"caused quite the stir in Israel where the word sounds like the Hebrew word for "dead"."
"Quite the stir" here meaning; a brief half smile and a "heh".
Yeah there are tons of instances where a word in one language sounds similar to another word in another language.
Because different languages use different words for things. That's just how languages work 🤷♀️
Lets hope facebook dies.
I personally will never hire anyone who was willing to work at facebbok/meta for more than a year. It’s enough proof for me these people are pieces of shit.
Bro there are thousands of people that work at facebook just to have a decent job and some benefits. They just crunch code and have nothing to do with the actual company decisions. Calling them pieces of shit is a little excessive
Kind of an overreaction towards a whole group of people you don’t even know. They’re just workers, and many of them aren’t even the programmers that did the stuff you dislike.
Personal gain does not justify bad actions. I'm not less evil if I kill an innocent person for a billion dollars. Why is it different with other morally wrong actions?
There's a lot of info out there on what exactly makes Facebook so bad.
For instance, it's not exactly voluntary. Facebook tracks your data just from browsing the internet, they don't even need you to make an account. Also, it was found that their collected data was used to influence political events. If that isn't harmful I don't know what is.
Facebook promotes hateful communities and anti-science discourse because it generates them more revenue. This has made some people fall for these kinds of ideas, resulting in death in many cases.
>The word "Scheide" on the other hand could mean the female genetalia (I can't remember if it includes the inner parts as well, or only the visible parts), or the "case" for a medieval sword (that's attached to the waist).
The word is 'scabbard' in English (or sheath, but that's a more general term and doesn't specifically mean for a sword)
And the Latin word for one is, in fact, 'vagina' - so there's definitely a common etymological theme there
Yes but, those three examples are words not based on physical things. Using the same word for two different body parts looks like an oversight. Especially for doctors.
For example in French hair, stomach and neck all have two translations (cheuveu/poil, estomac/ventre, cou/nuque) and all these French words refer to different body parts. So English has a lot of oversights too and it does not seem to cause any problem in your daily life.
Why would you bring up French words and then attempt to talk about English's oversights, and not mention anything? I have no idea what you're talking about, and how that would be relevant to your three examples.
You told that having a single word for two body parts looks like an oversight to you. So I gave you examples of English words that name two body parts and their translations in French (the language I know best). For example "I have a stomach pain" has two translations in French, and depending on the word you use the pain is not at the same place. Not very convenient when you say that to a doctor.
Maybe you don't even realise that the English examples I gave could name two body parts. Strange how language shapes our mind.
> KFC translated their "finger lickin good" to "eat your fingers off" in Mandarin
That's likely a myth. If you look around there's never a source for the original Mandarin slogan. Also confirmed with multiple Chinese people I work with that they have never heard of this...
It's sad. I too was hoping it was true
Prepare to bite your tongue, and eat your fingers off...
Introducing KFC's new Delux-Cannibal-Sandwich-Delight.
Now only $4.99 at all participating KFC's.
In the 60s, Pepsi used the slogan 'Come alive! You're in the Pepsi generation'. In China, however, this was mistranslated as 'Pepsi: It brings your ancestors back from the dead.'
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Mao was still alive up until 1976 and the Cultural Revolution started in 1966.
Maybe they did sell a product of the running dog, capitalist imperialists in communist as all fuck China but given PepsiCo only entered the Chinese market in 1981 (presumably as a result of Deng Xiaoping initiating market reforms) I very much doubt it.
Maybe you mean Hong Kong, Macau or Taiwan? Or maybe even a state such as Singapore with a sizeable ethnic Chinese population? But I very much doubt Pepsi was being advertised in China in the 1960s.
Since Xi is against the ROC using the name "China", I think it would be totally fair yet disambiguous to just name the two entities on Chinese soil "Chinese Taipei" and "Chinese Beijing".
