Elias_Maluco posted:

I just realized that Matt Taibbi could come back and release another round of leaks and call it “x-files”

RealityWarCriminal posted:

notice how it's only ever Musk talking about the fight

16-bit Butt-Head posted:

lol zuck didnt agree to this at all and when he says no elon will claim victory

Just a Moron posted:

I showed you my dick, pls respond

16-bit Butt-Head posted:

loling that he cant afford to pay twitter influencers because of tim cook taking too big a cut but that he can pay for someones legal fees

RealityWarCriminal posted:

notice how it's only ever Musk talking about the fight

Egg Moron posted:

Lol

Imagine being the richest man of all time.

magiccarpet posted:

My brother in law told me last night that Elon bought Twitter to save it from the libs, and is a hero for losing all this money on purpose.

magiccarpet posted:

My brother in law told me last night that Elon bought Twitter to save it from the libs, and is a hero for losing all this money on purpose.

Beached Whale posted:

What's next, you're going to tell me that Elon Musk uses his position of power to abuse people beneath him? He was always nice to me!!

https://twitter.com/Grimezsz/status/1688163533761241088

TheMightyBoops posted:

I’m constructing the worlds largest indoor pyramid waterpark.

16-bit Butt-Head posted:

lol zuck didnt agree to this at all and when he says no elon will claim victory

Rorobb posted:

Schmoe Cwead posted:

musk and zuck will fight when the tesla goes full self driving and the cybertruck comes out

Mr. Lobe posted:

Hahaha, good

Whatever happened to mommy dearest (puppet account) pulling musk from the fight?

Rorobb posted:

Malloc Voidstar posted:

https://twitter.com/elonmusk/status/1688039099330879488
lol if twitter ends up suing a company because they fired someone for following the anti-trans terrorist account
this will fix twitter's financial issues

Thoguh posted:

The whole point is to make companies afraid of taking any action against someone for spewing a bunch of right wing hate at work, which normalizes that hate and marginalizes the people they are spewing it against.

RealityWarCriminal posted:

when was the last time the world's richest man was constantly zonked out of his mind on gizmos and making weird public proclamations? sure it's happened before

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Commodus also had a passion for gladiatorial combat, which he took so far as to take to the arena himself, dressed as a secutor. The Romans found Commodus' gladiatorial combat to be scandalous and disgraceful. According to Herodian, spectators of Commodus thought it unbecoming of an emperor to take up arms in the amphitheater for sport when he could be campaigning against barbarians among other opponents of Rome. The consensus was that it was below his office to participate as a gladiator.

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Cassius Dio, a first-hand witness, describes him as "not naturally wicked but, on the contrary, as guileless as any man that ever lived. His great simplicity, however, together with his cowardice, made him the slave of his companions, and it was through them that he at first, out of ignorance, missed the better life and then was led on into lustful and cruel habits, which soon became second nature."

His recorded actions do tend to show a rejection of his father's policies, his father's advisers, and especially his father's austere lifestyle, and an alienation from the surviving members of his family. It seems likely that he was raised in an atmosphere of Stoic asceticism, which he rejected entirely upon his accession to sole rule.

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His original name was Lucius Aelius Aurelius Commodus. On his father's death in 180, Commodus changed this to Marcus Aurelius Antoninus Commodus, before changing back to his birth name in 191.

Later that year he adopted as his full style Lucius Aelius Aurelius Commodus Augustus Herculeus Romanus Exsuperatorius Amazonius Invictus Felix Pius (the order of some of these titles varies in the sources). "Exsuperatorius" (the supreme) was a title given to Jupiter, and "Amazonius" identified him again with Hercules.

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During 191, the city of Rome was extensively damaged by a fire that raged for several days, during which many public buildings including the Temple of Pax, the Temple of Vesta, and parts of the imperial palace were destroyed.

Perhaps seeing this as an opportunity, early in 192 Commodus, declaring himself the new Romulus, ritually re-founded Rome, renaming the city Colonia Lucia Annia Commodiana. All the months of the year were renamed to correspond exactly with his (now twelve) names: Lucius, Aelius, Aurelius, Commodus, Augustus, Herculeus, Romanus, Exsuperatorius, Amazonius, Invictus, Felix, and Pius. The legions were renamed Commodianae, the fleet which imported grain from Africa was termed Alexandria Commodiana Togata, the Senate was entitled the Commodian Fortunate Senate, his palace and the Roman people themselves were all given the name Commodianus, and the day on which these reforms were decreed was to be called Dies Commodianus.

Thoguh posted:

The whole point is to make companies afraid of taking any action against someone for spewing a bunch of right wing hate at work, which normalizes that hate and marginalizes the people they are spewing it against.

Nenonen posted:

Emperor Lucius Aelius Aurelius Commodus Augustus Herculeus Romanus Exsuperatorius Amazonius Invictus Felix Pius of Colonia Lucia Annia Commodiana comes to mind immediately.

They also share rejecting their father.

As well as the love for puzzling name changes.

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In 193AD, there was considerable turmoil in the Roman Empire. Emperor Commodus had been assassinated on New Years Eve 192, and it was hoped the transition to a new emperor would be simple. The Empire had just experienced 200 years of peace, the “Pax Romana”, and most wanted things to carry on as before.

It was not going to happen. The following year would become known as The Year of the Five Emperors. A few months after the death of Commodus, the position of emperor and control of the entire Roman Empire would be sold in an auction.

Oglethorpe posted:

lololol you left out this part

https://medium.com/illumination-curated/the-entire-roman-empire-was-once-auctioned-off-to-the-highest-bidder-5e3bd055e236