News 
January 3, 2025 
3 min. 
People are still talking about how Elon Musk has blazed up social media by changing the name of his X handleto “Kekius Maximus”. In a recent update, Mr Musk said nothing about the change and thus left people to decipher the reason, further deepening the already engaging mystery for his 210 million fans beaned on the new update.
It gets even more curious as Pepe the Frog is also incorporated in one of the pictures which Musk uploaded, he has however shaded Pepe in a Roman amature and also has a joystick in hand.
What’s Behind the Name Elon Musk Picked?
Gone are the days of playing and building roman empires, as the term “Kekius Maximus” has taken a whole new approach. In pop culture, “kek” has become infamous for meaning laugh out loud in memes, while some affiliated themselves with far-right organizations as well, and for those who love Gladiators and had their eyes peeled for Maximus in roman attire it’s time to rejoice. If we haven’t offended you yet, we would like to inform you that the world is conflicting on whether it’s a simple slang word for an internet user or insinuates dark humor.
The Controversy Around Pepe the Frog
The story of how Pepe the frog has evolved over the years is truly exceptional, once being just a characters in comic books now it has become a icon of regional politics under the scrutiny of international conflicts, that’s literally due to his vicious appropriation by alt right political avatar during US 2016 election.
Ironically, the origin of the word ‘meme’ derived from the spinning archetypes of specific characters and in essence that’s the case as most memes of pepe are perfectly fine, While the Anti Defamation League has stated that it is a hated symbol because it has turned out to be misused.
Now returning to Musk’s account and the reason for using Pepe is the most compelling, did he wish to draw the attention of people fascinated by the subcultures of the southeastern region of the internet?
