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Elon showing up at his first Twitter board meeting:
Ari Gold: GET THE FUCK OUT |
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Your conclusions were all wrong
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Elon has allies on the board. Elliot Management and Silver Lake, own about a billion dollars worth of Twitter stock each. They’re not friendly to the current CEO, and according to Financial Times, they’re backing Elon.
So that’s another, approximately 6% of share holders backing Elon. |
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Direction, not intention, determines destination.
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Originally Posted By realwar: Give it time. Trump is also suing Twitter in FL court. View Quote View All Quotes View All Quotes Originally Posted By realwar: Originally Posted By Sketti: If they don't reinstate Trump then I have no faith that Twitter is going to change for the better! Give it time. Trump is also suing Twitter in FL court. Twitter is just being a cunt…l.they will likely not have a choice soon. |
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Sheep will spend their entire life fearing a wolf, only to be eaten by the Sheppard.
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Originally Posted By AK-12: Unlikely, considering that subsidizing unproductive behavior has been demonstrated to not increase productivity. Also not exactly something that qualifies as a "purity test." View Quote View All Quotes View All Quotes Originally Posted By AK-12: Originally Posted By Theodoric: As I said, he is a futurist and not ideological. My comment was more directed at the ARFCOM troglodytes that believe we should return to the economy and society of the 18th century then it was at Musk. It is entirely possible that the future will require a socialist solution such as UBI, but it certainly fails the ARFCOM purity test. Unlikely, considering that subsidizing unproductive behavior has been demonstrated to not increase productivity. Also not exactly something that qualifies as a "purity test." He's looking further forward than the next election cycle. It's very possible that in 100 or 200 years, automation will reach a point where there is simply nothing most people are able to do that earns money. Particularly those with only average or below average IQ. What is to be done with them in a case like that? |
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Originally Posted By OKnativeson: Congress wrote the tax laws.... smart men and women adhere to them... View Quote View All Quotes View All Quotes Originally Posted By OKnativeson: Originally Posted By anonimovaca: “Between 2014 and 2018, Musk paid $455 million in taxes on $1.52 billion of income” “2014 to 2018, he paid $68,000 in federal income tax in 2015, $65,000 in 2017 and none in 2018. Between 2014 and 2018, the investigation found, he had a true tax rate of 3.27%.” 2021 he says he’s going to pay 11 billion in taxes. I guess the one year he didn’t owe taxes is where the No tax thing comes from. Congress wrote the tax laws.... smart men and women adhere to them... No politician ever voted for a tax law that didn’t leave themselves a loophole. |
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Sheep will spend their entire life fearing a wolf, only to be eaten by the Sheppard.
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Originally Posted By TacticalGarand44: He's looking further forward than the next election cycle. It's very possible that in 100 or 200 years, automation will reach a point where there is simply nothing most people are able to do that earns money. Particularly those with only average or below average IQ. What is to be done with them in a case like that? View Quote View All Quotes View All Quotes Originally Posted By TacticalGarand44: Originally Posted By AK-12: Originally Posted By Theodoric: As I said, he is a futurist and not ideological. My comment was more directed at the ARFCOM troglodytes that believe we should return to the economy and society of the 18th century then it was at Musk. It is entirely possible that the future will require a socialist solution such as UBI, but it certainly fails the ARFCOM purity test. Unlikely, considering that subsidizing unproductive behavior has been demonstrated to not increase productivity. Also not exactly something that qualifies as a "purity test." He's looking further forward than the next election cycle. It's very possible that in 100 or 200 years, automation will reach a point where there is simply nothing most people are able to do that earns money. Particularly those with only average or below average IQ. What is to be done with them in a case like that? It's been a pretty common concept in sci-fi for decades. |
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Originally Posted By RSG: https://media.patriots.win/post/LKr1m5Hp6E55.jpeg View Quote that little man basically just called Musk a Russian....playing the mind games. |
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Somewhere in the middle of hardcore Conservative and Libertarian.
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Originally Posted By midmo: Interesting how in the original quitter's Twit how he portrays himself as "protecting users". These people are addicted to control. View Quote View All Quotes View All Quotes Originally Posted By midmo: Originally Posted By JuanPing: Originally Posted By RSG: https://pbs.twimg.com/media/FPhCDFPXoAoU_M6?format=jpg&name=small
Rand Paul gets in on the fun. Interesting how in the original quitter's Twit how he portrays himself as "protecting users". These people are addicted to control. It's something you eventually realize as an adult. Nobody thinks of themselves as the bad guy. |
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I came here to chew bubblegum and Shitpost® and I'm all out of bubble gum.
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Somewhere in the middle of hardcore Conservative and Libertarian.
