeleteWhat of it.
Before the Internet..... X was used on maps to point you to your destination.
If you want to find out what's wrong with you.... SO IT CAN BE FIXED...
You take a X-Ray.
The X-Men are characters depicting a positive aspect.
The X-Axis is the first thing you use to determine a starting point on a graph.
X-Factor depicts unique extraordinary abilities.
Xalam is a musical instrument - you like music don't you
The X-Games display extraordinary beyond human achievements.
Perhaps you need to X out of your FUNK, and stop being so negative......
that would be a positive thing to use X for..... wouldnt it?
Stephen King has become an establishment shitlib with little to no connection to the real world. Mashable too.
ReplyDeleteFrom your comment, it's clear he has a much better grasp on reality than you do. 😂
Deleteit’s just the truth Rebecca. He doesn’t care about real liberal policies anymore, doesn’t care about workers, regular people’s housing and purchasing power, healthcare, pensions, institutional corruption, etc… he’s just like every other establishment democrat pushing for censorship, war, cultural and identity politics. Those things aren’t substantive and continue to divide us, when we could all prob agree on the important things. Hope you have a wonderful day!
DeleteI follow him on social media and he does very much care about these things. And thank you, I am.
DeleteWait, I though that guy has left Twitter already.
ReplyDeleteStick to writing books Steven, politics really isn't your area of expertise... 🤷♂️
ReplyDelete*You're* going to tell HIM what HIS thing is??? What happened to all the cries for fReE sPeEcH?? 😂😂
DeleteStephen Xing
ReplyDeleteHe should write a horror story about it
ReplyDeleteStephen Kings liberal Democrat thinking is not only insane. It's SCARY!
ReplyDeleteStephen King is a has-been and is desperately seeking attention.
ReplyDeleteKing is still selling quite well actually. Now talking about attention seekers.....Elon Musk.
DeleteHe's just a shill for PedoBiden's regime. He got triggered just because Elon criticized some of the regime's failed policies and their censorship of free speech which a court of law has found was illegal.
Delete"PedoBiden" - there is absolutely ZERO evidence for the central QAnon conspiracy, there's also zero evidence of widespread fraud in the 2020 election (every election count, numerous recounts and audits, the Electoral College, the Senate, the then Attorney General, and even SCOTUS approved the results). Conversely, in addition to throwing around baseless accusations of electoral fraud, Donald has committed adultery, cosied up to dictators (while getting nothing substantive in return) and autocrats (including Putin - while there was no quid pro quo between them, Donald admires Putin, and Putin likely regarded him as a useful idiot, while routinely criticising allies. Far from "draining the swamp", he continued the revolving door between politics and industry, gave key departments to ideologues with little knowledge of their briefs or willingness to listen to stakeholders (other than those who wish to minimise taxation, spending and regulation, while allowing religiously aligned companies to opt out of any anti-discrimination legislation they don't like). Then there's the document theft: whereas, when Biden's lawyers discovered some government records at one of his properties, they immediately notified the relevant agencies and asked the FBI to carry out a search, Donald denied, obfuscated, claimed he'd declassified them (he hadn't - there's a process to go through), stored then in insecure locations, moved them between residences, and even hid a batch from a search. Added onto which, he had a reputation for stiffing suppliers to his businesses, made a complete screw-up over the Atlantic City casinos (taking out loans to service the repayments on other loans is very bad practice for starters), and for all his boasts about being a great businessman, his companies tend to perform below the stock market average.
DeleteMusk is by far the biggest “look at me!” goon on that entire platform.
DeleteHow many times is PedoBiden going go have to harass, sniff and fondle little girls in public before you stop defending that sicko?
DeleteAs for the QAnon nonsense, that's bs that most people have never heard of. It's actually a conspiracy theory weaponized by the deranged radical left to discredit the Right.
You sound like another pedo defending a known pedophile who fondles and molests little girls in public.
DeleteI have no idea what you're talking about, and neither do you. Regardless, I wasn't defending anyone. Just making a rather obvious statement about Musk.
DeleteYeh a has-been who’s books become all best sellers on publication.
DeleteAnd he's still a nobody compared to Elon Musk.
DeleteMusk generally just ignores that clown. On the other hand Stephen "PedoLover" King makes dozens of posts about Musk and it looks so pathetic.
You’re here defending a rich douche canoe, who doesn’t know who you are and wouldn’t care even if he did. You should take a step back and think about what’s more pathetic.
DeleteI'm not defending Musk. I think electric cars are a joke and so is Tesla. I'm stating a FACT. Demented far-left clown Stephen King makes dozens of posts about Musk and generally Musk just ignores him like the bug that he is. And rightfully so. Billionaires don't waste time on people like that.
DeleteIsnt it amazing how often Mashable gets off on ostracizing people.
ReplyDeleteThe "tolerant" left has never been tolerant at all.
Why? Becsuse King is a liberal DemFuk?
ReplyDeleteKing, actually, is dumb as a stone 😂
ReplyDelete🙄🙄🤔Obviously that would actually be the person looking back at you in your mirror Mr. Techno Wizzard 🪞 😁
DeleteTheyre both child raping pedos
ReplyDelete🙄🤔Sounds like you're probably just "projecting" !?
DeleteMusk is a proven satanist and steven has been outed as a pedo.
DeletePedo king
ReplyDeleteKing already left Twitter. Why does he care? Looking for some relevance?
