Yeah I guess calling an employee a bankruptcy asset is less relevant than proposing that Elon has in fact caused damage to Twitter's primary asset (Twitter) by firing over half of the people who made it work and making 1/3 of the rest quit
― G. D’Arcy Cheesewright (silby), Tuesday, 29 November 2022 00:33 (one year ago) link
hence the dirty bomb analogy
idk if I were lending money to someone to buy a software company I would make them covenant to offer experienced technical staff sizable retention incentives
― G. D’Arcy Cheesewright (silby), Tuesday, 29 November 2022 00:34 (one year ago) link
This is what’s so infuriating about Mr. Epic Reddit Man. He all but announces he’s ripping people off by naming it “Godot” — you can just see him tittering to himself — and still people are too dense to catch on because they’re content to simply bask in his imaginary glow.― Chris L, Monday, November 28, 2022 2:26 PM (five hours ago)
i mean, this literally is
https://i.ibb.co/M27DZ8t/image.png
― 龜, Tuesday, 29 November 2022 00:39 (one year ago) link
also didn't musk admit that the hyperloop was lobbed over the wall for the express purpose of defeating california's high speed rail proposal? seems like the boring company is the same stratagem. the playbook is old - see ford/gm convincing cities to pave over light rail and train in the 40s/50s in favor of the auto-mobile and a car for every family. the car needs to be destroyed!
― 龜, Tuesday, 29 November 2022 00:41 (one year ago) link
agree
― G. D’Arcy Cheesewright (silby), Tuesday, 29 November 2022 00:53 (one year ago) link
idk if I were lending money to someone to buy a software company I would make them covenant to offer experienced technical staff sizable retention incentives― G. D’Arcy Cheesewright (silby), Monday, November 28, 2022 7:34 PM (seventeen minutes ago)
― G. D’Arcy Cheesewright (silby), Monday, November 28, 2022 7:34 PM (seventeen minutes ago)
it's often the case that companies get bought so the buyer can fire staff and pocket more money for themselves, and that's the whole incentive for buying the company. it's the private equity leveraged buyout playbook. that usually takes course over several months/years though, a controlled burn with plenty of backstops, not in just a few weeks like here!
― 龜, Tuesday, 29 November 2022 00:54 (one year ago) link
Do the banks actually get paid in the end tho when your Guitar Centers or Toys R Uses finally go under
― G. D’Arcy Cheesewright (silby), Tuesday, 29 November 2022 00:55 (one year ago) link
i'm not an expert there but my understanding is that by the time a company is finally circling the drain, a lot of its debt will have been sold and resold until it ends up in the hands of distressed debt investors, who chiefly specialize in bringing guns to a knife fight.
the fact that elon's underwriting banks here still hold the debt is extremely unusual and is more a factor of how drastically the macro debt markets have deteriorated since the deal was struck back in march rather than anything elon did. but of course, elon's actions haven't helped matters at all.
― 龜, Tuesday, 29 November 2022 01:02 (one year ago) link
Oh yeah good point I forgot that part of this colossal fuck-up
― G. D’Arcy Cheesewright (silby), Tuesday, 29 November 2022 01:06 (one year ago) link
Guitar Center has been "circling the drain" for going on 20 years now
― Blues Guitar Solo Heatmap (Free Download) (upper mississippi sh@kedown), Tuesday, 29 November 2022 02:48 (one year ago) link
Elon fanfic is hilarious
It would be insane if it turns out @elonmusk had a long game of buying Twitter- knowing apple & Android would drop him- to launch a secret phone he had made two years ago, making his $44B Twitter investment into a $300B phone company..— Jason “Storm Chaser” Nelson (@Storm4Congress) November 28, 2022
― a man often referred to in the news media as the Duke of Saxony (tipsy mothra), Tuesday, 29 November 2022 15:35 (one year ago) link
lol wtf, how would massively overpaying for twitter have any relevance to building a phone?
― longtime caller, first time listener (man alive), Tuesday, 29 November 2022 15:36 (one year ago) link
4d chess, maaaaaan
― sleeve, Tuesday, 29 November 2022 15:37 (one year ago) link
44b chess
― lag∞n, Tuesday, 29 November 2022 15:39 (one year ago) link
fanboys should just write a horny Miami bass paean to Musk at this point, cos that's about the level of their obsession atm
― Fash Gordon (Neanderthal), Tuesday, 29 November 2022 15:41 (one year ago) link
"we like the cars that go boom"
― sleeve, Tuesday, 29 November 2022 15:42 (one year ago) link
A lot of people were like that with Trump too. I seem to recall Mr. Dilbert saying all the Putin stuff was just to earn his trust so he could stab him in the back later
― frogbs, Tuesday, 29 November 2022 15:46 (one year ago) link
lol sleeve
― Fash Gordon (Neanderthal), Tuesday, 29 November 2022 15:52 (one year ago) link
Same energy as Elon and Tesla
“I will not accept that it’s a highly dangerous road”From ITN archives. pic.twitter.com/snILgnwvPi— Stephen R Jones 🇺🇦 (@Meliden) November 28, 2022
― xyzzzz__, Tuesday, 29 November 2022 15:55 (one year ago) link
Hmmmmmmmmhttps://t.co/6ELisTqFcq pic.twitter.com/mDIP31Y0Eg— Ryan Mac 🙃 (@RMac18) November 29, 2022
― lag∞n, Tuesday, 29 November 2022 15:57 (one year ago) link
ok!
