Aaaaaand the X has been taken down from the Twitter building – 17 funny reactions
A week may be a long time in politics, but three days is a long time in billionaire mid-life crisis world, because that’s how long it took for the giant flashing monstrosity to be removed from the top of San Francisco’s Twitter building.
The X sign has been taken down from Twitter/X headquarters. pic.twitter.com/JA8XEdASiJ
— Pop Base (@PopBase) July 31, 2023
The residents of the building opposite can once more sleep easily – climate change, cost-of-living and political turmoil permitting.
The San Francisco Chronicle reported that building inspectors were prevented from checking the structure on Friday and Saturday and that there was neither Planning Commission approval nor a building permit for the addition.
We’re shocked. It’s not like Elon Musk to do something without meticulous planning.
Naturally, Twitter had plenty to say on the matter.
1.
Exit, pursued by a… bird? https://t.co/9lRjqu6g3q
— Kath 🇺🇦💙🙀❄️🇪🇺✊🏾 (@KathyBurke) July 31, 2023
2.
It's going incredibly well https://t.co/vY9I5wPs65
— TechnicallyRon (@TechnicallyRon) July 31, 2023
3.
Such a powerful billionaire, who can't even put up a sign. https://t.co/1GP17Yuyz6
— Danny Wallace (@dannywallace) July 31, 2023
4.
how it started how it’s going pic.twitter.com/1s1gkFpwii
— Sorcha Ní Nia (@Luiseach) July 31, 2023
5.
RIP Elon's X sign (July 2023-July 2023) pic.twitter.com/qjhVEG7hts
— Aaron Rupar (@atrupar) July 31, 2023
6.
This is probably the equivalent of a queen sacrifice in 4D Chess. https://t.co/Al0yj5JWMK
— RichNeville (@RichNeville) July 31, 2023
7.
its not funny but #he makes business decisions like i pick new hobbies https://t.co/D9AqnP9Lgz
— siyyan and the city (@siyyaninaas) July 31, 2023
8.
My four-year-old asked me “daddy, why’d they take down the X” and when I told him “the woke mob can’t stand free speech” he started crying. https://t.co/YIwabGlXPq
— Keith Nagy (@nagy_minaj) July 31, 2023
9.
Thousands of recorded but not up yet podcast riffs ruined https://t.co/0gfNH17H3A
— John Leavitt 🌹 (@LeavittAlone) July 31, 2023
10.
Maybe he realised that if you owe millions of dollars of rent on your office building, drawing attention to it with a massive flashing ‘x’ probably isn’t the best idea. https://t.co/lwRObqjASJ
— Nick Pettigrew🇺🇦 (@Nick_Pettigrew) July 31, 2023
11.
The X sign being poorly put up and then taken down within a matter of days represents what will happen to the entire corporation https://t.co/khjMloGOVH
— evan (@esjesjesj) July 31, 2023
12.
whole bunch of people who have not slept in days calling city hall is gonna do something https://t.co/ZPtQynjtjy
— napoleon dunt (@mountain_ghosts) July 31, 2023
13.
Oh. No.
Anyway… https://t.co/Y395VsKfQa
— Alistair Coleman (@alistaircoleman) July 31, 2023
14.
But now how will divorced dads with kids who wont talk to them signal that they need a hero? https://t.co/JIYsgK5nNE
— Ashley Lynch ✂️🎞️ (@ashleylynch) July 31, 2023
15.
All good things must come to an end.
Fortunately, ugly underthought stupid things come to an end too. https://t.co/YTEzYnRt5h— John Roscoe (@JohnCRoscoe) July 31, 2023
16.
Metaphors take the rest of the decade off https://t.co/AXZxQXdNsB
— Tom Jamieson (@jamiesont) July 31, 2023
17.
I guess X doesn’t mark the spot? https://t.co/xas0U1NA3z
— Portia ♍️ 🐳McGonagal portiamcgonagal1619 on Insta (@PortiaMcGonagal) July 31, 2023
Finally …
Although now I think he’s just messing with us… pic.twitter.com/Bv95XUPMoc
— SnarkTank (@TheSnarkTank99) July 31, 2023
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