Elon Musk offers to buy Twitter for $54.20 per share.

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  1. Ten Lubak

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    Was not aware of that, yikes. Thought Musk loves open, free discourse and wants people to talk and communicate :rolleyes:
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  2. Nyx

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    Yep. Musk is like every billionare: insulated by people who know what they're doing, and so looks competent by default.
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    He’s fooled a lot of people :spock:
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    Elon Musk's Tesla 'Master Plan 3' Presentation Was a Chaotic, Boring, Confusing Mess

    Elon's Anything-Goes Twitter Now Has a ‘Zero Tolerance’ Policy Towards Violent Speech

    This is going to be really interesting. I got a week in FB jail because I responded to a friend's post that her doctor said her chronic pain "wasn't serious" because it wasn't caused by cancer with the statement that perhaps she ought to kick her doc in the nuts and tell him that any pain he feels can't be serious because it's not cancer-related. That, BTW, got me an insta-trip to FB jail as soon as I hit submit. It didn't even get a chance to post.
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    Twitter broken again.

    If you click on a link in a tweet you get an error message.

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    What a genius Eegah is. :lol: :jayzus:
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    NGL, somewhat impressed with how long this took to make happen. I was expecting it like immediately after the second round of layoffs.
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    Elon has done one good thing, in reducing the time I spend reading industry news on Twitter.

    This is how the app has intermittently looked on my device for the last few weeks. :lol:

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    Sorry, missed this. Don't do email.

    It does warm the cockles of my heart to see Twitter flop around like a clipped bird.
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    At this point if you still work at twitter it is on you that you were abused. You cannot even give the excuse you never heard the rumors because you work at the fucking rumor mill headquarters. It is your job to make sure the rumors are spreading properly while elon fucks things up.

    At some point you have to realize you like to work in the middle of a shitstorm while getting anally penetrated without lube. I actually had a job where I showed up for shit pay, worked under dangerous conditions, dealt with huge assholes, had to work in the elements, busted my ass, and suffered through pain from getting shot. I loved my job and the people I worked with, and we were a special breed of masochist. At some point you want to be there despite the shitty work conditions.
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    The fun part about this? Elon released confidential medical information about that employee (Halli on Twitter). Not only that, Halli sold his company to Twitter with a clause that said if Halli was terminated, Twitter owed him a fuckload of money. Iceland has seriously strict labor laws, and Elon has also flagrantly broken ADA laws for ALL of the internet to see, so I foresee a very interesting experience for what remains of Elon Musk's stolen wealth.
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    So under his buyout contract (which apparently Elmo can’t pay) if fired he gets a payout of ~$100m… LOL.. Oopsies…

    Thus the complete 180 and Elmo asking if Halli liked the head tongue swirl he performed while Elmo’s thick back throat spit allowed easily jacking the shaft or more the balls being sucked while the shaft jacked…

    Oops, I meant to say that Elmo is saying the Dude’s employment status isn’t finalized right at this moment…

    Programmer Dude totally baited this supposed 4D chess player into publicly guaranteeing he’ll spend the rest of his life tanning his butthole in an Ice Palace and just collecting a paycheck… and for just asking a child questions.… well done…
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    Nah, he could have already been doing that.

    When he sold his company to Twitter he publicly asked to be on the payroll and given salary instead of them just buying the company outright because it means he would pay more tax, and felt it was his obligation to pay back to the country that supported him all his life.
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    Probably related to the fact that they intentionally make the wheels really easy to replace because Musk has a hard on for yoke style controls that aren't legal in some territories.
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    Elmo tells you how to fuck up Twitter.

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