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  • 89th8 89th

    Next thing you know, Elon will create his own cologne. The name will be...

    Musk, by Musk.

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    Ivorythumper
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    #266

    @89th said in Elon Musk buys a big chunk of Twitter:

    Next thing you know, Elon will create his own cologne. The name will be...

    Musk, by Musk.

    He said if there is ever a scandal involving him, he wants it called “ELONGATE”.

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    • IvorythumperI Ivorythumper

      @89th said in Elon Musk buys a big chunk of Twitter:

      Next thing you know, Elon will create his own cologne. The name will be...

      Musk, by Musk.

      He said if there is ever a scandal involving him, he wants it called “ELONGATE”.

      jon-nycJ Online
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      jon-nyc
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      #267

      @Ivorythumper said in Elon Musk buys a big chunk of Twitter:

      @89th said in Elon Musk buys a big chunk of Twitter:

      Next thing you know, Elon will create his own cologne. The name will be...

      Musk, by Musk.

      He said if there is ever a scandal involving him, he wants it called “ELONGATE”.

      That was used when he mused on Twitter about taking Tesla private and got in trouble with the SEC.

      Only non-witches get due process.

      • Cotton Mather, Salem Massachusetts, 1692
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        jon-nyc
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        #268

        Hmmm…..

        Only non-witches get due process.

        • Cotton Mather, Salem Massachusetts, 1692
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        • jon-nycJ jon-nyc

          Hmmm…..

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          George K
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          #269

          @jon-nyc "Free Speech" means defending speech you hate.

          See ACLU, Skokie, Nazis.

          "Now look here, you Baltic gas passer... " - Mik, 6/14/08

          The saying, "Lite is just one damn thing after another," is a gross understatement. The damn things overlap.

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          • jon-nycJ jon-nyc

            Hmmm…..

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            @jon-nyc said in Elon Musk buys a big chunk of Twitter:

            Hmmm…..

            We all know what to say out loud if we want to tempt the wrath of the 'far left'. What does one say out loud that would run afoul of the 'far right', again?

            Education is extremely important.

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            • HoraceH Horace

              @jon-nyc said in Elon Musk buys a big chunk of Twitter:

              Hmmm…..

              We all know what to say out loud if we want to tempt the wrath of the 'far left'. What does one say out loud that would run afoul of the 'far right', again?

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              @Horace said in Elon Musk buys a big chunk of Twitter:

              What does one say out loud that would run afoul of the 'far right', again?

              Guns kill people

              Abortion saves lives

              Kindergarten children should explore options

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              • George KG George K

                First rat jumps ship:

                https://twitter.com/shaunking

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                jon-nyc
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                @George-K said in Elon Musk buys a big chunk of Twitter:

                First rat jumps ship:

                https://twitter.com/shaunking

                Talcom X is already back. I figured it was temporary. What else is he going to do besides tweet? Get a job?

                Only non-witches get due process.

                • Cotton Mather, Salem Massachusetts, 1692
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                • HoraceH Horace

                  @jon-nyc said in Elon Musk buys a big chunk of Twitter:

                  Hmmm…..

                  We all know what to say out loud if we want to tempt the wrath of the 'far left'. What does one say out loud that would run afoul of the 'far right', again?

                  jon-nycJ Online
                  jon-nycJ Online
                  jon-nyc
                  wrote on last edited by jon-nyc
                  #273

                  @Horace said in Elon Musk buys a big chunk of Twitter:

                  @jon-nyc said in Elon Musk buys a big chunk of Twitter:

                  Hmmm…..

                  We all know what to say out loud if we want to tempt the wrath of the 'far left'. What does one say out loud that would run afoul of the 'far right', again?

                  More or less the opposite? Transwomen are women, biological sex is not real, Trump lost in a landslide, etc.

                  Only non-witches get due process.

                  • Cotton Mather, Salem Massachusetts, 1692
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                  • jon-nycJ jon-nyc

                    @George-K said in Elon Musk buys a big chunk of Twitter:

                    First rat jumps ship:

                    https://twitter.com/shaunking

                    Talcom X is already back. I figured it was temporary. What else is he going to do besides tweet? Get a job?

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                    #274

                    @jon-nyc said in Elon Musk buys a big chunk of Twitter:

                    @George-K said in Elon Musk buys a big chunk of Twitter:

                    First rat jumps ship:

                    https://twitter.com/shaunking

                    Talcom X is already back. I figured it was temporary. What else is he going to do besides tweet? Get a job?

                    Who is Talcom? Who is Shaun? When I open Twitter I can't tell which is a new tweet and which is a pinned tweet, or who tweeted him! What is going on! WHAT IS ROBLOX! WHAT IS ELDEN KING!

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                    • jon-nycJ jon-nyc

                      @Horace said in Elon Musk buys a big chunk of Twitter:

                      @jon-nyc said in Elon Musk buys a big chunk of Twitter:

                      Hmmm…..

                      We all know what to say out loud if we want to tempt the wrath of the 'far left'. What does one say out loud that would run afoul of the 'far right', again?

                      More or less the opposite? Transwomen are women, biological sex is not real, Trump lost in a landslide, etc.

