# Sam Stone believes Trump's tweets **URL:** \ **Category:** The BBQ Pit\ **Created:** [October 10, 2020, 1:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sam-stone-believes-trumps-tweets/922633 "2020-10-10T13:47:45Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 71
**Author:** ![DeadTreasSecretaries](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/deadtreassecretaries/32/4817_2.png) [@DeadTreasSecretaries](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DeadTreasSecretaries)\ **Post date:** [November 22, 2022, 3:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sam-stone-believes-trumps-tweets/922633/1404 "2022-11-22T03:57:59Z")
With his latest posting in the Musk threads I’m starting to doubt if he’s actually a programmer with some of his absurdly dumb takes on it. Although similar to every other topic on here, I think it’s more likely either some kind of trolling or just that he thinks “the libs” are so stupid he doesn’t need to bother thinking about why he’s reflexively disagreeing with them. ---
**Author:** ![Great\_Antibob](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/e47c2d/32.png) [@Great\_Antibob](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Great_Antibob)\ **Post date:** [November 22, 2022, 4:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sam-stone-believes-trumps-tweets/922633/1405 "2022-11-22T04:29:09Z")
“Starting” to doubt? There was never really any doubts about it. He’s always hired people for that. He was always the “big idea” and management guy up top. There’s scant evidence he has any real STEM bona fides to speak of, other than ownership of companies in the space. Did people really think he actually got his hands dirty with any of the leg work at any of his companies? That’s awfully cute. Sad and sort of pathetic, but cute. ---
**Author:** ![Stranger\_On\_A\_Train](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/13edae/32.png) [@Stranger\_On\_A\_Train](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Stranger_On_A_Train)\ **Post date:** [November 22, 2022, 4:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sam-stone-believes-trumps-tweets/922633/1406 "2022-11-22T04:34:27Z")
> [@DeadTreasSecretaries](#): > > With his latest posting in the Musk threads I’m starting to doubt if he’s actually a programmer with some of his absurdly dumb takes on it. His actual reputation as a coder is…not good. Which is not to say that this necessarily makes him a bad leader of a code-enabled business platform; there are plenty of CEOs of technology companies that couldn’t differentiate between C and BASIC. I doubt Bill Gates could write a trivial device driver and I know Steve Jobs coudn’t find his way around a windowing framework, but both understood what end users wanted and needed in their products. What makes Musk incompetent is his well-evidenced lack of basic comprehension in how the Twitter platform even worked, which to anyone knowledgeable in automotive or propulsion engineering is of no surprise at all because he demonstrated almost no actual knowledge in those areas, either, but was at least self-aware enough to hire and parrot those who did. With Twitter, he just assumed because he could use the platform to influence speculators and insult people that he understood everything about how it worked. Stranger ---
**Author:** ![DeadTreasSecretaries](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/deadtreassecretaries/32/4817_2.png) [@DeadTreasSecretaries](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DeadTreasSecretaries)\ **Post date:** [November 22, 2022, 4:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sam-stone-believes-trumps-tweets/922633/1407 "2022-11-22T04:36:37Z")
Oh I mean Sam. Although I agree that it doesn’t really matter if Elon is a good coder or not. ---
**Author:** ![Stranger\_On\_A\_Train](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/13edae/32.png) [@Stranger\_On\_A\_Train](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Stranger_On_A_Train)\ **Post date:** [November 22, 2022, 4:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sam-stone-believes-trumps-tweets/922633/1408 "2022-11-22T04:40:49Z")
> [@DeadTreasSecretaries](#): > > Oh I mean Sam. Oh, @Sam_Stone definitely knows a fair amount about coding, albeit from the perspective of “the only right way to do it is the way I do it”. Where it comes to Elon Musk, however, Sam definitely has on the polarizing filter that eliminates all possible criticism. If you asked him to describe Musk, he would respond that “Elon Musk is the kindest, bravest, warmest, most wonderful human being I’ve ever known in my life.” Stranger ---
