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Should I step down as head of twitter
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Yes 420 4.43%
No 69 0.73%
Goku 9001 94.85%
Total: 9490 votes
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Krispy Wafer
Jul 26, 2002

I shouted out "Free the exposed 67"
But they stood on my hair and told me I was fat

Grimey Drawer
Elon used to joke with his Twitter pals about dating Taylor Swift and weirdos made AI images of what their kids would look like. Which I'm sure will be evidence in any lawsuit she files on X showing as a pattern of behavior.

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Willatron
Sep 22, 2009
In Seattle a Swift concert generated enough seismic activity to register as a very small earthquake. A Swift concert touring in a city will effectively boost the local economy by a measurable amount over non-Swift concert tour years. She is not just an exorbitantly wealthy, extremely popular, conventionally very attractive performer with a nice voice. T-Swift is a force of nature.

coconono
Aug 11, 2004

KISS ME KRIS

And Jeff Jarrett’s baby sitter of choice

FUCK SNEEP
Apr 21, 2007




kazil posted:

lol name even one

elon musk

redshirt
Aug 11, 2007

Kit Walker posted:

A group of Swifties can skeletonize a hater in under one minute

Black eyes......like doll's eyes.....they roll back and.....

dr_rat
Jun 4, 2001

Kit Walker posted:

A group of Swifties can skeletonize a hater in under one minute

Well as long as they use their powers for good I guess. :shrug:

holtemon
May 2, 2019

Dancing is forbidden

coconono posted:

And Jeff Jarrett’s baby sitter of choice

Wait what? I am very unaware of this time to do some googlin

I wonder if he hit her on the head with a guitar if she acted up lol

Waffle House
Oct 27, 2004

You follow the path
fitting into an infinite pattern.

Yours to manipulate, to destroy and rebuild.

Now, in the quantum moment
before the closure
when all become one.

One moment left.
One point of space and time.

I know who you are.

You are Destiny.


I saw a Cybertruck last night at HEB and had a look at it in-person finally. The guy had a little Elon-with-coolguy-shades air freshener dangling in the rearview mirror, and the truck itself had manufacturer plates, so I assume it's a take-home, which is neat if they just let their employees drive them around now. I know they were testing them around the factory here in Austin, so I assume this is one of those units. I was tempted to fingerpaint a little smiley face in the dust all over the door, but I didn't want to gently caress with the patina.

I'm still not a huge fan of the exterior styling dynamic, it's really...idk, it's very avant-garde, and impressive, but it doesn't look like $100,000 sitting there. Gangly, somehow? Bleak, I think is the word, especially if you consider the interior; the dash is just...a brick, but you get that same visual austerity from the interior with other Tesla products, too. It doesn't feel like a cockpit, or an operator's cabin, it's just kinda like *hitches up pants* WELP, TIME TO HOP INTO THE OL' BLENDER RENDER.

Further thoughts:

* It is more truck than car, but does remind me of an El Camino/Ranchero.
* Less cramped inside than I thought.
* The truck isn't as tall as I thought.
* It's loving huge. Holy poo poo that is one thicc bih.
* There's some cavities I didn't expect, like the void underneath the tailgate. Dust and particulate would definitely fall off the tailgate and onto the ground below (this was a criticism of the Rivian R1T), but it would be difficult to hose off if dust, detritus, or squirrels got up in there.
* The wheels look better without the wheel covers.
* I didn't realize it had shutter controls for the bed cover right on the bed, that's kinda neat.
* The little cybertruck mascot that displays on the security screen reminds me of a Subnautica Leviathan. I tripped the proximity alert when I got near it to check it out, and it came up on the main tablet display.
* God that is a loving sparse interior.
* There's really not much ostensible room for modification. I've seen a lift kit and several camper shell concepts, though, which is encouraging, but there's so few visual breaks in the styling that the most you could do is maybe an aftermarket headlight diffuser, at least as far as the coachwork goes. Depending on what the frame is like, brush guards might be possible, I'm surprised someone hasn't come out with a neato hyper angular one that compliments the body lines already.

Waffle House fucked around with this message at 18:01 on Jan 28, 2024

holtemon
May 2, 2019

Dancing is forbidden
Oh wow they let you sit in it? When I visited the local Tesla dealership to check theirs out they had it all roped off

TrashMammal
Nov 10, 2022

saw a cybertruck down at the ol’ howard edward butt’s and it was looking dire :smuggo:

Waffle House
Oct 27, 2004

You follow the path
fitting into an infinite pattern.

Yours to manipulate, to destroy and rebuild.

Now, in the quantum moment
before the closure
when all become one.

One moment left.
One point of space and time.

I know who you are.

