clucky
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Post by clucky on Nov 18, 2022 10:26:21 GMT -6
Truly a bizarre, interesting and helpful place
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jkjacq
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Post by jkjacq on Nov 18, 2022 10:30:51 GMT -6
It might finally be time for Americans to learn that being rich =/= competent in all areas ma'am. You know this won't happen. Because a vast majority working for 18/hour think that they might someday be one of the rich and powerful... the american dream
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byjove
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Post by byjove on Nov 18, 2022 10:57:31 GMT -6
LOL
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byjove
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Post by byjove on Nov 18, 2022 11:11:24 GMT -6
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Post by DavidRose on Nov 18, 2022 11:13:27 GMT -6
I went on a deep dive in this thread at 230 am last night. It's longggg.
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Post by DavidRose on Nov 18, 2022 11:26:41 GMT -6
Ok well apparently I don't know how to copy tweets. That is the middle of the thread. Oh well
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richard
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Post by richard on Nov 18, 2022 11:36:53 GMT -6
This is fucking deranged.
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Post by GhoatMonket on Nov 18, 2022 11:44:20 GMT -6
ma'am. You know this won't happen. Because a vast majority working for 18/hour think that they might someday be one of the rich and powerful... the american dream "If I just work harder on this assembly line, I'll have millions some day." Sir, the system is designed for you to believe that and for it also to never, ever happen.
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richard
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Post by richard on Nov 18, 2022 12:54:14 GMT -6
Merrick Garland presser this afternoon about a special counsel for Trump investigation!
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richard
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Post by richard on Nov 18, 2022 12:54:43 GMT -6
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richard
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Post by richard on Nov 18, 2022 13:02:52 GMT -6
I'm very curious who it's going to be.
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elle
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Post by elle on Nov 18, 2022 13:17:38 GMT -6
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richard
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Post by richard on Nov 18, 2022 13:22:37 GMT -6
He's talking about both investigations into the election/Jan 6 and the Mar-a-Lago docs.
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richard
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Post by richard on Nov 18, 2022 13:23:55 GMT -6
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richard
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Post by richard on Nov 18, 2022 13:24:21 GMT -6
Never heard of Jack Smith but I guess that's good?
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Rebel
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Post by Rebel on Nov 18, 2022 13:33:43 GMT -6
There are 2 schools of thought swirling on tiktok 1. Elon is an idiot with a lot of money who fucked up a social media site because he doesn’t know what he doesn’t know
And
2. Elon purposefully destroyed Twitter to censor the media, control society, and impact global markets & politics.
I’m in school-of-thought 1, personally. But I know people -who I think are smart and informed!- who are of #2. 🤷🏻♀️ So maybe I’m wrong here.
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Post by downwarddog on Nov 18, 2022 13:34:59 GMT -6
There are 2 schools of thought swirling on tiktok 1. Elon is an idiot with a lot of money who fucked up a social media site because he doesn’t know what he doesn’t know And 2. Elon purposefully destroyed Twitter to censor the media, control society, and impact global markets & politics. I’m in school-of-thought 1, personally. But I know people -who I think are smart and informed!- who are of #2. 🤷🏻♀️ So maybe I’m wrong here. Maybe a bit of both. He ultimately planned to fuck it up, but not at this rate or magnitude.
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Post by enchanted on Nov 18, 2022 13:43:31 GMT -6
There are 2 schools of thought swirling on tiktok 1. Elon is an idiot with a lot of money who fucked up a social media site because he doesn’t know what he doesn’t know And 2. Elon purposefully destroyed Twitter to censor the media, control society, and impact global markets & politics. I’m in school-of-thought 1, personally. But I know people -who I think are smart and informed!- who are of #2. 🤷🏻♀️ So maybe I’m wrong here. Maybe a bit of both. He ultimately planned to fuck it up, but not at this rate or magnitude. I think this is where I fall.
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richard
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Post by richard on Nov 18, 2022 13:43:37 GMT -6
There are 2 schools of thought swirling on tiktok 1. Elon is an idiot with a lot of money who fucked up a social media site because he doesn’t know what he doesn’t know And 2. Elon purposefully destroyed Twitter to censor the media, control society, and impact global markets & politics. I’m in school-of-thought 1, personally. But I know people -who I think are smart and informed!- who are of #2. 🤷🏻♀️ So maybe I’m wrong here. I think he got into it with the intention of doing #2 (not destroy it but bend it to his will for those reasons) but really it's turned out to be #1. Like was mentioned before, folks seem to have a hard time accepting that rich, powerful people can be idiots. They absolutely can. And I'd argue they're even more likely to have an echo chamber around them so that their stupid ideas are amplified 100x because they don't get normal feedback and have everyone telling them what geniuses they are.
