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Elon Musk buys Twitter
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Raven117
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Good prediction IMO. And damn, those Costco hotdogs are awesome.
He's being facetious.
OmegaSupreme
advanced basic bitch
It's so hard to tell these days.
Fake
Member
This.
Ballthyrm
Member
My favorite so far:
The dude is asking for the job like a Fox in the henhouse.
Not only he is not qualified for the job, this is the last type of person you would want in there.
For all the constant talk about inclusivity, they aren't willing or able to share a common platform with the diversity of people point of views.
nominedomine
Banned
Unrelated to this, I decided to reactivate my twitter to just to follow some game related twitters (like Kojima) and it blows my mind how unintuitive twitter is, I guess I'm just old.
Somehow my account was following 150 people that I didn't know and I only had activated this account like once a long time ago.
Somehow my account was following 150 people that I didn't know and I only had activated this account like once a long time ago.
Raven117
Member
Jokes. How do they work?
Wheeljack539
Member
Last year, but Neogaf is still historically left of center, it's just the left has gone illiberal as they say.
Good lord, this is basically me. I haven't really changed much in 20 years but the way it's been going I've gone from being Left Center Liberal to Crazy Right Wing Terrorist without even knowing.
MayauMiao
Member
My favorite so far:
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Doesn't have Masters Degree yet was able to hire bunch of rocket scientists to actually launch rockets.
Amiga
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DeepEnigma
Gold Member
DragoonKain
Neighbours from Hell
Hopefully the pronoun patrol all congregate somewhere else. Place would be far less toxic. I'm not sure how many of them are bots and how many are real, but there is no pile-on like a pronoun army pile-on. Someone says something and the wrong crowd gets wind of it and you get thousands of people storming your feed with death threats and the most vile language from people with "be kind" in their bio, it's absolutely insane.
I remember many months ago responding to one of these people on something they said hours prior, and they responded back in less than a second. Made me realize most of these people probably live on there, and their social media friends are the only friends they have and it's like a religious gathering to them. Definitely not healthy. Hope they all leave and go somewhere else and let them have their own social media platform full of crazy people.
Would also mean less pressure on institutions and corporations. Any time they say something someone doesn't like, there will be far less pile on.
I doubt this happens though because they'll know this and there's no chance they'll leave a platform where they have such significant bullying influence.
I remember many months ago responding to one of these people on something they said hours prior, and they responded back in less than a second. Made me realize most of these people probably live on there, and their social media friends are the only friends they have and it's like a religious gathering to them. Definitely not healthy. Hope they all leave and go somewhere else and let them have their own social media platform full of crazy people.
Would also mean less pressure on institutions and corporations. Any time they say something someone doesn't like, there will be far less pile on.
I doubt this happens though because they'll know this and there's no chance they'll leave a platform where they have such significant bullying influence.
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chromhound
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Even Steve Jobs (rip)
Billbofet
Member
My favorite so far:
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This has to be joke, right? Now only the ideas and leadership of those with advanced degrees matter!?!?
That said, if this is a joke (I hope it is), it's funny!
TheInfamousKira
Reseterror Resettler
There are a couple of murmings on Era about being totes okay if Twitter goes the way of Hogwarts and is a banned site in that ant farm of career victims. Please, Era Gods, ban Twitter.
DeepEnigma
Gold Member
I'm seeing a pattern here.
Kraz
Member
Very lax. Usually only seems to involve deletion of a tweet. And there is an appeals process.
It's not like discussion on economics is banned.
He's an antivaxxer so maybe he wants to loosen moderation on that sewage back into the twitter supply untreated.
He runs a center-right think tank on partisanship and ideology. It’s a joke.
DeepEnigma
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Putonahappyface
Gold Member
I'm going to have to hide this thread as I'm deliriously crying with laughter here.
