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Post by wannabee on Nov 14, 2022 0:06:26 GMT
Don't know anything at all about him but hope his friends call him Muskie If you don't remember Deputy Dawg that'll mean little Muskie Muskrat was a "Varmint" I don't think Elon would be happy with this at all!
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Post by metalhead on Nov 14, 2022 23:47:48 GMT
He's absolutely trashing Twitter.
I'm starting to believe in God. If someone could fuck off Snapchat and Facebook, I would be in heaven.
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Post by gawa on Nov 16, 2022 20:11:41 GMT
Correct. I believe most of us money came from daddy too. And now he has a load of vanity projects/companies which all run at extraordinary losses. If Elons the answer to saving the planet then we're all f*cked. Sure the prick even turned off his Starlink stuff in Ukraine last week when Russia made attacks. Apparently all to do with "funding". Which pretty much goes to show his intentions were never in the right place in the first place. He seen Ukraine as a financial opportunity for his stupid vanity projects and a chance to make himself look like a good guy too. Elon Musk is a massive Cunt with an ego the size of the Grand Canyon, he is a smart cunt though The Urban Myth of a Rich Daddy is just that probably started by his eccentric and delusional father When Musk left South Africa aged seventeen with intent to eventually go to US. He arrived in Montreal and then took a 1900 mile bus ride to his Cousins Farm where he worked for the next year as well as in lumber yards Having saved some money he enrolled at a mediocre Canadian University where he spent the next two years. before eventually gaining a scholarship to Stanford . None of this smacks of inherited wealth but does it matter. Perhaps the myth derives from when Musk dropped out of Stanford he and his brother Kimbal did indeed borrow $28,000 from his Father to start Zip2 which they sold to Compaq 4 years later for $307M I'm not really aware of his vanity projects, but what else are bored Billionaires going to do A lot of them seem obsessed with Space Bezos, Branson etc. I'm sure when Musk started Space X and Tesla many people considered them Vanity Projects It's estimated that a Battery EV emits 3 times less Co2 than a conventional Petrol Car. If the electricity is produced by renewables even more Its why UK and many other Countries are banning Petrol/Diesel Cars by 2030 to help meet Net Zero Targets. Tesla are clearly pioneers in this arena so it would be churlish to deny he has not contributed Do I think he's doing it for altruistic reasons, of course not. What can not be disputed is one of Musks Vanity Projects Starlink has changed the War in Ukraine's favour. Musk being in a pissing contest withe The Pentagon is hardly surprising as I'm sure he sees himself as some later day Ernst Blofeld. What I feel shocking about the whole situation is that one very erratic man has the power to change the course of a War and ultimately History That must be like a Turbo Boost of Viagra to his Ego. Why do you say urban myth? Because Elon likes to try and portray himself as rags to richs guy? The family were some of the first British immigrants to South Africa. His grandmother the first to fly in a single jet plane to Australia. His mother was a famous model who appeared on time magizines, vogue and women's day when he was growing up. His ex girlfriend from 94 even auctioned of a necklace he gave her with an emerald from his father's mine in Zambia. As for traveling to America and getting a bus to his cousins. Was it common for South African kids to just fly to America in the 90s. I imagine the long bus trip you reference is likely due to less travel routes from South Africa to American airports. I very much doubt he worked on a farm to save for his studies. At 17 he was likely to young to attend university and was simply staying with family. His dad was able to gift him and his brother 30k go start their business. So I really do not for one second believe the story which you're trying to paint of this young sotuj african kid saving his pocket money for years to fly to the land of the free. Then taking a 2k cross country trip to slog it out on a farm just to save enough money to fund himself through university. It does not surprise me at all that Elon likes to give this illusion though. I imagine he probably is insecure about being born into wealth and much prefers to give the impression he's self made. Some people still consider SpaceX a vanity project. The same could be said about twitter. Agrree with most of the rest, especially the cunt part.
