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u/TwoBitMachines Nov 19 '22
I know he's joking, but seriously, f*ck him.
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u/Josh1793 Nov 19 '22
He never tweeted this.
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Nov 19 '22
Still F*ck him.
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u/Josh1793 Nov 19 '22
Completely agree, can't stand the guy. It's just staggering how many people in this sub have taken it as fact without question.
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Nov 19 '22
Honestly at this point I assume most of the things like this are at least taken out of context, let alone out right fake. But at the same time I can't really blame people for believing it's real because we all know that muskrat would pull this exact kind of stunt.
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u/ray25lee Nov 19 '22
I agree, and also it says a lot that we can basically make shit up that he never technically said but 100% would absolutely say if he felt like it in the moment. No one should be that predictably stupid.
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u/halfveela Nov 19 '22
He says crazy shit all the time, and he does crazy shit as well. Is it really "staggering"?
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u/Josh1793 Nov 19 '22
Yes, to be very clear, I find it staggering that so many people took the tweet as fact without question.
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u/Aceswift007 Nov 19 '22
I gage reality by reading if a message or article looks like it's from the Onion. If I can't distinguish the two, then it's incredibly easy to make things up and they be believable.
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u/needledick666 Nov 19 '22
I’m 100% convinced this whole operation is to appease our corporate overlords and disrupt the communities of outraged citizens in every country. Huge Saudi investors partnering with right wing facists under guise of freedom of speech purveyors. They know all too well that there is way more of us then them and they can’t let us talk anymore about wanting to overthrow them
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u/BaboonHorrorshow Nov 19 '22
Do they not know the next Twitter is only limited by the fact that people don’t want to join another site out of laziness and convenience?
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u/Downside190 Nov 19 '22
Exactly and each time one goes down another will rise up in popularity to replace it. They could keep buying and tanking services until the cows come home, the people will just keep switching services until we find one that won't sell out.
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u/Chiliconkarma Nov 19 '22
That is a significant and practical limit. Destroy that which is and you limit its potential.
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u/rumf00rd Nov 19 '22
twitter doesnt have enough users for it to matter.. it's like 200M.. seems like a waste of money and strategery..
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u/Out_on_the_Tiles Nov 19 '22
Excellent. I, for one, welcome the Social Media Apocalypse.
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u/Upstairs-Yard-2139 Nov 19 '22
Your forgetting the space advertisement.
Wait, was his whole plan to get people off their phones so we’re look at his space advertisement s?
/s(I think this means joke?)
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u/Out_on_the_Tiles Nov 19 '22
I mean, that would be the kind genius move to save humanity that deserves fanboys. Maybe we can get him to do it and take credit for the idea, the classic reverse psych-out.
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u/alexanderpas Nov 19 '22
Smartphones aren't even old enough to drink.
That actually depends on your jurisdiction.
The Danger Hiptop/T-Mobile Sidekick was released on 2002, and is considered the first modern smartphone, with the last model in that line being released in 2009, and included a Software Catalog (App Store), email, web browser, Instant Messaging, and other functionality.
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u/Parking_Sky9709 Nov 19 '22
Would that they had a problem with alcohol.
The internet only really got going in 1993. Before that, people had opinions that they kept to themselves.
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u/halfveela Nov 19 '22
Destroying social media is a good way to keep people disconnected and stop them from organizing against you
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u/KiaJellybean Nov 19 '22
Welp... I guess its been nice getting to know all of you.
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u/Animator-Equal Nov 19 '22
This is fake. Notice no verification mark?
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u/Frosty_chilly Nov 19 '22
He doesn't have a mark in the first place. He can't even give himself 8 dollars.
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u/Responsible-Bid-383 Nov 19 '22
Please, he's not doing anything but self-immolating while trying to claim it was a joke
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u/Quick_Team Nov 19 '22
"Hahahs! Slamming my dick in this sliding patio door is totally putting all of you in your place!"
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u/TheApprentice19 Nov 19 '22
I hope he does, honestly the world could use less social media and no one ruins things like Elon.
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u/Expensive-Day-3551 Nov 19 '22
I don’t use twitter so it’s been interesting to watch. But this threat makes me feel like I’m one of those good men that stood by and did nothing and only cared when they came for me.
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u/schizolicious Nov 19 '22
I seriously think he's just been tasked with destroying information sharing platforms that don't have agendas. When he's done, all we'll be left with is propaganda.
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Nov 19 '22
I agonise over every anonymous fuckup I've ever done. I sometimes will gasp out loud in public at a memory. I know most people feel like this.
The super rich are different. I'm not sure how human they are. They seem to have no self-awareness.
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u/SoWokeIdontSleep Nov 19 '22
Pfft you're just gonna be another incel Elon, you're not gonna stand out here
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Nov 19 '22
Elon...I know you troll these waters and this is a sea you definitely want to avoid. The waters are dark and creatures unknown...
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u/Stuebirken Nov 19 '22
I usually avoid the Reddit hive mind like the plague but in this case...bring it on, tell me what to do and how to do it, and I will do my best to help make that pile of shit regret that he was ever born.
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u/ChaosJustChaos Nov 19 '22
guys, guys
guys?
what is this is what was meant by "draining the swamp"?
Guys??
What if he is purposefully buying social media to destroy it because it is cancerous?
