Elon Musk

pretty funny to watch all these people argue with a 64 follow account with an av of a sports car, its probably a teenager

So fucking depressing to see actual human beings stanning for a billionaire and they’re not even being paid to do it. In the 19th century were there stans and super fans of Andrew Carnegie or James J Hill?

So fucking depressing to see actual human beings stanning for a billionaire and they’re not even being paid to do it. In the 19th century were there stans and super fans of Andrew Carnegie or James J Hill?

idk probably, people like a winner they want to be associated with that, thats how you go nazi

rooting for elon musk is like rooting for US Steel

I'm sure there were more stans in an era where there was a sliver of possibility that you, too, you could be a wealthy business owner, but in 2022 lol.

People love Avatar and the Yankees

Capitalism is a virus, they're trying to get infected by rubbing elbows

i asked google "what was andrew carnegie like" but it chose instead to answer this question: "why was carnegie a good person?"

ans = "in addition to funding libraries, he paid for thousands of church organs in the united states and around the world"

i stan the organ tycoon and so shd you

down over 10% now, man it is taaaanking

73d chess

barron's has got me HOOKED with this sneak peak of the analysis behind the paywall

Tesla TSLA –10.29% stock was down again Thursday. It has nothing to do with Twitter. The reason is much more serious.

The mix of inflation and rising interest rates have made used-car prices too expensive for many buyers.

https://www.barrons.com/articles/ford-tesla-carmax-used-car-prices-51671725166

https://archive.vn/y1u5f

i created a simple infographic to explain the abrupt change in $TSLA's stock price trend pic.twitter.com/y7GLM2Eh5V

— Patrick Cosmos (@veryimportant) December 22, 2022

xp ty lagoon!

Huh. For some reason I was under the impression car prices - new and used - had somewhat stabilized.

car financing has gotten more expensive though (via rising interest rates)

it's amazing this stock is tanking solely on the (true) perception that the CEO is a fucking idiot and not because of the issues with the cars themselves.

well the stock did go up like 20x on the perception that he was the smartest most handsome man on earth

I think it's possible that the suddenly inescapable visibility of the CEO, cast and casting himself in the worst possible light, have enticed those simply along for the ride (in every sense) to look closer at the stock and its valuation.

xp ty lagoon!

― Karl Malone, Thursday, December 22, 2022 1:02 PM (twenty-four minutes ago) bookmarkflaglink

np i recommend the archive page browser extension as a component of everyones paywall avoidance schemes, or if youre on mobile you can just c&p on https://archive.ph/

that is the fucking LINK OF THE DAY (archive.ph), thank you! the internet has truly delivered today, and today the internet is lagoon

bless

with $7k off, the cheapest tesla is still like $50k, huh

and thats the one that was supposed to be 30k lol

the affordable tesla is as much as a mid tier bmw

sadly the Free Speech add-on is an additional 44 billion.

BREAKING $TSLA

U.S. LAUNCHES TWO NEW SPECIAL CRASH INVESTIGATIONS INTO TESLA VEHICLES WHERE DRIVER ASSISTANCE SYSTEMS ARE SUSPECTED OF USE - via NHTSA

— Stock Swing Alert (@StockSwingAlert) December 22, 2022

the best chasing post ever there:

"U.S. LAUNCHES TWO NEW SPECIAL CRASH INVESTIGATIONS🤔

When do they start investigating the POISON JAB🧐"

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HVzAH0FtNwg

best freshman year roommate ever

https://pbs.twimg.com/media/Ff3GjEEX0AAN66F?format=jpg&name=small

elon's an elite polytopian

Chess is a simple game. Understandable when all we had to play with were squirrels 🐿 and rocks🪨, but now we have computers 💻.

— Elon Musk (@elonmusk) March 6, 2022

Polytopia is *way* better imo, if you like strategy games

— Elon Musk (@elonmusk) March 6, 2022

Aquarion and Polaris

— Elon Musk (@elonmusk) March 6, 2022

I thought he only liked spawn positions for the purpose of human reproduction?

https://www.wsj.com/articles/elon-musk-twitter-advertisers-exodus-11671722594

About 70% of Twitter’s top 100 ad spenders from before Mr. Musk’s takeover weren’t spending on the platform as of the week ending Dec. 18, according to an analysis of data from research firm Pathmatics. It’s a problem the billionaire can’t afford to ignore, since roughly 89% of Twitter’s $5.1 billion in revenue last year came from ads.

elon otm re kasparov tbf: he is an idiot

game recognize game

He should challenge him to a stupid-off.

Elon Susk

that might be a good opportunity for someone to revive the flying dick scheme

elon otm re kasparov tbf: he is an idiot

― mark s, Thursday, December 22, 2022 3:16 PM (thirty-six minutes ago) bookmarkflaglink

just cause someone has different beliefs than you like thinking jesus was born in crimea in 1152 doesnt make them an idiot

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

it's time for musk to buy kickstarter, then redirect all the funds towards twitter.. queen takes pawn

"but this money was for Timmy's heart surgery"

"yes, but if we don't take it, you won't have a Twitter to post about it on. think before you talk."

ok I was going to say that pattern would make more sense but Neanderthal has gone a step further and confused both with gofundme

although a kickstarter for heart surgery would be great, you buy a heart replacement that's obviously meant to be cobbled together from Alibaba components but they never figure it out and you receive nothing

not pattern, patreon

lol i should know better, I've donated to kickstarters before. must be bitter that anything I funded never materialized.

"thanks for your support, back to the drawing board"

"Guys, Twitter is a little short on funds to make payroll this month - if anyone is able to chip in, we've got some great schwag and we'll let you zoom into the board meetings!"

patreon is a good fit because it's "I'm uh making content please fund me"
kickstarter is "I'm going to deliver you this thing if it works out. you're a gadget guy, right? ok nevermind your success rate is higher buying random shit on aliexpress"
gofundme is "my house burned down again and also gamgam needs money to get her arm amputated and we have no social safety net"

if Elon buys out patreon then maybe the owners never have to make a pomplamoose song again

Elon is definitely a gadget guy to some extent, though. I bet he'd be into one of those cool Flipper hacking devices but then try to figure out how to put tweets on it

Watching @elonmusk + Co take over Twitter is like watching a business school case study on how to make money on the internet. Amazing that at some level it is so basic. Lesson one: charge your power users what they are willing to pay. 1/3

— Jessica Lessin (@Jessicalessin) October 31, 2022

Lesson two: Lock up your core customers (advertisers) by going on a listening tour and asking them what works and what doesn't. Make sure to land a few key public commitments. Focus on the head not the long tail.

— Jessica Lessin (@Jessicalessin) October 31, 2022

Lesson 3: Cut costs dramatically and do it fast and all at once to get it over with. Elevate a few key people (including some veterans) to promote internal cohesion.

Not rocket science. They will succeed because they can do it outside the public shareholder eye.

3/3

— Jessica Lessin (@Jessicalessin) October 31, 2022

which lesson are we on now