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Post by wannabee on Nov 16, 2022 22:20:44 GMT
Elon Musk is a massive Cunt with an ego the size of the Grand Canyon, he is a smart cunt though The Urban Myth of a Rich Daddy is just that probably started by his eccentric and delusional father When Musk left South Africa aged seventeen with intent to eventually go to US. He arrived in Montreal and then took a 1900 mile bus ride to his Cousins Farm where he worked for the next year as well as in lumber yards Having saved some money he enrolled at a mediocre Canadian University where he spent the next two years. before eventually gaining a scholarship to Stanford . None of this smacks of inherited wealth but does it matter. Perhaps the myth derives from when Musk dropped out of Stanford he and his brother Kimbal did indeed borrow $28,000 from his Father to start Zip2 which they sold to Compaq 4 years later for $307M I'm not really aware of his vanity projects, but what else are bored Billionaires going to do A lot of them seem obsessed with Space Bezos, Branson etc. I'm sure when Musk started Space X and Tesla many people considered them Vanity Projects It's estimated that a Battery EV emits 3 times less Co2 than a conventional Petrol Car. If the electricity is produced by renewables even more Its why UK and many other Countries are banning Petrol/Diesel Cars by 2030 to help meet Net Zero Targets. Tesla are clearly pioneers in this arena so it would be churlish to deny he has not contributed Do I think he's doing it for altruistic reasons, of course not. What can not be disputed is one of Musks Vanity Projects Starlink has changed the War in Ukraine's favour. Musk being in a pissing contest withe The Pentagon is hardly surprising as I'm sure he sees himself as some later day Ernst Blofeld. What I feel shocking about the whole situation is that one very erratic man has the power to change the course of a War and ultimately History That must be like a Turbo Boost of Viagra to his Ego. Why do you say urban myth? Because Elon likes to try and portray himself as rags to richs guy? The family were some of the first British immigrants to South Africa. His grandmother the first to fly in a single jet plane to Australia. His mother was a famous model who appeared on time magizines, vogue and women's day when he was growing up. His ex girlfriend from 94 even auctioned of a necklace he gave her with an emerald from his father's mine in Zambia. As for traveling to America and getting a bus to his cousins. Was it common for South African kids to just fly to America in the 90s. I imagine the long bus trip you reference is likely due to less travel routes from South Africa to American airports. I very much doubt he worked on a farm to save for his studies. At 17 he was likely to young to attend university and was simply staying with family. His dad was able to gift him and his brother 30k go start their business. So I really do not for one second believe the story which you're trying to paint of this young sotuj african kid saving his pocket money for years to fly to the land of the free. Then taking a 2k cross country trip to slog it out on a farm just to save enough money to fund himself through university. It does not surprise me at all that Elon likes to give this illusion though. I imagine he probably is insecure about being born into wealth and much prefers to give the impression he's self made. Some people still consider SpaceX a vanity project. The same could be said about twitter. Agrree with most of the rest, especially the cunt part. I'm actually not that vested in Musk but you can look it up if you like. I said in my post Musk went to Canada aged 17 his Mother was Canadian. His Cousins name is Mark Teulon and he has a Farm at a place near Waldeck in Saskatchewan After his Farming and Lumbering Musk enrolled at the Public Queens University where he did his 2 year Matriculation CIMP Pre University if you like and from this he got a scholarship to to University of Pennsylvania Musks father sold a boat or aeroplane or something and bought a half share in an Emerald mine in Zambia for $80K and did make quite a bit of money which he quickly squandered as well as his marriage. These events led to Musk his Mother and Brother and Sister to Foxtrot Oscar Yes Musks ex girlfriend when he was at Stanford has done reasonably well out of her short stint with Elon. People are prepared to pay all sorts of money for weird shit if there's a Celebrity attachment. In total all the items fetched $165K a Bithday Card went for $16,643 a photograph of Musk went for $21,900 they had been valued at $100 The infamous Necklace sold for $51K authenticated by photos of her wearing it with Musk. Here's a picture of it www.google.com/amp/s/news.artnet.com/market/elon-musk-auction-results-2178720/amp-pageYou may think SpaceX is a Vaniity Project the people of Ukraine consider its what turned the War against Russia. It has a current valuation of $127 Billion
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Post by Goonie on Nov 17, 2022 15:46:46 GMT
That's saved me loads of time as was going to watch the BBC documentary lol🤪😂
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Post by Goonie on Nov 17, 2022 15:47:19 GMT
He's absolutely trashing Twitter. I'm starting to believe in God. If someone could fuck off Snapchat and Facebook, I would be in heaven. Ticktok and Instagram too 😁👍
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Post by hotterpotter on Nov 18, 2022 7:56:00 GMT
BBC reporting today that Twitter staff are being terminated. 😮
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Post by felonious on Nov 18, 2022 9:51:06 GMT
That's saved me loads of time as was going to watch the BBC documentary lol🤪😂 I've only seen one part of the BBC documentary but it was very interesting.
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Post by bayernoatcake on Dec 18, 2022 17:52:24 GMT
A bastion of free speech and free markets.
The big fucking cry baby.
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Post by RichieBarkerOut! on Dec 19, 2022 6:27:22 GMT
That's saved me loads of time as was going to watch the BBC documentary lol🤪😂 I've only seen one part of the BBC documentary but it was very interesting. I watched the documentary as I wanted to know more about him, and came away from it with a positive view of him. His time as Twitter boss has shown the documentary as a whitewash.
