106th Obsequious Banter Thread: Halloween Edition of Two Ghosts

[ajgoal]

mobile phones also...great in theory that you have a phone for emergencies...bad in practice cause people have conversations that should be private out in the open

I know I am often tempted to join in on speakerphone conversations in Target, at Chipotle, or in the restroom.

 

[swami24]

A coworker does not modulate his voice while on the phone at his desk, even when having personal conversations with his doctors.

 

[Flybynite]

Elon's heel turn from visionary to world-class piece of shit has been something else.

Money and power almost always corrupts a person.

It's not really that much of a 'turn'. He's always been a greedy, manipulative asshole. He's employed questionable tactics in building his fortunes, some of the earlier companies he left did better because of him leaving (at least in the short-term). If you look at his families legacy there's questionable 'blood money' in the gemstone mine of his Father and his success from the apartheid-era. Something that earlier on Musk admitted to his Father's wealth and the privilege it afforded him. He bragged about the private jet flights and everything.

Then as it became more questioned about he suddenly started the stories about distancing himself from his Father and his wealth. I think some of the earlier stories about Musk even got 'scrubbed' from the news sites that originally ran them even though it was him GIVING THE INTERVIEW and admitting the stuff. Guess having billions will give you a lot of pull.

But really this all boils down to he grifted against the 'left' for pretty much as long as he possibly could and now he's deciding to move to the right and grift there. I don't think there was any change in his actually personality or anything, it's just all about money.

The whole shtick about Tesla/EV saving the environment and mankind has kinda run it's course, so now he's trying to get the 'other side' onboard with him fighting 'against tyranny' and all this other crap.

 

[BackToTheBrierePatch]

Elon's heel turn from visionary to world-class piece of shit has been something else.

Money and power almost always corrupts a person.

I bet his scumbag fascist friends will be able to have it for free and say whatever they want. I hope Twitter burns to the f***ing ground.

I absolutely adore this from a social experiment perspective.

Mega star people should probably be verified and they can afford it. Joe Jabroni from down the street that believes having a blue check mark next to their name means something will now how to shell out some money to get that high that they search for.

Social media was a mistake. Let it all burn.

Can I like this post 100 times?

 

[LegionOfDoom91]

 

[LegionOfDoom91]

 

[prototypical4thliner]

Maybe Elon can get his “brackets” right. Tax higher on amount of twitter followers to be verified.

That being said, holy free speech Batman.

 

[ajgoal]

Just once, I want one of these stories to end with, "And it's coming right for us."

'Planet killer' asteroid spotted hiding in the sun's glare | CNN

Astronomers have spotted three near-Earth asteroids that were lurking undetected within the glare of the sun. One of the asteroids is the largest potentially hazardous object to Earth to be discovered in the last eight years.

www.cnn.com

 

[Flybynite]

So the 'blue verified checkmark' is basically meaningless. It will no longer be about 'verifying' the identity of a figure and now just represent someone who pays monthly to be subscribed.

 

[LegionOfDoom91]

There are too many jagoffs with verified accounts on Twitter that I really don’t know why. But that solution doesn’t appear to be a helpful one on that front.

 

[Flybynite]

There are too many jagoffs with verified accounts on Twitter that I really don’t know why. But that solution doesn’t appear to be a helpful one on that front.

It's probably just step-1 anyway because they'll be a 'super premium level' prob a gold checkmark or something at some point.

 

[landsbergfan]

So the 'blue verified checkmark' is basically meaningless. It will no longer be about 'verifying' the identity of a figure and now just represent someone who pays monthly to be subscribed.

Trade deadline just got a lot more exciting

 

[landsbergfan]

I absolutely adore this from a social experiment perspective.

Mega star people should probably be verified and they can afford it. Joe Jabroni from down the street that believes having a blue check mark next to their name means something will now how to shell out some money to get that high that they search for.

Social media was a mistake. Let it all burn.

 

[Embiid]

Just once, I want one of these stories to end with, "And it's coming right for us."

'Planet killer' asteroid spotted hiding in the sun's glare | CNN

Astronomers have spotted three near-Earth asteroids that were lurking undetected within the glare of the sun. One of the asteroids is the largest potentially hazardous object to Earth to be discovered in the last eight years.

www.cnn.com

Eff planet killer asteroids....cancer and Ben Simmons

 

[FLYguy3911]

Skates better than Yandle.

 

[BackToTheBrierePatch]

Elon Musk and Kanye West are both pieces of shit.

 

[landsbergfan]

 

[Flybynite]

 

[ybnvs]

Edit: Nevermind. I'm sorry

 

[Young Sandwich]

Edit: Nevermind. I'm sorry

Keep your head up dude!

 

[Embiid]

Kim Jung-un is a piece o shit

 

[ellja3]

Last floorball game of this season for me tomorrow. Eh. Being out of roster after that will probably draw some attention, but I'll just say I damaged my ankle for 35916th time.

 

[Flybynite]

 

[Asnito]

Only fans?

 

[gertbfrobe16]

For a message board that poo poos political discourse, they sure have alot of political ads. I'll be glad when the back stabbing ads are gone soon.