Elon Musk attempts hostile takeover of twitter

[Mercer]

It's strange seeing how much low testosterone emotional value that can be harnessed by simply implying Twitter is finally failing.

[metronome]

[grim540]

On 7/3/2023 at 10:33 PM, Mercer said:

low testosterone emotional value

 

 

That's a weird term for saying people are getting a kick out of a shitty rich asshole fail to bullshit his way out of a 44 billion dollar fuck up but ok...

[Mercer]

Why do you feel this way about him, I mean aside from all the recirculating insults, is there a particular reason you're upset with Elon Musk?

[grim540]

lol you've never heard of schadenfreude?

 

 

Edited July 7 by grim540

[Mercer]

No, I've never heard of it. Care to explain? I just see a certain type of person that becomes emotionally invested in hating billionaires. You can never get a straight answer as to why, it's always something vague, but never a legit reason, or something that negatively effects their own life. I suspect it's just to fit in, form social bonds with others who hate, and conform to a social norm, but that doesn't explain the strong emotions these people feel.

[KILZ FILLZ]

I think people tend to root against giants hoping to see them fall. Whether it’s Elon or Tom Brady. What do you think @grim540 @Mercer

[Mercer]

IMO, people weren't upset with him until he wanted to put an end to forced political conformity through mass censorship. I feel like the desire to cancel anyone who isn't towing the accepted corporate/government approved line in propoganda belongs on sites for conformists like Reddit, etc. I despise absolute conformity, and this type of hive mind mentality that's so vulnerable to pro-government, and corporate propoganda. It's absolutely destroyed the left wings ability to "rage against the machine" for lack of a better term.

 

Outside of this authoritarian, and conformist tendency, in general males indulging in group negative emotion like "hating on the big dog" is counterproductive, effeminate, and just low testosterone fashionista behavior. Men have a greater tendency towards being inspired by other men's success, as we're in full control of our own success. Instead of being upset someone else has bigger, sexier muscles, or bank accounts, men trend toward focusing on stepping up their own workouts, careers, or investment game to stay ahead. The same can't be said for a group of mid females, cooking up nonsense "justifications" to act as their thinly veiled mask for why they hate another bitch that looks better than they ever could, or is just in a better socio economic position. Traditionally, these things were far more out of their control. Regardless of massive drops in T levels across western cultures, allowing this same type of feminine behavior to be accepted in male culture is overall harmful to those engaging in it.

Edited July 9 by Mercer

[KILZ FILLZ]

@Merceri could be wrong but I think a lot of people already had a bad taste in their mouth before he bought twitter to open it up (re: your first sentence). Pretty sure he was getting hate before injecting himself into political discourse ?

 

edit - yeah I know he was now that I am remembering the lolz people had at his failed cybertruck demo when he broke the unbreakable window on stage. 

[mr.yuck]

I'm not a super big fan of exploitation money or people that are born into exploitation money. They tend to be shit people raised on shit morals, detached from reality. I think the worst thing to happen to these kinds of billionaires was social media; where they are either expected to or can't control themselves to interact with brokies. 

[Mercer]

I'm exploiting every avenue I can to profit without actually harming others. I'd expect nothing less from my employers, my subordinates, my associates, and my competitors. I exploit my expertise in electrical engineering to earn certifications, then I exploit said certifications while negotiating my salary to earn better money.  I exploit my looks, social skills & status, and my ability to earn enough money my wife won't ever need to work again a day in her life when I was choosing between potential partners. I exploit the materiel goods, and knowledge passed down to me by my ancestors, and hope some day to pass them on to someone else who will exploit them to their maximum potential.

 

Even the word exploit itself, is exploited by people who wish to sew hatred for those with more than them. They exploit the massive flaws in the English language that allows for multiple definition of words. Exploit could mean simply making use of something you have access to, or it could mean taking an unfair advantage of others. I don't think Elon does the latter, everyone working for him chooses to do so because it's their best option. If not, they'd work someplace else. Everyone buying goods and services he provides does so because he's offering them the best deal possible. He does indeed exploit, but in a non-destructive, net beneficial way that I personally admire.

 

There are so many excellent targets for my hatred, that actually deserve it. I just prefer cold and calculated, with an end goal. over whimsy and emotion. Hoping others, that in reality benefit me by virtue of free exchange will fail, knowing it's overall harmful results that will indirectly leave me with less options.

