Is Elon Musk the greatest visionary or the greatest snake oil salesman of our age?

[DotCommunist]

Oh these, you can put a hole in an apc from half a mile away sort of guns. Firing from the hip is for gunslingers in old westerns. With those old revolvers. In any case that part was largely myth so I read, the average cowboy was a bushwhacker, shoot you in the back from cover with a lever action rifle. Myths as cover for the mundanely murderous.

 

[a_chap]

mundanely murderous.

I feel like changing my tagline to that.

 

[Yuwipi Woman]

Oh these, you can put a hole in an apc from half a mile away sort of guns. Firing from the hip is for gunslingers in old westerns. With those old revolvers. In any case that part was largely myth so I read, the average cowboy was a bushwhacker, shoot you in the back from cover with a lever action rifle. Myths as cover for the mundanely murderous.

A bit OT, but a friend of mine wrote his doctoral thesis on frontier houses of prostitution. Many of them were the richest people in town, and certainly the richest women. They used their money to build roads, schools, even churches or buy hymnals. Of course, as the towns grew and became more respectable the sex workers had to go.

 

[phildwyer]

certainly the richest women.

Pretty much the only women.

 

[Yuwipi Woman]

Pretty much the only women.

There were a few washer women, but sometimes those jobs overlapped.

 

[neonwilderness]

He's been videoed firing a Barret .50 cal rifle from the hip because he's an arse.

 

[Storm Fox]

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Could it be he is firing blanks? One things I have learned from Mythbusters is 50cal have massive recoil.

 

[teqniq]

Heh:

 

[a_chap]

Ben?

[worried I'm going to look like an idiot for not knowing who "Ben" is]

 

[two sheds]

the 22-year old?

[also worried I'm going to look like an idiot for not knowing who "Ben" is]

 

[a_chap]

Solidarity, brother.

 

[teqniq]

Sorry no idea either folks.

 

[PTK]

Solidarity, brother.

Ben is Ben. You know, Ben.

 

[JimW]

Story here: Elon Musk Accused a Man of Being a ‘Fed’ and Nazi, Now He’s Being Sued

 

[Raheem]

Ben?

Most people would turn him away. I don't listen to a word they say.

 

[two sheds]

Story here: Elon Musk Accused a Man of Being a ‘Fed’ and Nazi, Now He’s Being Sued

Ah a Nazi is that all? They all referred to each other as Nazis when Musk was at school in South Africa

 

[teqniq]

Ok JimW has beaten me to it, but i went back to look at the thread and this is the guy, Ben Brody:

 

[likesfish]

Could it be he is firing blanks? One things I have learned from Mythbusters is 50cal have massive recoil.

it's a really heavy rifle so you might get away with it.

 

[spitfire]

I've fired 4 rounds through a .50 and it certainly had a kick to it but you could probably do that. Elong looks fairly well built so I'd say it wouldn't be out of the question.

I mean you wouldn't hit what you are aiming at but that's not why he's doing it. #willywaving

 

[Dystopiary]

Story here: Elon Musk Accused a Man of Being a ‘Fed’ and Nazi, Now He’s Being Sued

That is really horrible. That poor young guy. Honestly, Musk's atrocious politics and character don't surprise me but what does is the level of recklessness there. Maybe he doesn't care about consequences of his actions, even from a selfish point of view, or maybe he's become so egotistical he sees himself as infallible. Who knows?

 

[a_chap]

Ah a Nazi is that all? They all referred to each other as Nazis when Musk was at school in South Africa

It's odd.

When I was at school in South Africa I don't recall any kids calling someone a Nazi or a pedo.

Funny that.

 

[jeff_leigh]

Could it be he is firing blanks? One things I have learned from Mythbusters is 50cal have massive recoil.

No, He’s got enough kids to repopulate Ukraine

 

[two sheds]

"Please let it be true"


Bankers who financed Twitter sale to Musk considering taking it back because it's worth so much less than when he bought it.

 

[teqniq]

This strikes me as an incredibly stupid move:

X stops showing headlines because Elon Musk thinks it will make posts look better

It’s a very annoying change.

www.theverge.com

 

[teuchter]

"Please let it be true"

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Bankers who financed Twitter sale to Musk considering taking it back because it's worth so much less than when he bought it.

When you trace that back to the original story, it's an opinion piece which says that there's a meeting with the bankers but the idea that they might "take it back" looks just to be speculation.

Breakingviews - Elon Musk’s X is a black hole of value

X is still worth something, but not for the people running it. Boss Linda Yaccarino is set to present her plans for the social network formerly known as Twitter to bankers holding nearly $13 billion of its debt, the Financial Times reported. Looming over talks is the likelihood that X’s value is...

www.reuters.com

 

[Brainaddict]

This strikes me as an incredibly stupid move:

X stops showing headlines because Elon Musk thinks it will make posts look better

It’s a very annoying change.

www.theverge.com

It's so annoying. What is wrong with the man.


No sympathy for the bankers obv. It was them that made this possible. I never understood why they offered to lend at what everyone and their dog knew was too high a price. They must have thought Musk was magic. Numpties.

 

[Nylock]

I can't believe I'm cutting bankers some slack here but they probably also didn't think that Musk would tank brand recognition by putting in a weird name change, turn the site into an alt-right dumpster fire and all the while strangling ad revenue by alienating a significant number of the companies who now used to advertise with them.

 

[Yossarian]

I can't believe I'm cutting bankers some slack here but they probably also didn't think that Musk would tank brand recognition by putting in a weird name change, turn the site into an alt-right dumpster fire and all the while strangling ad revenue by alienating a significant number of the companies who now used to advertise with them.

Yep, according to the figures in that Reuters article, the loss on the $44 billion works out to around $100 million a day since Musk bought Twitter, not sure if even Musk's critics predicted an outcome that disastrous

 

[NoXion]

When you trace that back to the original story, it's an opinion piece which says that there's a meeting with the bankers but the idea that they might "take it back" looks just to be speculation.

Breakingviews - Elon Musk’s X is a black hole of value

X is still worth something, but not for the people running it. Boss Linda Yaccarino is set to present her plans for the social network formerly known as Twitter to bankers holding nearly $13 billion of its debt, the Financial Times reported. Looming over talks is the likelihood that X’s value is...

www.reuters.com

Still, it's hard to see how Xhitter can go anywhere but further down the U-bend. None of the known metrics are trending in a good direction.

 

[Jeff Robinson]

At what point will Musk just give up, sell and walk away? How much money is he prepared to shove in the furnace? Why can't he just fuck off, I want my old twitter community back!