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Should I step down as head of twitter
This poll is closed.
Yes 420 4.43%
No 69 0.73%
Goku 9001 94.85%
Total: 9490 votes
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Sir John Falstaff
Apr 13, 2010

Ror posted:

He’s replying to Fox News migrant caravan bullshit now

https://twitter.com/elonmusk/status/1604659441517101056

NYT: "This inscrutable man! How will we ever know what his politics are?"

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Shinjobi
Jul 10, 2008


Gravy Boat 2k
Elon should suck the poo poo right out of his own rear end in a top hat

But literally instead of figuratively

Turrurrurrurrrrrrr
Dec 22, 2018

I hope this is "battle" enough for you, friend.


Starship Troopers I'm doing my part scene but with all the fascists saying I'm uploading my video!

The Last Call
Sep 9, 2011

Rehabilitating sinner
Should I step down as head of Twitter? I will abide by the results of this poll.

Yes 56.5%
No 43.5%

Four hours to go.

SLICK GOKU BABY
Jun 12, 2001

Hey Hey Let's Go! 喧嘩する
大切な物を protect my balls


Elon Musk Monday morning. "This is just proof that democracy is a sham. The votes were rigged! Jan 6, 2023!"

Mr Ice Cream Glove
Apr 22, 2007

The Last Call
Sep 9, 2011

Rehabilitating sinner
https://twitter.com/theserfstv/status/1604649518980796420

Kinda says it all doesn't it.

The Lone Badger
Sep 24, 2007

Senor Tron posted:

I'm curious what it would mean to all the laid off employees who haven't been paid their severance yet.

How does that work in America? Here, worker entitlements are protected ahead of other liabilities, coming just behind the tax-man in getting their full pay before the remainder is shared out.

Sophy Wackles
Dec 17, 2000

> access main security grid
access: PERMISSION DENIED.





Donald Trump has been hired as the new CEO of Twitter.

War Wizard
Jan 4, 2007

:)
Elon saying be careful what you wish for is likely in reference to the "gently caress off" votes. He's definitely aiming to replace himself with someone much worse.

Midnight Voyager
Jul 2, 2008

Lipstick Apathy

lol it was never winning

Kung Food
Dec 11, 2006

PORN WIZARD

Am I right to assume "complex understand of alt-tech" means crypto nonsense?

Punkinhead
Apr 2, 2015

Kung Food posted:

Am I right to assume "complex understand of alt-tech" means crypto nonsense?

It's literally tech for the alt-right.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alt-tech

Vietnom nom nom
Oct 24, 2000
Forum Veteran

davecrazy posted:

What would a Twitter bankruptcy even look like? Liquidation?

No, there's still value there. A bunch of banks own its debt (led by Morgan Stanley, Bank of America, and Barclays). Usually when a buyout like this is done, the banks lend the money initially, but then seek to sell the debt to other investors immediately. Unfortunately for the banks in this case, their timing was terrible. After they agreed to lend Musk the money, inflation popped and interest rates started rising while the economic outlook started deteriorating. Long story short, they lent Musk the money at too low of an interest rate, and now no one else will take the debt off their hands because it pays too little for a deeply indebted company with risky prospects. So if Twitter goes bankrupt, a bunch of banks will own it, who will have no interest in running it, and will likely sell it off to the highest bidder.

I'm guessing the likes of Microsoft and Google would make bids (I figure Facebook would face antitrust concerns, and wouldn't be an option). They'll buy it for a whole lot less than $44 billion, but at least the company won't be sitting under the shadow of a huge debt load post bankruptcy.

This assumes that Musk walks away, which isn't exactly clear yet.

The Last Call
Sep 9, 2011

Rehabilitating sinner

Kung Food posted:

Am I right to assume "complex understand of alt-tech" means crypto nonsense?

No clue, but he supports Hitler

https://twitter.com/404UNFX/status/1604723609452400641

So yeah, wants to protect pedos and supports Hitler.

QuarkJets
Sep 8, 2008


Like all true artists, Lowtax is more relevant in death than he was in life

QuarkJets
Sep 8, 2008

E the Shaggy posted:

https://twitter.com/richsignorelli/status/1604637381696552960?s=20&t=u3Zn66hdajuirWTEmkiV0Q

So this means Musk would lose the $44 billion or would he recoup some by declaring bankruptcy?

I read that his personal stake in the purchase was $25B, the rest was borrowed. So a bankruptcy would mean he never gets back that $25B

zedprime
Jun 9, 2007

yospos

davecrazy posted:

What would a Twitter bankruptcy even look like? Liquidation?
The debtees don't even know and they get to spend all Christmas holiday figuring it out.

Senor Tron posted:

I'm curious what it would mean to all the laid off employees who haven't been paid their severance yet.
It's not dead enough to stick a fork in and just give up with unemployment and not liquid enough to pay them out so probably extremely hosed.

priznat
Jul 7, 2009

Let's get drunk and kiss each other all night.
It's pretty amazing when you think about it how someone can take a company that was running decently well, albeit not consistently profitable they had runway to keep the lights on etc, and crater it completely in less than 2 months. After spending $44billion on it. Just staggering ineptitude. What a god drat clown, lmao.

