Elon Musk

like a lot of Elon it has a "nerd who incessantly laughs at their own jokes" vibe

this is all very much like when Golf Magazine interviewed Trent Dilfer

I don't think he's actually heard Fly Me to the Moon

EM: Right. I think “Con Te Partiro” is an incredibly beautiful song.

Song: “Con Te Partiro,” – Andrea Bocelli

EM: It’s really calming. And, it’s just a really beautiful song. And obviously Andrea Bocelli is just an incredible singer.

RC: Well, when you need to be in that kind of relaxed mode or to put you in a mellow environment, is this something that you go to?

EM: Yeah, it is actually. I think that song is kind of a reminder that the world is a beautiful place. It’s an incredibly beautiful song, sung really beautifully so I think that’s why it makes me feel that way about the world.

this mfr walking around the office obliviously whistling santa claus is coming to town

EM: “Santa Claus is Coming to Town.”
I personally don’t understand it, but it’s the song that I whistle the most. I don’t even realize I’m whistling it. I just go into auto-whistle and this one comes up more than any other so I must like it at a subconcious level, but I’m not entirely sure why. I could guess. It’s sort of a positive song. I mean, who doesn’t like Santa Claus? I guess it’s good to have him come to town. (Laughter)

yes, I know that you are with me;
you, my moon, are here with me

Con Te Partiro is abt wanting to fuck the moon but the moon said no

I'd believe you if you told me ChatGPT generated this conversation

its pretty uncanny

(Verse 1)
I'm Elon Musk, the man with the plan
I'm known for my cars and my rockets, I'm a self-made man
But now I'm turning my attention to the world of social media
I'm buying Twitter, and I'm gonna be the boss of ya

(Chorus)
I'm buying Twitter, it's a game changer
I'm gonna make it better, no more haters
I'm gonna tweet my thoughts and share my vision
I'm the new owner, you better listen

(Verse 2)
I'm not afraid to speak my mind, I always tell it like it is
I've got some big plans for Twitter, you just wait and see
I'm gonna make it faster, easier, and more user-friendly
I'm gonna give the people what they want, and make it shine brightly

(Chorus)
I'm buying Twitter, it's a game changer
I'm gonna make it better, no more haters
I'm gonna tweet my thoughts and share my vision
I'm the new owner, you better listen

(Verse 3)
I'm not just buying Twitter for myself, I'm doing it for you
I want to give you a platform to share your voice and be heard
I want to make Twitter a place where ideas can flourish and grow
I'm investing in the future, and I want you to come along for the ride

(Chorus)
I'm buying Twitter, it's a game changer
I'm gonna make it better, no more haters
I'm gonna tweet my thoughts and share my vision
I'm the new owner, you better listen

^actual ChatGPT

nice

i don't think the playlist is that weird, tbh. back in the day when everybody had an actual itunes library, you'd go visit your friend across the quad and their dormmate's laptop would be open and the playlist would be something like this, scrounged off of kazaa just like they got an earworm and did the bare minimum to acquire the song but didn't have any interest in pulling on the thread. track #6 on elon's playlist is probably 'star wars gangsta rap' and #7 is a weird al song (mislabeled).

I personally don’t understand it, but it’s the song that I whistle the most. I don’t even realize I’m whistling it. I just go into auto-whistle and this one comes up more than any other so I must like it at a subconcious level, but I’m not entirely sure why.

https://i.imgur.com/GHKbfEZ.jpg

Lol

god i know why, if there ever was a paranoid sadistic christmas song it's that one

{movie trailer voice}

Hang your stockings

Say your prayers

I like Neil Diamond's version

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

that's pretty much Violent Night

i don't think the playlist is that weird, tbh. back in the day when everybody had an actual itunes library, you'd go visit your friend across the quad and their dormmate's laptop would be open and the playlist would be something like this, scrounged off of kazaa just like they got an earworm and did the bare minimum to acquire the song but didn't have any interest in pulling on the thread. track #6 on elon's playlist is probably 'star wars gangsta rap' and #7 is a weird al song (mislabeled).

ok but what were your friend across the quad's dormmate's reasons for choosing those songs when they were interviewed on KCRW about them

It’s weird to anyone who cares about music, art, or culture, in other words.

i think it's safe to say he doesn't care about any of that (other than the works of stephen king)

he cares about tweets and in some way isnt that the ultimate art

YALL I AM SCREAMING I really don’t know which one he’s talking about pic.twitter.com/5CNQkpp1Z7