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Post by musik on Dec 20, 2022 17:58:37 GMT
I love him. The world needs more Elon Musks. I just saw this thread. Have absolutely no idea what kind of person he is. Only know everyone among my friends think he's great. I know one thing. He did fire the excess supply of controlling not needed people at a company. It might have been twitter? 🤔
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Post by bayernoatcake on Dec 21, 2022 4:32:44 GMT
The bastion of free speech isn’t actually interested in it. Who knew 😂
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Post by gawa on Mar 7, 2023 22:17:03 GMT
https://www.reddit.com/r/antiwork/comments/11kzn5v/elon_musk_firing_a_disabled_employee_and_then/
Slide through the pics and read the tweets. Elon gets wrecked.
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Post by bayernoatcake on Mar 7, 2023 23:07:36 GMT
Still an absolute fucking bellend.
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Post by yeswilko on Mar 8, 2023 22:51:15 GMT
https://www.reddit.com/r/antiwork/comments/11kzn5v/elon_musk_firing_a_disabled_employee_and_then/ Slide through the pics and read the tweets. Elon gets wrecked. Made a rate tit of himself, again.
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Post by gawa on May 14, 2023 0:45:39 GMT
This guys very dangerous.
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Post by mtrstudent on May 14, 2023 4:51:16 GMT
This guys very dangerous. Threw a strop when journalists reported on some shooter's Nazi ties. Seems Musky didn't want people to see the guy's swastika and SS tattoos, so he had twitter engineers fiddle the algorithm to target those journalists and suppress their posts. Sounds like twitter has also folded to a lot more demands from governments since musk took over. Censoring speech etc. Things got worse there for most people. The Nazis seem chuffed though.
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Post by iancransonsknees on May 14, 2023 6:44:30 GMT
Ego's don't come much bigger I'd respectfully challenge that and provide the above image of a well known Oatcake poster as evidence.
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Post by bayernoatcake on May 14, 2023 9:20:30 GMT
This guys very dangerous. Threw a strop when journalists reported on some shooter's Nazi ties. Seems Musky didn't want people to see the guy's swastika and SS tattoos, so he had twitter engineers fiddle the algorithm to target those journalists and suppress their posts. Sounds like twitter has also folded to a lot more demands from governments since musk took over. Censoring speech etc. Things got worse there for most people. The Nazis seem chuffed though. Isn’t it crazy how the right wing free speech lot aren’t actually for free speech? Musk is a massive danger.
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Post by Deleted on May 15, 2023 7:01:36 GMT
Threw a strop when journalists reported on some shooter's Nazi ties. Seems Musky didn't want people to see the guy's swastika and SS tattoos, so he had twitter engineers fiddle the algorithm to target those journalists and suppress their posts. Sounds like twitter has also folded to a lot more demands from governments since musk took over. Censoring speech etc. Things got worse there for most people. The Nazis seem chuffed though. Isn’t it crazy how the right wing free speech lot aren’t actually for free speech? Musk is a massive danger. The majority of people don’t give a fuck about censorship unless it’s “their side” being targeted by it. Right or left. So one side has been vocal because they perceive themselves to be a victim of it, and the other side has largely derided them for their concerns. And now it’s the other side seeing a major platform that has traditionally heavily tilted in “their favour” make a dramatic shift the other way, you can’t now use that as a stick to beat the other side with unless you were sympathetic to the previous concerns. Maybe you were I obviously don’t know your entire posting history. But if you weren’t (and I strongly suspect not give the nature of your political posts) then you aren’t in a position to be highlighting hypocrisy.
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Post by bayernoatcake on May 15, 2023 7:17:06 GMT
Isn’t it crazy how the right wing free speech lot aren’t actually for free speech? Musk is a massive danger. The majority of people don’t give a fuck about censorship unless it’s “their side” being targeted by it. Right or left. So one side has been vocal because they perceive themselves to be a victim of it, and the other side has largely derided them for their concerns. And now it’s the other side seeing a major platform that has traditionally heavily tilted in “their favour” make a dramatic shift the other way, you can’t now use that as a stick to beat the other side with unless you were sympathetic to the previous concerns. Maybe you were I obviously don’t know your entire posting history. But if you weren’t (and I strongly suspect not give the nature of your political posts) then you aren’t in a position to be highlighting hypocrisy. That’s bollocks like all social media it’s always been a right wing cesspit. I’ve always said you don’t have a right to freedom of speech, it’s simply not a thing. Highlighting someone who has harked on about free speech backing down to a political leader isn’t hypocrisy.
