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  • George KG George K

    @Doctor-Phibes said in Elon Musk buys a big chunk of Twitter:

    I sure as heck wouldn’t want to work for him

    https://www.businessinsider.com/working-for-elon-musk-spacex-workplace-culture-twitter-jim-cantrell-2022-11

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    Doctor Phibes
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    #484

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

    @Doctor-Phibes said in Elon Musk buys a big chunk of Twitter:

    I sure as heck wouldn’t want to work for him

    https://www.businessinsider.com/working-for-elon-musk-spacex-workplace-culture-twitter-jim-cantrell-2022-11

    "He's a wonderful bunch of guys".

    I was only joking

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    • jon-nycJ jon-nyc

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

      Would that you give others the same courtesy.

      Speaking of courtesies, I made 5 observations about Musk’s takeover of Twitter. You responded with a comment about me.

      Maybe next time address the substance of the post?

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      Horace
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      #485

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

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

      Would that you give others the same courtesy.

      Speaking of courtesies, I made 5 observations about Musk’s takeover of Twitter. You responded with a comment about me.

      Maybe next time address the substance of the post?

      My response was about the legions of people who have made personal observations about Elon and how that tracks with their predictions of his companies, and that you now join that line. As for boiling down your thoughts into other words, such as that you don't much care for Elon or that you're predicting his failure, of course you will respond that those other words are inaccurate. That's what you do. But a dispassionate reader of your thoughts might conclude that the characteristics you laid out, are not positive ones, and that the effects you laid out, were not positive to his business interests.

      As for responding to every bit of the post, I think they were not questions posed directly to me. If you would like my thoughts on something, you should ask respectfully.

      Education is extremely important.

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        George K
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        #486

        "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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          #487

          I am wondering why they suspended advertising.

          The reason given by advertisers seems to be uncertainty.

          But if you dig a little deeper, the talking point is that Twitter now allows hate, vulgar and hostile rhetoric aimed at people based on their race, religion, ethnicity and orientation, such as the "n-word," "k-word," and "f-word,".

          I can see where those things might be impolite or unpleasant for some.

          It also seems that democrats hate Mr. Musk, republicans seem to be more tolerant.

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            jon-nyc
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            #488

            Maybe Texas will pass a law that you can’t stop advertising on Twitter if you operate in Texas, and you can’t not operate in texas.

            Only non-witches get due process.

            • Cotton Mather, Salem Massachusetts, 1692
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              Jolly
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              #489

              That would fix it, I guess.

              Suspend doesn't meant quit. Advertisers want eyeballs. If Twitter can furnish eyeballs, it's business as usual.

              “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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              • HoraceH Offline
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                Horace
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                #490

                Maybe the southern poverty law center can begin tracking companies who do business with sites affiliated with hatred. Then the actuaries can tally the cost of being on the list vs the benefit of advertising on whichever site they please.

                Education is extremely important.

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                  George K
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                  #491

                  Screenshot 2022-11-05 at 5.29.20 PM.png

                  "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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                  • George KG George K

                    Screenshot 2022-11-05 at 5.29.20 PM.png

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                    jon-nyc
                    wrote on last edited by jon-nyc
                    #492

                    Slow infield fly, even if Elon hadn’t already made the joke a couple of days ago.

                    Only non-witches get due process.

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

                      Slow infield fly, even if Elon hadn’t already made the joke a couple of days ago.

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                      Horace
                      wrote on last edited by
                      #493

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

                      Slow infield fly, even if Elon hadn’t already made the joke a couple of days ago.

                      Those are complicated plays that they even had to add a massive rules kludge to account for.

                      Education is extremely important.

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                      • George KG George K

                        @Doctor-Phibes said in Elon Musk buys a big chunk of Twitter:

                        I sure as heck wouldn’t want to work for him

                        https://www.businessinsider.com/working-for-elon-musk-spacex-workplace-culture-twitter-jim-cantrell-2022-11

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                        #494

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

                        @Doctor-Phibes said in Elon Musk buys a big chunk of Twitter:

                        I sure as heck wouldn’t want to work for him

                        https://www.businessinsider.com/working-for-elon-musk-spacex-workplace-culture-twitter-jim-cantrell-2022-11

                        That sounds like a lady I know. Never had her as a boss, but I know people who did. 100++++% dedicated to work. No outside life at all. My friend got a text (or email) from her at something like 1 am, and then got "chewed out" because he did not answer it until 8 am the next morning.

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                        • Doctor PhibesD Doctor Phibes

                          8 bucks a month for Twitter?

                          Fuck that for a game of soldiers.

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                          #495

                          @Doctor-Phibes said in Elon Musk buys a big chunk of Twitter:

                          8 bucks a month for Twitter?

                          Well.

                          Note that Musk agrees.

                          "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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                            Also, someone was wondering if journalists who use "they/them" as pronouns will have to pay $16 because "they" identify as multiple people.

                            "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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                              George K
                              wrote on last edited by
                              #497

                              "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-nyc
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                                #498

                                Oops.

                                Only non-witches get due process.

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                                • jon-nycJ jon-nyc

                                  Oops.

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                                  Doctor Phibes
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                                  @jon-nyc I’m not totally convinced that guy knows what he’s doing

                                  I was only joking

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                                  • jon-nycJ jon-nyc

                                    Oops.

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

                                    Oops.

                                    Understatement of the week.

                                    "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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                                    • George KG Offline
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                                      George K
                                      wrote on last edited by
                                      #501

                                      "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
                                        wrote on last edited by Horace
                                        #502

                                        18 years ago that happened to me after my employer in WI was purchased. I have no emotional memory of having been fired so I guess I didn’t care much. But my team was oopsed back into employment soon thereafter. Then several months later we were given an ultimatum to move to CA, because they couldn’t fathom maintaining a remote team. That’s when my total domination of an entire leftist state began. After that process was complete, I moved on.

                                        Education is extremely important.

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                                          jon-nyc
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                                          #503

                                          Or maybe not?

                                          Only non-witches get due process.

                                          • Cotton Mather, Salem Massachusetts, 1692
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