**Author:** ![BeepKillBeep](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/9e8a1a/32.png) [@BeepKillBeep](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BeepKillBeep)\ **Post date:** [November 22, 2022, 5:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sam-stone-believes-trumps-tweets/922633/1409 "2022-11-22T17:37:42Z")
Musk has to be because of his worldview that the rich are rich because they deserve it, and if you’re poor it is because you did work hard enough. Can you imagine if the richest person in the world was _actually_ undeserving, and got there mainly through luck? It shatters everything his type believe in, and therefore cannot be true. ---
**Author:** ![Atamasama](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/atamasama/32/12961_2.png) [@Atamasama](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Atamasama)\ **Post date:** [November 22, 2022, 5:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sam-stone-believes-trumps-tweets/922633/1410 "2022-11-22T17:59:42Z")
I think it’s not a coincidence that “fortune” means both luck and wealth. ---
**Author:** ![Ike\_Witt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ike_witt/32/283_2.png) [@Ike\_Witt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ike_Witt)\ **Post date:** [November 22, 2022, 6:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sam-stone-believes-trumps-tweets/922633/1411 "2022-11-22T18:53:25Z")
> [@Qadgop\_the\_Mercotan](#): > > also, capsaicin is not an effective treatment for colonic polyps. Those cinnamon toothpicks used to make my lips smooth… ---
**Author:** ![Qadgop\_the\_Mercotan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/qadgop_the_mercotan/32/83_2.png) [@Qadgop\_the\_Mercotan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Qadgop_the_Mercotan)\ **Post date:** [November 22, 2022, 8:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sam-stone-believes-trumps-tweets/922633/1412 "2022-11-22T20:14:07Z")
> [@Ike\_Witt](#): > > Those cinnamon toothpicks used to make my lips smooth… Lips and polyps are not all that closely related. ---
**Author:** ![Great\_Antibob](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/e47c2d/32.png) [@Great\_Antibob](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Great_Antibob)\ **Post date:** [November 22, 2022, 8:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sam-stone-believes-trumps-tweets/922633/1413 "2022-11-22T20:24:04Z")
The way Sam kisses up to the Trumps and the Musks of the world, I’d say they were often in close proximity, at least in his case. ---
**Author:** ![Telemark](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/telemark/32/372_2.png) [@Telemark](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Telemark)\ **Post date:** [November 22, 2022, 8:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sam-stone-believes-trumps-tweets/922633/1414 "2022-11-22T20:33:08Z")
Well played, sir, well played. ---
**Author:** ![Left\_Hand\_of\_Dorkness](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/left_hand_of_dorkness/32/7156_2.png) [@Left\_Hand\_of\_Dorkness](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Left_Hand_of_Dorkness)\ **Post date:** [November 22, 2022, 8:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sam-stone-believes-trumps-tweets/922633/1415 "2022-11-22T20:45:32Z")
> [@Qadgop\_the\_Mercotan](#): > > Lips and polyps are not all that closely related. Dude, it’s right there in the name. What’s next, you’re gonna tell us that liposuction doesn’t involve lips either? ---
**Author:** ![Atamasama](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/atamasama/32/12961_2.png) [@Atamasama](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Atamasama)\ **Post date:** [November 22, 2022, 9:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sam-stone-believes-trumps-tweets/922633/1416 "2022-11-22T21:15:55Z")
> [@Qadgop\_the\_Mercotan](#): > > Lips and polyps are not all that closely related. Au contraire! [https://www.naaa.com/press\_releases/2013PaulLips\_President.html](https://www.naaa.com/press_releases/2013PaulLips_President.html) Paul Lips is from the Lips family, clearly. They are certainly related! ---
**Author:** ![duality72](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/duality72/32/3910_2.png) [@duality72](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/duality72)\ **Post date:** [November 23, 2022, 9:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sam-stone-believes-trumps-tweets/922633/1417 "2022-11-23T21:29:54Z")
> [@Is it Legal? Elon Musk ultimatum. Do ‘extremely hardcore’ work or get out](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-it-legal-elon-musk-ultimatum-do-extremely-hardcore-work-or-get-out/975040/268): > > Yeah, I caught the misspelling of ‘Perl’ as well, but chalked it up to a typo. Yeah, that’s why you copied the original text without correcting it and then made the exact same error in your own original post. Right. ---
