Twitter and The Musk

[Ksyrup]

It's the Joe Rogan/Rand Paul "Look how smart I am because I question everything and go against the grain/norms" BS. They've taken what is otherwise an important idea - think for yourself - and combined it with this "the worldview is liberal and therefore always wrong" mindset, and turned into a contrarian philosophy that rubs elbows with conspiracy theories, anti-government sentiment, and fallacies/lies that speaks to a not insignificant percentage of the population who want to feel smart (or prove it to the public on social media) because they go against the general consensus on a lot of topics.

It started with climate change 25 or so years ago and then when Covid came around, it spread to vaccinations, and rigged elections, etc. And of course, once you tie something like this into a political movement, it just explodes.

[Atocep]

Originally Posted by GrantDawg

Why does 99% of people that enter hospice care die in the first year? Why is hospice care killing all these people? I'm just asking questions. I am very smart.

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This guy is supposedly brilliant and has infinite resources but always tries to pass off shit like this as him just asking questions. Yet the answer to the questions he "asks" could be answered in 2 minutes with basic common sense or internet skills.

I think it was last week he was "asking" why wikipedia is always asking for donations and where that money goes.

[Ksyrup]

Zuckerberg tore his ACL training for an MMA fight. I think the only reasonable thing to do is for a hobbled Zuckerberg to fight a similarly hobbled Elon. Not only would it be a fair fight, but it probably increases the chances of a significant injury to one or both of them.

[CrimsonFox]

Did Zuck and Elon ever buy wives for themselves?

[JPhillips]

Elon is a racist and and anti-semite.

Elon Musk pushing unvarnished anti semitism at a time of rising antisemitism and violence against Jews pic.twitter.com/N5bSQxWsr9

— Jake Tapper (@jaketapper) November 15, 2023

[RainMaker]

That's some Goebbels stuff there. Congrats to the advertisers who stayed.

[flere-imsaho]

I wonder if the Universe one day, in a fit of karmic retribution, will have one of his self-driving Teslas run him over while he's crossing the street. And then it'll blow up.

[RainMaker]

It seems like an exodus is taking place. Not sure how they keep that place afloat much longer.



https://www.cnbc.com/2023/11/17/appl...tic-tweet.html

[Atocep]

Originally Posted by RainMaker

It seems like an exodus is taking place. Not sure how they keep that place afloat much longer.



https://www.cnbc.com/2023/11/17/appl...tic-tweet.html

Well they're reportedly down to 1 major advertiser and Musk told those that left "to go fuck themselves" at an event yesterday where Bob Iger was speaking.

It seems like we're in the last days of Twitter. They even acknowledged today that they can't won't be able to continue for long unless advertisers return.

[flere-imsaho]

He's the richest person in the world. And a business genius. I'm sure they'll be fine.

[albionmoonlight]

https://www.threads.net/@newsbreakin...st/C0RPAByrLrT

I cannot think of anyone (with the possible exception of Trump) who cares more about whether he is liked than Elon.

[Ksyrup]

Interesting article about everyone's favorite Boy Wonder.

Elon Musk's Problems at Twitter, Tesla Prove His Luck Has Run Out

[Atocep]

Did anyone else that Musk did a twitter live with Alex Jones and Ramaswamy to celebrate Alex Jones getting his twitter account reinstated?

Oh and Ramaswamy didn't mute his phone while he took a piss, but that's another story.

[BYU 14]

Originally Posted by Atocep

Did anyone else that Musk did a twitter live with Alex Jones and Ramaswamy to celebrate Alex Jones getting his twitter account reinstated?

Oh and Ramaswamy didn't mute his phone while he took a piss, but that's another story.

Not enough Rubber Noses for the Clowns on that call.

[whomario]

Last Week Tonight - Elon Musk

[Atocep]

Japanese disaster prevention X account can’t post anymore after hitting API limit - Dexerto

According to Unseen Japan, NERV is under X’s “Basic” API plan, where it can post 100 posts in 24 hours. This costs around $100, while the next step up requires users to pay around $5000 a month for usage of its API. Due to NERV running at a loss, the company has chosen not to subscribe to the higher tier.

