I know "The Algorithm" - I think he did that a while ago though…
― carson dial, Thursday, 19 May 2022 17:40 (four years ago)
many are taking the above tweets to mean the deal is off but not everyone
they’re all twitter shareholders and they’re getting (maybe!) a windfall from the world’s richest man who’s been taunting them for weeks, it’s gotta feel like catharsis— farhad manjoo (@fmanjoo) May 19, 2022
― lag∞n, Thursday, 19 May 2022 17:43 (four years ago)
fight for what
Champagne was popped because they want the deal to go through or because they think he'll back out?— Jason Schreier (@jasonschreier) May 19, 2022
i think it’s a ‘we are not going down without a fight’ type of thing— Casey Newton (@CaseyNewton) May 19, 2022
― lag∞n, Thursday, 19 May 2022 17:44 (four years ago)
if anyone has any insight but would prefer not to post here feel free to dm me on twitter dont com
― lag∞n, Thursday, 19 May 2022 17:45 (four years ago)
haha that's insider trading no thank u!
it's all in those tweets though. and in any case, leadership/the board are not going to share anything non-public with rank-and-file employees (they can't without out also making it public).
― 𝔠𝔞𝔢𝔨 (caek), Thursday, 19 May 2022 17:47 (four years ago)
im not going to buy any stock i want to own the secrets
― lag∞n, Thursday, 19 May 2022 17:49 (four years ago)
haha yes
Elon's campaign to publicly troll and preemptively alienate the entire workforce of the company he's trying to buy was a bold strategy, Cotton. Let's see if it pays off for him. https://t.co/gugU6rV8cN— Will Oremus (@WillOremus) May 19, 2022
― 𝔠𝔞𝔢𝔨 (caek), Thursday, 19 May 2022 17:50 (four years ago)
(i mean we're still fucked, dont get me wrong)
― 𝔠𝔞𝔢𝔨 (caek), Thursday, 19 May 2022 17:51 (four years ago)
presumably the original terms of the deal, which elon is now claiming is void because he was relying on what he says is incorrect information supplied by twitter and twitter claims is correct
― more difficult than I look (Aimless), Thursday, 19 May 2022 17:52 (four years ago)
i think there's a "we want whatever he doesn't want" element to it, and clearly he doesn't want to pay 54.20.
― 𝔠𝔞𝔢𝔨 (caek), Thursday, 19 May 2022 17:53 (four years ago)
elon paying way above market for a company where all the employees hate him would be something
― lag∞n, Thursday, 19 May 2022 17:55 (four years ago)
ofc he doesn't want to pay $54.20. but he can still back out entirely by paying the indemnification, which I heard was $1bn.
― more difficult than I look (Aimless), Thursday, 19 May 2022 17:57 (four years ago)
apparently they can make him go through with the deal if they want we talked about it upthread
― lag∞n, Thursday, 19 May 2022 18:00 (four years ago)
Lmao aimless thank you as ever for your insight.
― 𝔠𝔞𝔢𝔨 (caek), Thursday, 19 May 2022 18:01 (four years ago)
how would you answer the q: "fight for what?"
― more difficult than I look (Aimless), Thursday, 19 May 2022 18:03 (four years ago)
he's so fucking stupid
Unless it is stopped, the woke mind virus will destroy civilization and humanity will never reached Mars— Elon Musk (@elonmusk) May 19, 2022
― frogbs, Thursday, 19 May 2022 19:42 (four years ago)
he's really gunning for best poster right now. twitter should ban him for the lulz
― rob, Thursday, 19 May 2022 19:49 (four years ago)
Yang and Amash showing up in replies to his "we need a moderate party" tweet like "yes sir, reporting for duty sir"...is there a word for when you're both a con artist and a mark?
― rob, Thursday, 19 May 2022 19:51 (four years ago)
pathetic thing about this country is a "moderate" party would probably be left of where the Dems currently stand
― frogbs, Thursday, 19 May 2022 19:52 (four years ago)
― rob
smark
― Kate (rushomancy), Thursday, 19 May 2022 19:54 (four years ago)
twitter abhors a main character vacuum and once trump got the boot it was inevitable someone would take his place as the ultimate main character
― in places all over the world, real stuff be happening (voodoo chili), Thursday, 19 May 2022 19:58 (four years ago)
otm but what grates is he's doing it so deliberately. trump wouldn't have a clue what "the main character on twitter" means to his credit
I like "smark" lol
― rob, Thursday, 19 May 2022 20:00 (four years ago)
I will never forgive the media for trying to make this guy look like some kind of brilliant visionary like Thomas Edison
― frogbs, Thursday, 19 May 2022 20:01 (four years ago)
btw if you were wondering what the "woke mind virus" is, it's unions and the people who sue Elon Musk for being a gigantic racist:
NEW: Elon Musk says he’ll vote for Republicans this year because “the Democratic Party is overly controlled by the unions and…class-action lawyers.”Musk is a notorious union-buster & was hit with a class-action lawsuit from 1k Black workers who alleged rampant racism at Tesla. pic.twitter.com/2SEUBTgDXm— More Perfect Union (@MorePerfectUS) May 18, 2022
― rob, Thursday, 19 May 2022 20:06 (four years ago)
is there a home rapid test for the woke mind virus? i dont want to needlessly expose anyone and be the reason we dont get to mars
― nobody like my rap (One Eye Open), Thursday, 19 May 2022 20:11 (four years ago)
fortunately, there is. all true conservative patriots are encouraged to take the test to ensure that they 100% non-woke mind virus. it involves ball tanning