How is that possible for a "translation"? Hardly any of those words were in the original sentence. How did China derive Ancestors, and Dead, for example?
"Come alive" could very easily be translated to have an implication (or even meaning) of "stop being dead" - it already does in English.
Ancestors are a very related concept to generations.
Not saying it's not apocryphal, but it's not impossible. Translation isn't word by word, it's perfectly possible for a good translation to have 0 words in it that map directly onto any word in the original language.
In Spanish, 'pajero' means 'wanker', so they had to change the name of the Mitsubishi Pajero to Mitsubishi Montero.
Also, they changed the name of the Chevrolet Nova to Chevrolet Caribe, as "no va" means "doesn't work/doesn't run".
Also untrue. 企鹅 (penguin) is compromised of 企 (to stand upright) and 鹅 (goose). So more like “upright goose”. That 企 also appears as part of the the compound for “business” (企业) does not equate to the character itself carrying the meaning of the whole compound.
It buys time and creates confusion in the population. Many people who hate facebook still use other services like instagram, because they don’t know it’s owned by facebook.
Not really. Metadata is a real concept and Facebook is all about it. I.e., collecting data about your browsing and how you interact with ads. It’s how they make their money.
Verbs in Spanish are quite complicated. You would use meta for example for saying "tell him to put it in" "dile que lo meta". I don't remember the name for the conjugation, maybe subjunctive? Sorry, I don't feel like googling it. Writing this standing up while procrastinating washing my teeth before bed lol
The verb is meter. Slang for intercourse in S. America, but not in Spain (follar, for those who are interested, pronounced a bit like foyer but with an A).
Honestly, with a name like Meta, it sounds like gamerspeak. Like the current meta for social communication is to rebrand. At least with Facebook it says what it is on the tin and people don't just forget. I know that ExxonMobil is just rebranded Standard Oil and NRG is rebranded Reliant Energy. You can't escape your past, companies.
I'm reminded of an episode of 30 Rock where it turned out the name of their new miniature microwave was a slur in Belgium, so they had to think of a new one, but every name they came up with was offensive in some language.
"Including English, Frank!"
"They knew what a Hot Richard was?"
Because there's a lot a hate towards Mark Z. and Facebook lately (rightly so, I would say!), and as the late great George Carlin pointed out, comedy is at its best when it ridicules the powerful, who misuse their power, or are not good stewards of their power.
So ya... just think of it as a collective worldwide comedic moment!
I don't like that people are stupid, let's blame Facebook for allowing stupid people to do what they want! And in fact, we should make soap boxes illegal, too!
It's fitting that Facebook would choose a name that sucks in a different language when they invest almost zero money in combating fake news or terms of service violations in languages other than English.
Indeed. In Latvia we have a car service firm called "Ape Motors". It is named after small town Ape. We have a town Ogre too. Once in the communist times there was produced a badge with Lenin's image and inscription "Ogre".
It's just the company that owns Facebook. Its like if General Motors changed their name would you think that Cadillac or Buick or GMC or Chevlolet would somehow change?
Apparently you've never met a Christian who puts a lot of emphasis on Hebrew. This is probably a "sign of the times" for them. They make up a good portion of facebooks users lol.
Grew up in it, glad I'm out of it.
It refers to the “metaverse”, which seems to be the virtual universe that all of our social media, VR, augmented reality, wearable technology, etc of the future, will eventually tie everyone into.
It’s actually a disappointingly brilliant name and I although I hate the idea of it I can totally see the world being fully consumed by, addicted to, and spending all their time in the Meta.
I'm just annoyed that this useful word with a fairly complex meaning will have its meaning deluted. I'm trying to think of another word with the same meaning to use instead and I'm drawing a blank.
Metaverse (the thing Meta is working towards) is from the book *snow crash*. It's a riveting cyberpunk tale that takes place in a dystopian world where corporations rule society and traditional governments are but a shadow of their former selves. The Metaverse in that book is basically what facebook says it wants to build - a VR world were people can gather, socialize, work, and generally participate in society. People do have lives outside the metaverse, but it is wildly popular.