GreenBuckanneer
Sep 15, 2007

https://twitter.com/durbinwatson09/status/1604102328977588226

while we wait for new elon tomfoolery

1000 Sweaty Rikers
Oct 13, 2005


thinking 'bout those massive dumps

Sylvian Wastes
Jan 3, 2022

by Hand Knit
https://twitter.com/IwriteOK/status/1604674118372462592

It truly is a legendary meltdown. 6 straight weeks of nonstop failures at Posting that bring to mind the internet culture from 20 years ago.

The Christmas spirit is in the air as forum users bond and reminisce about what batshit stuff would go on a decade or two ago. All while warming themselves in the spiteful glee of seeing Elon Musk bring his own ruin upon himself.

zedprime
Jun 9, 2007

yospos
Twitter going bankrupt and into weird operational proceedings was an early frontrunner for Twitter dying. But it's bullshit, I wanted the cool post mortems of how exactly a decade of infrastructure dies piecemeal from lack of maintenance and velocity of change asked if it.

priznat
Jul 7, 2009

Let's get drunk and kiss each other all night.

zedprime posted:

Twitter going bankrupt and into weird operational proceedings was an early frontrunner for Twitter dying. But it's bullshit, I wanted the cool post mortems of how exactly a decade of infrastructure dies piecemeal from lack of maintenance and velocity of change asked if it.

Yeah agree there needs to be a trust in place so it can keep paying the bills on the electricity and network connectivity as it dies piece by piece and can be analyzed how a system falls apart eventually.. It would be really interesting!

also lol

priznat fucked around with this message at 08:17 on Dec 19, 2022

Preoptopus
Aug 25, 2008

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QuarkJets posted:

I read that his personal stake in the purchase was $25B, the rest was borrowed. So a bankruptcy would mean he never gets back that $25B

If i understand he's lost what he can loose with Twitter but Tesla is another story.

alf_pogs
Feb 15, 2012


Madds Mikelson could do a dynamite Elon Musk in the eventual biographic

Good Sphere
Jun 16, 2018

https://twitter.com/tomgreenlive/status/1604473004020244481?s=46&t=Hh-ksv7KyWEdohqK6lHCCw

[Legendary] Tom Green has spoken words of wisdom beyond Confucianism. Thank you Tom. :patriot:

nine-gear crow
Aug 10, 2013

I had to describe/explain The Quartering to a friend tonight because of this and the way I phrased it was "think of every possible way a human being could be awful and unloveable and Jeremy Hambly will find a way to make you go "...Woah, holy poo poo, I wasn't expecting THAT"."

Cumdog Millionaire
Jul 21, 2022

Whoever told you not to kink shame had a shameful kink.

E the Shaggy posted:

Look who Elon is hanging with now:



Considering that the saudis are massive frauds too he basically just found his people.

Bootcha
Nov 13, 2012

Truly, the pinnacle of goaltending
Grimey Drawer
Has anyone checked on the lettuce?

stoopiduk
Nov 11, 2021

Bootcha posted:

Has anyone checked on the lettuce?

I presume it's in Musk's attic getting fresher and fresher.

Vulin
Jun 15, 2012
It's our collective civic duty to make sure that Musk stays as CEO of twitter.

We've never been closer before for Twitter to die, we can't let this opportunity pass.

ymgve
Jan 2, 2004


:dukedog:
Offensive Clock
I hope Europe waking up now means "Retire, bitch" will continue winning

Sensenmann
Sep 8, 2012
Is Kevin Sorbo new CEO yet?

geonetix
Mar 6, 2011


ymgve posted:

I hope Europe waking up now means "Retire, bitch" will continue winning

I'm confused. I want elon to gently caress off forever, but I also want to see him take twitter with him into the abyss

MikeJF
Dec 20, 2003




Musk'll appoint someone else as CEO, there'll be a flush of money from Kushner and friends to keep it afloat, everyone will go back to using it as normal except now there'll be a much more extreme right wing bent to the moderation and promotion of topics but people will pretend that's not the case. General global attitudes and narrative will still be disproportionately steered by Twitter due to it being treated as such a major source by news networks and everything will be shifted right even further than they were in the past and that'll just be how things are, because it just needs to be slightly less overt than what Musk was doing for it to generally fly under the radar.

Robo Reagan
Feb 12, 2012

by Fluffdaddy

geonetix posted:

I'm confused. I want elon to gently caress off forever, but I also want to see him take twitter with him into the abyss

its already dead better to let him keep flailing and losing money for tesla

steinrokkan
Apr 2, 2011



Soiled Meat

Lmao this is the only reason he made the poll, to watch legions of dipshits prostate themselves before the god emperor and beg him not to leave. And then he can say he reluctantly takes back the reins of power even though he resents it because the people demand it (even if most has previously said no). Typical demagogue dictator move.

Ups_rail
Dec 8, 2006

by Fluffdaddy

The Last Call posted:

No clue, but he supports Hitler

https://twitter.com/404UNFX/status/1604723609452400641

So yeah, wants to protect pedos and supports Hitler.

So a few years ago my youtube recomends was filled with that quauter fat gently caress Jeremy. Who like time pool and other just screamed about brie larson to a very unhealthy level.

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CaptainSarcastic
Jul 6, 2013



Why are the chuds mad about Brie Larson? I must've missed that particular piece of fuckwittery.

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