Elon Musk: He only experiences Dunning-Krugerrand

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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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lushka16: Apr 8, 2003; Doctor of Love; College Slice

armpit_enjoyer posted:

telling Musk to do the lowtax play

Wait, what?

Edit: oh dang!

Edit2: a lot has happened since I last came around the forums.

lushka16 fucked around with this message at 14:22 on Jul 4, 2023

# ? Jul 4, 2023 14:15

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# ? May 30, 2024 01:24

gschmidl: Sep 3, 2011; watch with knife hands

The Saddest Rhino posted:

Yes, normal humans are intolerant of nazi garbage.

# ? Jul 4, 2023 14:18

Entropic: Feb 21, 2007; patriarchy sucks

Polygynous posted:

wow

like i have only the vaguest idea about how any of this works but i appreciate that the sheer scale is the main issue

for twitter, somewhere there's a database of tweets and on the other side is millions of people hammering the site simultaneously, and in the middle is black magic

but none of the people keeping all that working are flashy so elon doesn't care

welp, apparently i liked too many tweets again SO I WON'T BE LOOKING AT ANY FOR A FEW HOURS NOW, ELON, WHAT NOW

Load balancing and synchronization on massively multi-user systems is fascinating and I guarantee you Musk understands absolutely none of it.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RY_2gElt3SA

# ? Jul 4, 2023 14:21

emSparkly: Nov 21, 2022; I'm open to interpretation!

God do people still loving buy into this?

# ? Jul 4, 2023 14:23

Endorph: Jul 22, 2009

they gotta do something about 'skeet'

like 'bleets' would be better

# ? Jul 4, 2023 14:25

Lamech: Nov 20, 2001; Soiled Meat

reskeet deez

# ? Jul 4, 2023 14:26

Regular Wario: Mar 27, 2010; Slippery Tilde

mods cannot ban me because i am a free man of the land and thus dont have to respect their power

emSparkly posted:

God do people still loving buy into this?

# ? Jul 4, 2023 14:29

kazil: Jul 24, 2005; Derpmph trial star reporter!

I do NOT give Something Awful or any users (goons) consent to quote my posts.

# ? Jul 4, 2023 14:33

The Saddest Rhino: Apr 29, 2009; Put it all together.
Solve the world.
One conversation at a time.

emSparkly posted:

God do people still loving buy into this?

i'm assuming that is someone taking the piss

# ? Jul 4, 2023 14:37

AndrewP: Apr 21, 2010

kazil posted:

I do NOT give Something Awful or any users (goons) consent to quote my posts.

I feel like Mastodon actually briefly had a clear opportunity, but blew it with the �federated� poo poo

# ? Jul 4, 2023 14:38

lushka16: Apr 8, 2003; Doctor of Love; College Slice

kazil posted:

OMG it works

# ? Jul 4, 2023 14:39

kartikeya: Mar 17, 2009

The Saddest Rhino posted:

"I always want to be where I'm not wanted."

*the next paragraph*

"I wasn't wanted!"

It's so telling for a conservative, lol.

# ? Jul 4, 2023 14:41

kdrudy: Sep 19, 2009

AndrewP posted:

I feel like Mastodon actually briefly had a clear opportunity, but blew it with the “federated” poo poo

So didn't have an opportunity because that is fundamental to the design.

# ? Jul 4, 2023 14:56

John Wick of Dogs: Mar 4, 2017; A real hellraiser

Boris Galerkin posted:

Serious answer on Instagram there is a lot, and I mean a lot, of porn adjacent or profiles for onlyfans people advertising allllmost porn but not porn. It’s actually super annoying because I legit don’t want to see that poo poo on my Instagram feed but I have no idea how to block them other than 1 by 1 which takes forever and too much effort.

No I’ve never signed up for an only fans it’s just poo poo at algorithmic targeting. See: the climate controlled bed above.

Give Onlyfans a shot, lots of very nice naked people on there

# ? Jul 4, 2023 14:59

Boris Galerkin: Dec 17, 2011; I don't understand why I can't harass people online. Seriously, somebody please explain why I shouldn't be allowed to stalk others on social media!