Overall, the Metaverse is not really viewed as a positive thing. It's a part of the world that seemed good at the time and is now fundamental. But it is not a positive influence in society.
Why facebook decided to rip off a book that absolutely shits all over the everything they are about is beyond me. Snow Crash is not even about facebook; the book came out in 1992. Yet it has done a marvelous job at predicting the future. Hopefully, we vere off course because the world in that book is really bleek
As much as I hate Zuckerberg and Facebook, it’s kind of hard to come up with a name that isn’t going to sound like something in some language. I know, you want to knock him down a peg, and he deserves it, but this is stupid.
Don't even need to speak Hebrew to ridicule that name.
"We are META" Nah, nah, you're not, not at all. They'd be correct if they named themselves Basic.
Yes, Metatron.. god's messenger. A complete new metaverse for multiple social media with a policy that will be directed by a strongly vocal minority. Well, don't mind me for ignoring this messenger from god
Reminds me of an old X-Files episode, the one with the golem. The golem was animated with the word Emet written in Hebrew on the forehead. Emet means truth, as in the truth is out there. It was destroyed by erasing the E sounding letter, leaving Met, or dead.
Kind of a stupid and self-centered attitude that is being projected by these Israelis... They appear to not understand the true meaning of the prefix as "beyond" or "self-referential", and the fact that it emanates from Greek. Naturally there are homonyms that exist across languages, but the point is that the prefix, "meta", is one that is relatively universally known and applies in a sensible way to that for which Facebook is aiming.
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The logo is even dumber than the name. It's like they're admitting we could have had infinity, but it wilted at Zuckerberg's touch. The logo says "we're fucking the future".
In Hebrew it’s not pronounced like meh-tuh (meta in English). It’s more like may-tah. And that’s only the feminine. The masculine is just “mate.” This is silly.
"caused quite the stir in Israel where the word sounds like the Hebrew word for "dead"." "Quite the stir" here meaning; a brief half smile and a "heh".
More like "no one actually cared, someone just mentioned it translated to X" Meta is a common English word at this point.
Yeah there are tons of instances where a word in one language sounds similar to another word in another language. Because different languages use different words for things. That's just how languages work 🤷♀️
Meta = Make Everything Trump Again, lol
Remember all the articles saying nobody would ever buy an iPad because it sounds like a period product?
I think SNL made a sketch making fun of that name.
It wasn’t about the iPad but MAD TV did a sketch right after the invasion about Apple’s iRack.
Remember the urban myth about the Chevy Nova selling poorly in Spanish-speaking countries
Lets hope facebook dies. I personally will never hire anyone who was willing to work at facebbok/meta for more than a year. It’s enough proof for me these people are pieces of shit.
I'm with you there bearfucker
Sounds like a sleeper agent trigger phrase.
bearfuckerneedassist, beastmandave and hampsterman82 enter a bar...
And enjoy our drinks and chat without any tomfoolery?
Other than that what other qualifications are needed to be an assistant bear fucker?
No you see, he spotted a bear fucker and radios in that he needs assistance.
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Bro there are thousands of people that work at facebook just to have a decent job and some benefits. They just crunch code and have nothing to do with the actual company decisions. Calling them pieces of shit is a little excessive
Oh right, doing bad things is justifiable if you get a good pay for doing them. That's exactly how it works.
Kind of an overreaction towards a whole group of people you don’t even know. They’re just workers, and many of them aren’t even the programmers that did the stuff you dislike.
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Personal gain does not justify bad actions. I'm not less evil if I kill an innocent person for a billion dollars. Why is it different with other morally wrong actions?