You are Destiny.


holtemon posted:

Oh wow they let you sit in it? When I visited the local Tesla dealership to check theirs out they had it all roped off

Nah, it was just parked in a lot while I presume the guy was inside the grocery store getting milk or whatever.

You can see into the cabin pretty easily at its ride height, though. If I were able to drive one I'd be able to give you more critical thoughts on like the turn radius, for example, its handling on a particularly adventurous nearby backroad (which I like to use as a gold standard), or trying to back up in a parking lot, but I assume they were on their way home and didn't want to lurk them in a parking lot at night.

Sentient Data
Aug 31, 2011

My molecule scrambler ray will disintegrate your armor with one blow!
Thrilled to see the responses of people in July after their slabs of steel have baked in the 3 digit sun all day

Waffle House
Oct 27, 2004

You follow the path
fitting into an infinite pattern.

Yours to manipulate, to destroy and rebuild.

Now, in the quantum moment
before the closure
when all become one.

One moment left.
One point of space and time.

I know who you are.

You are Destiny.


Sentient Data posted:

Thrilled to see the responses of people in July after their slabs of steel have baked in the 3 digit sun all day

gently caress The Sun™ mode, where you crack/open the windows and turn the A/C on full blast.

PhazonLink
Jul 17, 2010
lol wonder what kind of summer problems the car is gonna get thanks to CA engineering.

TrashMammal
Nov 10, 2022

PhazonLink posted:

lol wonder what kind of summer problems the car is gonna get thanks to CA engineering.

you can blame a lot of things on california but we aren’t going to accept being associated with this particular mess :mad:

MrQwerty
Apr 15, 2003

LOVE IS BEAUTIFUL
(づ ̄ ³ ̄)づ♥(‘∀’●)

Waffle House posted:

the truck itself had manufacturer plates,

I'm pretty sure every CYBRTRCKK on the road is running manufacturer plates

Lamech
Nov 20, 2001



Soiled Meat
$1399 Cybertruck branded car canopy

HamburgerTownUSA
Aug 7, 2022

holtemon posted:

Wait what? I am very unaware of this time to do some googlin

I wonder if he hit her on the head with a guitar if she acted up lol

It's pretty straightforward. They were neighbors, and she would often watch his kids. She would hang out with them and do the usual babysitter stuff or do music stuff with them.

One of his kids played a younger version of her in one of her music videos.

...!
Oct 5, 2003

I SHOULD KEEP MY DUMB MOUTH SHUT INSTEAD OF SPEWING HORSESHIT ABOUT THE ORBITAL MECHANICS OF THE JAMES WEBB SPACE TELESCOPE.

CAN SOMEONE PLEASE TELL ME WHAT A LAGRANGE POINT IS?

TrashMammal posted:

you can blame a lot of things on california but we aren’t going to accept being associated with this particular mess :mad:

Too late

kazil
Jul 24, 2005

Derpmph trial star reporter!

Total Party Kill
Aug 25, 2005

like cumming on a duck

Data Graham
Dec 28, 2009

📈📊🍪😋



Maybe YOU get used

cumpantry
Dec 18, 2020

now i understand insane rereg guy. each ban is water emoji off a whale emoji's back

Edmund Sparkler
Jul 4, 2003
For twelve years, you have been asking: Who is John Galt? This is John Galt speaking. I am the man who loves his life. I am the man who does not sacrifice his love or his values. I am the man who has deprived you of victims and thus has destroyed your world, and if you wish to know why you are peris

Imagining an old school adventure game where you type "USE ELON MUSK" and your character makes a disgusted face and says "I'D REALLY RATHER NOT DO THAT".

PhazonLink
Jul 17, 2010
who the hell is that Paul and Sam?

Professor Wayne
Aug 27, 2008

So, Harvey, what became of the giant penny?

They actually let him keep it.

Incredible that he's given up on people calling it x

coconono
Aug 11, 2004

KISS ME KRIS

Musk's twitter actually clouds each actual user's under spambot posts that its impossible for anyone to engage in race wars. Except for the race war enthusiasts because Musk is also a huge fuckin racist.

Crescent Wrench
Sep 30, 2005

The truth is usually just an excuse for a lack of imagination.
Grimey Drawer

DicktheCat posted:

Ok, what is with her?

When she gets upset, it seems like everyone bends over in ways that they don't for other celebs. Like, she's gotten entire animation projects scuttled because they made a single joke about her in a promo. (Yes, I'm still salty about losing a potential job, shut up.)


I don't think people should be making fake porn of real people, but none of the other deepfakes of celebs have been treated like this. Why do people flip out the moment the name Taylor Swift gets uttered?

