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Holy shit. You are, if anything, underselling the article. > When TechCrunch asked Mullenweg if his comments about being back as CEO were legitimate, he promi

by x0x0 21d ago

Holy shit. You are, if anything, underselling the article. > When TechCrunch asked Mullenweg if his comments about being back as CEO were legitimate, he promised a blog post was coming. When it arrived, however, it was about him buying a houseboat. When we asked if his comments about being back were also him trolling, he replied, “I’m not a troll I’m a pirate, obviously.” Mullenweg never provided any official comment about his return, but noted on X that this was likely the fifth time he’s faced a “coup.” And like all well-run companies, it's not clear who the ceo is.

tyre 21d ago
This sounds like a mental breakdown.
- schnebbau 21d ago
  No, it just sounds like a troll.
  - prox 20d ago
    Could very well be a venn diagram here
  - weego 20d ago
    Sounds like someone's been taking drinking the Musk Koolaid
  - BobaFloutist 20d ago
    Right, but choosing to troll the company you own because the board fired you for repeatedly, extremely publicly "Having a normal one", looks a lot like a mental breakdown of some sort.
- CPLX 20d ago
  The whole fucking Valley has been out of their mind on prescription amphetamines for at least a decade. The most visible people like Matt and Elon and a few others have the most visible effects but breakdowns like this are happening hourly with less fanfare. See if you can think of any other interesting historical events that happened when the whole leadership and rank and file were on prescription amphetamines.
  - embedding-shape 20d ago
    Well, and good old cocaine of course. Never in my life have I been so often jacked up on coke as when I got dragged into a multi-day "retreat" involving executives from multiple SV companies.
  - noir_lord 20d ago
    I do wonder if they are actually on the same level as was used in WW2 (which is what I'm assuming you are referring to and the routine use (by both sides but especially the Axis side/Germany)). SV has always had it's weird outliers but they do seem more for want of a better word - manic lately and much less outliers.
    - roryirvine 20d ago
      There's a long tradition of amphetamine use within the British establishment, too. Most obviously, Anthony Eden's reliance on Drinamyl was responsible in large part for the spectacularly poor decision making which led to the Suez crisis. People in power absolutely do have an incentive to over-medicate themselves, and I'd be shocked if that didn't extend to SV tech leaders.
      - scarecrowbob 20d ago
        I love that "over-medicate" language (really). I will add that to my list of "things that are classy when rich people do them". I always forget how geeked out these folks probably are and so I appreciate the reminder here. About two days a month of my time is spent handing out bubbles and points to folks to get them to better manage their habits (in addition to other street medicine stuff). Stimulant culture is very foreign to my own chemistry, but yeah, the idea that most of these folks are just gakd up all the time certainly lines up with my experiences debraiding hobo feet. I'm similarly not personally familiar with ketamine, but i've been doing first aid at festivals this year and understanding that most of the folks running the stuff in the US are on some spectrum of chemical impairment has been very helpful. I don't miss drinking, but it was helpful in understanding the mindset at least. If folks are interested in an ivy league business education but can't afford the tuition and life changes, I suggest that they can learn much of what it's like to be around a bunch of folks with poor impulse control and who are on a bunch of stimulants by volunteering with their local street medic group. The aesthetics are different but the general decision making processes seem very similar to me.
- madeofpalk 20d ago
  He's been having this mental breakdown constantly for the last who knows how many years.
hurfdurf 20d ago
I’m not a troll I’m a pirate, obviously. Very elaborate prank in preparation of the Talk-like-a-Pirate-Day on Sept 19th?
glenstein 20d ago
Right it's more like open defiance of a board decision that the board hasn't yet decided how to respond to. And in the meantime we don't know if the statements about him being back are official or just him going rogue. But apparently he's booted out the admins who would be able to do anything (from the slack at least) while stating to the public everything has been resolved. This is astonishing and I would argue at least as unhinged as the activity for which the board was removing him.
sellmesoap 20d ago
Yarrr me hearty's that gave me a good belly chuckle! Time to do some swash buckling on yee olde houseboat!

by x0x0 21d ago

tyre 21d ago

This sounds like a mental breakdown.

schnebbau 21d ago
No, it just sounds like a troll.
- prox 20d ago
  Could very well be a venn diagram here
- weego 20d ago
  Sounds like someone's been taking drinking the Musk Koolaid
- BobaFloutist 20d ago
  Right, but choosing to troll the company you own because the board fired you for repeatedly, extremely publicly "Having a normal one", looks a lot like a mental breakdown of some sort.
CPLX 20d ago
The whole fucking Valley has been out of their mind on prescription amphetamines for at least a decade. The most visible people like Matt and Elon and a few others have the most visible effects but breakdowns like this are happening hourly with less fanfare. See if you can think of any other interesting historical events that happened when the whole leadership and rank and file were on prescription amphetamines.
- embedding-shape 20d ago
  Well, and good old cocaine of course. Never in my life have I been so often jacked up on coke as when I got dragged into a multi-day "retreat" involving executives from multiple SV companies.
- noir_lord 20d ago
  I do wonder if they are actually on the same level as was used in WW2 (which is what I'm assuming you are referring to and the routine use (by both sides but especially the Axis side/Germany)). SV has always had it's weird outliers but they do seem more for want of a better word - manic lately and much less outliers.
  - roryirvine 20d ago
    There's a long tradition of amphetamine use within the British establishment, too. Most obviously, Anthony Eden's reliance on Drinamyl was responsible in large part for the spectacularly poor decision making which led to the Suez crisis. People in power absolutely do have an incentive to over-medicate themselves, and I'd be shocked if that didn't extend to SV tech leaders.
    - scarecrowbob 20d ago
      I love that "over-medicate" language (really). I will add that to my list of "things that are classy when rich people do them". I always forget how geeked out these folks probably are and so I appreciate the reminder here. About two days a month of my time is spent handing out bubbles and points to folks to get them to better manage their habits (in addition to other street medicine stuff). Stimulant culture is very foreign to my own chemistry, but yeah, the idea that most of these folks are just gakd up all the time certainly lines up with my experiences debraiding hobo feet. I'm similarly not personally familiar with ketamine, but i've been doing first aid at festivals this year and understanding that most of the folks running the stuff in the US are on some spectrum of chemical impairment has been very helpful. I don't miss drinking, but it was helpful in understanding the mindset at least. If folks are interested in an ivy league business education but can't afford the tuition and life changes, I suggest that they can learn much of what it's like to be around a bunch of folks with poor impulse control and who are on a bunch of stimulants by volunteering with their local street medic group. The aesthetics are different but the general decision making processes seem very similar to me.
madeofpalk 20d ago
He's been having this mental breakdown constantly for the last who knows how many years.

hurfdurf 20d ago

I’m not a troll I’m a pirate, obviously. Very elaborate prank in preparation of the Talk-like-a-Pirate-Day on Sept 19th?

glenstein 20d ago

Right it's more like open defiance of a board decision that the board hasn't yet decided how to respond to. And in the meantime we don't know if the statements about him being back are official or just him going rogue. But apparently he's booted out the admins who would be able to do anything (from the slack at least) while stating to the public everything has been resolved. This is astonishing and I would argue at least as unhinged as the activity for which the board was removing him.

sellmesoap 20d ago

Yarrr me hearty's that gave me a good belly chuckle! Time to do some swash buckling on yee olde houseboat!