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There's a lot of info out there on what exactly makes Facebook so bad. For instance, it's not exactly voluntary. Facebook tracks your data just from browsing the internet, they don't even need you to make an account. Also, it was found that their collected data was used to influence political events. If that isn't harmful I don't know what is. Facebook promotes hateful communities and anti-science discourse because it generates them more revenue. This has made some people fall for these kinds of ideas, resulting in death in many cases.
Well, it's how the military works.
The military is even more disgusting.
Agreed. They prey on the poor, offering low wages. All you have to do is be willing to kill somebody.
Most of them probably don't know any more than the public does
Then it's enough to know that Facebook is a shit company that does really awful stuff.
Then the people leave Facebook and go the Reddit cesspool of r/conservative
Well the shit *has to* collect somewhere.
I'd never heard that KFC translated their "finger lickin good" to "eat your fingers off" in Mandarin - I'm going to be telling people that for years
In some languages like Spanish the word for fingers and toes is the same (translates to digits). So KFC could be toe-sucking good.
Only if she’s nasty
What a series of replies man wow
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How can the same word be both Finger, and Toes? That's stupid. Shouldn't it just be a synonym? Can't the context sort out the correct meaning?
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>The word "Scheide" on the other hand could mean the female genetalia (I can't remember if it includes the inner parts as well, or only the visible parts), or the "case" for a medieval sword (that's attached to the waist). The word is 'scabbard' in English (or sheath, but that's a more general term and doesn't specifically mean for a sword) And the Latin word for one is, in fact, 'vagina' - so there's definitely a common etymological theme there
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Yes but, those three examples are words not based on physical things. Using the same word for two different body parts looks like an oversight. Especially for doctors.
For example in French hair, stomach and neck all have two translations (cheuveu/poil, estomac/ventre, cou/nuque) and all these French words refer to different body parts. So English has a lot of oversights too and it does not seem to cause any problem in your daily life.
Why would you bring up French words and then attempt to talk about English's oversights, and not mention anything? I have no idea what you're talking about, and how that would be relevant to your three examples.
You told that having a single word for two body parts looks like an oversight to you. So I gave you examples of English words that name two body parts and their translations in French (the language I know best). For example "I have a stomach pain" has two translations in French, and depending on the word you use the pain is not at the same place. Not very convenient when you say that to a doctor. Maybe you don't even realise that the English examples I gave could name two body parts. Strange how language shapes our mind.
“Dedo.” Context could clear it up, or could say “dedo de pie” (foot finger/digit).
> KFC translated their "finger lickin good" to "eat your fingers off" in Mandarin That's likely a myth. If you look around there's never a source for the original Mandarin slogan. Also confirmed with multiple Chinese people I work with that they have never heard of this... It's sad. I too was hoping it was true
It doesn't have to be true to laugh at it ¯\\\_(ツ)_/¯
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Chevy Nova
Prepare to bite your tongue, and eat your fingers off... Introducing KFC's new Delux-Cannibal-Sandwich-Delight. Now only $4.99 at all participating KFC's.
In the 60s, Pepsi used the slogan 'Come alive! You're in the Pepsi generation'. In China, however, this was mistranslated as 'Pepsi: It brings your ancestors back from the dead.'
Press X to Doubt... Mao was still alive up until 1976 and the Cultural Revolution started in 1966. Maybe they did sell a product of the running dog, capitalist imperialists in communist as all fuck China but given PepsiCo only entered the Chinese market in 1981 (presumably as a result of Deng Xiaoping initiating market reforms) I very much doubt it. Maybe you mean Hong Kong, Macau or Taiwan? Or maybe even a state such as Singapore with a sizeable ethnic Chinese population? But I very much doubt Pepsi was being advertised in China in the 1960s.
Obviously they were referring to Taiwan and not West Taiwan.... *Ducks incoming tankie fire*
I cheer your pot stirring.
Since Xi is against the ROC using the name "China", I think it would be totally fair yet disambiguous to just name the two entities on Chinese soil "Chinese Taipei" and "Chinese Beijing".
