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Well, I have always found Musk an odious, creepy, 12 children, Trump supporting creep.... and now he has proved this by giving poor Tommy Robinson his Twitter account back (albeit in November) and questioned what Robinson has done to stir up hatred. Add to this is comments that "civil war in the UK in inevitable"... puts him right at the top of the bellend list for me. Strange view point from someone who is an immigrant too.
https://www.tortoisemedia.com/2024/08/06/stoking-hate-elon-musk-and-tommy-robinson/
You don’t count as an immigrant if you’re rich and white 😉
People like Trump and Musk surf main stream media as their main way to stay updated.
Given the biases and hyerbolic predeliction of these outlets, it's inevitable they end up with myopic views of the world that lack any depth or understanding or nuance.
We need a social media regulatory body with teeth to start imposing substantial fines on social media companies that don't moderate extremist content. Sure it would open up the free speech slippery slope debate and claims of the government trying to silence criticism etc. but it's pretty obvious to many of us that letting social media companies moderate themselves isn't working.
Whether it's a case of they just don't take it seriously enough (and invest sufficient resources) e.g. Facebook or if they're run by an absolute bell-end that's not fit to run a lemonade stand let alone global companies like X. £1m per day fines would be a good starting point and use some of the proceeds to help deal with some of the issues they cause.
What, Elon 'calls a man who does a dangerous cave rescue a paedophile' Musk turns out to be a throbber? That Elon Musk?
His own daughter seems to have the measure of the man.
https://twitter.com/iamhappytoast/status/1820706222510604445?s=46&t=We7m9sBVLviPIp_wY7u5lQ
When a tech co says won't increase transparency or roll out safety features because it might threaten their market share, that's not “reasonable”. In the long term, arrogance like that risks leading to orbital bombardement by anti-trust regulators with crowds cheering each new crater as it erupts
Baldur Bjarnason (@baldurbjarnason.com) Aug 5, 2024 at 11:44
A few people saying that unless Musk sorts Twitter’s act out HMG might ban it which will hurt him quite a lot, though really if you’re still using Twitter or buying a Tesla you probably need to ask yourself ‘why?’
Hiya,
Deleted Twitter, the day he brought it out. Won't buy his cars, won't buy his wall charger. Perhaps some perspective here Trump he he supported actually almost caused civil war when he lost an election. America get you gun laws under control, before criticizing us.
JeZ
Be interesting if she gives the eulogy at his funeral
I think that he's a moderately talented guy who's got lucky and struggles to process that.
Your periodic reminder that Elon's whole 'coming out' as a Right Winger a few years back was prompted because he knew that sexual assault allegations from a former employee were about to go live and he knew this would lose him many of the progressive liberal supporters who bought his cars.
Sadly his calculation that this shift would win him a whole new crop of online sycophants who don't really take offenses against 'uppity' women seriously and who will defend him to the hilt against 'woke cancel culture' has been proven depressingly accurate.
Prophesy?
Elton on Elon
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stark_(novel)/blockquote >
Stark was a great book when it came out, I think I'd be too scared to read it again now it needs moving to tbe non-fiction corner!
take your terminally online weird stoner friend who has a lot of strange and contradictory opinions on anything, and give them a few billion dollars and you'll have something that looks a lot like musk
Good take about why we should be giving up Twitter:
I understand why we don't (because we don't want to offend by implication), but I suspect not enough is made of Musk's autism in trying to understand why he gets it wrong so repeatedly.
He would make a much better Mavel character than he does a functioning human.
Your periodic reminder that Elon’s whole ‘coming out’ as a Right Winger a few years back was prompted because he knew that sexual assault allegations from a former employee were about to go live and he knew this would lose him many of the progressive liberal supporters who bought his cars.
Sadly his calculation that this shift would win him a whole new crop of online sycophants who don’t really take offenses against ‘uppity’ women seriously and who will defend him to the hilt against ‘woke cancel culture’ has been proven depressingly accurate.
This whole post applies to Russell Brand as well.
What became of platforms like Mastodon and Threads? Both were touted as the new Twitter when Musky started mucking around with it, but I guess they didn't gain the critical mass to take on Twitter?
They became so awfully full of right wing knobs that not even right wing knobs would use them?
Mastodon is still chugging along quite happily.
Limmy said it best: Musk is Tony Stark for incels.
What became of platforms like Mastodon and Threads? Both were touted as the new Twitter when Musky started mucking around with it, but I guess they didn’t gain the critical mass to take on Twitter?
