Elon Musk just revealed his primary motivation to buy Twitter...

[Pluvious]

I feel so very owned right now

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[madinmaryland]

1. It sounds liked Elon just ended up owning himself! Moran!

[spooky3]

2. This guy has the maturity of a two year old. Nt

[Norton Nork]

3. Nope he's still playing games.

The real reason is to make money. The rest is to bring in the suckers.

He's already made the price of the stock go up.
Wanna bet he isn't about to take a profit?

[brush]

5. How is he going to make money as he doesn't owe it yet.

The deal hasn't gone through. And the price of Tesla stock has gone down so he's losing money so far.

[ProfessorGAC]

8. Twitter Stock Is Down 19.14% In The Last 8 Days

And Tesla is down 19.2% is 9 days.
You sure about your assessment?

[Baitball Blogger]

24. I imagine it's going to go down lower after his admission.

And if it's a joke, he's not smart that way, is he? The stocks are still going to tank.

And I could be wrong, but, isn't the average consumer for Tesla, liberals?

What a weird man.

[bucolic_frolic]

4. So after Musk roils Twitter and the stock drops to $20, won't TDFG rush in with an offer?

Truth Social isn't a serious player, never will be.

[vlyons]

6. he put the deal on hold until

it's verified that less than 5% of the accounts are bogus. Twitter accounts will become marketing targets.

[BannonsLiver]

9. He put the deal in hold because Tesla stock is way down and there are questions about financing

The Tesla fanboy excuse is something else.

[roamer65]

7. Let the exodus begin!!!!

[oioioi]

10. There is something fundamentally flawed with any economic system

that elevates and rewards such an individual materially to the extent it has for this douchebag.

[Cattledog]

11. Twitter stock is down 9.6% and is rated "overvalued".

[CentralMass]

12. He really is a major asshole.

[Baked Potato]

13. Awww, he's such a card.... Nt

[In It to Win It]

14. Nobody spends $44 billion to own the libs. He's trolling

Don’t take the bait

[NCjack]

16. Maybe, but he is losing buyers for the Tesla car.

[In It to Win It]

18. That's fine. I'm sure he's thought that through

[Rstrstx]

15. I find it mildly amusing, sounds like buyer's remorse

This must be the ultimate impulse purchase, apparently you can’t return Twitter to the store within 30 days for a full refund (they charge a nominal $1,000,000,000 restocking fee).

[smirkymonkey]

17. He's such a dork.

[Carlitos Brigante]

28. This is a grown ass man whose "best comedy bits" revolve around 420 and 69. Get

it?

[smirkymonkey]

30. Ah, yes! But I actually had to look 420 up.

I am kind of allergic to pot, and even to CBD, so I have never really been that into it. We used to make 69 jokes in middle school. Hence, your point!

[Carlitos Brigante]

32. Totally. We did the same thing. What cracks me up is how terrible

his delivery is. It's almost as if he found out about these things a week prior and couldn't wait to let everyone know. Corny as shit.

[Lunabell]

19. Whatever happened to his "pledge" to the WFP?

https://www.newsweek.com/could-elon-musk-have-solved-world-hunger-instead-buying-twitter-1700942

[moondust]

20. "I strongly supported Obama for president"

If that's even true it was probably just to get those libtards to buy his cars. He may have figured the GQP fossil fuel idiots wouldn't buy them.

[Carlitos Brigante]

27. The Obama administration had a huge hand in his company's success. And this

is how he shows gratitude.

[lindysalsagal]

21. There's more of us than there are of you, asshat.

[Xoan]

22. A fool and his money ...

[rockfordfile]

23. When that un-American pos owns it quit. Don't be on a social media outlet owned by a racist pos

[dalton99a]

25. Friends don't let friends buy a Tesla

Fuck Elon Musk and his stupid cult

[Carlitos Brigante]

26. Can't wait for his douchebag fanboys to chime in about his "misunderstood

brilliance".

[KentuckyWoman]

29. He is trying to push the stock price down.

Cheaper to own the libs.

[Kid Berwyn]

38. Not insane.

Total moneyhumping fascist.

How tech's richest plan to save themselves after the apocalypse

‘The Event was their euphemism for the environmental collapse, social unrest, nuclear explosion, virus, or hack that takes everything down.’ Illustration: Matt Huynh
Silicon Valley’s elite are hatching plans to escape disaster – and when it comes, they’ll leave the rest of us behind

Douglas Rushkoff for Medium via The Guardian
Tue 24 Jul 2018

Last year, I got invited to a super-deluxe private resort to deliver a keynote speech to what I assumed would be a hundred or so investment bankers. It was by far the largest fee I had ever been offered for a talk – about half my annual professor’s salary – all to deliver some insight on the subject of “the future of technology”.

I’ve never liked talking about the future. The Q&A sessions always end up more like parlor games, where I’m asked to opine on the latest technology buzzwords as if they were ticker symbols for potential investments: blockchain, 3D printing, Crispr. The audiences are rarely interested in learning about these technologies or their potential impacts beyond the binary choice of whether or not to invest in them. But money talks, so I took the gig.

Snip…

Which region will be less affected by the coming climate crisis: New Zealand or Alaska? Is Google really building Ray Kurzweil a home for his brain, and will his consciousness live through the transition, or will it die and be reborn as a whole new one? Finally, the CEO of a brokerage house explained that he had nearly completed building his own underground bunker system and asked: “How do I maintain authority over my security force after the Event?”

The Event. That was their euphemism for the environmental collapse, social unrest, nuclear explosion, unstoppable virus, or Mr Robot hack that takes everything down.

Continues…

https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2018/jul/23/tech-industry-wealth-futurism-transhumanism-singularity



“Mr. Kyle, your Agonizer, please!”

[Cha]

31. Hey muskie.. FO you Fascist Fuck

💙💛

[Cha]

33. Tierich replies..

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[Duppers]

34. In that thread....

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True.

[gulliver]

35. I think he's referring to the woke and resentful fringe (along with being a troll)

And, naturally, the trolling works. I really don't think Musk is referring to the vast majority of Dems (authentic liberals and progressives who are of the cooler head persuasion). He's wanting to own "Twitter trend libs," I think, the folks who elect themselves to speak for everyone and then say stupid things.

[LessAspin]

36. Musk MAGA Tax

This guy can fuck off...

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[Joenobody]

37. I doubt this deal is going to happen

He's already reaching for outs like this checking for bots thing, and Twitter is already accusing him of violating an NDA.