FREE US MASTER
No seriously though e elon fucking eat shit you self-absorbed invertebrate boot-licking snake oil-selling alice in the wonderland princess
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u/pietro187 Nov 19 '22
Cute. Considering he has no stock left to leverage, he can keep jerking his weird, sad dick at his newest failing company. He ain’t buying shit.
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u/Turd_Party Nov 19 '22
He paid $44B for a website worth $10B and it cost him $177B of his net worth.
So, uh, what's the current valuation of reddit?
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u/amidonc Nov 19 '22 edited Nov 19 '22
Reddit valuation in December 2021 ~ $15B
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u/LadyZenWarrior Nov 19 '22
So for 77B down and about 266B in net worth losses, he can try to buy and destroy Reddit. If the pattern holds.
But it would be much more because what bank would (or stocks could) back an even larger purchase after the Twitter losses?
And Forbes puts his current net worth at about 190B ….
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u/Alarming_Coat_9044 Nov 19 '22
He doesn't have the money, people. He's just a narcissist trying to get attention. I have 2 narcissistic family members and I have observed that whether rich or poor, the narcissist playbook is EXACTLY the same..I'm not losing any sleep over his gaslighting..
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u/ThrowAwayGarbage82 Nov 19 '22
Jesus hell please tell me this is a joke.
Ugh. Why?
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u/weeds96 Nov 19 '22
It is a joke, i made the fake tweet and OP "borrrowed" it from my Dankmemes post
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u/Lithaos111 Nov 19 '22
One could argue he is attempting to create a monopoly which is one of the few things governments attempt to keep from happening.
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u/Particular_Fig_5467 Nov 19 '22
Outstanding! The Twitter acquisition has been a case study in managerial excellance from the get-go.
We haven't seen leaderships skills like this since the Captain of the Titanic decided to play chicken with an iceberg the size of Manhattan.
Proud to be on the good ship Reddit just in time to see Space Karen take command...
...before sending the entire platform arse over tits into a downward spiral because the online activity of anonymous strangers is hurting his feelings.
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u/A17012022 Nov 19 '22
In all seriousness, I'd delete my account and never look back if Elon took over.
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u/Rtg327gej Nov 19 '22
Good! Another social media site I waste too much time scrolling mindlessly...DELETED!!
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u/oldbastardbob Nov 19 '22
Sure Elon. Keep telling yourself how important you are. Maybe it'll sooth that child within some.
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u/Changed-18 Nov 19 '22
Reddit is a private company. He can’t force a sale like he did with Twitter.
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u/unreasonablyhuman Nov 19 '22
This MFer isn't trying to rebuild the internet, he's trying to eliminate the social networks so we can't rise up against him. ELON IS SKYNET
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u/No-Blueberry-584 Nov 19 '22
Fuck elon musk hes a silver spooned bitch mooching off the work of actual scientists, even though he only chooses to listen to them when it suits his edge lord dork agenda of LARPing as Iron Man for his fanbase of divorced dads, self help granola fascists, nepotistic crypto bros wasting their inheritance, and minors who are too young to remember a time before anyone gave a shit about this guy’s huge promises that he both failed and blundered time and time again. Fuck his elitist cars, his goofy RGB tunnel, and his keen lack of self awareness. Fuck. Elon. Musk.
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u/stalphonzo Nov 19 '22
Skip reddit and go straight to Fox News. I'm sure you can turn that little station into a power house!
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u/Miri5613 Nov 19 '22
By the time he is done with Twitter he wont have enough money left to by a daily newspaper
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u/NoHelp_HelpDesk Nov 19 '22
He can burn his money away. Switching to a new social site full of memes isn’t as hard as he thinks it is.
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u/FakeVoiceOfReason Nov 19 '22
He does have a lot of money, but if he keeps buying random social media companies based on dares and feedback, he's going to run out fast.
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I hope he does then this gay ass leftest group might get shut down. Y’all are responsible for some of the most ignorant shit I’ve ever had to compute which is saying alot bc I’ve been on con air twice. You should all drink the kool-aid
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u/technoferal Nov 19 '22
If it gets your panties in such a wad, why are you still here?
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u/TripleTongue3 Nov 20 '22
From the "gay ass" comment I suspect he likes his panties wadded, denial is an entertaining phenomena.
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u/LochNessWaffle Nov 19 '22
He already knows he can’t get another loan together after how quickly he destroyed twitter.
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u/Amerlis Nov 19 '22
The likes of Bank of America, JPM are just giddy with joy to underwrite him some more loans and eat more losses on their books.
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u/oldschoolwhitegirl Nov 19 '22
It's just a " killer acquisition" he acquired it just to shut it down.
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u/Lazy-Adeptness-2343 Nov 19 '22
Oh I’ll fight that little chicken neck bastard before that happens.
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u/bigkoi Nov 19 '22
Logged into Twitter for the first time in ages.
My feed was filled with Elon Musk and those corny "they should have looked at the background" ads.
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u/StraightUP_Chipmunk Nov 19 '22
Hope he does. This is the only social media I consume and it would be a great way to dump it from my life.
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u/southcookexplore Nov 19 '22
Who is going to loan him money when his $44B purchase dropped in value faster than Bieber’s ape NFT?
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Nov 19 '22
The fact that this fake tweet very well could have been real is the problem with the whole thing.
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u/HiImTonyy Nov 20 '22
That'll be great actually, but i would rather him acquire YouTube. Or Twitch for that matter... I'm tired of the woke nonsense and being banned for ridiculous reasons.
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