― Bruce Stingbean (Karl Malone), Thursday, 19 May 2022 20:14 (four years ago)
― frogbs, Thursday, May 19, 2022 3:01 PM (twenty-six minutes ago) bookmarkflaglink
thomas edison was a far more ruthless operator than even musk! but at least "his" inventions were useful
― in places all over the world, real stuff be happening (voodoo chili), Thursday, 19 May 2022 20:30 (four years ago)
You say that but I’ve never heard an incandescent lightbulb fart
― OG Bob Sacamano (will), Thursday, 19 May 2022 20:47 (four years ago)
Twitter execs reassured workers in a meeting today the sale to Elon Musk is going through unchanged -- there are provisions in the contract that can be enforced to ensure this outcome. Immediately after, Musk memes about Twitter being 'all bots'https://t.co/hwsmDett9o— Kali Hays (@HaysKali) May 19, 2022
― lag∞n, Thursday, 19 May 2022 20:54 (four years ago)
Just received verbal govt approval for The Boring Company to build an underground NY-Phil-Balt-DC Hyperloop. NY-DC in 29 mins.— Elon Musk (@elonmusk) July 20, 2017
― lag∞n, Thursday, 19 May 2022 21:10 (four years ago)
"verbal govt approval" = he was jabbering about it to a member of Congress at a coke orgy and the guy said "sure, sure, sounds awesome, keep me posted"
― but also fuck you (unperson), Thursday, 19 May 2022 21:21 (four years ago)
And there's nothing those states & DC can do about it
― Andy the Grasshopper, Thursday, 19 May 2022 21:41 (four years ago)
A SpaceX flight attendant said Elon Musk exposed himself and propositioned her for sex, documents show. The company paid $250,000 for her silence. https://t.co/5plOiNJOW5 via @businessinsider— Nicholas Carlson (@nichcarlson) May 19, 2022
― 𝔠𝔞𝔢𝔨 (caek), Thursday, 19 May 2022 22:27 (four years ago)
gee now we know what this was about
In the past I voted Democrat, because they were (mostly) the kindness party.But they have become the party of division & hate, so I can no longer support them and will vote Republican.Now, watch their dirty tricks campaign against me unfold … 🍿— Elon Musk (@elonmusk) May 18, 2022
― frogbs, Thursday, 19 May 2022 22:30 (four years ago)
After Insider contacted Musk for comment, he emailed to ask for more time to respond and said there is "a lot more to this story.""If I were inclined to engage in sexual harassment, this is unlikely to be the first time in my entire 30-year career that it comes to light," he wrote, calling the story is a "politically motivated hit piece."
"If I were inclined to engage in sexual harassment, this is unlikely to be the first time in my entire 30-year career that it comes to light," he wrote, calling the story is a "politically motivated hit piece."
― 龜, Thursday, 19 May 2022 22:32 (four years ago)
"please don't dig any further into my 30-year career," added musk
― in places all over the world, real stuff be happening (voodoo chili), Thursday, 19 May 2022 22:33 (four years ago)
this guy is gonna make this all so much worse isn't he
― frogbs, Thursday, 19 May 2022 22:38 (four years ago)
For those interested, we reached out to the principals for comment regarding this story at ~9 a.m. eastern yesterday (Wednesday May 18).— John Cook (@johnjcook) May 19, 2022
― lag∞n, Thursday, 19 May 2022 22:52 (four years ago)
FYI - Twitter is currently at $36 per share, if he’s forced to pay 150% of its value for being a giant dumbass it would be the first time he actually made me laugh
― frogbs, Thursday, 19 May 2022 23:33 (four years ago)
I laughed when Azealia Banks called him Apartheid Clyde.
― papal hotwife (milo z), Thursday, 19 May 2022 23:35 (four years ago)
"politically motivated hit piece"
But you're not a politician... are you??
― Andy the Grasshopper, Friday, 20 May 2022 00:48 (four years ago)
“But actually” and “your” feel very trumpy.
To be clear, I’m spending <5% (but actually) of my time on the Twitter acquisition. It ain’t rocket science!Yesterday was Giga Texas, today is Starbase. Tesla is on my mind 24/7.So may seem like below, but not true. pic.twitter.com/CXfWiLD2f8— Elon Musk (@elonmusk) May 19, 2022
The attacks against me should be viewed through a political lens – this is their standard (despicable) playbook – but nothing will deter me from fighting for a good future and your right to free speech— Elon Musk (@elonmusk) May 20, 2022
― 𝔠𝔞𝔢𝔨 (caek), Friday, 20 May 2022 05:59 (four years ago)
what a snake
― lag∞n, Friday, 20 May 2022 12:04 (four years ago)
musk is a derivative poster, simple as that
― 龜, Friday, 20 May 2022 12:24 (four years ago)
Elonald Skump
― nashwan, Friday, 20 May 2022 12:47 (four years ago)
what a hero!
― Tracer Hand, Friday, 20 May 2022 13:15 (four years ago)
i need an ElonI'm holding out for an Elon til the end of the night
― mookie wilson shaggin balls (Neanderthal), Friday, 20 May 2022 13:29 (four years ago)
oh you've been sexually harassed by me? name 5 fucked up things about my dick pic.twitter.com/Utptrh88pF— Crowsa Luxemburg (@quendergeer) May 20, 2022
― nashwan, Friday, 20 May 2022 14:33 (four years ago)
rotting conjoined twin corpse on groin?
― Chappies banging dustbin lids together (President Keyes), Friday, 20 May 2022 14:52 (four years ago)
I was trying to come up with something but I don't think I can top that
― Ste, Friday, 20 May 2022 15:25 (four years ago)