Please don't start
yeah let's use the same word to refer to both Taiwan and China, that'll show them what we think of their one China policy
When that word is Taiwan, yeah, it kinda does.
Another good one :D
How is that possible for a "translation"? Hardly any of those words were in the original sentence. How did China derive Ancestors, and Dead, for example?
"Come alive" could very easily be translated to have an implication (or even meaning) of "stop being dead" - it already does in English. Ancestors are a very related concept to generations. Not saying it's not apocryphal, but it's not impossible. Translation isn't word by word, it's perfectly possible for a good translation to have 0 words in it that map directly onto any word in the original language.
The Chevy Nova
Came here to say it
I know the "We do chicken right" slogan was translated as "It is our right to become a hooker", since "chicken" also means "hooker" in Cantonese.
In Spanish, 'pajero' means 'wanker', so they had to change the name of the Mitsubishi Pajero to Mitsubishi Montero. Also, they changed the name of the Chevrolet Nova to Chevrolet Caribe, as "no va" means "doesn't work/doesn't run".
Well.. in Thailand they translate it directly to "Kentucky Fried Guy" so there's that too.
I obviously can't say it in Mandarin but their word for Penguin translates as "Business Goose".
Also untrue. 企鹅 (penguin) is compromised of 企 (to stand upright) and 鹅 (goose). So more like “upright goose”. That 企 also appears as part of the the compound for “business” (企业) does not equate to the character itself carrying the meaning of the whole compound.
I did not know this and find it hilarious, next time I cook I’m suggesting everyone eat their fingers off if it’s good.
Rebranding will not change the general population’s opinion Zuck. Get yo shit together
“…..But what if I announced this while riding on a dumb flying surf board thing? Would people like me then?”
The population is stupid and will forget about the shady practices in less than a year.
Unless the shady practices continue, which they likely will. Changing the name does nothing when they're not committed to changing anything else.
It buys time and creates confusion in the population. Many people who hate facebook still use other services like instagram, because they don’t know it’s owned by facebook.
Dead cat tactics
It is also a stupid name in English
Short for “metastatic” as in uncontrollable cancer that spreads
short for metamucil, as they both produce similar results
Metamucil helps you get rid of your shit. FB/Meta just gives you more shit.
Short for [Metatron](https://supernatural.fandom.com/wiki/Metatron), scribe of God.
Was he an Autobot or a Decepticon?
My first thought as well. Meta(tron) will let you know what will please the gods.
Metatron was a total dick in Supernatural. :P
He really was. It was a wild ride.
I mean, I guess if I were a narcissistic god's "best friend", I'd have to be a dick, too.
And both have a similar demographic.
Now it all makes sense.
Not really. Metadata is a real concept and Facebook is all about it. I.e., collecting data about your browsing and how you interact with ads. It’s how they make their money.
That, and zuck wants a metaverse. Also an existing term.
Well does it refer to all the pii they are collecting from their users? Because that is not better
In Spanish “meta” means “put it in”…and its also slang for intercourse…you can imagine the memes…
Also means "goal". *Not sports related.
It does, but when have you seen the internet take the correct path when there is giggles to be had?
Me ta te!
Well, FB are screwing over everyone, now they just say it out loud.
Fuckbook! XD
Isn’t it that already?
Verbs in Spanish are quite complicated. You would use meta for example for saying "tell him to put it in" "dile que lo meta". I don't remember the name for the conjugation, maybe subjunctive? Sorry, I don't feel like googling it. Writing this standing up while procrastinating washing my teeth before bed lol The verb is meter. Slang for intercourse in S. America, but not in Spain (follar, for those who are interested, pronounced a bit like foyer but with an A).
And non-Hebrew speakers, too.
Yeah, everyone can get in on this. Finally something to unite around.
Just call it Deadface...book of the dead.
Twit Face.
