At the rate things are going, X’s ad revenue will be almost entirely dependent on companies selling survivalist supplies and QAnon t-shirts.
“I bought this toy and if I wanna smash it to bits, you can’t stop me.”
Maybe he’s auditioning to be Trump’s running mate. Or FDA commissioner.
Aren’t such drugs still illegal? Would obvious public use of illegal drugs merit a conversation with law enforcement? Or is that not a thing for rich people?
Telling his advertisers to go fuck themselves is a brilliant 5D chess move. Guaranteed to increase revenue. Folks love that kind of stuff, especially the MAGA folks.
Agile insults.
So I went to see what the latest news was on twitter and the first thing I see is the suggested follow of Disney. It looks like Disney is still advertising heavily on there. So I blocked them. I only go there to block any and all advertisers and trump supporters.
Elon is in need of rehab.
He can have all the money in the world, but he will always be craving the one thing he needs more than anything else. More than electric cars, social media platforms. More than government subsidies.
Attention.
That interview was the first time I’ve actually seen him talk (I guess I live in a bubble then - also aversion could be involved) and goodness gracious what an unhinged motherfucker he is. Yes, pharmaceuticals are in play. I couldn’t take more than two minutes. Quite scary that one of the richest (and one of the most powerful?) men on earth is such a completely wound-up dingbat.
Excellent post. Or maybe Trump’ll croak soon and Elmo will somehow try to go for no. 1.
I had a cat like that once. Wee Sophie thought the whole world loved her and wanted to pay her attention; she demanded acknowledgement from visitors to the home, even at the vet’s office she reveled fearlessly in being with people. But she was soft and fluffy and sweet-natured and mostly harmless. Can’t say that about Musk.
Oy. Read some of the comments under the Twitter post and good gnarly goddess but there are a lot of blue check sycophants slobbering at his feet.
And the folks who are acting like jilted lovers, such as the majority of the participants in this thread, can’t help themselves in providing it.
The attention whore has it correct: Go fuck yourself.
Seriously. Twitter was a great news resource and this loser has destroyed it. Documenting this destruction on the SDMB, a site he would never visit, is hardly giving him the attention his drug-addled mind so desperately craves.
Are you saying that someone who controls a ruling stake in maybe a trillion dollars of companies, some of which are involved in our national defense, and who is melting down should be ignored?
Much like the office of vice-president, Elmo isn’t eligible for the office of president, either. He’s not a natural-born citizen.
And his white knights can’t stop themselves either.
Oh, holy shit. Yeah, Elon, you do you. All that is way too familiar to me, but we grew out of it in our early 20s.
Jesus, for real for real. “What this advertiser boycott is going to do,” Musk said, “it’s gonna kill the company.”
High. As. Fuck. Or sorry, HAF. “Let’s see what Earth thinks.”
Lol, no doubt HAF:
Elon: “I will certainly not pander. And Jonathan, like, the only reason I’m here is because you are a friend. Like, what was my speaking fee?”
Andrew Ross Sorkin: “You’re not making any – first of all, I’m Andrew…”
I think he’s trying to say that if a company doesn’t advertise, it will die. Has he ever heard of a company named Tesla?
No, he’s saying “this isn’t my fault. History will prove me right. These companies are all out to get me! You’ll see! You’ll all see! You’ll be so sad when I’m gone! And Disney will be sad too! You’ll all be so sad!”
Oh his next revenge cosplay NFT wil be supreme.
So as best I can gather from this interview, Musk’s entire business plan at this point is:
I’m not making it up. That’s literally what he said. His only thought right now is to present the public with a case that Twitter’s failure isn’t the fault of anyone named Musk.
I suppose we’re meant to think this means something dire. But he’s already launched the “thermonuclear lawsuit” with a tweet that admitted the conduct in question.
That makes this whole thing sound like the face-saving bluster of an egomaniac who knows he has no cards left to play.