Seth Pecksniff posted:

How's this:

The person who picks the correct date of when Twitter dies (or closest to) gets a free av change/upgrade

I'll take submissions for the next week or so, unless Twitter folds before then and then uh... I guess no one wins?

Seth Pecksniff posted:

How's this:

The person who picks the correct date of when Twitter dies (or closest to) gets a free av change/upgrade

I'll take submissions for the next week or so, unless Twitter folds before then and then uh... I guess no one wins?

F_Shit_Fitzgerald posted:

2024 seems awfully generous considering the rate at which Musk is actively burning the site down around him. Something closer to January 1, 2023 wouldn't surprise me but that's not an official prediction; just a guess.

madmatt112 posted:

Thank u for clarifying that your post on somethingawfulforums is not an Official Prediction and shouldn’t be taken as such, rather it is simply a Guess, and therefore we will not bring legal proceedings in the event your Guess is incorrect.

Seth Pecksniff posted:

How's this:

The person who picks the correct date of when Twitter dies (or closest to) gets a free av change/upgrade

I'll take submissions for the next week or so, unless Twitter folds before then and then uh... I guess no one wins?

Seth Pecksniff posted:

How's this:

The person who picks the correct date of when Twitter dies (or closest to) gets a free av change/upgrade

I'll take submissions for the next week or so, unless Twitter folds before then and then uh... I guess no one wins?

Sweaty IT Nerd posted:

Twitter fixin to be h8stragram.

F_Shit_Fitzgerald posted:

Gotta protect myself against any class action lawsuits filed against me by Jeffrey.


e: gently caress it; I'll say January 1, 2023. never underestimate Musk's ability to fail in hilariously epic ways.

Seth Pecksniff posted:

How's this:

The person who picks the correct date of when Twitter dies (or closest to) gets a free av change/upgrade

I'll take submissions for the next week or so, unless Twitter folds before then and then uh... I guess no one wins?

BIG FLUFFY DOG posted:

Among other things wario is actually good at running his software company

EDIT: After doing further research on the MarioWiki I admit you were right. The resemblance is uncanny

Convex posted:

worm girl posted:

Incelgram.

Comstar posted:

Gentlemen, the moment has clearly arrived.

Post the date Twitter is sold or folds.


My pick: August 3rd, 2024.

buglord posted:

It’s still really hard not to see this as some 5th dimensional chess move because I refuse to believe someone could act this stupidly.

But maybe Musk doesn’t actually care about the money as much as he needs some sort of validation/win and even if it means taking a huge loss in Twitter, as long as he can save face and get some positive mainstream news articles about letting go of it, that’ll be enough?

Ed Zitron posted:

I think we may be past the point at which it makes sense to understand why he’s doing things. Musk is existentially impossible for more than 100 people to understand - he does not worry about having somewhere to sleep, or what to eat, or where to eat it, or how to get there, or whether his power bill or his car lease are paid. Musk does not have to worry about whether he will be able to pay for anything. In fact, acquiring Twitter may be the most Musk has had to think of the cost of something in some time - there is no consideration of how much it would be to buy something that regular people buy, just that it arrives in the amount of time he wishes.

Trying to understand billionaires defies most logic, because so many of the things we do are done with the white noise of decision-making - can we afford this? Should I do this? Will this be good for my career, or health? I’d love to go on a vacation - can I afford that? Oh, my friend’s sad because they’ve lost their job, which they need to pay for their bills. Musk can burn several of his companies to the ground and likely still have so much money that he can (if he has not already done so) eradicate every ounce of friction that a human being can experience.

This is what makes trying to understand him so difficult, and those who kiss up to him so utterly repulsive. Elon Musk does not need more adulation or support. He does not need to be told he is smart or successful and does not deserve any quarter or benefit of the doubt. The correlation of Musk making a great deal of money does not equal the causation of any particular intellectual superiority, but it is also very difficult to understand the mind of someone that does not experience human concerns. Musk’s chaotic mania makes sense only if you can envision a world in which you simply did not experience real challenges - he can afford or do almost anything, and he chooses to do what he is currently doing as a result.

Klyith posted:

https://ez.substack.com/p/billionaire-brain-damage

saintonan posted:

This is where name and shame comes into play

https://twitter.com/MattGertz/status/1588633034173349888?s=20&t=fgOlOUwu4MQKz_t-Yyln6A

Comstar posted:

Gentlemen, the moment has clearly arrived.

Post the date Twitter is sold or folds.


My pick: August 3rd, 2024.

EvilJoven posted:

what are the odds this ends up with this idiot just taking his ball and going home and shutting down Twitter?

Because if he does that someone needs to goad him into buying facebook and reddit next.

Seth Pecksniff posted:

How's this:

The person who picks the correct date of when Twitter dies (or closest to) gets a free av change/upgrade

I'll take submissions for the next week or so, unless Twitter folds before then and then uh... I guess no one wins?

Ubersandwich posted:

Relatively recent? A few weeks ago he posted how he used to vote Democrat, but they are too extreme so time to start goosestepping.