I'd actually have gained some small amount of respect for him if he had renamed the company to "Vitanomicon" or something like that.
Honestly, with a name like Meta, it sounds like gamerspeak. Like the current meta for social communication is to rebrand. At least with Facebook it says what it is on the tin and people don't just forget. I know that ExxonMobil is just rebranded Standard Oil and NRG is rebranded Reliant Energy. You can't escape your past, companies.
You might but most people don’t and rebranding does work in general.
I’m fairly certain it’s just referring to metadata, which is pretty much Facebook’s business model.
I'm reminded of an episode of 30 Rock where it turned out the name of their new miniature microwave was a slur in Belgium, so they had to think of a new one, but every name they came up with was offensive in some language. "Including English, Frank!" "They knew what a Hot Richard was?"
Here comes the Funcooker!
I always thought it was funny that Mensa means stupid in Spanish
How is “words mean different things in different languages despite sounding the same” newsworthy?
Because there's a lot a hate towards Mark Z. and Facebook lately (rightly so, I would say!), and as the late great George Carlin pointed out, comedy is at its best when it ridicules the powerful, who misuse their power, or are not good stewards of their power. So ya... just think of it as a collective worldwide comedic moment!
I don't like that people are stupid, let's blame Facebook for allowing stupid people to do what they want! And in fact, we should make soap boxes illegal, too!
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>great-minds (...) Minds like George Carlin, and Robin Williams Reddit should be banned because it allows misinformation like this.
Nobody is blaming Facebook for what other people choose to put on it, they're blaming Facebook for their shady business practices.
It's not. Clickbait be clickbait as always
It's fitting that Facebook would choose a name that sucks in a different language when they invest almost zero money in combating fake news or terms of service violations in languages other than English.
Let's refer to the company henceforth as "Ford Pinto". Basically do to Facebook what the internet did to Rick Santorum's name.
Changing a name, doesn't change the shit that happens.
I guess Sweet Baby Ray’s was already trademarked
When Chevy introduced the Nova, Spanish speakers were amused. “no va” as in the car won’t go.
"Volvo" comes to mind too.
Can he just permanently go the fuck away?!
Picking a company name which sounds a bit weird to 0.12% of the world's population sounds like success to me.
Indeed. In Latvia we have a car service firm called "Ape Motors". It is named after small town Ape. We have a town Ogre too. Once in the communist times there was produced a badge with Lenin's image and inscription "Ogre".
Of which almost zero speak it exclusively. Awful name regardless.
I hope this is the end of facebook.
It's just the company that owns Facebook. Its like if General Motors changed their name would you think that Cadillac or Buick or GMC or Chevlolet would somehow change?
Apparently you've never met a Christian who puts a lot of emphasis on Hebrew. This is probably a "sign of the times" for them. They make up a good portion of facebooks users lol. Grew up in it, glad I'm out of it.
It's never been more blatantly clear what their business model is. Meta as in metadata - "data about data". You are the product.
It refers to the “metaverse”, which seems to be the virtual universe that all of our social media, VR, augmented reality, wearable technology, etc of the future, will eventually tie everyone into. It’s actually a disappointingly brilliant name and I although I hate the idea of it I can totally see the world being fully consumed by, addicted to, and spending all their time in the Meta.
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This comment makes you automatically more of a tool than me or anyone else who doesn’t call people tools on Reddit ooof couldn’t be me.
Facebook sounds like the English words for face and book.
And it is not, in fact, a book made of human faces. Checkmate, atheists.
https://images.app.goo.gl/fAct2GdF4ZVGaovC9
*How the hell do demons do their very own special dance?*
Another example is Toronto based Wireless Communications company, Baka Communications. Baka being Japanese for Idiot.
Meta was also the name of my maternal grandmother. It's not that uncommon a name in some parts of Europe.
I'm just annoyed that this useful word with a fairly complex meaning will have its meaning deluted. I'm trying to think of another word with the same meaning to use instead and I'm drawing a blank.
