OT Musk/Twitter - The Great Experiment

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  1. SlyPokerDog

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    barfo triggered obsessive commie pinko Staff Member Global Moderator

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    … There's something happening here
    But what it is ain't exactly clear
    There's Elon with $44B over there
    Telling me I got to beware
    … I think it's time we stop
    Posters, what's that sound?
    Everybody look, Twitter's going down?
    … There's battle lines being drawn
    Everybody's right and Elon Musk is wrong
    Young Nazi's speaking their "minds"
    Getting so much support from behind
    … It's time we stop
    Hey, what's that sound?
    Everybody look, Twitter's going down?
    … What a good day for defeat (Ooh ooh ooh)
    A million people read a tweet (Ooh ooh ooh)
    Attacking Jews and they carrying signs (Ooh ooh ooh)
    Mostly say, "Hooray for our whines" (Ooh ooh ooh)
    … It's time we stop
    Hey, what's that sound?
    Everybody look, Twitter's going down?
    … Paranoia strikes deep
    Into your life it will creep
    It starts when you're always afraid
    Step out of line, Elon come and take you away
    … We better stop
    Hey, what's that sound?
    Everybody look, Twitter's going down?

    [inspired by this CNBC story:
    Apple and Elon Musk’s Twitter are on a collision course
    • Battle lines are being drawn. Last week, Musk complained about app store fees, which are between 15% and 30% of digital sales, in a tweet.]
    barfo
     
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    Chris Craig (Blazersland) I'm Your Huckleberry Staff Member Global Moderator Moderator

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    Well that's rich...Borbert giving lessons on Nazis.
     
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    THE HCP NorthEastPortland'sFinest

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    Jesus Christ this is like that orange asshat is back in office. Just doses of mental diarrhea being flung about.
     
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    THE HCP NorthEastPortland'sFinest

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    So if they take the Twitter app off of the App Store, what does that change? I already have it in my iPhone /iPad
     
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    Thank god this maniac is not an American citizen
     
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    What a stupid gotcha tweet. I'm pretty sure all the Nazis have been worked out of VW by now. I bet Lauren served Fanta and Jagermeister at her bar. (In separate drinks of course, unless you are a monster).
     
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    Fuck you Elon, you fucking stack of lying crap.
     
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    theprunetang Shaedon "Deadly Nightshade" Sharpe is HIM

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    You know she probably drinks Fantameisters. Probably likes Jack and Squirt too.
     
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    She is well qualified to give lessons on being a nazi.
     
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    For a time, I was in awe of Musk and believed him to be somewhat of a genius...and out here in the country broadband was woefully bad, so I waited anxiously for Starlink. Initially, it was $99 a month after paying $500 for the hardware and I was getting 300 MBS with a latency of 30 ms...not bad.

    But after only 2 months of service they not only raised the monthly fee by $20, my speed was cut to 90-100 MBS, still better than the internet provider I had previously but it still pissed me off...latency also got worse.

    The recent Twitter drama/fiasco thing turned me off even further and Musk has turned into an unhinged wacko...we are scheduled to have fiber optic broadband (2 gigs per second) available in February for less money than Starlink and as soon as the Conexon fiber optic becomes available here, I'll cancel Starlink and sell the "dishy" and other hardware as well as my account on Ebay or elsewhere.
     
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    Good call. Satellite will never be as good as a fiber connection.

    Good for redundancy if the expense is worth it to you though.
     
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    My parents just retired, bought an RV, and plan on doing a lot of travel in the next couple years and I'm thinking about grabbing them one. Not sure how much better it'd be than just a Verizon hotspot though.
     
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