**Author:** ![Chingon](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chingon/32/17645_2.png) [@Chingon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chingon)\ **Post date:** [November 23, 2022, 9:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sam-stone-believes-trumps-tweets/922633/1418 "2022-11-23T21:30:57Z")
I mean he’s actually bragging about knowing Pascal. It’s hilarious. ---
**Author:** ![crowmanyclouds](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/crowmanyclouds/32/19884_2.png) [@crowmanyclouds](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/crowmanyclouds)\ **Post date:** [November 23, 2022, 9:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sam-stone-believes-trumps-tweets/922633/1419 "2022-11-23T21:32:54Z")
Him knowing Pascal is a Wager I’d take. 😜 ---
**Author:** ![GIGObuster](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gigobuster/32/421_2.png) [@GIGObuster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GIGObuster)\ **Post date:** [November 23, 2022, 9:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sam-stone-believes-trumps-tweets/922633/1420 "2022-11-23T21:46:53Z")
[There’s no killer app I haven’t run (Run)](https://genius.com/2387276/Weird-al-yankovic-white-and-nerdy/Theres-no-killer-app-i-havent-run-run) [At Pascal, well, I’m number one (One)](https://genius.com/52282/Weird-al-yankovic-white-and-nerdy/At-pascal-well-im-number-one-one) [Do vector calculus just for fun](https://genius.com/58464/Weird-al-yankovic-white-and-nerdy/Do-vector-calculus-just-for-fun) [I ain’t got a gat but I got a soldering gun (What?)](https://genius.com/58785/Weird-al-yankovic-white-and-nerdy/I-aint-got-a-gat-but-i-got-a-soldering-gun-what) [“Happy Days” is my favorite theme song](https://genius.com/52603/Weird-al-yankovic-white-and-nerdy/Happy-days-is-my-favorite-theme-song) [I could sure kick your butt in a game of ping pong](https://genius.com/2724214/Weird-al-yankovic-white-and-nerdy/I-could-sure-kick-your-butt-in-a-game-of-ping-pong) [I’ll ace any trivia quiz you bring on](https://genius.com/796703/Weird-al-yankovic-white-and-nerdy/Ill-ace-any-trivia-quiz-you-bring-on) [I’m fluent in JavaScript as well as Klingon](https://genius.com/58787/Weird-al-yankovic-white-and-nerdy/Im-fluent-in-javascript-as-well-as-klingon) -Weird Al’s “White and Nerdy” ---
**Author:** ![Babale](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/babale/32/15666_2.png) [@Babale](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Babale)\ **Post date:** [November 23, 2022, 9:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sam-stone-believes-trumps-tweets/922633/1421 "2022-11-23T21:49:45Z")
I’m very glad that each line of text is a link to an explanation of the lyrics ---
**Author:** ![Eonwe](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/eonwe/32/240_2.png) [@Eonwe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Eonwe)\ **Post date:** [November 24, 2022, 4:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sam-stone-believes-trumps-tweets/922633/1422 "2022-11-24T04:04:57Z")
It’s nice to see how willing Sam is to craft a narrative based on tiny scraps of fact and conjecture that gives the benefit of the doubt in the kindest way. It shows how open-minded and unbiased he is. Just because someone else might go low and assume a public figure like Musk is a monster because of some blind political partisanship doesn’t mean Sam would ever stoop to such an emotion-driven, barely-factual behavior. Just look at his take on Hunter Biden. ---
**Author:** ![Stranger\_On\_A\_Train](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/13edae/32.png) [@Stranger\_On\_A\_Train](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Stranger_On_A_Train)\ **Post date:** [November 26, 2022, 2:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sam-stone-believes-trumps-tweets/922633/1423 "2022-11-26T02:12:10Z")
I’d a good thing that @Sam_Stone is around to school everyone on [what a code review is](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/now-that-elon-musk-has-bought-twitter/963442/1556). I don’t know what the SDMb would do without him. Stranger [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sam-stone-believes-trumps-tweets/922633.md?page=70) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sam-stone-believes-trumps-tweets/922633.md?page=72)