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[–] [email protected] 279 points 3 months ago (9 children)

“Well, one lesson I’ve learned is that just because I say something to a group and they laugh doesn’t mean it’s going to be all that hilarious as a post on X,” he wrote Monday, adding later, “Turns out that jokes are WAY less funny if people don’t know the context and the delivery is plain text.”

The owner of Twitter is learning how text-based communication works in realtime before our eyes.

[–] [email protected] 159 points 3 months ago (5 children)
[–] gravitas_deficiency 65 points 3 months ago (1 children)
  • lots of negative blowback: “it was a joke!”
  • not that much negative blowback, at least initially: “yeah I meant that”
[–] [email protected] 41 points 3 months ago

aka Schrodinger's douchebag.

[–] [email protected] 30 points 3 months ago

That’s always the lame cover up.

[–] [email protected] 26 points 3 months ago (4 children)

If only the Bible said something about this.

Now we need people to read and remember what their book actually says.

[–] [email protected] 8 points 3 months ago (1 children)
[–] Fillicia 11 points 3 months ago (2 children)

Well IDGAF what you GAF about

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[–] [email protected] 45 points 3 months ago (2 children)

Slash he surrounded himself with people absolutely willing to step on one another to gain power and wealth so of course they're going to laugh at all of his "jokes"

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[–] [email protected] 22 points 3 months ago (2 children)

Lol at "the context". Bitch, WHAT context would make it any better?

[–] [email protected] 9 points 3 months ago

I’m sure the yes men he surrounds himself with was “the context”.

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[–] [email protected] 10 points 3 months ago

And being surrounded by yes men. And by right wing nutjobs.

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[–] [email protected] 174 points 3 months ago (44 children)

WHY THE FUCK HAS EVERYONE NOT DELETED TWITTER

there is literally no correct answer

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[–] [email protected] 158 points 3 months ago (2 children)

Elon Musk deletes his stochastic terrorism tweet.

[–] [email protected] 37 points 3 months ago (1 children)

The best thing that could come from the Harris election is cut ALL Musks government contracts.

[–] [email protected] 28 points 3 months ago (2 children)

Seize his companies in the name of national security.

[–] [email protected] 15 points 3 months ago

If it's an official action there's no legal consequences for it.

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[–] [email protected] 12 points 3 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago)

Won't someone rid me of this meddlesome ~~priest~~ vice president

[–] [email protected] 85 points 3 months ago (1 children)

Good thing it didn't get out to the internet. That would be embarrassing to keep being reminded of.

[–] [email protected] 24 points 3 months ago

Even if it did get out to the Internet, though, all you have to do is delete it and it instantly disappears.

[–] [email protected] 64 points 3 months ago (1 children)

"Will no one rid me of this meddlesome priest?"

[–] [email protected] 11 points 3 months ago (1 children)

Damn, made this joke too late

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[–] [email protected] 58 points 3 months ago (2 children)

I'm also noticing a lack of Elon Musk assassination attempts.

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[–] [email protected] 49 points 3 months ago

He's already made his request public, doesn't matter if he takes it down now.

[–] [email protected] 36 points 3 months ago

How the fuck has he not been visited by the feds?

I guess to be fair they're still getting a headcount on the people who were stupid enough to fall for the "Chase Infinite Money Glitch"

(For those who haven't heard what that is, TikTok tricked a bunch of people into committing Check Fraud by describing it as a "Free Money Glitch" and a bunch of 20 somethings who've never seen Catch Me If You Can or even heard of a check fell for it..)

[–] [email protected] 21 points 3 months ago (1 children)
[–] [email protected] 9 points 3 months ago (1 children)
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[–] [email protected] 20 points 3 months ago (1 children)

Elon has been such a jackass this year.

[–] [email protected] 25 points 3 months ago (1 children)

There was never a time when he wasn't a jackass. He just abandoned his job of running companies in exchange for being a full time dumbass.

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[–] [email protected] 19 points 3 months ago

Tfw you censor your own free speech on your “free speech” platform

[–] [email protected] 16 points 3 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago)

First, I wouldn’t assume that there isn't anyone planning to assassinate Harris.

Second, let's not pretend that there hasn't been political violence coming from Trump's side of the aisle. For example, does the phrase "where's Nancy" ring a bell?

Third, Trump has positioned himself as an authoritarian strong man who will not be restrained by laws, facts, institutions or norms. He has embraced extremism and excused violence. He promotes hatred, division and conspiracy theories. He attacks law enforcement and courts when they apply the law to him, while simultaneously threatening to wield them as a political tool to persecute his enemies. He has managed to get the Supreme Court to declare the president to be above the law up to and including being able to order the assassination of political rivals. He has rejected democracy, attempted to steal the last election, and incited a riot at at the capital in order to coerce congress into going along with his coup attempt. When that failed, he called for the constitution to be thrown out, and stated that members of his own administration that didn't support him should be executed. He's wielded his influence in the Republican party to undermine the defense of Ukraine and support for NATO, and has single-handedly weakened NATO by threatening to withdraw and sowing doubt as to whether the US can be counted on to honor the defensive pact at the heart of the alliance. He encouraged opposition to basic public health protections during a pandemic simply because they looked bad politically, fanning the flames of an anti-science and anti-health movement that significantly increased the death toll. He has promised to be a dictator, and wants to purge the federal government of anyone who is not loyal to him and his agenda. He has a base full of rabid nutcases who routinely threaten violence and intimidate those that get in the way or try to enforce the law. He uses Nazi rhetoric and is supported by neo nazis, white supremacists, and other militant groups. He also has the backing of numerous billionaires that wield disgusting amounts of power and influence, and he's made no secret that he is willing to sell policy in exchange for contributions.

And that's not even an exhaustive list, just the first things that come to mind. Quite frankly, Trump is so toxic and such a clear threat to basically everything that America and liberal democracy is supposed to be about that it's not a surprise that someone would take a shot at him.

[–] [email protected] 15 points 3 months ago

Thank goodness nobody saw it.

[–] [email protected] 14 points 3 months ago

So only free speech for the moment?

[–] [email protected] 14 points 3 months ago

I hate this brand of pseudo-intellectualism.

Adversity doesn't mean you're right. Lack of adversity doesn't mean you're wrong. It just means some people agree with you and some people disagree. That's it.

[–] [email protected] 13 points 3 months ago (5 children)

I am trying to figure out what I can say without it sounding like I am asking for someone to be shot.

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[–] [email protected] 10 points 3 months ago (1 children)
[–] [email protected] 9 points 3 months ago (1 children)

I didn't imply assassination attempts of the vice president when I was an 8 year old boy. This guy is a lunatic.

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