— 🕺🏾🪩 (@shOoObz) December 7, 2022

Amazing, new head of Twitter Trust and Safety already having to battle Andy Ngo misinformation campaign against one of her own employees

Let's see if Elon chooses his actual paid professional T&S or his right wing ego fluffer pic.twitter.com/LVwWB9MXbt

— z3dster𝅸𝅸𝅸𝅸𝅸𝅸𝅸𝅸𝅸𝅸𝅸𝅸𝅸𝅸𝅸𝅸𝅸𝅸𝅸𝅸𝅸 (@z3dster) December 9, 2022

funny that elon thinks he can befriend these people

there are few people I hate more than Andy Ngo, who earlier this year, basically called an eyeball witness to a driver intentionally hitting pedestrians during a protest a liar and incited his minions to attack her

there are few people I hate more than Andy Ngo, who earlier this year, basically called an eyeball witness to a driver intentionally hitting pedestrians during a protest a liar and incited his minions to attack her

this couldn't possibly be new twitter head of trust and safety Ella Irwin (@ellagirwin) letting Bari Weiss rifle around in a backend tool that clearly says "Direct Messages" in the sidebar could it? 🤔 https://t.co/qqfoKuvs30

— tom mckay (@thetomzone) December 9, 2022

Three of us resigned from Twitter’s Trust & Safety Council today: @eirliani @podesta_lesley and me. Here’s why https://t.co/h05TblfGIO pic.twitter.com/iqcHvhbgms

— annecollier (@annecollier) December 8, 2022

Correct. For security purposes, the screenshots requested came from me so we could ensure no PII was exposed. We did not give this access to reporters and no, reporters were not accessing user DMs.

— Ella Irwin (@ellagirwin) December 9, 2022

How did this work, though, @ellagirwin? If reporters didn't have access to DMs, what was the process?

Did they give Twitter officials search queries to run on the DMs, and have you retrieve relevant ones?

Did Twitter officials pick out the DMs yourselves to give reporters?

— Tom Scocca (@tomscocca) December 9, 2022

so glad I never used my gov name on Twitter.

good chance theyve got you linked to it in their data anyway

google for "buttface-mcgee" and find Neanderthal

pt 3 of THE TWITTER FILES is entirely dedicated to the output of ilxor neanderthal 👍🏽

greenwald already firing up the outrage machine

theyre so lazy they need to do better

Most people's disinterest in this is enraging these guys

cool

hope they rage-stroke out, every last one of them

Dream of Twitter one day being broken to the point where everyone can only see their own Tweets and all recreate I Am Legend

much-followed accounts that follow no one: mel brooks 👈🏽

Please stay on strike if you’re going to leave Top Gun Maverick off this list @aoscott

seriously how many of these films have you seen / heard of… for me it’s 0 / 2 ! pic.twitter.com/UxW6tJJOO9

— @jason (@Jason) December 9, 2022

Top Gun Maverick was great!

NYTimes has gone “full woke”.

— Elon Musk (@elonmusk) December 9, 2022

on cinema at the cinema twitter crossover event

Not only did the NYT fail to list Top Gun Maverick. It doesn't even have a comics page!

Has anyone counted how many times this guy tweets a day?

I love that we’ve now reached the Star Wars nerd state of “Not liking my favourite film is oppression” in record time. I’d settle for that level of bedshitting

idek who would want to be a critic anymore. a local theatre review here generated a 7 paragraph essay from someone in the production, that was reposted by like 15 other people, who had a list of demands of things the critic 'needed' to include next time and ongoing in all reviews (even though dude is on an oppressively small word count). Like they think the critic is their publicist.

and then the example above, butthurt IP fanboys hershey squirting their keyboards because AO Scott didn't think the newest Jackass should be film of the century (no shade on that franchise tho which I love).

I think the thing you have to understand about twitter is there is an entire heavily monetized ecosystem that has kept itself fueled up for years on the self-fulfilling prophesy that they’re perpetually victimized by every conceivable entity in the world, and that’s elon’s market

— kilgore trout, death to putiner (@KT_So_It_Goes) December 9, 2022

J4ckass will be on my 2022 ballot (and was my first Jackass anything)

Wow, you've got a lot of awesome Jackass movies (and TV shows) to catch up with!

I still need to see it. have loved the other films in the series. nothing makes me laugh more than Johnny Knoxville flipping a golf cart in whichever one that was.

That was #1