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athn64
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Post by athn64 on Nov 18, 2022 13:51:51 GMT -6
There are 2 schools of thought swirling on tiktok 1. Elon is an idiot with a lot of money who fucked up a social media site because he doesn’t know what he doesn’t know And 2. Elon purposefully destroyed Twitter to censor the media, control society, and impact global markets & politics. I’m in school-of-thought 1, personally. But I know people -who I think are smart and informed!- who are of #2. 🤷🏻♀️ So maybe I’m wrong here. I think he got into it with the intention of doing #2 (not destroy it but bend it to his will for those reasons) but really it's turned out to be #1. Like was mentioned before, folks seem to have a hard time accepting that rich, powerful people can be idiots. They absolutely can. And I'd argue they're even more likely to have an echo chamber around them so that their stupid ideas are amplified 100x because they don't get normal feedback and have everyone telling them what geniuses they are. I'm more educated than that man baby. But he's rich so he must be a genius.
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Post by ldubhawksfan on Nov 18, 2022 13:56:36 GMT -6
I went on a deep dive in this thread at 230 am last night. It's longggg. Holy shit…can I get a cliff notes?!
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Peekaru
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Post by Peekaru on Nov 18, 2022 14:09:43 GMT -6
There are 2 schools of thought swirling on tiktok 1. Elon is an idiot with a lot of money who fucked up a social media site because he doesn’t know what he doesn’t know And 2. Elon purposefully destroyed Twitter to censor the media, control society, and impact global markets & politics. I’m in school-of-thought 1, personally. But I know people -who I think are smart and informed!- who are of #2. 🤷🏻♀️ So maybe I’m wrong here. Never attribute malice when stupidity will suffice.
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ktg
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Post by ktg on Nov 18, 2022 14:11:28 GMT -6
I went on a deep dive in this thread at 230 am last night. It's longggg. Holy shit…can I get a cliff notes?! Very short version: EM has a probably fake bachelor's degree (in economics, not physics), never went to grad school let alone for a PhD not ever applied for one; the billionaire investors he merged with at the companies that eventually became Paypal are who bought him that degree. They are also evil assholes who have their fingers deep in funding things like the alt-right movement.
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clucky
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Post by clucky on Nov 18, 2022 14:12:43 GMT -6
Never heard of Jack Smith but I guess that's good? I’m assuming whatever MG said and whom he appointed was good news because marge immediately began tweeting about impeaching Biden.
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jaygee
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Post by jaygee on Nov 18, 2022 14:13:33 GMT -6
I think he’s driving it in to the ground to file the company for bankruptcy and get out of the debt.
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jaygee
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Post by jaygee on Nov 18, 2022 14:15:09 GMT -6
I think the stupidity came when he wanted to buy it and now he has the regrets and just wants it to be over.
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Post by ldubhawksfan on Nov 18, 2022 14:40:13 GMT -6
Holy shit…can I get a cliff notes?! Very short version: EM has a probably fake bachelor's degree (in economics, not physics), never went to grad school let alone for a PhD not ever applied for one; the billionaire investors he merged with at the companies that eventually became Paypal are who bought him that degree. They are also evil assholes who have their fingers deep in funding things like the alt-right movement. Maybe I’ll go back and read the thread this weekend! Thank you!
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sweetpea
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Post by sweetpea on Nov 18, 2022 15:23:49 GMT -6
if true, this could mean steep fines. CA has strict laws on end of employment payments, like they need a final paycheck on their last day.
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Post by blurnette989 on Nov 18, 2022 16:28:42 GMT -6
I do think Elon has been in a right wing echo chamber on Twitter and genuinely thought more people would rally to his cause. But when reality hit, he just fucked it up beyond repair. So now I think he will bury it so he can have it go bankrupt and default on all his loans.
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Minerva
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Post by Minerva on Nov 18, 2022 17:46:09 GMT -6
Never heard of Jack Smith but I guess that's good? H’s first question upon hearing the news was “Does he look like Brad Pitt?” Real people who work for the DOJ should not be named Jack Smith. It’s such a spy name. And now I’m going to need to watch Mr. and Mrs. Smith this weekend.
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