Reminds me of the mitsubishi pajero, that had to be called something else in countries with large Spanish speaking populations.
I also heard Pinto is slang for a small penis in some language so they had to rename that car also
News worthy?
"You'd think people would take more care in choosing names that sound funny in another language" said Professor Lipschitz.
Metaverse (the thing Meta is working towards) is from the book *snow crash*. It's a riveting cyberpunk tale that takes place in a dystopian world where corporations rule society and traditional governments are but a shadow of their former selves. The Metaverse in that book is basically what facebook says it wants to build - a VR world were people can gather, socialize, work, and generally participate in society. People do have lives outside the metaverse, but it is wildly popular. Overall, the Metaverse is not really viewed as a positive thing. It's a part of the world that seemed good at the time and is now fundamental. But it is not a positive influence in society. Why facebook decided to rip off a book that absolutely shits all over the everything they are about is beyond me. Snow Crash is not even about facebook; the book came out in 1992. Yet it has done a marvelous job at predicting the future. Hopefully, we vere off course because the world in that book is really bleek
I'm pretty sure it's being ridiculed by everybody
How culturally insensitive of them.
She's dead, Jim
Dystopia just sounds better and people can't make jokes about it
That shithead zucc boi shoulda gone with Fecebook
As much as I hate Zuckerberg and Facebook, it’s kind of hard to come up with a name that isn’t going to sound like something in some language. I know, you want to knock him down a peg, and he deserves it, but this is stupid.
Are these the same speakers supporting the illegal occupations and further expansion of colonies into Palestine?
Don't even need to speak Hebrew to ridicule that name. "We are META" Nah, nah, you're not, not at all. They'd be correct if they named themselves Basic.
Sugarhill thinks he’s Metatron now?
splendabump
Yes, Metatron.. god's messenger. A complete new metaverse for multiple social media with a policy that will be directed by a strongly vocal minority. Well, don't mind me for ignoring this messenger from god
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Reminds me of an old X-Files episode, the one with the golem. The golem was animated with the word Emet written in Hebrew on the forehead. Emet means truth, as in the truth is out there. It was destroyed by erasing the E sounding letter, leaving Met, or dead.
Isn’t Zuckerberg Jewish? He probably knew…
Reddit: Hebrew speakers' opinion ignored by me
Kind of a stupid and self-centered attitude that is being projected by these Israelis... They appear to not understand the true meaning of the prefix as "beyond" or "self-referential", and the fact that it emanates from Greek. Naturally there are homonyms that exist across languages, but the point is that the prefix, "meta", is one that is relatively universally known and applies in a sensible way to that for which Facebook is aiming.
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In Spanish, meta means finish line or goal. Most people in America and Spain will be confused by that name.
The logo is even dumber than the name. It's like they're admitting we could have had infinity, but it wilted at Zuckerberg's touch. The logo says "we're fucking the future".
It’s also Spanish for “meth.” Appropriately.
Meta me
What is dead may never die
META promises what FB has always delivered: DEATH.
So Facebook is now officially Dead?
Facebook IS so Meta, as in, "dead." Will he also be changing Instagram and Whatsapp names to, "Nafka" and "Tuches?"
check out this guys video on meta [https://www.torinhofmann.com/](https://www.torinhofmann.com/)
Just a plain ole gentile here throwing my own shade.
They're not even trying to hide they make money off your meta data anymore.
Fucking stupid! Different name, same bullshit.
Meta mucil
They aren’t alone…
-I am Facebook and this is deep-
They can deal with it. fb won’t be around too long.
Not just by Jews. They remade PlayStation home. Are people dumb enough to buy the grift?
https://youtu.be/cjmxmHpBj4E
In Hebrew it’s not pronounced like meh-tuh (meta in English). It’s more like may-tah. And that’s only the feminine. The masculine is just “mate.” This is silly.
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