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  • George KG Offline
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    George K
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    #408

    "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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      #409

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      Only non-witches get due process.

      • Cotton Mather, Salem Massachusetts, 1692
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      • AxtremusA Offline
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        #410

        GM temporarily halts paid advertising on Twitter
        https://www.reuters.com/technology/gm-temporarily-halts-paid-advertising-twitter-2022-10-28/

        Racist tweets quickly surface after Musk closes Twitter deal
        https://www.washingtonpost.com/technology/2022/10/28/musk-twitter-racist-posts/

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        • taiwan_girlT taiwan_girl

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

          Without cause?

          Musk owns the company. He can fire or hire who he chooses...

          Sorry - it wasn't very clear what I was trying to say. I was trying to say that a lot of executive contracts have a "golden parachute". If you are let for "for cause", you don't get the parachute. However, if you were let go "without cause", you still get your parachute.

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

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

          Without cause?

          Musk owns the company. He can fire or hire who he chooses...

          Sorry - it wasn't very clear what I was trying to say. I was trying to say that a lot of executive contracts have a "golden parachute". If you are let for "for cause", you don't get the parachute. However, if you were let go "without cause", you still get your parachute.

          (https://www.reuters.com/technology/golden-parachutes-3-fired-twitter-executives-worth-122-mln-equilar-2022-10-28/)

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          • George KG Offline
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            George K
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            "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
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              "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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              • MikM Away
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                And here comes Bezos trying to hurt Musk.

                https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/technology/you-ve-decided-to-quit-twitter-here-s-what-you-can-use-to-replace-it/ar-AA13vObT?ocid=msedgntp&cvid=3f7d32e297b54bce8c896657a7863171

                “I am fond of pigs. Dogs look up to us. Cats look down on us. Pigs treat us as equals.” ~Winston S. Churchill

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                • MikM Mik

                  And here comes Bezos trying to hurt Musk.

                  https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/technology/you-ve-decided-to-quit-twitter-here-s-what-you-can-use-to-replace-it/ar-AA13vObT?ocid=msedgntp&cvid=3f7d32e297b54bce8c896657a7863171

                  George KG Offline
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                  George K
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                  @Mik apparently the irony of a billionaire who owns a media enterprise complaining about a billionaire owning a media enterprise is lost on Mr.(I make tourist rockets) Bezos.

                  "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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                  • MikM Away
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                    Mik
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                    H/T Ivorythumper

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                    “I am fond of pigs. Dogs look up to us. Cats look down on us. Pigs treat us as equals.” ~Winston S. Churchill

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                    • HoraceH Offline
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                      We'll see how many people actually do end up voting against Twitter with their eyeballs and clicks. My suspicion is that not many will. Because actually the politically directional moderation didn't make the place more attractive, and the lack of it (to whatever extent a change will even be noticeable) won't make it less attractive.

                      That won't stop the left from writing op-eds about how the place has become a cesspool of hate, replete with references to troll tweets that could just as easily have been culled from Twitter before the Musk takeover. Ax is dutifully reporting such stories to TNCR as we speak.

                      Education is extremely important.

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                      • LuFins DadL Offline
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                        LuFins Dad
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                        #418

                        LOL, the number of people that I have seen posting on Facebook that they are leaving Twitter is HILARIOUS. I’ve just opened a Twitter account.

                        The Brad

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                          #419

                          It’ll become a guilty pleasure. If any mainstreamer talks about being on Twitter now, they will be extra careful to provide the scaffolding about being careful who they follow and that their feed is sane and sensible.

                          Education is extremely important.

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                          • MikM Away
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                            “I am fond of pigs. Dogs look up to us. Cats look down on us. Pigs treat us as equals.” ~Winston S. Churchill

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                            • George KG Offline
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                              Read the replies.

                              "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
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                                https://amp.tmz.com/2022/10/28/twitter-layoffs-hoax-pranksters-trick-media-outlets-pose-fired-employees-elon-musk/

                                "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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                                  https://twitter.com/realDonaldTrump

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                                  • taiwan_girlT Offline
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                                    I think that Elon Musk has kind of "jump the shark". He seemed to used to have quite a bit of respect for his business thinking and "out of the box" thinking.

                                    But to my unsophisticated mind, he seems to have lost that respect. He is Starting to seem like a "caricature ".

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                                    • taiwan_girlT taiwan_girl

                                      I think that Elon Musk has kind of "jump the shark". He seemed to used to have quite a bit of respect for his business thinking and "out of the box" thinking.

                                      But to my unsophisticated mind, he seems to have lost that respect. He is Starting to seem like a "caricature ".

                                      HoraceH Offline
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                                      @taiwan_girl said in Elon Musk buys a big chunk of Twitter:

                                      I think that Elon Musk has kind of "jump the shark". He seemed to used to have quite a bit of respect for his business thinking and "out of the box" thinking.

                                      But to my unsophisticated mind, he seems to have lost that respect. He is Starting to seem like a "caricature ".

                                      That's because Musk has verged into having opinions that go against the pop cultural grain. The lack of respect you feel, is entirely due to the disrespectful messaging you're being fed, by the cultural forces who feel threatened by Musk. You might want to reflect on what you know about Musk, and how you know it. My guess is that you couldn't name a single specific thing Mr Musk believes, which you would find worthy of disrespect.

                                      The reason the messaging has become disrespectful, is because Mr Musk is demonstrably not an indoctrinated left-leaning culture soldier, and as such is unreliable in his political and cultural opinions. This scares the leftist establishment, so they pull the levers to make the masses feel about Musk as they would like the masses to feel about Musk.

                                      Education is extremely important.

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                                      • CopperC Copper

                                        https://twitter.com/realDonaldTrump

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                                        jon-nycJ Offline
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                                        @Copper said in Elon Musk buys a big chunk of Twitter:

                                        https://twitter.com/realDonaldTrump

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                                        Musk is probably just helping the GOP in the midterms.

                                        Only non-witches get due process.

                                        • Cotton Mather, Salem Massachusetts, 1692
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                                        • George KG Offline
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                                          LOL

                                          "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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