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At this point, I'm kinda wondering if Musk's deal to finance the Twitter acquisition included some Brewster's Millions-style clause where he gets to keep the co

by giaour 4y ago

At this point, I'm kinda wondering if Musk's deal to finance the Twitter acquisition included some Brewster's Millions-style clause where he gets to keep the company and the $44B if the company goes bankrupt within 90 days.

recuter 4y ago
Next up, Twitter: The Musical on broadway. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YZahYy6c5_E https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YZahYy6c5_E
- thro1 4y ago
  To work off: We Will Find It https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SssjOT7E_Jg https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SssjOT7E_Jg
JohnTHaller 4y ago
About $2billion is owned by the Saudi prince with a penchant for murdering journalists. So... maybe?
- sschueller 4y ago
  And immunity as we just learned in another HN post.
  - eternalban 4y ago
    You and the OP have got the wrong prince. https://www.arabianbusiness.com/public/images/2014/09/03/alwaleed_dorsey.jpg https://www.arabianbusiness.com/public/images/2014/09/03/alw... https://www.businessinsider.com/prince-alwaleed-supports-dorsey-for-twitter-ceo-2015-6?op=1 https://www.businessinsider.com/prince-alwaleed-supports-dor... This prince ran afoul of the prince you are thinking off and spent some time in a hotel in KSA pondering what is more important: his health or his money. And let history record he was sensibly more concerned with his health. https://peakoil.com/publicpolicy/prince-alwaleed-finally-released-from-hotel-arrest https://peakoil.com/publicpolicy/prince-alwaleed-finally-rel...
- jeffbee 4y ago
  It's obvious why the despots of Arabia and Russia—both pals with Musk—would prefer if Twitter disappeared. Unlike Mastodon, Twitter is capable of hosting a revolution. Putin and MBS and the rest of them know they can pwn or DoS any distributed, federated piece of crap, and they can't successfully do that to Twitter.
  - ricardo81 4y ago
    Hopefully the whale chose to be in the 'hardcore' crowd.
  - partiallypro 4y ago
    What are you talking about? Iran's revolution is in part unfolding because of Twitter and Saudi Arabia wants nothing more than for that regime to fall.
throw0101c 4y ago
For anyone not familiar, this movie is worth checking out: > Monty Brewster is a Minor League Baseball pitcher with the Hackensack Bulls. He and his best friend, Spike Nolan, the Bulls' catcher, are arrested after a post-game bar fight. A man offers to post their bail if they will come to New York City with him. At the Manhattan law office of Granville & Baxter, Brewster is told that his recently deceased great-uncle Rupert Horn, whom he has never met, has left him his entire $300 million fortune but only if he can complete a challenge with several conditions. > Brewster can choose to receive $1 million upfront or attempt to inherit the whole estate by spending $30 million in 30 days. In the former case, the law firm becomes the executor of the estate, collecting a fee for performing this service and dividing the remainder among several charities. In the latter case, Brewster may not own any assets that are not already his at the end of the 30 days. He must get value for the services of anyone he hires, he may not give it away (except for 5% in gambling losses and 5% to charity) nor may he willfully damage anything bought with the money. Finally, he must keep it secret. If he fails to meet all terms, he forfeits any remaining balance and inherits nothing. Brewster decides to take the $30 million challenge, and Angela Drake, a paralegal from the law firm, is assigned to accompany him and keep track of his spending. * https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brewster%27s_Millions_(1985_film) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brewster%27s_Millions_(1985_fi... Richard Pryor stars, along with John Candy playing his best friend.
- Invictus0 4y ago
  The man's living in New York City? Just buy a 2 bedroom apartment and call it a day.
  - deleted 4y ago
    [deleted]
  - ebiester 4y ago
    He cannot own anything at the end.
- sillysaurusx 4y ago
  Thank you for this! I needed to cheer up today, so this was perfect timing. Have a nice weekend!
chrstphrknwtn 4y ago
In this case it's more like Mewster's Billions.
ineptech 4y ago
I had a similar thought - perhaps Elon was visited by a time traveler from the future who convinced him that the only way to stave off some impending disaster is for someone to drive Twitter into bankruptcy as quickly as possible, and he heroically offered to ruin his fortune and reputation to save humanity. That's a stupid idea, but it would elegantly explain his recent behavior...
- kenjackson 4y ago
  Honestly, I think you could convince a non-trivial portion of the US population that this is completely true.
  - siva7 4y ago
    This has to be the deepest insight from all this circus.
- maxbond 4y ago
  Alternative explanation, things aren't that deep, he's just someone who is almost never held to account because of his wealth. He regularly displays appalling judgement but rarely has to suffer the consequences, which are bourne by those around him or the public at large. But in this particular case, he really stepped in it, and there was a group of people - Twitter employees - able to hold him accountable, and because he thoroughly burned his own bridges and denied himself any avenue of escape, he has to take it on the chin this time. It isn't a difference in kind from calling a rescue diver a pedophile, or pretending he's going to take Tesla private, or any of the million bad decisions he's made over the years. It's just a difference in outcome.
- gnulinux 4y ago
  > That's a stupid idea, but it would elegantly explain his recent behavior... I think Elon Musk's character as we've publicly known him last few years explains this behavior elegantly and comprehensively enough. As someone else in this thread said, he's a "techno-feudalist", he gives the orders and peasants comply. He's been operating on this mode for a decade now.

