Elon Musk: Always A Douche

[crazy canuck]

I guess its similar to being annoyed by some of the editorials and a lot of the clickbait titles on the Guardian but still frequenting them because of the news updates. With the difference is that the platform provider and the content creators are different in this case.

You just equated the Guardian to Twitter (or whatever it is now). 

Best delete that app asap.

[FunkMonk]

I mainly used Twitter for sports news and updates but I now use other means, mainly a discord community that is much less toxic than Twitter.

There are other ways of getting the info you believe you need.

I deactivated Twitter and don't plan on ever using it again.

[Tamas]

I guess its similar to being annoyed by some of the editorials and a lot of the clickbait titles on the Guardian but still frequenting them because of the news updates. With the difference is that the platform provider and the content creators are different in this case.

You just equated the Guardian to Twitter (or whatever it is now). 

Best delete that app asap.

Yeah that's totally what I did. Thanks for contributing.

[celedhring]

I guess we're lucky Musk was born in South Africa or in this day and age he'd be the GOP frontrunner at this point.

[mongers]

I guess we're lucky Musk was born in South Africa or in this day and age he'd be the GOP frontrunner at this point.

So that list is getting pretty long, the one of people in the US whom you're glad can't run for President because they were born abroad.

But what about foreign born US citizens who you wish would be eligible to run, who if any would be on it?

Obviously Arnie is tip of my list, just for the enhanced culture wars and progressive meme, but also because he'd take the job very seriously, unlike some of the GOP contenders for whom running appears to be an exercise in egotism.

[Syt]

Don't miss your chance!

[Josquius]

Just me scanning the username and all the other signs as this clearly screams scam, fake account, etc...?
Way to go Musk in giving all those con artists cover in this actually happening for once.

[garbon]

I was reading about the neighbors really unhappy with that X lights how

[OttoVonBismarck]

I saw some talk about people pissed about the lights...but isn't this in a downtown business district? I haven't been to SF since like 2006, but I remember it, like most cities, being pretty damn illuminated in the core downtown all night long just like most major cities. I would think if you have an apartment in a downtown business district you're well used to bright lights outside your window (and this is why they invented blackout curtains, also.)

[garbon]

I saw some talk about people pissed about the lights...but isn't this in a downtown business district? I haven't been to SF since like 2006, but I remember it, like most cities, being pretty damn illuminated in the core downtown all night long just like most major cities. I would think if you have an apartment in a downtown business district you're well used to bright lights outside your window (and this is why they invented blackout curtains, also.)

Maybe but the video I saw of it looked pretty egregious.

https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2023/jul/31/twitter-x-new-logo-complaints-san-francisco-hq

[HVC]

The fact that it alternates on and off would annoy me more then the brightness (which is excessive, even for a city core)

[mongers]

The fact that it alternates on and off would annoy me more then the brightness (which is excessive, even for a city core)

It accurately reflects his personality.

[crazy canuck]

I guess its similar to being annoyed by some of the editorials and a lot of the clickbait titles on the Guardian but still frequenting them because of the news updates. With the difference is that the platform provider and the content creators are different in this case.

You just equated the Guardian to Twitter (or whatever it is now). 

Best delete that app asap.

Yeah that's totally what I did. Thanks for contributing.

If you don't see the difference between an actual newspaper, and whatever it is, musk is running over there you've got some serious issues.


And I fear that your lack of insight into this issue is widespread and is contributing to the lack of meaningful political dialogue in our society. We are truly in a post- truth era.

[Tamas]

I guess its similar to being annoyed by some of the editorials and a lot of the clickbait titles on the Guardian but still frequenting them because of the news updates. With the difference is that the platform provider and the content creators are different in this case.

You just equated the Guardian to Twitter (or whatever it is now). 

Best delete that app asap.

Yeah that's totally what I did. Thanks for contributing.

If you don't see the difference between an actual newspaper, and whatever it is, musk is running over there you've got some serious issues.


And I fear that your lack of insight into this issue is widespread and is contributing to the lack of meaningful political dialogue in our society. We are truly in a post- truth era.

You completely missed what I was trying to achieve wit my comparison, whixh has nothing to do with what you are up in arms about. But i didn't feel like explainig it because if you think me that ignorant and stuoid that I would equate the Guardian with posts on twitter then I am not even sure where to begin with that.

But ok here it goes again: I find utility in the Guardian as a news source so I continue using it despite some of the editorials making my eyes roll.

I wanted to use this to compare my usage of twitter: I find utility in it in reading Ukraine rumours and watching Ukraine videos so I continue using it despite the X sign reminding me of Musk and making my stomach turn.

Instead of the Guardian, I could have used the Paradox forums as an example, which I continue to browse occasionally to keep up with patch news despite the quite toxic collection of entitled powergamers and balkantards.

[Jacob]

Speaking of comparisons and the Paradox Fora...

When did "making comparisons" become so frowned upon?

I feel like I recall a time when you could compare two things (i.e. point out similarities), without being assumed/ accused of equating them in totality. Then at some point - and I feel like it happened in the early days of my time on the Paradox Fora - that changed. These days it seems you can only compare and contrast things if you want to make the point that "they're basically the same"; otherwise it seems you're 99.9% likely to be doing a disservice to one or both parties of the comparison.

Was it always like that and I just missed it, or was there a change at some point? I certainly remember writing all sorts of short answers and essays in elementary and high school comparing things. There the intention was always to express an understanding of the two subjects and not as a rhetorical device to condemn or elevate one subject by virtue of the other subject's traits.