Mastodon is geeky AF, Threads is a Meta product so not without its own problems, Bluesky was in invitation-only beta and probably missed its moment, most people who give up Twitter just give up rather than looking for an alternative?
This whole post applies to Russell Brand as well.
Was going to mention him but was trying to keep it brief, he pretty much copied Elon's method line by line with an disappointingly similar result.
I suspect he won't be the last to at least try it.
not enough is made of Musk’s autism in trying to understand why he gets it wrong so repeatedly.
Autism, doesn't make you sexually assault your employees, as Elon is currently accused of doing by multiple Female staff members. He's also paid sizable hush money to other women who've accused him of similar in the past. you know, like innocent people do.
Is anyone up to speed on X suing advertisers for not advertising on X (I think I mean conspiring to dissuade)
@piemonster The suggestion is it’s more about silencing critics for fear of expensive litigation than anything else. Notably he’s not taking on eg. Disney.
or buying a Tesla you probably need to ask yourself ‘why?’
I know people who have cancelled Tesla orders, giving Musk's behaviour as the reason.
Also influencers need to be regulated once above a certain audience size.
I understand why we don’t (because we don’t want to offend by implication), but I suspect not enough is made of Musk’s autism in trying to understand why he gets it wrong so repeatedly.
Let's not use autism too excuse his words and actions
Is his middle name Lynx?
Let’s not use autism too excuse his words and actions
I'm not saying we should, or saying everyone with autism is a tool. He is a tool in addition to being autistic. But it's part of who his is. I'd say of all of his businesses, social media is the one he is least capable of understanding his responsibilities, because of his autism.
I’d say of all of his businesses, social media is the one he is least capable of understanding his responsibilities, because of his autism.
By all accounts he doesn’t really understand automotive engineering or rocketry, not because of autism but because he’s totally unqualified in both.
What is he actually qualified in? See people calling him a genius but all I see is an entitled prick. Is he like Steve Jobs in that he gets the praise, money and accolades for the work done by others? I don’t even get that because he’s not exactly a charismatic front man either. Just seems like a massive tool.
Not so long ago there were still plenty of fanboys on this forum. Maybe they can tell us.
Is his middle name Lynx?
Keep trying - you got the number of letters correct, and one of them is actually right
Let's be clear.
He's a merchant banker (completely apt, as rhyming slang) that makes $$$ via his finance.
I choose to to try to avoid putting any money his way
- don't use *ter
- not a ****en earthy I'll have a Tesla. That's not anti-EV, it's totally Anti-*face.
Why not just ignore the nasty snivelling little git.
It might me nice not to keep posting links to X and making him money.
By all accounts he doesn’t really understand automotive engineering or rocketry, not because of autism but because he’s totally unqualified in both.
I don’t think he knows much about anything tech-wise, he relies on coming up with ideas, then gets others to actually make something useful out of them.
For the record, I still use Xitter, mainly because it gives me the opportunity to troll unpleasant assholes about their assholery.
And sometimes the opposite, I actually sent a Twit to Kamala Harris’ new running mate to congratulate him and wishing them good luck, the first time I’ve ever done something like that!
Boycott Twitter/X
Boycott Tesla.
Was tempted by Starlink, but don't want to support any of his endeavours.
Musk is a **** of the highest order.
On a side note.... Anyone seen the clip where Sky News cuts off, as in drops the line on the former police chief when he says that Twitter has become more right wing since Musk took over....?
Yes you posted it earlier from the same channel that posted a video saying folk had been stabbed in a car (they hadn't).
Pinch of salt.
His new lawsuit against companies that withdrew advertising on X seems to be yet another "man-child throwing his toys out of his pram moment". I hope that it not only gets laughed out of court but that other companies currently advertising there re-assess what they're doing.
His main gift is that he's managed to create a cult of personality around himself, no other CEO would have survived the amount of over-promising and under-delivering that he's done with Tesla, SpaceX, The Boring Company etc. Sure he was smart with Tesla early on and going all-in on EVs (and seeing the Supercharger network as key to that success, although that might have been someone he employed's idea). But since then he seems to have failed far more often than he's succeeded, he's just been able to get away with it for now.
TBF to him the Boring Company and Hyperloop achieved their goal, which was to scupper public transport projects in the States.
I'm embarrassed on behalf of the fanboys who were gullible enough to think he was anything other than an entitled privileged brat with an entirely undeserved inflated opinion of himself. I hope some of them have the powers of introspection to think about what it was about him, and them, that caused this to happen.
