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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

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.
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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
  I'm old enough to remember when jokes were funny.
  - naoqj 5y ago
    I found it funny.
    - wyre 5y ago
      I’d recommend you find more compassion for homeless people. This joke isn’t funny.
      - alecbz 5y ago
        I don’t think the joke is that funny but you can absolutely make a joke of this shape while having compassion for the homeless. If you strip away the context of Elon, it’s a joke poking fun at naive trivial solutions to homelessness, which if anything is mildly pro-homeless-people.
- daniel_iversen 5y ago
  oh! Must've been tired haha :) .. sometimes you just don't know with this dude!!
  - garbagetime 5y ago
    It can be difficult to tell some times since he mixes in the jokes with the serious suggestions. And his serious suggestions are sometimes pretty out there themselves.

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
I'm old enough to remember when jokes were funny.
- naoqj 5y ago
  I found it funny.
  - wyre 5y ago
    I’d recommend you find more compassion for homeless people. This joke isn’t funny.
    - alecbz 5y ago
      I don’t think the joke is that funny but you can absolutely make a joke of this shape while having compassion for the homeless. If you strip away the context of Elon, it’s a joke poking fun at naive trivial solutions to homelessness, which if anything is mildly pro-homeless-people.
daniel_iversen 5y ago
oh! Must've been tired haha :) .. sometimes you just don't know with this dude!!
- garbagetime 5y ago
  It can be difficult to tell some times since he mixes in the jokes with the serious suggestions. And his serious suggestions are sometimes pretty out there themselves.