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> Elon will never get past this one! (seriously, go back in the archives and take a look at some of those threads, the self-assured self-righteous agreement tha

by faefox 4y ago

> Elon will never get past this one! (seriously, go back in the archives and take a look at some of those threads, the self-assured self-righteous agreement that the deal would never happen is pretty crazy to look back on now.) I mean... he literally tried to weasel his way out of the purchase agreement until it became clear that the courts weren't going to let that happen? I'm not sure this is the dunk you seem to think it is.

adamrezich 4y ago
it's not a dunk, it's just an observation. is it not interesting when hundreds of people are absolutely convinced that something is impossible, and then it happens anyway? is that not cause for reflection and introspection, to figure out how so many people could be wrong about something? is that not just standard operating procedure for anyone who makes any sort of prediction/assertion that turns out to be inaccurate, in order to assess things more accurately in the future?
- faefox 4y ago
  I guess we just remember things differently. For sure there was a lot of disbelief around the internet when Elon made his original offer because who in their right mind would pay that much money for Twitter? But once it became clear that the money was there it was also clear that Twitter's board had a fiduciary duty to accept. At that point the only obstacle was Musk himself, presumably having realized that he had handcuffed himself to a questionable business deal in a fit of pique. Cue the months of hemming and hawing, lawyering etc. until finally Musk knew there was no way out.
  - adamrezich 4y ago
    that is indeed more or less the story as it was told here, Statler & Waldorf-style, laughing at and ridiculing the dumb billionaire for making every possible decision as completely and utterly incorrectly as possible, every step of the way… but built into that story is a lot of assumptions about motivations and expectations that we simply are not privy to no matter how much we pretend otherwise. also the story changed halfway through from "there's no way he's ever going to be able to buy it" to "ahahaha now he's so fucked he HAS to buy it!". all of this was very emotion-driven and sensationalized, in ways that many people, myself included, assessed as being less and less reality-based as time went on, in ways that curiously mirrored other formally similar incidents from previous years. again, taking a step back and reflecting on things can lead to the discovery of such patterns repeated across recent history, which leads to key insights about how and why these overemotional public melodramas play out the way they do.

by faefox 4y ago

adamrezich 4y ago

it's not a dunk, it's just an observation. is it not interesting when hundreds of people are absolutely convinced that something is impossible, and then it happens anyway? is that not cause for reflection and introspection, to figure out how so many people could be wrong about something? is that not just standard operating procedure for anyone who makes any sort of prediction/assertion that turns out to be inaccurate, in order to assess things more accurately in the future?

faefox 4y ago
I guess we just remember things differently. For sure there was a lot of disbelief around the internet when Elon made his original offer because who in their right mind would pay that much money for Twitter? But once it became clear that the money was there it was also clear that Twitter's board had a fiduciary duty to accept. At that point the only obstacle was Musk himself, presumably having realized that he had handcuffed himself to a questionable business deal in a fit of pique. Cue the months of hemming and hawing, lawyering etc. until finally Musk knew there was no way out.
- adamrezich 4y ago
  that is indeed more or less the story as it was told here, Statler & Waldorf-style, laughing at and ridiculing the dumb billionaire for making every possible decision as completely and utterly incorrectly as possible, every step of the way… but built into that story is a lot of assumptions about motivations and expectations that we simply are not privy to no matter how much we pretend otherwise. also the story changed halfway through from "there's no way he's ever going to be able to buy it" to "ahahaha now he's so fucked he HAS to buy it!". all of this was very emotion-driven and sensationalized, in ways that many people, myself included, assessed as being less and less reality-based as time went on, in ways that curiously mirrored other formally similar incidents from previous years. again, taking a step back and reflecting on things can lead to the discovery of such patterns repeated across recent history, which leads to key insights about how and why these overemotional public melodramas play out the way they do.