• Dr. Moose@lemmy.world
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    All of the numbers are fake anyway. You can just sit there and f5 the page to get views on your own tweet lmao

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    Wasn’t adding engagement numbers to each tweet one of the first things he added? I remember thinking “who the fuck wants to see that?” But I guess to people like him that was important at the time? Huh.

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    I never really understood twitter. Feels to me like it’s all about following personalities in a poor format that doesn’t cater to discussion. I’ve had an account since early, mostly for testing twitter integrations for work. I haven’t even bothered to log in for a couple of years.

    I logged in yesterday just to deactivate my account.

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      I think it really only made sense to me when it was SMS social media.

      Can’t remember which phone I had but for something like this it was neat.

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        I made a Twitter account in the early days when I was a teenager. The sole reason I made it was because one of my favorite bands had an account. Their posts would be sent in an SMS to my phone, and the cool thing about that was how it felt like they were texting me personally.

        I have no idea when I last logged in, let alone when I last posted. When the SMS feature was dropped, so did my interest.

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    Elon Musk before: “Oh, these old Twitter executives were so dumb. When number go up, you’ve gotta show it everywhere!”

    Elon Musk now: “Number not go up? For cripes sake, don’t show it!”

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    Trump won the election, this gereatric nepo baby will be well paid for his services

    Twitters is a just a pokemon card for him and he used it well.

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    Nazi, who inherited his generational fortune through slave labor, makes people uncomfortable. They leave. Nazi lies about being weird and/or a Nazi.

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    LOL… is he hiding cause of an exodus, or because of the bot farm he ran for the elections?

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      Yep. Fortunately for Elon (and, you know, fascism) he doesn’t need it any more. For Elon, it is already ‘Mission Accomplished’. The richest, most thin-skinned losers on Earth already control the biggest economy and the biggest military. What more could that shitstain hope to get out of Twitter?

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        Well now he’s calling for a new election in the UK (presumably to put the right wing bac in) so looks like he’s not happy with just proxy ruling America.

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          Well, you have to remember, he’s an entitled NepoBaby manchild who grew up rich off an emerald mine in Apartheid South Africa, failed upwards into every position he’s ever held after blowing shit tons of money into failing companies, claims he knows more about manufacturing than anyone else despite his products getting recalled almost weekly and openly flaunting safety standards over the color of safety gear, and just overall is a massive dweeb who shills failed crypto scams and political grifts over on the Social Media platform he spent Too Much Money™️ on.

          So yeah, of COURSE he thinks he can shadow-run 2 governments at once by funding Fascist takeovers. He’s just that stupid and entitled. And when it all blows up in his face one day, all I will do is laugh.

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            The fact that Elon Musk has time to shadow run GOVERNMENTS while ALSO being CEO of THREE Companies is PROOF that ceos EARN their Billions of Dollars with how much Harder they work!

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          Haha right you are. It is in his nature, I suppose, to grasp and grasp after already being the richest person in history. In a better world, we would put people like Musk in a nice, humane institution.

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            He’s not the richest in history. Modern history, sure if you count excluding inflation. But when people like Mansa Musa existed Musk has quite a ways to go. Hell even Carnegie’s wealth eclipsed Musk if you’re talking purchasing power.

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              Musk has now surpassed Carnegie. You are right about Mansa Musa (for now), but the gap is closing. According to google today, Musk is at $334B, Carnegie peaked at a modest $309B, and Mansa Musa had about $400B, though there are quibbles about personal wealth vs. kingdom’s treasury. If you want to compare Musk and Musa, I think you could reasonably add the GDP of the US to Musk’s fortune, since he is one of the puppeteers behind Trump. All figures adjusted for inflation, by the way.

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          And he’s dancing around Ukraine and Putin. This guy is so entitled.

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        In the future I hope they do studies on what percentage of nazi content is necessary to destabilize a platform and get an established base of regular people and companies to flee.

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          To hear it told on Bluesky, it’s the better blocking tools and the culture of “we don’t have to put up with these assholes.”

          shrug

          I’ve been off Twitter for years and even before that I probably posted less than a half-dozen times per year. I mostly prefer subject-based social media (here) over identity-based, but I’m looking to surround myself with people who talk about something other than politics because the last Trump presidency I just couldn’t handle the constant tide of horrors.

          I just need somewhere to escape all that and if not, I’m going to be in a really mentally unhealthy place for the next four years.

          • vaultdweller013@sh.itjust.works
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            If ya like scifi and whatnot may I suggest the space battles forum. Theyre pretty chill, alzo the fanfiction side is pretty bloodthirsty.

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      I hope so, although it might serve as an easy way for companies to bribe the first lady Musk for favours with Trump

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    This just in, lying piece of shit liar lies about something again. 😆

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        Gotta get one of the “I bought this before we knew Elon was an asshole” bumper stickers.

        Obviously only works on a car that came out before we knew Elon was an asshole

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      There’s a guy in Hawaii selling “I bought this before I knew Elon was crazy” bumper stickers for $10, and he’s already sold over 10,000 this year.

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        Good, I’m glad for him. With the upcoming tariffs/trade war coming our way, I can only imagine how much higher the cost of living in Hawaii is about to get.

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        They haven’t even been out a year. Their user agreement stipulates they can’t resell them yet

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      I already peg Tesla drivers next to Altimas and Ram 2500s, just different energy

      Tesla is for the people who don’t want to drive a car, and their driving aptitude is frequently on full display

      Altimas and Ram needs no further explanation, you already know

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      Decent first step with the Cybertruck. Though he botched it and instead of making owners pariahs, they turn owners into clowns and lacerated patients.

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      Tesla is already a rolling pile of shit. How much more punishment do you want their owners to have?

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      Where I live there’s not many teslas.

      But I saw one the other day and it was squeaking like a cheap plastic toy.

      I wasn’t going to buy one. But seeing such bad quality construction even noticable by afar, reaffirmed my choice.

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        There are a ton around me. Every time I pass one I pay close attention to the body. Many times, it looks to me like the body panels just don’t line up. They kind of look like shit TBH.

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          Yeah, I’ve ridden in a few and the build quality issues are noticeable.

          They have some features I like, especially the door handles. Those are super cool. And by all means, I want more EV sales in general.

          But like, comparing a Tesla to something like a Hyundai Ioniq is just night and day.

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        At first, the air of mystery suggested hidden depths, but increasing exposure revealed that it was all just woven from thin air and would routinely come out with increasingly absurd stories that contradicted previous statements.

        Also, the X-Files.

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          Wait are you talking about the reboot they did in like 2015ish? The were-monster episode and the Mandela effect guy were like the funniest shit ever.

          I literally fell out of my chair onto my living room floor laughing at that shit. If you were a fan of the original show I must recommend at least watching those two episodes.

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    I wonder what thing TrumpEtAL is going to do to require people to create X accounts.

    And then what thing that TrumpEtAL will do to make it so that his enemies can’t sign up and hence be in trouble with TrumpEtAL.