I saw Taylor Swift in concert in I think 2015, and during costume changes and other downtime they would play these video testimonials where other celebrities would just kiss Taylor's rear end. Like, they'd just show a custom video where a Jonas brother or whoever was a talking head talking about how Taylor is such a sweet, genuine, down-to-earth person. It was completely insane, the vibes were the same as if I were living in a dictatorship and attendance at her concert was mandatory.

The Glumslinger
Sep 24, 2008

Coach Nagy, you want me to throw to WHAT side of the field?


Hair Elf

Crescent Wrench posted:

I saw Taylor Swift in concert in I think 2015, and during costume changes and other downtime they would play these video testimonials where other celebrities would just kiss Taylor's rear end. Like, they'd just show a custom video where a Jonas brother or whoever was a talking head talking about how Taylor is such a sweet, genuine, down-to-earth person. It was completely insane, the vibes were the same as if I were living in a dictatorship and attendance at her concert was mandatory.

I saw Elton John on his farewell tour and it was pretty similar

Regular Wario
Mar 27, 2010

Slippery Tilde

Crescent Wrench posted:

I saw Taylor Swift in concert in I think 2015, and during costume changes and other downtime they would play these video testimonials where other celebrities would just kiss Taylor's rear end. Like, they'd just show a custom video where a Jonas brother or whoever was a talking head talking about how Taylor is such a sweet, genuine, down-to-earth person. It was completely insane, the vibes were the same as if I were living in a dictatorship and attendance at her concert was mandatory.

oooh its a cult

Megillah Gorilla
Sep 22, 2003

If only all of life's problems could be solved by smoking a professor of ancient evil texts.



Bread Liar

Klyith posted:

Websites get more popular when you make it harder for people to look at them, right?

This is the sort of stupid bullshit you see sometimes with some people who make mods for games. They fall so in love with their idea they decide they have to make it as difficult as possible to actually use their poo poo. "It's so awesome it's only right that people have to work to use it."

Make it take a huge effort in time or resources to unlock the mod items in the game. Insist you cannot use their mod with any other mods installed. Try to make people loving pay by hiding the download link behind redirects with ads, etc.

Unlike twitter though, at least the toxic mod makers have the excuse of being 12 years old and absolute amateurs.

Whereas, Musk only thinks he's 12.

A Wizard of Goatse
Dec 14, 2014

Kingo Ligma posted:

I'm straight up ignorant of most computer toucher stuff so this may actually be pretty normal, but as far as I can see the twitter jobs page is WILD.

Insider threat investigator
Insider threat security engineer
Security engineer Offensive Security

Is Elon finally bringing in a crack squad to get rid of the woke deep state inside twitter or have computer nerds been naming their own jobs after action movie bullshit again?

drat $200k to be the twitter gestapo, guessing it's cause Elon wants you to wear the armband while you're interrogating nerds?

A Wizard of Goatse fucked around with this message at 04:36 on Jan 29, 2024

TrashMammal
Nov 10, 2022

the grockstapo

kazil
Jul 24, 2005

Derpmph trial star reporter!

has he rehired the twitter HQ janitors yet or does the place still smell like rear end?

cumpantry
Dec 18, 2020

Megillah Gorilla posted:

Make it take a huge effort in time or resources to unlock the mod items in the game.
nothing wrong with this

Waffle House
Oct 27, 2004

You follow the path
fitting into an infinite pattern.

Yours to manipulate, to destroy and rebuild.

Now, in the quantum moment
before the closure
when all become one.

One moment left.
One point of space and time.

I know who you are.

You are Destiny.


At the point that you're hiring outsiders to come bully Twitter's diehard employees, aficionados, and remaining key programmers back into line...

A Wizard of Goatse
Dec 14, 2014

ngl any other job at Twitter sounds like hell but I'd probably take half that to lurk around being that dude's Wormtongue until it collapses in like six months

Regular Wario
Mar 27, 2010

Slippery Tilde

kazil posted:

has he rehired the twitter HQ janitors yet or does the place still smell like rear end?

he is poopsocking it when he plays diablo 4 through the night so an employee doesnt shiv him in the bathroom

Presto
Nov 22, 2002

Keep calm and Harry on.

Edmund Sparkler posted:

Imagining an old school adventure game where you type "USE ELON MUSK" and your character makes a disgusted face and says "I'D REALLY RATHER NOT DO THAT".

> LOOK

It's woke in here. You are likely to be banned by a Musk.

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CAT INTERCEPTOR
Nov 9, 2004

Basically a male Margaret Thatcher

The Glumslinger posted:

I saw Elton John on his farewell tour and it was pretty similar

At least for Elton John it's because a genuinely talented performer known and loved by generations around the world with a career spanning many decades and a true industry icon is retiring so some self congratulations and fawning by others probably is justified.

Also Elton's most rabid fans are no where near as toxic as Swifties

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