Elon Musk said that Twitter will unveil three verification badge colors: blue, gold, and gray. Blue will be reserved for individuals (both those paying for Twitter Blue and verified individuals of interest), gold for companies, and gray for government. https://t.co/LxlVrq9IPm pic.twitter.com/xBMDA3rR64— IGN (@IGN) November 29, 2022
― lag∞n, Tuesday, 29 November 2022 16:41 (one year ago) link
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JmcA9LIIXWw
― The Dark End of the Tweet (James Redd and the Blecchs), Tuesday, 29 November 2022 16:43 (one year ago) link
where's the brown badge
― Fash Gordon (Neanderthal), Tuesday, 29 November 2022 16:48 (one year ago) link
I expect to be assigned a yellow six-pointed star
― G. D’Arcy Cheesewright (silby), Tuesday, 29 November 2022 16:50 (one year ago) link
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VqomZQMZQCQ
― The Dark End of the Tweet (James Redd and the Blecchs), Tuesday, 29 November 2022 16:51 (one year ago) link
Sorry meant to posthttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1LmvAUmvLA4
― The Dark End of the Tweet (James Redd and the Blecchs), Tuesday, 29 November 2022 16:52 (one year ago) link
Musk also said that all verified accounts will be "manually authenticated" before the check appears on the profile.
hows he planning to do this since he fired everyone
― lag∞n, Tuesday, 29 November 2022 16:55 (one year ago) link
he didn't say how long it would take
6-7 month wait time
― Fash Gordon (Neanderthal), Tuesday, 29 November 2022 16:57 (one year ago) link
you tweet at him and ask for verification and he runs it past catturd2
― mh, Tuesday, 29 November 2022 16:58 (one year ago) link
lol
― lag∞n, Tuesday, 29 November 2022 16:59 (one year ago) link
NEW: Email from Elon to Twitter engineers and designers: "Anyone writing software or doing design should be on the 10th floor of SF HQ. It is intended to be dense and intense. Thanks, Elon."— Zoë Schiffer (@ZoeSchiffer) November 29, 2022
dense and intense famously the friends of computer programming
― lag∞n, Tuesday, 29 November 2022 18:59 (one year ago) link
i am dense and intense
― ciderpress, Tuesday, 29 November 2022 19:01 (one year ago) link
get to the 10th floor asap
― lag∞n, Tuesday, 29 November 2022 19:02 (one year ago) link
lol just go have a lan party in whatever stupid house you have Elon
― G. D’Arcy Cheesewright (silby), Tuesday, 29 November 2022 19:03 (one year ago) link
It smells funny in there
― after several days on “the milk,” (gyac), Tuesday, 29 November 2022 19:09 (one year ago) link
https://thenerdstash.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/08/duct2.jpg
― 龜, Tuesday, 29 November 2022 19:22 (one year ago) link
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h2mAsl03WQY
― The Dark End of the Tweet (James Redd and the Blecchs), Tuesday, 29 November 2022 19:26 (one year ago) link
How much will it cost to get one of those awesome Herschel Walker badges? #onethread
― Josh in Chicago, Tuesday, 29 November 2022 20:29 (one year ago) link
Starting to think Elon paid 44m for Twitter NFT
― “uhh”—like, this is an insane oatmeal raisin cookie “uhh” (President Keyes), Wednesday, 30 November 2022 02:35 (one year ago) link
“dense and intense” is also how ppl describe Elon
― castanuts (DJP), Wednesday, 30 November 2022 03:20 (one year ago) link
https://i.ibb.co/hLSfFZF/Fis-N0-Zv-VUAAAq-Bx.jpg
― Tsar Bombadil (James Morrison), Wednesday, 30 November 2022 04:14 (one year ago) link
I doubt Buddah would think Musk is correct
― | (Latham Green), Wednesday, 30 November 2022 17:40 (one year ago) link
underrated weird thing about that photo is the mirror behind the table just reflecting the lamp and whatnot
― lag∞n, Wednesday, 30 November 2022 18:53 (one year ago) link
seems fine
Breaking news: The EU has warned Elon Musk that Twitter could be banned in Europe unless the billionaire abides by its strict rules on content moderationhttps://t.co/lbFJfnvrwb pic.twitter.com/w6r3bQmJwv— Financial Times (@FinancialTimes) November 30, 2022
― lag∞n, Wednesday, 30 November 2022 18:56 (one year ago) link
Stop being Woke, Europe!
― “uhh”—like, this is an insane oatmeal raisin cookie “uhh” (President Keyes), Wednesday, 30 November 2022 18:59 (one year ago) link
Lol saw one of his fanboys say "WELL TWITTER IS BASED IN US SO EUROPEAN LAW DON'T MATTER".
Be amazed if he doesn't adopt that hilarious legal reasoning only to dirty delete tweet after his lawyers msg him
― Fash Gordon (Neanderthal), Wednesday, 30 November 2022 19:10 (one year ago) link
Are you serious?! pic.twitter.com/7QPkHXhT4E— Eli Erlick (@EliErlick) November 30, 2022
― 龜, Wednesday, 30 November 2022 22:05 (one year ago) link
thats bigotry against high net worth individuals
― lag∞n, Wednesday, 30 November 2022 22:32 (one year ago) link
Money is speech, therefore taxes are censorship. And you can't advocate for censorship on Elon's Free Speech Bazaar.
― a man often referred to in the news media as the Duke of Saxony (tipsy mothra), Wednesday, 30 November 2022 22:51 (one year ago) link