I cannot believe that the board at Tesla isn't looking at ways to remove him. He's so damaging to the brand at this point that there's absolutely no benefit to keeping him there. I know several people at work who've decided against ordering Teslas solely because of Musk, and I chose not to get a replacement Model 3 because of his behaviour.
I hope some of them have the powers of introspection to think about what it was about him, and them, that caused this to happen.
HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA
He plays to the whole alpha male thing - and one thing that people into the whole alpha male thing seem to love is being duped. Again and again and again. Often Musk is just parroting stuff he's fallen for. At best they'll just swap being duped by Musk to being duped by someone else.
WhistlinDiesel isn't too impressed with his Cybertruck
First few pages of the old Musk thread make interesting reading.
"Personally, I think his complete focus on improving the human condition is awesome."
NB that was already long after the crackpot Thai cave rescue fiasco (complete with playground insults when people pointed out how clueless he was).
I cannot believe that the board at Tesla isn’t looking at ways to remove him. He’s so damaging to the brand at this point that there’s absolutely no benefit to keeping him there
It's mostly because the board are all his approved appointees/lackeys + they probably realise although he's damaging to the company/brand for some people he's also a big part of the reason the Tesla stock price is so inflated. If/when the stock price corrects I don't think Musk will survive (he'll have extracted his $50B bonus by then though)
So he's suing companies for not advertising on Twitter.
If he wins, my lawsuit against Margot Robie for not going out with me it's a guaranteed win
Twitter I found irritating before Musk got his hands on it. When he took over most STWers stopped linking the shite. Thank you Elon.
Space X put up sats that have been quite useful in Ukraine despite Musk somtimes making the wrong noises. Thank you Elon.
Tesla kicked off the viable EV thing. The Supercharger network is ace and Model Ys are made in Berlin. Thank you Elon.
We know you make a complete fool of yourself on a regular basis and for that too I thank you. Just your name discredits the ****** **** by assosiation. Thank you Elon.
I'd buy a Tesla made in Berlin, no qualms.
I think his posts on X are generated by AI to create as much controversy and engagement as possible
I've just deleted Twitter too. I only go on to get my fix of winding up racists, but what good does that actually do? It probably results in some poor girlfriend or wife getting a slap.
As for Musk - isn't it worth considering slipping him a novichok canapé and blaming it on Putin?
I don't think so. He's doing some really good work _for_ Putin right now (i.e. stoking racial hate, division, etc) and boosting Trump, so it's a stretch to think that he'd be on Putin's bad side.
Short of Tesla stock plummeting and the shareholders suing him for not earning enough money for them (and winning), I can't see him being anything other than the same he is now, or progressively worse, for the future.
Did we all miss this earlier...?
https://twitter.com/elonmusk/status/1821480072441635194?s=46&t=erYLLznRIhtpEf3ywL7fng
Elon openly admitting that he's trying to "f s up" on purpose basically!
Absolute first rate throbber...
He's a scumbag
https://twitter.com/Josh_Self_/status/1821476378480365639?t=4116I7QSqag4XisKdvp42g&s=19
I'm disgusted that the BBC are so quick to give him the headlines. He's a first rate ****, one of the few people alive I'd gladly challenge to a dual. I could not give a shit what the man has to say
I don't understand anyone who sees his behaviour in the last few days and concludes anything other than that he is a ****.
The fact that he runs twitter (and that people call it X now instead of twitter) is terrifying tbh.
Musk, Theil and his entourage of crypto fascist birther weirdos need taken down a peg or two, or just taken down…….not fussed either way.
It seems 'space Karen' has gone full trump.
More full Elliot Carver.
You can probably get the measure of somebody as a human being by what their kids think of them. Theyall appear to hate him. Getting your kids to go public with how much contempt they hold you in is quite the achievement.
Well done Elon. You’ve clearly got your priorities right in life. You’ve got a space ship and more money than anyone could ever spend, but the people who should love you most all instead think that you’re an utter ****!
Even Hitler's kids loved him (not sure if true, read it on Twitter I think)
I think this pretty nicely sums Musk up.
https://www.forkingpaths.co/p/the-myth-of-the-secret-genius
Didn't he visit the border wall a while back? Is he setting himself to replace the aging Trump??
If you can think "foreign agents" are spreading disinformation on X and else where.
It's not that far a stretch of the imagination to think "foreign agents" are blackmail the world richest man by hacking his own account.... spreading their own agenda and having Musk fund their activities
All Tin hat stuff..... but would make a good movie.