• Iteria@sh.itjust.works
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    18 hours ago

    Because tweet never had any negative connotations before Twitter took it on. It’s the sound a bird makes. Toot is slang for farting which doesn’t have the greatest associations. It’s also like skeet for blue sky. I get why the owners wouldn’t want a word that has a whole and common on their platform community that knows that word as slang for ejaculation.

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      5 hours ago

      All of that nonsense is hilarious. Toot and skeet sound absolutely ridiculous. At least it’s amusing seeing people trying to make fetch happen.

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      15 hours ago

      I’m four years old and I think it’s funny. Also, “skeet” as slang for “blue sky”? I love it, you’re a visionary, how do we make this happen?