by giaour 4y ago

recuter 4y ago

Next up, Twitter: The Musical on broadway. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YZahYy6c5_E https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YZahYy6c5_E

thro1 4y ago
To work off: We Will Find It https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SssjOT7E_Jg https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SssjOT7E_Jg

JohnTHaller 4y ago

About $2billion is owned by the Saudi prince with a penchant for murdering journalists. So... maybe?

sschueller 4y ago
And immunity as we just learned in another HN post.
- eternalban 4y ago
  You and the OP have got the wrong prince. https://www.arabianbusiness.com/public/images/2014/09/03/alwaleed_dorsey.jpg https://www.arabianbusiness.com/public/images/2014/09/03/alw... https://www.businessinsider.com/prince-alwaleed-supports-dorsey-for-twitter-ceo-2015-6?op=1 https://www.businessinsider.com/prince-alwaleed-supports-dor... This prince ran afoul of the prince you are thinking off and spent some time in a hotel in KSA pondering what is more important: his health or his money. And let history record he was sensibly more concerned with his health. https://peakoil.com/publicpolicy/prince-alwaleed-finally-released-from-hotel-arrest https://peakoil.com/publicpolicy/prince-alwaleed-finally-rel...
jeffbee 4y ago
It's obvious why the despots of Arabia and Russia—both pals with Musk—would prefer if Twitter disappeared. Unlike Mastodon, Twitter is capable of hosting a revolution. Putin and MBS and the rest of them know they can pwn or DoS any distributed, federated piece of crap, and they can't successfully do that to Twitter.
- ricardo81 4y ago
  Hopefully the whale chose to be in the 'hardcore' crowd.
- partiallypro 4y ago
  What are you talking about? Iran's revolution is in part unfolding because of Twitter and Saudi Arabia wants nothing more than for that regime to fall.

throw0101c 4y ago

For anyone not familiar, this movie is worth checking out: > Monty Brewster is a Minor League Baseball pitcher with the Hackensack Bulls. He and his best friend, Spike Nolan, the Bulls' catcher, are arrested after a post-game bar fight. A man offers to post their bail if they will come to New York City with him. At the Manhattan law office of Granville & Baxter, Brewster is told that his recently deceased great-uncle Rupert Horn, whom he has never met, has left him his entire $300 million fortune but only if he can complete a challenge with several conditions. > Brewster can choose to receive $1 million upfront or attempt to inherit the whole estate by spending $30 million in 30 days. In the former case, the law firm becomes the executor of the estate, collecting a fee for performing this service and dividing the remainder among several charities. In the latter case, Brewster may not own any assets that are not already his at the end of the 30 days. He must get value for the services of anyone he hires, he may not give it away (except for 5% in gambling losses and 5% to charity) nor may he willfully damage anything bought with the money. Finally, he must keep it secret. If he fails to meet all terms, he forfeits any remaining balance and inherits nothing. Brewster decides to take the $30 million challenge, and Angela Drake, a paralegal from the law firm, is assigned to accompany him and keep track of his spending. * https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brewster%27s_Millions_(1985_film) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brewster%27s_Millions_(1985_fi... Richard Pryor stars, along with John Candy playing his best friend.

Invictus0 4y ago
The man's living in New York City? Just buy a 2 bedroom apartment and call it a day.
- deleted 4y ago
  [deleted]
- ebiester 4y ago
  He cannot own anything at the end.
sillysaurusx 4y ago
Thank you for this! I needed to cheer up today, so this was perfect timing. Have a nice weekend!

chrstphrknwtn 4y ago

In this case it's more like Mewster's Billions.

ineptech 4y ago

I had a similar thought - perhaps Elon was visited by a time traveler from the future who convinced him that the only way to stave off some impending disaster is for someone to drive Twitter into bankruptcy as quickly as possible, and he heroically offered to ruin his fortune and reputation to save humanity. That's a stupid idea, but it would elegantly explain his recent behavior...

kenjackson 4y ago
Honestly, I think you could convince a non-trivial portion of the US population that this is completely true.
- siva7 4y ago
  This has to be the deepest insight from all this circus.
maxbond 4y ago
Alternative explanation, things aren't that deep, he's just someone who is almost never held to account because of his wealth. He regularly displays appalling judgement but rarely has to suffer the consequences, which are bourne by those around him or the public at large. But in this particular case, he really stepped in it, and there was a group of people - Twitter employees - able to hold him accountable, and because he thoroughly burned his own bridges and denied himself any avenue of escape, he has to take it on the chin this time. It isn't a difference in kind from calling a rescue diver a pedophile, or pretending he's going to take Tesla private, or any of the million bad decisions he's made over the years. It's just a difference in outcome.
gnulinux 4y ago
> That's a stupid idea, but it would elegantly explain his recent behavior... I think Elon Musk's character as we've publicly known him last few years explains this behavior elegantly and comprehensively enough. As someone else in this thread said, he's a "techno-feudalist", he gives the orders and peasants comply. He's been operating on this mode for a decade now.