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The Assassination of Twitter by the coward Elon Musk

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  • ZonugalZonugal (He/Him) The Holiday Armadillo I'm Santa's representative for all the southern states. And Mexico!Registered User regular
    Zxerol wrote: »
    Do teens really care about Musk though? I have this feeling his fans generally comprise of insecure dipwads in like their 30s and 40s.

    Oh, in the past my students love the guy.

    Cause he's rich.

    And if you are rich, you were smart/clever/hungry enough to have obtained it.

    When I pushed back on this notion with them they became actively irrate/defensive, because it is a foundational lie of America.

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  • cursedkingcursedking Registered User regular
    PiptheFair wrote: »
    so y'all know how heidi klum goes all out every halloween as kinda tradition



    this woman is unhinged

    No no this is a thread about Musk, completely different 5 and a half foot tall worm.

    Glad I saw a post that answered my immediate question

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  • Beef AvengerBeef Avenger Registered User regular
    Maddoc wrote: »
    While I understand how scary being out of work can be, they should probably all quit

    No they shouldn’t quit. It’s way better to force them to fire you so that you can get severance/unemployment/wrongful termination lawsuit money.

    Absolutely spend company time scouting out new jobs though

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  • BahamutZEROBahamutZERO Registered User regular
    Paladin wrote: »
    Paladin wrote: »
    Preacher wrote: »
    Maddoc wrote: »
    While I understand how scary being out of work can be, they should probably all quit

    I mean he's going to fire them and tie them up in litigation regarding severances, so yeah best to just bail now

    I dunno, if Musk was unable to stop from buying twotter, he could also be unable to stop paying severance

    I feel like anybody who owned any part of twitter is gonna get big paid

    how do you figure? the people who sold their shares to musk when the bought the company for a huge premium already got their money and got out, I don't think anyone else is gonna get paid. Not the remaining shareholders, not the creditors owed the debt for the purchase, and DEFINITELY not the employees.

    As part of the purchase agreement, employees get $100 million combined in compensation as part of the buyout deal, because part of their compensation is actual stock, vested today. That still has to be figured out. Then there's severance, which you don't get if you quit.

    If Elon Musk is crafty enough to avoid fulfilling standard terms of an employment contract, I can't even finish this sentence due to the broken premise.

    Oh? that's interesting, I didn't know about that

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  • cursedkingcursedking Registered User regular
    I saw that trending earlier and what’s crazy about the story is how it’s essentially the hire clap more clap female clap prison guards

    “Get more Jewish people into this super problematic portrayal of fascism!!!”

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  • Metzger MeisterMetzger Meister It Gets Worse before it gets any better.Registered User regular
    i think it's maybe time we take Shakespeare But Different out behind the woodshed and put it down for good because we've obviously scraped the barrel fucking clean.

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  • Johnny ChopsockyJohnny Chopsocky Scootaloo! We have to cook! Grillin' HaysenburgersRegistered User regular

    jesus christ

    That headline is terrible enough, and then you look at the logo.

    There are layers of insanity just in that fucking logo alone.

    ... Oh god, I don't wanna know if this madness was borne from someone saying the name "Juliet" out loud and then a huge depraved light bulb went off in their awful little head

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  • Goose!Goose! That's me, honey Show me the way home, honeyRegistered User regular
    Everything about that is insane

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  • Rhesus PositiveRhesus Positive GNU Terry Pratchett Registered User regular
    "I think we should stage a play that addresses the treatment of Jewish people, but also do Shakespeare"

    "Clearly the only option is Romeo and Juliet"

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  • KalTorakKalTorak One way or another, they all end up in the Undercity.Registered User regular
    "Two houses, both alike in dignity-"

    "Let me stop you right there."
    -Anyone with a brain

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  • LanzLanz ...Za?Registered User regular
    Preacher wrote: »
    Maddoc wrote: »
    While I understand how scary being out of work can be, they should probably all quit

    I mean he's going to fire them and tie them up in litigation regarding severances, so yeah best to just bail now

    No, if you quit, you can’t get unemployment and any of your attendant severance

    Make that fucker fire you.

