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[–] [email protected] 46 points 2 months ago (3 children)

There might literally not be one single person on the planet less qualified to speak to the issue of "reasonable spending" than the guy who spent $44 billion dollars to make everybody hate Twitter.

[–] [email protected] 22 points 2 months ago (2 children)

He also took billions in government subsidies and ordered the construction of a car tunnel with LED lights and zero safety measures. That one was a success for its intended purposes, however; it prevented the construction of mass transit rail in California.

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[–] [email protected] 18 points 2 months ago (1 children)

to make everybody hate Twitter.

That's a lofty goal though

[–] [email protected] 18 points 2 months ago (1 children)

Ehh, everybody already hated it before but they hated it while using it.

He made everybody hate it in a way that was different enough to actually kill it (slowly). It's already the same as seeing a greentext to most people at this point.

[–] [email protected] 13 points 2 months ago (1 children)

There's a paid privilege to wear a dunce cap, too. blue-check farquaad-point

[–] [email protected] 8 points 2 months ago (2 children)

That's a good point even the worst of the worst on 4chan would never in a million years pay for the service.

People paying a monyhly fee for their internet dunce cap is keeping the service aflot, which shouldn't be an effective business model but here we are.

[–] [email protected] 7 points 2 months ago

If it makes you feel any better, it's not actually an effective business model and he's still hemorrhaging money lol

[–] [email protected] 4 points 2 months ago

there were always tripcode users (basically verified users even though it wasn't really verifiable) on 4chan, they posted the most cringe things and were hated by everyone, so pretty much the same as blue-checks. Q of Qanon fame was one of those.

[–] [email protected] 6 points 2 months ago

idk money well spent imo

We should abolish money anyway

[–] [email protected] 21 points 2 months ago (2 children)

That guy could like pay for people to crew tall ships and sail around doing mock pirate battles and treasure hunts or whatever fantasy he wanted to live out.

And he chooses to do this.

[–] [email protected] 11 points 2 months ago (1 children)

or whatever fantasy he wanted to live out.

His fantasy is to be the universally beloved meme master. billionaire-tears

[–] [email protected] 6 points 2 months ago (1 children)

He could build a Martian colony set and probably enough dorks would volunteer to larp worship of God-king musk of the funniest memes.

The guy has a terminal lack of imagination.

[–] [email protected] 9 points 2 months ago

His imagination is so vast and profound that he once posted a picture of his future vision for his fantastical Martian colony.

It was a picture of a many-laned highway with cars on it. With a red filter. grillman

[–] [email protected] 2 points 2 months ago

And before this stunt, he was re-tweeting (or should I say, "re-Xitting") Pepe frog Frenworld memes. He literally reposted plagiarized Frenworld content, just like an incel basement dweller.

[–] [email protected] 19 points 2 months ago (1 children)
[–] [email protected] 16 points 2 months ago (2 children)

Well shit, I guess he was a professional quote-maker all along. attlee-fedora

[–] [email protected] 15 points 2 months ago (1 children)

In this moment I am euphoric. Not because of any phony God's blessing. But because I have a nice rack. very-smart

[–] [email protected] 10 points 2 months ago

I'd post the "nice argument, however..." meme, but volcel-judge

[–] [email protected] 9 points 2 months ago

At this moment, he is euphoric. Not because of DEI woke mind viruses, but because he has brought the light of consciousness to the stars.

Eh? attlee-fedora

[–] [email protected] 12 points 2 months ago (1 children)
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[–] [email protected] 10 points 2 months ago (1 children)

I'm an arrogant asshole and even I don't quote myself. Other people do it for me because I am infinitely cooler than this billionaire manchild dweeb.

[–] [email protected] 8 points 2 months ago

Other people do it for me because I am infinitely cooler than this billionaire manchild dweeb.

Not a high bar to clear, but still, eric-andre

[–] [email protected] 9 points 2 months ago

The bourgeoisie is in it's decadent phase and we should mock them and then annihilate them

[–] [email protected] 9 points 2 months ago (1 children)

Had to count the number of words, just to see if it hit the magic 14

[–] [email protected] 5 points 2 months ago (1 children)
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[–] [email protected] 6 points 2 months ago (1 children)

Now that is a deep (state) cut.

where did the 17 thing come from?

I was just relistening to some old QAA episodes where they talked about the return of Q and the 17 thing and I still don't get it

[–] [email protected] 4 points 2 months ago

Q is the 17th letter of the alphabet. The 17th president was Andrew Johnson. Andrew Johnson is still alive and he is Q. QED.

[–] [email protected] 9 points 2 months ago (1 children)

It brings me some comfort to know for a fact that Elon Musk is worse at being a Poster than I will ever be at anything

[–] [email protected] 6 points 2 months ago

It's practically his job, too

[–] [email protected] 9 points 2 months ago (1 children)

Well, it's more like 10 billion now and dropping. stonks-down

[–] [email protected] 6 points 2 months ago (1 children)

I am honestly surprised he hasn't tanked/broken the entire platform by now. Really a testament to the few extremely talented software engineers he has left.

[–] [email protected] 8 points 2 months ago

thirst for power two-wolves-1 two-wolves-2 narcissism

[–] [email protected] 8 points 2 months ago (1 children)

I guess you could argue about all that in 2016, but we've seen what he did and what he's willing to do now, to be pretty fucking certain none of these things will ever happen under a republican president, and even less so under another Trump presidency.

[–] [email protected] 6 points 2 months ago

Only the democrats have the know-how to protect their “nation of immigrants” from being invaded by hordes of immigrants while not changing the imperialist policies that cause mass immigration in the first place! Kamala is brat and girlboss and republicans could never do genocide as good as her.

[–] [email protected] 8 points 2 months ago (1 children)

Great man theory is a cancer on society. Elon thinks he's one of them.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 2 months ago

It's closely related to that whole "dae le simulation theory" and its consequent belief that people the believer dislikes must be "NPCs" too. freeze-gamer

[–] [email protected] 7 points 2 months ago

I usually don't quote myself but sometimes I do.

I usually don't quote myself but sometimes I do.

I usually don't quote myself but sometimes I do.

I usually don't quote myself but sometimes I do.

X Le Epic Narwhal Bacon At Midnight

[–] [email protected] 7 points 2 months ago (1 children)

Oh but when I get high off my own farts I'm a pervert?

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[–] [email protected] 6 points 2 months ago

"Fuck both these fascist pieces of shit. I long for the day they are both dead and in the dirt." - roux

[–] [email protected] 5 points 2 months ago (1 children)

We rolled some lame ass billionaires

[–] [email protected] 5 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago) (1 children)

Imagine Ted Faro, but not smart at all and the robots can't do shit.

No (immediate) planetary apocalypse, but the downside is you have to live through his extended midlife crisis. doomer

[–] [email protected] 3 points 2 months ago

The APOLLO subordinate function was woke

[–] [email protected] 5 points 2 months ago (1 children)
[–] [email protected] 2 points 2 months ago

some day I'll be a professional quote maker just like him

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