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Post by Deleted on May 15, 2023 8:21:06 GMT
The majority of people don’t give a fuck about censorship unless it’s “their side” being targeted by it. Right or left. So one side has been vocal because they perceive themselves to be a victim of it, and the other side has largely derided them for their concerns. And now it’s the other side seeing a major platform that has traditionally heavily tilted in “their favour” make a dramatic shift the other way, you can’t now use that as a stick to beat the other side with unless you were sympathetic to the previous concerns. Maybe you were I obviously don’t know your entire posting history. But if you weren’t (and I strongly suspect not give the nature of your political posts) then you aren’t in a position to be highlighting hypocrisy. That’s bollocks like all social media it’s always been a right wing cesspit. I’ve always said you don’t have a right to freedom of speech, it’s simply not a thing. Highlighting someone who has harked on about free speech backing down to a political leader isn’t hypocrisy. Twitter has always been a right wing cesspit?
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Post by gawa on May 15, 2023 8:52:18 GMT
Isn’t it crazy how the right wing free speech lot aren’t actually for free speech? Musk is a massive danger. The majority of people don’t give a fuck about censorship unless it’s “their side” being targeted by it. Right or left. So one side has been vocal because they perceive themselves to be a victim of it, and the other side has largely derided them for their concerns. And now it’s the other side seeing a major platform that has traditionally heavily tilted in “their favour” make a dramatic shift the other way, you can’t now use that as a stick to beat the other side with unless you were sympathetic to the previous concerns. Maybe you were I obviously don’t know your entire posting history. But if you weren’t (and I strongly suspect not give the nature of your political posts) then you aren’t in a position to be highlighting hypocrisy. What other politicians have been blocked on twitter in the past? The only one I know is Trump after he pushed for his followers to try some sort of coup when he lost his election and people died from it. I don't think that's compatible to Turkey. But maybe there are other right wing politicians which have been blocked on it before that I'm unaware of.
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Post by Deleted on May 15, 2023 10:21:07 GMT
The majority of people don’t give a fuck about censorship unless it’s “their side” being targeted by it. Right or left. So one side has been vocal because they perceive themselves to be a victim of it, and the other side has largely derided them for their concerns. And now it’s the other side seeing a major platform that has traditionally heavily tilted in “their favour” make a dramatic shift the other way, you can’t now use that as a stick to beat the other side with unless you were sympathetic to the previous concerns. Maybe you were I obviously don’t know your entire posting history. But if you weren’t (and I strongly suspect not give the nature of your political posts) then you aren’t in a position to be highlighting hypocrisy. What other politicians have been blocked on twitter in the past? The only one I know is Trump after he pushed for his followers to try some sort of coup when he lost his election and people died from it. I don't think that's compatible to Turkey. But maybe there are other right wing politicians which have been blocked on it before that I'm unaware of. I’m not really making any point about this particular case, or Elon musk. More a point about obsession with right/left point scoring, which is a silly game and a tedious one to see being played in perpetuity on this board. Everyone is somewhere on a spectrum of hypocrisy when it comes to politics.
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Post by gawa on May 15, 2023 10:39:04 GMT
What other politicians have been blocked on twitter in the past? The only one I know is Trump after he pushed for his followers to try some sort of coup when he lost his election and people died from it. I don't think that's compatible to Turkey. But maybe there are other right wing politicians which have been blocked on it before that I'm unaware of. I’m not really making any point about this particular case, or Elon musk. More a point about obsession with right/left point scoring, which is a silly game and a tedious one to see being played in perpetuity on this board. Everyone is somewhere on a spectrum of hypocrisy when it comes to politics. But this is a thread about Elon Musk who advocates for "free speech" and who is interfering in political elections by blocking parties on his platform in the build up to an election. In my opinion you've attempted to make it into a point scoring left/right thing by bringing this into the conversation. And in terms of hypocrisy. Andrew Bridgend is right wing tory mp suspended by his own party and silenced and I've made my position on that clear that I think it's wrong and he should be allowed a voice. And we are at opposite ends of the political spectrum.