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  • PreacherPreacher Registered User regular
    Ok you guys need to stop posting what is clearly a shitty parody of a news story like its real like come on now.

    I would like some money because these are artisanal nuggets of wisdom philistine.

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  • Styrofoam SammichStyrofoam Sammich WANT. normal (not weird)Registered User regular
  • PoorochondriacPoorochondriac Ah, man Ah, jeezRegistered User regular
    Just bring Gnomeo and Juliet to the stage you cowards

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  • The Zombie PenguinThe Zombie Penguin Eternal Hungry Corpse Registered User regular
    Maddoc wrote: »
    Also the past few times I had cause to open Facebook, unsurprisingly, I found a similar situation to Intagram where almost my entire feed was ads rather than people and pages I actually follow.

    Just a really unpleasant experience to use overall.

    I've been switching to only using Instagram on my computer, where my add blocker works.

    Sucks, but why me figuring out ramping up things again I need to advertise on Instagram if my candle-drops plan is going to work.

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  • nightmarennynightmarenny Registered User regular
    edited November 2022
    y

    If this were a Tarantino movie it would end with every single Nazi getting brutally murdered.

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  • Rhesus PositiveRhesus Positive GNU Terry Pratchett Registered User regular
    y

    If this were a Tarantino movie it would end with every single Nazi getting brutally murdered.

    Every movie should end like that

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  • Endless_SerpentsEndless_Serpents Registered User regular
    If we must do Shakey, I think we could drain 90% of Romeos and Juliets and insert that much…

    That much…

    I’ve done it.

    I’ve finally forgotten them all…

    I’m free! Ah shit no I’ve remembered a bunch now. I’m not free I’m just dying of old age.

  • RMS OceanicRMS Oceanic Registered User regular
    y

    If this were a Tarantino movie it would end with every single Nazi getting brutally murdered.

    Every movie should end like that

    Even if it's a dull romantic comedy a character should comment about the news report where some Nazis got got

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  • JedocJedoc In the scuppers with the staggers and jagsRegistered User regular
    y

    If this were a Tarantino movie it would end with every single Nazi getting brutally murdered.

    Every movie should end like that

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    Scarlett Johansson: I guess here at the end of our divorce it's good that we figured out that we were in a toxic relationship.
    Adam Driver: That's the logical conclusion I've drawn from the trailers I've seen and the way most movies go. I haven't seen the film.
    SJ: Holy shit, did that shady panel van just crash into the Panera Bread across the street?
    AD: It did! And are those...nazis staggering out of the back?
    SJ: Looks like. And there's Mr. T and some Power Rangers.
    AD: Oof. They're really murdering the shit out of those nazis.
    SJ: Yup. Anyway, I'm out. Don't call me.
    AD: Same. Fuck! That's nasty.
    SJ: Neat that it happened to a nazi, though.
    AD: For sure. Get out.
    SJ: Yeah.

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  • PreacherPreacher Registered User regular
    I'm just saying if you're looking about how to end your movie, maybe throw killing some nazis into it? Or if you want to modern it up, some of the current Russian regime would also fit.

    I would like some money because these are artisanal nuggets of wisdom philistine.

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  • I needed anime to post.I needed anime to post. boom Registered User regular
    is that modern?

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  • PreacherPreacher Registered User regular
    is that modern?

    Well considering the Russian military right now is currently committing war crimes, yes it would be modern.

    I would like some money because these are artisanal nuggets of wisdom philistine.

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  • MaddocMaddoc I'm Bobbin Threadbare, are you my mother? Registered User regular
    is that modern?

    the classics never go out of style

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  • BroloBrolo Broseidon Lord of the BroceanRegistered User regular

    It's official. Tumblr waved the white flag, y'all.

    Having shot their foot off years ago, today, they have decided to put away the gun.

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  • PreacherPreacher Registered User regular
    Yeah like they've already shown they'll remove that content at a moments notice. It feels like premature celebration (eh heh) to think this is a lasting change.

