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Re: Elon Musk

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He strikes me a bit of a weapon. Let's hope the rumors that he's in talks with FTC to buy this place are unfounded.
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Twitter is already a cesspit. Whether any new ownership makes it better or worse will only ever be an issue of degrees.

But let's not be distracted. As Spike correctly points out, the real issue is whether FTC intends to cash in and sell this place to him.
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Mistadobalina wrote: Tue Apr 26, 2022 9:21 am Free speech absolutist taking over Twitter in time for Republican primaries. Here we go again...
Absolutist, unless it's Tesla employees talking about a Union....
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Re: Elon Musk

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I'm surprised by some of the reaction from certain people, given an African American has become such an influence and success.
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I was going to buy one of his electric motors but the longest extension lead I could find was a 50 yarder at Screwfix
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Dunners wrote: Tue Apr 26, 2022 7:24 pm I'm surprised by some of the reaction from certain people, given an African American has become such an influence and success.
A disabled African American, at that.
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Re: Elon Musk

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o-no wrote: Tue Apr 26, 2022 11:30 am He strikes me as a bit of a fruitcake. Is he someone you'd want in charge of a social network than influences millions of the hard-of-thinking.

I'm not sure.
A successful’fruitcake’ though?
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Re: Elon Musk

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Dextercoindexter wrote: Tue Apr 26, 2022 10:34 pm
o-no wrote: Tue Apr 26, 2022 11:30 am He strikes me as a bit of a fruitcake. Is he someone you'd want in charge of a social network than influences millions of the hard-of-thinking.

I'm not sure.
A successful’fruitcake’ though?
Easy to create wealth when
You are born into wealth though .
So is he Really Succesful ?

If id been born to the son of an Emerald Miner i think id have done ok to .
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:D

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Currywurst and Chips wrote: Thu Apr 28, 2022 9:57 pm :D

:( t=F2YD3zeLrXFESoXS2tPlzQ&s=19
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The man who owns twitter genuinely thinks things are moving too far to the left. Terrifying.
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Is everyone still leaving Twitter forever?
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That'd be brilliant, but I shudder to think what people would move to.
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Two weeks ago Elon Musk was just another entrepreneur . He buys Twitter and now the wokes think he's the son of the Devil.
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Goldfinger, Blofield, Scaramanga, Bezos, Musk.

They do what they want
They do what they want
They're megalomaniacs
They do what they want
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RedDwarf 1881 wrote: Fri Apr 29, 2022 7:41 am Two weeks ago Elon Musk was just another entrepreneur . He buys Twitter and now the wokes think he's the son of the Devil.
Pretty sure the wokes are down on all the billionaires, but especially those that control the media.
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Long slender neck wrote: Fri Apr 29, 2022 7:35 am That'd be brilliant, but I shudder to think what people would move to.
Do kids still use twitter?
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Gary the Plumber wrote: Fri Apr 29, 2022 9:08 am
Long slender neck wrote: Fri Apr 29, 2022 7:35 am That'd be brilliant, but I shudder to think what people would move to.
Do kids still use twitter?
I thought it was used by the 30 to 60 bracket.
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The Mindsweep wrote: Fri Apr 29, 2022 9:10 am
Gary the Plumber wrote: Fri Apr 29, 2022 9:08 am
Long slender neck wrote: Fri Apr 29, 2022 7:35 am That'd be brilliant, but I shudder to think what people would move to.
Do kids still use twitter?
I thought it was used by the 30 to 60 bracket.
I thought it was Facebook for over 40s, twitter for 30s - 40s, insta for 20s - 30s and embarassing 40s, snapchat and the tiktoks for teens and 20s? Plus Forums for all those who refuse to let go of the early 00s.
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The Mindsweep wrote: Fri Apr 29, 2022 9:06 am Goldfinger, Blofield, Scaramanga, Bezos, Musk.

They do what they want
They do what they want
They're megalomaniacs
They do what they want


They do what want
They do what want
Because they're forking billionaires
They can do what they want
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Re: Elon Musk

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Gary the Plumber wrote: Fri Apr 29, 2022 9:37 am
The Mindsweep wrote: Fri Apr 29, 2022 9:10 am
Gary the Plumber wrote: Fri Apr 29, 2022 9:08 am

Do kids still use twitter?
I thought it was used by the 30 to 60 bracket.
I thought it was Facebook for over 40s, twitter for 30s - 40s, insta for 20s - 30s and embarassing 40s, snapchat and the tiktoks for teens and 20s? Plus Forums for all those who refuse to let go of the early 00s.
You're correct. Hence why it's mainly a combination of Insta and Twitter for me (I just use this board in a quirky/ironic sense).
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Gary the Plumber wrote: Fri Apr 29, 2022 9:37 am
The Mindsweep wrote: Fri Apr 29, 2022 9:10 am
Gary the Plumber wrote: Fri Apr 29, 2022 9:08 am

Do kids still use twitter?
I thought it was used by the 30 to 60 bracket.
I thought it was Facebook for over 40s, twitter for 30s - 40s, insta for 20s - 30s and embarassing 40s, snapchat and the tiktoks for teens and 20s? Plus Forums for all those who refuse to let go of the early 00s.
I'm right intae all of them socials and podblogcasts. Ye cannae whack them.
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Terminates twitter deal .
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Musk is lunatic, but no fool. Twitter obviously doesn't have a handle on the actual number of users it has
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Just read the news on my Twitter news alert.

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