ReplyDelete🙄🤔Wow I see that your profile pic matches your mentality & lack of IQ !🤷♂️
ReplyDeleteWow with the strike going on I guess these Hollywood people have todo something
ReplyDeleteThat comment above was obviously directed to you in case your too slow to figure that out 😁
DeleteIt doesn't matter. Elon is trying to be part of the MCU 😆
ReplyDeleteConsidering all the celebrities that troll Musk and others who stand against BS going on in our country he’s minor player. Honestly I did even know he was still alive. 🤷♂️🤣
ReplyDeleteX is really an 80s and 90s reference. It’s really outdated
ReplyDeleteAre you a fan of Elonmusk click on the link👇👇👇👇👇
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Stephen King was my favorite author for a long time.
ReplyDeleteI read The Dark Tower series as a freshman in high school, and went on to absorb so much of his work.
But, he has gone beyond the line of ideological usefulness and into the realm of speaking from indoctrination.
It's really weird to see him speaking out in support of being a sheep. But I don't mind disconnecting my energy from his creations and letting his consciousness move without me involved.
I'm a nerd, but more than that I am a patriot.
Good riddance
He is a good writer but it doesn't mean his opinion on any subject, except his books, has more relevance than anyone else in the matter.
Deletesays an indoctrinated and blind to reality Karen, who while ignorant and delusional, managed to sustain line crossing standards for Stephen, the only line standard she had 😂🤣
DeleteYour profile pictures say you got vaxxed and that you support the Ukraine war.
DeletePlease don't talk about anyone else having delusions until yours are cleared up.
no of course I could not compete with someone, like you, who worships dictatorships over democracies 😂🤣 you have to be hoplesly brainwashed and delusional beyond help to so proudly endorse dictators and murderers 🤢🤮 🤡 😂 🤣
DeleteBro, go smoke a pipe with the Bidens. Maybe they'll agree with you
DeleteI don't need Bidens help or support for what's obvious 😘🤡, I'm also from the country which waa occupied in the past, so I don't need you to educate on dictators, but you could do with at least a book or two and maybe do try that pipe, so your brain chakras open up to absorb information and be able to process, you 🤡
DeleteYou will, some day, understand your projections. Ignorance must be bliss, big boy
Deletelearn to read and understand combining the context of previous messages, before replying. You are doing an amazing job in exposing your stupidity, I don't have to project anything 🤡
DeleteThe amount of times you've used the clown emoji without realizing that you are the clown you speak of.. is.. well, quite exhausting.
Deleteyou shouldn't be that stupid to not see you just projected? 🤣 😂 It's like a muscle memory for you, isn't it? 🤡
DeleteAhww, that's sweet, I've taught you a new phrase. Though, you've also taught me that you are the NPC in this story. Sorry to disturb your role; enjoy!
Deletewhich phrase would that be? Projection? Firstly, it's not a phrase but a word, two quite different things - I don't think you are in a position to teach 😘🤡
Delete“hello kettle? This is the pot calling…”
Deleteno, you aren't a patriot with your fringe and far right ideology. Remember, Trump is evil and deceiving you.
DeleteStephen King’s Twitter account reads like an illiterate 13 year old that has just discovered the internet while his parents are out. I can’t imagine his books are much better.
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well if you have ever picked up an actual book of Stephen King, they are quite suspensual Even the movies based off of some of his book are excellent
DeleteI’ll pass. I’ve seen his Twitter account which reads like an illiterate 13 year old. I have to assume this is representative of his work.
DeleteHe's an imbecile.
DeleteMusk, yes he is.
Deletethen your imagination is very limited.
DeleteIt’s better than King’s writing, going by his social media.
DeleteAI has put him out of work so look for more tweets from King…🤣
ReplyDeleteMy analogy. The part is $0.05c knowing where it plugs in $10,000.
ReplyDeleteX is mean the end of Elon Musk's corrupt empire 🤥🤡💩🤮
ReplyDeleteAre you ok?
DeleteX is about the most un-creative name anyone can come up with. BORING.
ReplyDeleteWell Elon Musk owns it. So I'm pretty sure he can name it whatever the hell he likes.
ReplyDeleteYour website formatting is unreadable.
ReplyDeleteKing total left wing tool
ReplyDeleteElon can rename it whatever he likes. He owns it after all.
ReplyDeleteAre you a fan of Elonmusk click on the link👇👇👇👇👇
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Long time Linux user. One look at the logo, completely reminds me of X.org which has been behind our core graphics drivers since forever.
ReplyDeleteGENERATION X.
ReplyDeleteGENERATION STRANGE, SOO SUN DON'T EVEN SHINE THROUGH OUR WINDOW OF PAIN..
Elon Musk may just have listen to LIMPBIZKIT..
Stephen. King really ought to just shut his mouth. No one cares about his left-wing nonsense. He should just go back to writing stories about murdering children. 
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and do prey tell which books are those? Tittles? The books I've read do not include murdering children.
DeleteSeveral children murdered in "It", to name one.
DeleteThere are several others.
the twins in The Shining, Green Mile, Joyland, etc. etc. the guy is obsessed with death and kids. Someone ought to to dig up his backyard.
DeleteHe whe owns or controls the gold sets the rules. As for Stephen King how might he be?
ReplyDeleteThis clown is obsessed with Musk. It's pathetic.
ReplyDeleteWhat's the matter, Stephen? Does the name change remind you of your "X"?
ReplyDeleteWho?
ReplyDeletewow
ReplyDeleteThat comment above was obviously directed to you in case your too slow to figure that out 😁
ReplyDeleteWGAF ?
ReplyDeleteLet's be honest, he has the face for trolling.
ReplyDeleteComments from the peanut gallery
ReplyDeletehttps://giphy.com/gifs/Bounce-TV-comedy-3o6fJeAiIpk5EeoC8o
ReplyDeleteTwitter Twitter Twitter Twitter
ReplyDeleteBut he is ok with SUCKATURD blocking TRUTHFUL information. Lol
ReplyDeleteKing is a communist
ReplyDeletewho gives a ph k
ReplyDelete