Over on Twitter, we needed to use euphemisms for Elon Musk to avoid getting attacked, dogpiled, and perhaps even targeted by Musk himself.
Mastodon doesn't do full-text searching, only hashtag searching. Speaking his name here will not summon him or his defenders.
Derisive nicknames feel fun, but:
There is a real Space Karen. Karen Nyberg fought to become an astronaut, and sewed the first stuffed dinosaur in orbit out of scraps.
Muskrat? Muskrats are chill unless disturbed.
Festering garbage hole billionaire? I'm sorry, you need to be more specific.
Don't break people's filters. Speak his name. Become a demonologist and command him. Bind him within a circle of silver and chains of ash. Compel him to clean your chimney with your old toothbrush.
Or, you know, just don't let him live in your head rent-free. Mourn what you lost, yes, but move on.
[ETA: Yes, I'm guilty of this too. In my defense, he truly is a Comic Book Supervillain.]
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Elena ``of Valhalla''
in reply to Michael Lucas :flan_set_fire: • •@Michael Lucas¹ :flan_molotov: and nothing prevents you¹ from writing a post where you spell out the original name once, and then use creative euphemism for the rest of the post: the filters would still work, and you still get to express your creativity.
except for space karen, that's better left unused (except to refer to the real space Karen)
¹ generic you
Michael Lucas :flan_set_fire:
in reply to Elena ``of Valhalla'' • • •@valhalla
your point is good, but I must especially applaud your proper use of footnotes.
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