[Ghost Econ]

Can someone send me a flow chart for the hierarchy of hate that MAGA/Q ascribe to? There's something about Orthodox Jewish tunnels trending and the anti-Semitism is flowing on Twitter. But they also cheer Israel in murdering innocent Palestinians.

At this point I have it as Women > Jews > Hispanics >= Blacks > Liberals > Muslims but I feel like I'm missing some.

[GrantDawg]

Originally Posted by Ghost Econ

Can someone send me a flow chart for the hierarchy of hate that MAGA/Q ascribe to? There's something about Orthodox Jewish tunnels trending and the anti-Semitism is flowing on Twitter. But they also cheer Israel in murdering innocent Palestinians.

At this point I have it as Women > Jews > Hispanics >= Blacks > Liberals > Muslims but I feel like I'm missing some.

Always hate the other. If the other is killing other other, then that is good.

[Ksyrup]

Originally Posted by Ghost Econ

Can someone send me a flow chart for the hierarchy of hate that MAGA/Q ascribe to? There's something about Orthodox Jewish tunnels trending and the anti-Semitism is flowing on Twitter. But they also cheer Israel in murdering innocent Palestinians.

At this point I have it as Women > Jews > Hispanics >= Blacks > Liberals > Muslims but I feel like I'm missing some.

Your question ascribes some semblance of logic that all evidence indicates is lacking from the subject matter.

[cuervo72]

Elon is now engaging in "race science" and agrees with a post saying black people have low IQs and having them as pilots will cause plane crashes. This is some of the most racist white supremacist shit I've ever seen. pic.twitter.com/cz9mAcsM9L

— Alejandra Caraballo (@Esqueer_) January 10, 2024

[Ghost Econ]

Who would have guess a guy whose dad ran emerald mines during apartheid in South Africa would be racist.

My father-in-law used to work as CEO for a guy who wouldn't hire black truck drivers or office workers because he thought blacks were too dumb to be trusted with that work. He would only allow them to be hired for warehouse work. My father-in-law only said something when he rage-retired.

[CrimsonFox]

I found this amusing

[flere-imsaho]

Oh, that's good.

[GrantDawg]

For anyone interested, Bluesky is now open for anyone to join.

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[Lathum]

He's gone full on MAGA.

Then he called his Mommy, drank a whole case of soy milk & bing-watched Rachel Maddow pic.twitter.com/B1yV0OqhQr

— Elon Musk (@elonmusk) February 22, 2024

[Ghost Econ]

I didn't know Rachel Maddow was on Bing now.

[Fidatelo]

Elon is a super douche but that tweet he's replying to is also as lame as can be.

[Mota]

Must have made Elon feel good to own that snowflake for a 4 year old tweet! He was probably still crying in 2024, right? /s

[albionmoonlight]

Originally Posted by Mota

Must have made Elon feel good to own that snowflake for a 4 year old tweet! He was probably still crying in 2024, right? /s

LOL. I thought that the guy had just posted about voting in the primary.

Elon has more free time than anyone I know.

[Ghost Econ]

No, see, he's a CEO of 4 companies... now, don't try to work 2 jobs at once as a regular human, that's just greed.

[Ksyrup]

You have a surprising amount of down time when you sleep on the floor at the office instead of interacting with humans like a normal person.

[Ghost Econ]

I know you're talking about Elon, but I actually spent most of a month sleeping on the floor of my home office while my wife and I traded random illnesses. Add in the lack of human contact and it really cuts deep.

[Mota]

Originally Posted by Ghost Econ

No, see, he's a CEO of 4 companies... now, don't try to work 2 jobs at once as a regular human, that's just greed.

Hopefully he is working a minimum of 40 hours per week onsite at each company, like he requires his employees to do.

[albionmoonlight]

Latest saga on Twitter is that he appears unaware that PCs come with operating systems. And, on the advice of some people responding to his tweets, he is texting the CEO of Microsoft for tech-support.

[Atocep]

Originally Posted by albionmoonlight

Latest saga on Twitter is that he appears unaware that PCs come with operating systems. And, on the advice of some people responding to his tweets, he is texting the CEO of Microsoft for tech-support.

