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Claustrum

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1. I thought this is the onion........

Reply to highplainsdem (Original post)

Thu Nov 10, 2022, 10:46 PM

Nov 2022

My belief that he was forced into buying Twitter because he messed up on his initial deal and couldn't get out. So he is now trying every which way to retrieve money from Twitter, including his Dogecoin BS.

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Elon Musk details his plan to turn Twitter into a bank (It - Musk - is getting crazier.) [View all] highplainsdem Nov 2022 OP

I thought this is the onion........ Claustrum Nov 2022 #1

I don't know if the Onion or Borowitz could have come up with something quite this crazy. highplainsdem Nov 2022 #13

Who the F would trust him with their money? Bev54 Nov 2022 #2

No one in their right mind. highplainsdem Nov 2022 #14

He also said bankruptcy is not out of the question. What flash in the pan he's been PortTack Nov 2022 #3

I don't think anyone could have predicted quite how disastrous he would be. highplainsdem Nov 2022 #17

I wonder if the right wingers didn't just punk Elon into buying twitter applegrove Nov 2022 #20

Tiedrich tweet on this issue... Cha Nov 2022 #4

+1 dalton99a Nov 2022 #11

LOL! Thanks, Cha! highplainsdem Nov 2022 #18

No worries.. TY! Cha Nov 2022 #19

Where does it say Disaffected Nov 2022 #21

I remember when they fired his ass from PayPal because ZonkerHarris Nov 2022 #5

I'm sorry sir dweller Nov 2022 #6

MANY top executives have resigned on top of the 3 he fired, another half dozen just today. RockRaven Nov 2022 #7

He supported republicans in this election... Let's see Trump trust him with his money. keithbvadu2 Nov 2022 #8

Hard to be a bank when you're going bankrupt. C_U_L8R Nov 2022 #9

Bank is in bankruptcy, pretty sure Elon meant bankruptcy. sarcasmo Nov 2022 #10

I paused after each sentence, thinking... dchill Nov 2022 #12

And a chain of coffee stands Kennah Nov 2022 #15

Serious drug abuse is my thought. Woodwizard Nov 2022 #16

Because the guy who gave a verified account to Jesus Christ Maru Kitteh Nov 2022 #22

Changing the mission and purpose of the organization is not normally summer_in_TX Nov 2022 #23

Huh? Didn't he already have something like that in PayPal? brush Nov 2022 #24

Is this supposed to be an earth shattering concept? genxlib Nov 2022 #25

Elon Musk is losing his mind.. It is unbelievable. Demsrule86 Nov 2022 #26