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Post by CBUFAWKIPWH on May 15, 2023 11:53:14 GMT
I’m not really making any point about this particular case, or Elon musk. More a point about obsession with right/left point scoring, which is a silly game and a tedious one to see being played in perpetuity on this board. Everyone is somewhere on a spectrum of hypocrisy when it comes to politics. But this is a thread about Elon Musk who advocates for "free speech" and who is interfering in political elections by blocking parties on his platform in the build up to an election. In my opinion you've attempted to make it into a point scoring left/right thing by bringing this into the conversation. And in terms of hypocrisy. Andrew Bridgend is right wing tory mp suspended by his own party and silenced and I've made my position on that clear that I think it's wrong and he should be allowed a voice. And we are at opposite ends of the political spectrum. I agree Bridgend should be allowed a voice but the fact he has been suspended by his party is a different matter. A political party defines what it believes in and an MP that holds fundamentally different views can't really remain in that party. Also when an MP speaks they are representing their party so it isn't unreasonable for a party not to give them a platform if they are saying things they fundamentally disagree with. In effect Bridgend is using the platform the Tory Party have given him to say things the Tory Party don't agree with and they have every right to take that platform away from him. Bridgend definitely has a right to a voice but he either has to convert his current party to his views and get them to adopt them as party policy, find a political party that supports his views or find a platform as an individual. Being denied a voice by your own political party isn't the same as being denied a voice by a media platform. As to Musk - he's a self publicising dickhead. What he's done to Twitter is disasterous - having totally screwed it up he's walked away and handed the problem to someone else who will no doubt take the blame for the mess he created.
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Post by Deleted on May 15, 2023 14:41:25 GMT
I’m not really making any point about this particular case, or Elon musk. More a point about obsession with right/left point scoring, which is a silly game and a tedious one to see being played in perpetuity on this board. Everyone is somewhere on a spectrum of hypocrisy when it comes to politics. In my opinion you've attempted to make it into a point scoring left/right thing by bringing this into the conversation I mean I was directly replying to Bayern who did exactly what I criticised (as he often does) I didn't express a political opinion in my posts. So not sure how that can be construed as point scoring; just pointing out that the person pointing out hypocrisy, is in fact being a hypocrite. And in terms of being at opposite ends of the spectrum; are we though? You recently liked a post of mine in the mick lynch thread that surely tells you otherwise.
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Post by mtrstudent on May 15, 2023 14:53:53 GMT
The majority of people don’t give a fuck about censorship unless it’s “their side” being targeted by it. Right or left. So one side has been vocal because they perceive themselves to be a victim of it, and the other side has largely derided them for their concerns. I have different opinions about the government punishing speech, and a company deciding not to give you a platform to reach more people. IMO it's complicated though, we allow government censorship when it punishees false advertising, breaking contracts or lying in court. I think the anti-Musk side's been pretty consistently asking to censor e.g. propaganda from authoritarians, hateful stuff etc. Isn't that group generally still saying that? The musk side is that censorship is bad and free speech should reign. But based on Musk's actions that's a lie - he's increased the platform for groups like Nazis but actively suppresses groups that disagree with him or when anti-democratic leaders ask him to. I think that's the hypocrisy here.
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Post by gawa on May 15, 2023 14:54:27 GMT
In my opinion you've attempted to make it into a point scoring left/right thing by bringing this into the conversation I mean I was directly replying to Bayern who did exactly what I criticised (as he often does) I didn't express a political opinion in my posts. So not sure how that can be construed as point scoring; just pointing out that the person pointing out hypocrisy, is in fact being a hypocrite. And in terms of being at opposite ends of the spectrum; are we though? You recently liked a post of mine in the mick lynch thread that surely tells you otherwise. Fair enough I see what you mean now. I retract that. In terms of political spectrum I meant more that Andrew Bridgen and me are at opposite ends but I still don't agree with how he was cancelled for raising stuff that alot of people are concerned about. Even if it isn't something I personally believe in to the same degree. I still don't agree with what Musk has done here though. And id say the same if he blocked all Conservative tweets before an election too. Musks management of twitter is becoming very similar to that of Murdoch and how he manages his media empire. Here they are together
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Post by PotterLog on May 15, 2023 15:05:17 GMT
The majority of people don’t give a fuck about censorship unless it’s “their side” being targeted by it. Right or left. So one side has been vocal because they perceive themselves to be a victim of it, and the other side has largely derided them for their concerns. And now it’s the other side seeing a major platform that has traditionally heavily tilted in “their favour” make a dramatic shift the other way, you can’t now use that as a stick to beat the other side with unless you were sympathetic to the previous concerns. Maybe you were I obviously don’t know your entire posting history. But if you weren’t (and I strongly suspect not give the nature of your political posts) then you aren’t in a position to be highlighting hypocrisy. That’s bollocks like all social media it’s always been a right wing cesspit. I’ve always said you don’t have a right to freedom of speech, it’s simply not a thing. Highlighting someone who has harked on about free speech backing down to a political leader isn’t hypocrisy. What do you mean it's "not a thing"
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