John Wick of Dogs posted:

Give Onlyfans a shot, lots of very nice naked people on there

I just get my porn for free bro

# ? Jul 4, 2023 15:00

Radio Paranoia: Jun 27, 2010; It is now safe to turn off your computer.

John Wick of Dogs posted:

Give Onlyfans a shot, lots of very nice naked people on there

Do I... have to be naked too?

# ? Jul 4, 2023 15:04

F_Shit_Fitzgerald: Feb 2, 2017

kazil posted:

I do NOT give Something Awful or any users (goons) consent to quote my posts.

# ? Jul 4, 2023 15:11

Squibbles: Aug 24, 2000; Mwaha ha HA ha!

Boris Galerkin posted:

Serious answer on Instagram there is a lot, and I mean a lot, of porn adjacent or profiles for onlyfans people advertising allllmost porn but not porn. It�s actually super annoying because I legit don�t want to see that poo poo on my Instagram feed but I have no idea how to block them other than 1 by 1 which takes forever and too much effort.

No I�ve never signed up for an only fans it�s just poo poo at algorithmic targeting. See: the climate controlled bed above.

You must have lingered too long
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h1kS96aS4R4

# ? Jul 4, 2023 15:11

Boris Galerkin: Dec 17, 2011; I don't understand why I can't harass people online. Seriously, somebody please explain why I shouldn't be allowed to stalk others on social media!

lushka16 posted:

Wait, what?

Edit: oh dang!

Edit2: a lot has happened since I last came around the forums.

Did you literally just find out

lol lmao

# ? Jul 4, 2023 15:15

goatface: Dec 5, 2007; I had a video of that when I was about 6.

I remember it being shit.; Grimey Drawer

But we were all so free.

# ? Jul 4, 2023 15:21

E the Shaggy: Mar 29, 2010

My prediction for what�s about to happen:

Twitter will go under. Musk will say that �actually I did all this on purpose to free us from the tyranny of social media!�

This ruse will last for all of two minutes as he fiends for a Twitter high but where can he turn? He will publically attempt to buy Trump�s Truth Social but Trump will reject his offer, stating that Truth Social is �much gooder� than Twitter so it should be bought for over 44 billion.

# ? Jul 4, 2023 15:26

Plant MONSTER.: Mar 16, 2018; I was watching simpsons at 0.75 without knowing until a scene where homer and bart were getting back massages at a hotel and the noises they were making were super drawn out like a youtube poop

Boris Galerkin posted:

It wasn�t always like this though. 90% of who I follow are tattoo artists, 9% are crazy plant people, and 1% are people I actually know. It used to be great because scrolling the feed will show me

cool tattoo
cool tattoo
a really cool plant
questionable tattoo
my friend�s dinner
rad tattoo
another cool plant

But now between every 2 posts there�s a thirst trap video. drat it i just want to see tattoos and plants.

Look at my begonia

# ? Jul 4, 2023 15:38

lushka16: Apr 8, 2003; Doctor of Love; College Slice

Boris Galerkin posted:

Did you literally just find out

lol lmao

I want to exclaim my shock about this to my wife but it would take too much time to explain the context.

I guess you can be my wife....

---

Boris! I'm mildly shocked to find out that Lowtax killed himself a few years back.

# ? Jul 4, 2023 15:38

The Saddest Rhino: Apr 29, 2009; Put it all together.
Solve the world.
One conversation at a time.

Plant MONSTER. posted:

Look at my begonia

hell yeah

# ? Jul 4, 2023 15:43

CSM: Jan 29, 2014; 56th Motorized Infantry 'Mariupol' Brigade
Seh' die Welt in Trummern liegen

Boris Galerkin posted:

Serious answer on Instagram there is a lot, and I mean a lot, of porn adjacent or profiles for onlyfans people advertising allllmost porn but not porn. It�s actually super annoying because I legit don�t want to see that poo poo on my Instagram feed but I have no idea how to block them other than 1 by 1 which takes forever and too much effort.

No I�ve never signed up for an only fans it�s just poo poo at algorithmic targeting. See: the climate controlled bed above.

Go to the context menu for these posts and select "not interested". Your content should change.

# ? Jul 4, 2023 15:52

Radio Paranoia: Jun 27, 2010; It is now safe to turn off your computer.