Well that was between postings supporting the great replacement.

[RainMaker]

Originally Posted by albionmoonlight

Latest saga on Twitter is that he appears unaware that PCs come with operating systems. And, on the advice of some people responding to his tweets, he is texting the CEO of Microsoft for tech-support.

Modern day Tony Stark!

[Ksyrup]

I almost never spend any time on Twitter these days, but I've noticed a ramp up of push notifications to my phone from right wingers. I got 3 from Musk directly, so I had to block him, followed by DT Jr, then today Laura Ingraham. I don't follow any of them, but now they are all blocked.

[NobodyHere]

Nate Silver calls to shut down Gemini after Google’s AI chatbot refuses to say if Hitler or Musk is worse

[RainMaker]

Only because I sort of work tangentially to the AI stuff, these people are insane and think AI is much more robust than it actually is. These things are just spinning existing content they scraped, they're not sentient or any of that shit.

[JPhillips]

Getting harder and harder to justify staying on a platform where the owner is so openly racist. I guess I need to see what Bluesky has to offer.

[Ksyrup]

I haven't opened the app in a few months just to browse. About the only time I use the app is sending DMs with videos back and forth with my kids (usually I'll see something linked elsewhere) or following up on posts from certain accounts I get notifications for. That's about it.

[Lathum]

I spend maybe 1/10th the time I used to there and when I do open it I scroll for a bout 2 minutes before feeling like I need a shower and shut it down.

[PilotMan]

Steve Mnuchin is leading a group to purchase tiktok to comply with the proposed US divesting. Meaning that two of the largest social media companies would essentially be under the control of right wing sympathizers.



https://www.cnbc.com/2024/03/14/form...uy-tiktok.html

[RainMaker]

That seems to be the plan. If you can't beat them, make the government force a sale to you. Capitalism baby!

[Atocep]

Originally Posted by PilotMan

Steve Mnuchin is leading a group to purchase tiktok to comply with the proposed US divesting. Meaning that two of the largest social media companies would essentially be under the control of right wing sympathizers.



https://www.cnbc.com/2024/03/14/form...uy-tiktok.html

The right has openly talked about the Nazi ideals of owning the youth to own the future. I don't think it's going to work on most of today's youth, but they'll continue to brainwash and indoctrinate older generations that are more susceptible to this kind of stuff.

[GrantDawg]

The level a narcissism. He cannot be questioned. Anything good is all him, but anything bad is someone else's fault.

I am losing my mind that Don Lemon looked at Elon right in the face and basically said “gonna cry?”pic.twitter.com/dkEsUqaa8r

— evan (@esjesjesj) March 19, 2024

[albionmoonlight]

It is always such a train wreck when one of these famous people (business, politics, acting, whatever) who surrounds themselves with nothing but sycophants and yesmen and fanboys tries to have a normal conversation or interview with someone.

They are just completely flummoxed by the most normal questions. You can see the panic and confusion welling up as they are asked to respond.

[Atocep]

Alejandra Caraballo banned from Elon Musk’s X platform

Musk believes in freedom of speech for neo-nazi's but not for those outing people that are neo-nazi's.

[RainMaker]

Originally Posted by GrantDawg

The level a narcissism. He cannot be questioned. Anything good is all him, but anything bad is someone else's fault.

I am losing my mind that Don Lemon looked at Elon right in the face and basically said “gonna cry?”pic.twitter.com/dkEsUqaa8r

— evan (@esjesjesj) March 19, 2024

Imagine getting owned by Don Lemon of all people.

[RainMaker]

Originally Posted by albionmoonlight

It is always such a train wreck when one of these famous people (business, politics, acting, whatever) who surrounds themselves with nothing but sycophants and yesmen and fanboys tries to have a normal conversation or interview with someone.

They are just completely flummoxed by the most normal questions. You can see the panic and confusion welling up as they are asked to respond.

I think it's even worse in tech because the journalism in that industry is incredibly friendly too. Once they get put of thst bubble of sycophants and friendly tech outlets, they have no clue how to handle themselves. The smart ones just avoid these interviews.