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highplainsdem

(63,107 posts) Fri Nov 4, 2022, 12:51 PM Nov 2022

Wow. Twitter fact-checked Elon's whine about advertisers, then the fact-checking was deleted

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This matches what Duty To Warn said about stuff disappearing quickly: https://democraticunderground.com/100217318158

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Wow. Twitter fact-checked Elon's whine about advertisers, then the fact-checking was deleted (Original Post) highplainsdem Nov 2022 OP

You could NOT make this up. Emrys Nov 2022 #1

He failed to make a popular TV series episode more "entertaining" ... sanatanadharma Nov 2022 #3

Advertisers want to get out of the recklessly-driven car BEFORE it hits a tree. No mystery here. Midnight Writer Nov 2022 #2

Getting a little harder to fleece the flock, Musk ?? republianmushroom Nov 2022 #4

Damn! For $6-8B he could've bought a football team underpants Nov 2022 #5

Emrys

(9,205 posts)

1. You could NOT make this up.

Reply to highplainsdem (Original post)

Fri Nov 4, 2022, 12:57 PM

Nov 2022

One thing Musk's achieved - he's made Twitter even more entertaining than it was before.

sanatanadharma

(4,090 posts)

3. He failed to make a popular TV series episode more "entertaining" ...

Reply to Emrys (Reply #1)

Fri Nov 4, 2022, 01:09 PM

Nov 2022

A Big Bad Theory Thanksgiving story episode.
Even playing himself, Musk was stiff, a bad actor (en dos sentidos).

Midnight Writer

(25,751 posts)

2. Advertisers want to get out of the recklessly-driven car BEFORE it hits a tree. No mystery here.

Reply to highplainsdem (Original post)

Fri Nov 4, 2022, 01:04 PM

Nov 2022

republianmushroom

(22,720 posts)

4. Getting a little harder to fleece the flock, Musk ??

Reply to highplainsdem (Original post)

Fri Nov 4, 2022, 01:11 PM

Nov 2022

underpants

(197,190 posts)

5. Damn! For $6-8B he could've bought a football team

Reply to highplainsdem (Original post)

Fri Nov 4, 2022, 01:22 PM

Nov 2022

Just saying.

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