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What a visionary. This whole gig is just going to be a series of random brainfarts and trolling isn’t it?

by mhoad 5y ago

RhodesianHunter 5y ago
Don't forget stock manipulation. That's the centerpiece.
daniel_iversen 5y ago
Yeah - as much as I truly love what Elon is doing for the world it's a bit hard to take him serious when he posts that kind of crap. Telling Twitter to turn HQ into a homeless shelter is not much better that saying things like "If Musk just gave every person $1000 blah blah".. those topics are worthy problems that we must solve, but the solution is not for all the tech companies to give up their office space.
- alecbz 5y ago
  TBH (In bad taste or not) I kinda read this exactly as poking fun at those “give every person $1000” tweets.
  - deckard1 5y ago
    The richest man in the world making a "joke" at the expensive of the absolute least fortunate in America is not a good look. Pretty tone deaf if you ask me.
    - alecbz 5y ago
      I’m not saying it was in good taste but he’s not intending it to be at the expense of the homeless, it’s at the expense of the “just give everyone $1000” people (who are much more fortunate than the homeless but still less fortunate than Elon). Edit: to be explicit, the joke as I read it is that losing twitter HQ would be bad for twitter employees and also be a (borderline comically) ineffective solution to the homelessness problem.
- garbagetime 5y ago
  He's making a joke. You're not meant to take it seriously
  - HarryHirsch 5y ago
    Hey, let's not normalize deviance. Dude is perpetually on drugs, he thinks that pills are a food group. Fine if you are Joe Random, not OK if you are are an influential businessman.
    - postalrat 5y ago
      Elon if you are reading this please change yourself ASAP for HarryHirsch.
    - jimmygrapes 5y ago
      Normalizing deviance has been the name of the game for western society for a long time now.
    - deleted 5y ago
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  - jjulius 5y ago
    It would land a lot better if the richest man in the world actually bothered to contribute to helping the homeless problem he's lambasting with that "joke". https://fortune.com/2022/03/22/elon-musk-charity-donations-6-billion-tax-breaks/ https://fortune.com/2022/03/22/elon-musk-charity-donations-6...
  - Finnucane 5y ago
    Ha. Ha.
  - Barrin92 5y ago
    >"First full day as Twitter COO tomorrow. Task #1: undermine CEO, consolidate power." He's making a joke. You're not meant to take it seriously (2009)
  - zach_garwood 5y ago

What a visionary. This whole gig is just going to be a series of random brainfarts and trolling isn’t it?

by mhoad 5y ago

What a visionary. This whole gig is just going to be a series of random brainfarts and trolling isn’t it?

RhodesianHunter 5y ago

Don't forget stock manipulation. That's the centerpiece.

daniel_iversen 5y ago

Yeah - as much as I truly love what Elon is doing for the world it's a bit hard to take him serious when he posts that kind of crap. Telling Twitter to turn HQ into a homeless shelter is not much better that saying things like "If Musk just gave every person $1000 blah blah".. those topics are worthy problems that we must solve, but the solution is not for all the tech companies to give up their office space.

alecbz 5y ago
TBH (In bad taste or not) I kinda read this exactly as poking fun at those “give every person $1000” tweets.
- deckard1 5y ago
  The richest man in the world making a "joke" at the expensive of the absolute least fortunate in America is not a good look. Pretty tone deaf if you ask me.
  - alecbz 5y ago
    I’m not saying it was in good taste but he’s not intending it to be at the expense of the homeless, it’s at the expense of the “just give everyone $1000” people (who are much more fortunate than the homeless but still less fortunate than Elon). Edit: to be explicit, the joke as I read it is that losing twitter HQ would be bad for twitter employees and also be a (borderline comically) ineffective solution to the homelessness problem.
garbagetime 5y ago
He's making a joke. You're not meant to take it seriously
- HarryHirsch 5y ago
  Hey, let's not normalize deviance. Dude is perpetually on drugs, he thinks that pills are a food group. Fine if you are Joe Random, not OK if you are are an influential businessman.
  - postalrat 5y ago
    Elon if you are reading this please change yourself ASAP for HarryHirsch.
  - jimmygrapes 5y ago
    Normalizing deviance has been the name of the game for western society for a long time now.
  - deleted 5y ago
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- jjulius 5y ago
  It would land a lot better if the richest man in the world actually bothered to contribute to helping the homeless problem he's lambasting with that "joke". https://fortune.com/2022/03/22/elon-musk-charity-donations-6-billion-tax-breaks/ https://fortune.com/2022/03/22/elon-musk-charity-donations-6...
- Finnucane 5y ago
  Ha. Ha.
- Barrin92 5y ago
  >"First full day as Twitter COO tomorrow. Task #1: undermine CEO, consolidate power." He's making a joke. You're not meant to take it seriously (2009)
- zach_garwood 5y ago