Edited July 11 by Mercer

[Mercer]

8 hours ago, KILZ FILLZ said:

@Merceri could be wrong but I think a lot of people already had a bad taste in their mouth before he bought twitter to open it up (re: your first sentence). Pretty sure he was getting hate before injecting himself into political discourse ?

 

edit - yeah I know he was now that I am remembering the lolz people had at his failed cybertruck demo when he broke the unbreakable window on stage. 

 

I do not doubt there were always haters from day one, my point is that their hate is illegitimate and simply emotionally based. No one has provided any legitimate reason for it. Yet there are people out there actually harming others that get their thin blue line flag flown and respect. It's pure foolishness.

[KILZ FILLZ]

15 hours ago, Mercer said:

 

I do not doubt there were always haters from day one, my point is that their hate is illegitimate and simply emotionally based. No one has provided any legitimate reason for it. Yet there are people out there actually harming others that get their thin blue line flag flown and respect. It's pure foolishness.

Elon has a huge online presence and from what I see, he uses a lot of it to be a troll and fuck with people. He leans into being a “heel” and with that comes the heat and the haters. Bringing that bathroom sink into Twitter HQ day 1 and saying “let that sink in” isn’t gonna win anyone over. It’s the same type of thing you’d seen in a bad pro wrestling promo

 

 I believe it’s intentional a la “no bad press”. He’s bringing hate on himself on purpose to drive numbers and a lot of people are unwilling or unable to recognize it’s theatrics.

 

This whole back and forth with Zuckerberg really reeks of performance.  Challenge a rival to a cage match only to have your mother cancel it? Hilarious and coordinated. I think it’s all pretty funny

 

 

[mr.yuck]

Sure, we can argue the semantics of language to discredit a valid opinion on the existence of shitty people, or we could recognize that those nice Dutch folks in South Africa didnt make their fortune digging emeralds out of the ground with their own hands and there is a very good chance that indeed the local indigenous Africans were exploited in the process. Let's also not forget that apartheid was in full effect during this time period.

 

I'd like to say that not everyone is a carbon copy of their parents but "the apple doesn't fall far from the tree" and the undying words of Ugly Kid Joe "It's a serious disease that you learn about in school. And if your dad's an alcoholic, you'll be one, too," are both sayings for a reason.

[LUGR]

I just want a dang Cyber truck already.

[ndv]

[grim540]

Wondering if the topic of interview was over the finer points of the Great Replacement Theory, or the best ways to run a international sex trafficking wing without getting busted.

Edited July 12 by grim540

[KILZ FILLZ]

 

[LUGR]

On 7/11/2023 at 6:18 PM, ndv said:

OMFG bout time!

 

 

[KILZ FILLZ]

Tesla Roadster when 

[LUGR]

3 hours ago, KILZ FILLZ said:

Tesla Roadster when 

Tesla spaceship when?!

[KILZ FILLZ]

Mars bois

[Mercer]

It's weird nobody on the hating tip is up on Neuralink. Out of all the reasons to hate, it seems the most relevant to me. On one hand, the tech he's been able to bring to market, like online payments, electric cars, solar/battery, and commercial spaceship/satellite services has not only been been profitable, it's beneficial to the top tier of humanity that can afford it. Neuralink seems like it's a 50/50 chance of being an absolute threat/benefit, most likely it will be both. Terrifying that one day you'll need one of these chips to stay competitive, and instead of you just controlling electronics with it, it could go the other way around, and you could be controlled, and spied on by it. I mean we all know our phones are spying on us, etc. but who's going to rock a flip phone. These chips will be the same way, but higher stakes.

 

[KILZ FILLZ]

Im surprised the religious right/Qanon right haven’t started dragging him for that @Mercerseems like an easy lay-up for “mark of the beast” heads. 

 

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Yesterday my buddy finally got his burned hair cologne he paid for like a year or two ago. I wouldn’t call him a musk fanboy, but he does own a Tesla, and falls for these dumb gimmicks… I I think he got the cybertruck bottle opener too. So anyways. His cologne finally arrived yesterday after a good year of supply delays… but it was broken from the factory lol. He said the shipping box was not damaged but when he opened the cologne box the bottle leaked everywhere. Check out the design on this bad boy, that font straight from MS Word and looks like they bought some surplus Casio watch boxes? no idea of this is an isolated incidient of his bad luck or others have had the same. 
 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

[ndv]

I would like to think the business proposal had already taken place some time ago, and possibly trump may have wanted too much, but if it hasn't happened.  If twitter is in a financial hole, why doesn't Twitter allow trump back on there.  I  sure it will boost the traffic which will cause advertising  to increase...?