Raven117
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Pretty much this....until the Right does something stupid (like elect Trump), then I'm back on the other line of the center....but still being yelled at by the "woke." Then it wobbles back...and Im being yelled at by the right being a "concerned moderate." Whatever.
Last year, but Neogaf is still historically left of center, it's just the left has gone illiberal as they say.
BigBooper
Member
Yes, lax. Lax in fairness. Lax in ways like banning the New York Post for the laptop story, only to have the story satisfactorily confirmed by co-conspirators a year later.
3liteDragon
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///PATRIOT
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Slaylock
Member
I think this tweet has the highest amount of funny per word in history.
///PATRIOT
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TheInfamousKira
Reseterror Resettler
Matt Walsh is a Sir. I subscribed to him on YouTube after seeing his Dr. Phil debate with a literal bearded lady.
AJUMP23
Parody of actual AJUMP23
I miss Quiznos. They had the best sub. The chicken Carbonara was S tier when you added tomatoes.
Nah dude it was all about the turkey, bacon, and guacamole sub. It was dense.
LordCBH
Member
Quiznos never shied away from putting loads of THICK JUICY MEAT on their sandwiches. I miss them. Subway just sucks
Craig of War
Banned
StreetsofBeige
Gold Member
Love it.
As controller of Twitter, he'll unleash endless hilarious tweets and nobody will be able to stop him.
Give it a year or so for things to shake out. The pendulum is going to swing rightward everyone. For all of you tired of Twitter being the bastion for no holds barred leftwing tweets, get ready for shitloads of right wings tweets to balance it out. If Musk lets it be a free for all, it's going to be the biggest social media laughfest ever, especially with the US election coming in another 2.5 years.
I know he joked about it at first, but who knew he'd go through with it. Goes to show when money talks, social media and politics gets thrown out the window.
As controller of Twitter, he'll unleash endless hilarious tweets and nobody will be able to stop him.
Give it a year or so for things to shake out. The pendulum is going to swing rightward everyone. For all of you tired of Twitter being the bastion for no holds barred leftwing tweets, get ready for shitloads of right wings tweets to balance it out. If Musk lets it be a free for all, it's going to be the biggest social media laughfest ever, especially with the US election coming in another 2.5 years.
I know he joked about it at first, but who knew he'd go through with it. Goes to show when money talks, social media and politics gets thrown out the window.
FunkMiller
Gold Member
A lot of this does feel like:
”Oh noes! The billionaire has bought the absolute fucking cesspit that is Twitter! It’ll be so much worse now!”
It’ll either be better or dead. Either is fine with me.
BadBurger
Many “Whelps”! Handle It!
They were sharing personal information that the party who was being exposed didn't want made public. Remember Hunter wasn't holding any kind of political office and wasn't a public figure. He had the temerity of being the rich-kid son of the future US president and was a crack head or whatever. That doesn't give the NYP free reign to share his private data.
LordCBH
Member
Tell that to the Washington Post, who also shared private information that a private citizen didn’t want out because she *checks notes* reposted shitty TikTok videos.
BigBooper
Member
Oh yea, out of bounds like the last time this happened *looks over at calendar* a week ago with Libs of Tiktok and Taylor Lorenz who was never banned at any point.
Buggy Loop
Member
He should ban SEC Twitter account 
Didn't CNN dox (or threaten to dox) someone for making some Trump/CNN meme? How did THAT not get their account banned? That was just some random kid iirc.
Rules for thee but not for me!
EDIT: Oh yea they did. Their article doesn't mention how they threatened the dude and demanded an apology.
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AJUMP23
Parody of actual AJUMP23
I wish I had a giant tub of the Quiznos red wine vinegar sandwich topping.
LordCBH
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BadBurger
Many “Whelps”! Handle It!
I don't know what you guys are referring to, I guess I don't keep up with social media that much. I can only speak to the Hunter Biden ordeal which I think most people would agree was sensationalist and out of bounds. If that also applies to your examples then I would agree with you.
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