Plant MONSTER. posted:

Look at my begonia

Now show bob!

E: for real that's a nice begonia

# ? Jul 4, 2023 15:55

Kaiju Cage Match: Nov 5, 2012

Plant MONSTER. posted:

Look at my begonia

Lovely!

# ? Jul 4, 2023 15:56

redshirt: Aug 11, 2007

goatface posted:

But we were all so free.

Take my love,
Take my land,

# ? Jul 4, 2023 16:00

InsertPotPun: Apr 16, 2018; Pissy Bitch stan

kartikeya posted:

"I always want to be where I'm not wanted."

*the next paragraph*

"I wasn't wanted!"

It's so telling for a conservative, lol.

lol

# ? Jul 4, 2023 16:01

Boris Galerkin: Dec 17, 2011; I don't understand why I can't harass people online. Seriously, somebody please explain why I shouldn't be allowed to stalk others on social media!

Plant MONSTER. posted:

Look at my begonia

V nice. 10/10 :nfpa:

# ? Jul 4, 2023 16:02

Plant MONSTER.: Mar 16, 2018; I was watching simpsons at 0.75 without knowing until a scene where homer and bart were getting back massages at a hotel and the noises they were making were super drawn out like a youtube poop

Thanks. Rex Begonias are annoying cause they turn to poo poo really easily as soon as one of their conditions aren't met. If you love foliage begonias and want an easy start, I recommend Begonia maculata and their hybrids like 'Crackling Rosie'. They're generally problem free and have really nice dark green and burgundy leaves with flecks of white or pink. And now back to your scheduled death of web 2.0

# ? Jul 4, 2023 16:08

Polygynous: Dec 13, 2006; welp

The Saddest Rhino posted:

lol. lmao

taking it as a nail in the coffin for twitter that they're already whining about their FREE SPEECH on bluesky

# ? Jul 4, 2023 16:26

Neddy Seagoon: Oct 12, 2012; "Hi Everybody!"

Polygynous posted:

lol. lmao

taking it as a nail in the coffin for twitter that they're already whining about their FREE SPEECH on bluesky

Lol at performant reinforcement to stay on Twitter.

"it's real bad out there guys, don't go to BlueSky! Stay here on the sinking ship, don't get on the liferaft!"

# ? Jul 4, 2023 16:38

PhazonLink: Jul 17, 2010

drat son of Erik of son of Erik.... son of....probably lovehates he's number one.

# ? Jul 4, 2023 16:42

Halisnacks: Jul 18, 2009

Twitter has a big enough user base that it will probably survive in some form, but �Twitter owned by Elon� will go bankrupt inevitably, and probably sooner rather than later. The business is bleeding money, and major service disruptions and new competitors are just going to aggravate and hasten that. Elon will miss an interest payment, be in breach of a debt covenant, and then it will be gameover. The debt holders will try to recover as much as they can and Twitter will stop paying unsecured creditors like suppliers and eventually employees. It will risk ceasing operations. The debt holders will force a sale and some media or tech company is going to buy the Twitter brand, url, and user base for a fraction of what Elon paid, like $1-2 billion.

# ? Jul 4, 2023 16:42

YF-23: Feb 17, 2011; My god, it's full of cat!

I am expecting threads to steal bluesky's thunder at this point but I think the latter has enough momentum that it will maintain cultural relevance.

# ? Jul 4, 2023 16:46

Serious_Cyclone: Oct 25, 2017; I appreciate your patience, this is a tricky maneuver

AndrewP posted:

I feel like Mastodon actually briefly had a clear opportunity, but blew it with the �federated� poo poo

TIL Mastodon had an opportunity to be the new poo poo social media platform but blew it by not being poo poo

# ? Jul 4, 2023 16:47

nine-gear crow: Aug 10, 2013

PhazonLink posted:

drat son of Erik of son of Erik.... son of....probably lovehates he's number one.

I imagine as BlueSky becomes more open to the public as the default Twitter Replacement, the Son of Erick will eventually be displaced as the most hated rear end in a top hat on the sky site as even more and even worse hateful assholes join the sky site. He should cherish his #1 spot while he can.

# ? Jul 4, 2023 16:48