    I would like some money because these are artisanal nuggets of wisdom philistine.

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  • BronzeKoopaBronzeKoopa Registered User regular
    The mobile forums load much faster and scroll back is gone once I blocked twitter embeds on my phone.

    I'm slowly going through all my follows to see if they have some sort of web presence anywhere else, and then I'm deactivating my twitter. It sucks that a lot of artists I look at is most active on there, but there's always somewhere else to migrate to on the internet eventually. Hopefully.

  • tynictynic PICNIC BADASS Registered User, ClubPA regular
    where would we be without such luminaries as these monopolizing the attention economy.

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  • PreacherPreacher Registered User regular
    I just don't understand why people volunteer such awful facts about themselves.

    "I like cooking fish in the microwave."

    "I prefer to leave some shit on a public toilet paper roll."

    "I like the yankees and cowboys!"

    Why??????

    I would like some money because these are artisanal nuggets of wisdom philistine.

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  • MaddocMaddoc I'm Bobbin Threadbare, are you my mother? Registered User regular
    One of the best things about twitter is how it compels people to log on every day and admit things that, if it were me, I would keep as a dark secret buried deep inside until the day I die.

    I said it before, but Twitter is a sideshow with a news aggregator

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  • TefTef Registered User regular
    Because they’re awful! They don’t realise they’re being awful!

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  • tynictynic PICNIC BADASS Registered User, ClubPA regular
    Preacher wrote: »
    I just don't understand why people volunteer such awful facts about themselves.

    "I like cooking fish in the microwave."

    "I prefer to leave some shit on a public toilet paper roll."

    "I like the yankees and cowboys!"

    Why??????

    In this particular case it seems like she gets off on negative attention, her timeline is full of this kind of shit.

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  • PiptheFairPiptheFair Frequently not in boats. Registered User regular
    edited November 2022
    Preacher wrote: »
    I just don't understand why people volunteer such awful facts about themselves.

    "I like cooking fish in the microwave."

    "I prefer to leave some shit on a public toilet paper roll."

    "I like the yankees and cowboys!"

    Why??????

    bro you gotta check out r/amItheasshole

    it is some absolutely incredible content

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  • BronzeKoopaBronzeKoopa Registered User regular
    A bunch of nsfw artists I follow are on newgrounds so hey I signed up on newgrounds now.

  • MadicanMadican No face Registered User regular
    PiptheFair wrote: »
    Preacher wrote: »
    I just don't understand why people volunteer such awful facts about themselves.

    "I like cooking fish in the microwave."

    "I prefer to leave some shit on a public toilet paper roll."

    "I like the yankees and cowboys!"

    Why??????

    bro you gotta check out r/amItheasshole

    it is some absolutely incredible content

    Some of it may even be real

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  • Munkus BeaverMunkus Beaver You don't have to attend every argument you are invited to. Philosophy: Stoicism. Politics: Democratic SocialistRegistered User, ClubPA regular
    edited November 2022
    Tef wrote: »
    Because they’re awful! They don’t realise they’re being awful!



    They realize it.

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  • CelloCello Registered User regular
    This is actually exemplary of one of the struggles I have with Twitter

    On the one hand? I love drama. I love it. There's a level on which my brain is like hoo boy everyone is dragging Candy Mom can you believe someone so bad exists

    But on the other, like, do I really benefit in any way in knowing that this main character exists, or experiencing that brief bit of outrage that someone can so proudly be a shitty parent? Do I really need that mixed endorphin rush of being mad and then seeing people reply in ways that dig in on 'em? And as fun as like, one instance of this is, this happens every day on there, taking advantage of that emotional reaction to the person who has fucked up in such a big way that the Eye of Twitter descends upon 'em

    It just feels eventually like algorithmic emotional manipulation and I end up realizing I've delved too greedily and too deep into the replies and 20 minutes have gone by where I could have watched my hockey team lose at sports or cleaned my house or something

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