                      HoraceH Online
                      HoraceH Online
                      Horace
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                      #275

                      @jon-nyc said in Elon Musk buys a big chunk of Twitter:

                      @Horace said in Elon Musk buys a big chunk of Twitter:

                      @jon-nyc said in Elon Musk buys a big chunk of Twitter:

                      Hmmm…..

                      We all know what to say out loud if we want to tempt the wrath of the 'far left'. What does one say out loud that would run afoul of the 'far right', again?

                      More or less the opposite? Transwomen are women, biological sex is not real, Trump lost in a landslide, etc.

                      I understand there are opposing positions to classically right positions, I’m just curious what sort of speech the “far right” would use its power to silence or cancel. Or maybe this discussion should start with an acknowledgment that the “far right” has no power to silence or cancel, while the “far left” has all that power within the moderation practices of big tech, and within the culture in general. But that power imbalance would fly in the face of any claim that both sides are equally problematic, so we know it can’t be true.

                      Education is extremely important.

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                        jon-nyc
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                        #276

                        No, Horace, we’re not going to get off your lawn yet. Come back to us in 20 years.

                        Only non-witches get due process.

                        • Cotton Mather, Salem Massachusetts, 1692
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                          jon-nyc
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                          Only non-witches get due process.

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                            Raise your hand if you’ve been in work meetings where people introduce themselves by announcing their pronouns? I have. Actually only one guy, several months ago. A straight white male who wanted to announce to the workplace that he was down with the cause, but totally normal personally. It made me cringe. I actually knew the guy pretty well, having worked with him pretty closely several years ago, before he left the company for several years, only to come back recently. Straight white male STEM phd, completely indoctrinated but relatively bright otherwise.

                            Education is extremely important.

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                            • jon-nycJ jon-nyc

                              No, Horace, we’re not going to get off your lawn yet. Come back to us in 20 years.

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                              Horace
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                              #279

                              @jon-nyc said in Elon Musk buys a big chunk of Twitter:

                              No, Horace, we’re not going to get off your lawn yet. Come back to us in 20 years.

                              20 years isn’t nearly enough time to shift this cultural polarity. We will all be going to our graves with the left being the dominant cultural force.

                              Education is extremely important.

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                              • HoraceH Horace

                                Raise your hand if you’ve been in work meetings where people introduce themselves by announcing their pronouns? I have. Actually only one guy, several months ago. A straight white male who wanted to announce to the workplace that he was down with the cause, but totally normal personally. It made me cringe. I actually knew the guy pretty well, having worked with him pretty closely several years ago, before he left the company for several years, only to come back recently. Straight white male STEM phd, completely indoctrinated but relatively bright otherwise.

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                                @Horace said in Elon Musk buys a big chunk of Twitter:

                                Raise your hand if you’ve been in work meetings where people introduce themselves by announcing their pronouns? I have. Actually only one guy, several months ago. A straight white male who wanted to announce to the workplace that he was down with the cause, but totally normal personally. It made me cringe. I actually knew the guy pretty well, having worked with him pretty closely several years ago, before he left the company for several years, only to come back recently. Straight white male STEM phd, completely indoctrinated but relatively bright otherwise.

                                Hasn't happened to me yet, luckily. I think maybe there was a corporate video one time where the person introduced themselves like that, but it wasn't awkward. Sorry, by "it" I mean the video.

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                                  jon-nyc
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                                  I’m on a weekly meeting with PIs and trial coordinators from 10 different major universities. One MD/PhD has his pronouns in his zoom name, They could easily be inferred by his appearance and name, IOW, it’s entirely performative.

                                  Interestingly he’s not from a coastal university, it’s UNC.

                                  Only non-witches get due process.

                                  • Cotton Mather, Salem Massachusetts, 1692
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                                    That explains that.

                                    “Cry havoc and let slip the DOGE of war!”

                                    Those who cheered as J-6 American prisoners were locked in solitary for 18 months without trial, now suddenly fight tooth and nail for foreign terrorists’ "due process". — Buck Sexton

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                                    • jon-nycJ jon-nyc

                                      I’m on a weekly meeting with PIs and trial coordinators from 10 different major universities. One MD/PhD has his pronouns in his zoom name, They could easily be inferred by his appearance and name, IOW, it’s entirely performative.

                                      Interestingly he’s not from a coastal university, it’s UNC.

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                                      @jon-nyc said in Elon Musk buys a big chunk of Twitter:

                                      One MD/PhD has his pronouns in his zoom name, They could easily be inferred by his appearance and name, IOW, it’s entirely performative.

                                      Yes, I would think so as well. However, I could just as easily see this person preferring to use "They" as a pronoun. That's not obvious from appearance.

                                      "Now look here, you Baltic gas passer... " - Mik, 6/14/08

                                      The saying, "Lite is just one damn thing after another," is a gross understatement. The damn things overlap.

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                                        Horace
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                                        I would like to use “your honor”, but as I understand things from TV and movies, you have to be a female of color to be addressed that way.

                                        Education is extremely important.

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                                          jon-nyc
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                                          Only non-witches get due process.

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