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Originally Posted By apierce918: add an edit, but also once posted, add a "see original" button View Quote I agree. Whatever is posted can never go away, but you can put in an explanation, tied to the original, and above the sig line, so the media has a harder time scrubbing your explanation of a stupid comment. |
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Originally Posted By TacticalGarand44: He's looking further forward than the next election cycle. It's very possible that in 100 or 200 years, automation will reach a point where there is simply nothing most people are able to do that earns money. Particularly those with only average or below average IQ. What is to be done with them in a case like that? View Quote View All Quotes View All Quotes Originally Posted By TacticalGarand44: Originally Posted By AK-12: Originally Posted By Theodoric: As I said, he is a futurist and not ideological. My comment was more directed at the ARFCOM troglodytes that believe we should return to the economy and society of the 18th century then it was at Musk. It is entirely possible that the future will require a socialist solution such as UBI, but it certainly fails the ARFCOM purity test. Unlikely, considering that subsidizing unproductive behavior has been demonstrated to not increase productivity. Also not exactly something that qualifies as a "purity test." He's looking further forward than the next election cycle. It's very possible that in 100 or 200 years, automation will reach a point where there is simply nothing most people are able to do that earns money. Particularly those with only average or below average IQ. What is to be done with them in a case like that? Well musk is working on human to computer interfaces (brain chips) to prevent us from becoming quickly obsolete, never mind others working on improvements in genetic engineering, I think the timing for us being obsolete is very very long term, perhaps centuries out. Frankly the whole human limited capability reminds me of peak oil a little, “if things stay the same we’ll run out of oil!” Lol. |
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The Stars at Night are Big & Bright clap*clap*clap
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It must suck that the left's poster boy for green turns out to take all his green money and purchase the left's favorite 'no free speech for you' media outlet with the intent to make some changes.
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Originally Posted By BigeasySnow:
It’s the internet. It’s for bitching. |
Originally Posted By Theodoric: ARFCOM is funny. Complains about transhuman conspiracies from the WEF, but loves the guy that owns a company developing cyborg transhuman technology. Hates socialists, but loves the guy who says a universal basic income will be necessary because most humans will be made "surplus" by automation. Musk isn't ideological, he's a futurist that has libertarian tendencies. View Quote Go back to Hunters basement and take your lashings |
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Originally Posted By AK-12: Unlikely, considering that subsidizing unproductive behavior has been demonstrated to not increase productivity. Also not exactly something that qualifies as a "purity test." View Quote View All Quotes View All Quotes Originally Posted By AK-12: Originally Posted By Theodoric: As I said, he is a futurist and not ideological. My comment was more directed at the ARFCOM troglodytes that believe we should return to the economy and society of the 18th century then it was at Musk. It is entirely possible that the future will require a socialist solution such as UBI, but it certainly fails the ARFCOM purity test. Unlikely, considering that subsidizing unproductive behavior has been demonstrated to not increase productivity. Also not exactly something that qualifies as a "purity test." He's largely here to agitate and do the ole "Hehe everyone in GD is dumber than meeeeeeeee" baitposting, complete with a sub .500 Win-Loss record Truly giggleworthy. In reality we did a soft UBI trial during the pandemic when people sat home and got a good % of their income to do nothing. Many millions of people didn't want go back to work of ANY sort, because: Fucking why would they? A multi-month paid vacation? Of course they took it. It's something we've known about the problems with socialism and big .gov programs, but because it's Current YearTM and some thinktankers found the concept in history's ash-heap and slapped a Current YearTM marketing label on it? And the sales literature says it's Different This TimeTM? They totally fooled people. |
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Originally Posted By 0002s: It must suck that the left's poster boy for green turns out to take all his green money and purchase the left's favorite 'no free speech for you' media outlet with the intent to make some changes. View Quote I don't think he built Tesla to be green, I think he just wanted EV's to be a practical reality and he has done more than about anybody else towards that end. I think that because of that, he was sort of held up by the greens, but that doesn't make him a believer himself. I don't agree with using the government to redistribute legacy competitors' earnings to his company in the time it took for it to become profitable, but the auto market has some pretty substantial barriers to entry, and the legacy companies aren't guiltless in using the government to their advantage either. |
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The banning or confiscation of weapons is a denial of the nature of Man, a pathetic attempt to avert the violence innate to Mankind, an insult to the Sacred Creed of the Murdercube.
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Originally Posted By 0002s: It must suck that the left's poster boy for green turns out to take all his green money and purchase the left's favorite 'no free speech for you' media outlet with the intent to make some changes. View Quote |
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One out of two gets a rifle. The one without follows him! When the one with the rifle gets killed, the one who is following picks up the rifle and shoots!
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Originally Posted By Theodoric: The left thought that they had him figured out and they were wrong. The right so desperately wants a champion that they are willing to overlook the fact that Elon is in no way a right winger, either. He is simply a pragmatist. Take a bit of advice and don't put any eggs in that basket, because you will end up being disappointed. You can certainly like some of the things he does, but I can guarantee you that you won't like all of the things he does. View Quote Perfection is the enemy of good enough. I'm not going to disparage him for points I disagree with him on when he's breaking an entity that is responsible for a large amount of our problems. |
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No one is coming. It's up to us.
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Originally Posted By Notcalifornialegal: Perfection is the enemy of good enough. I'm not going to disparage him for points I disagree with him on when he's breaking an entity that is responsible for a large amount of our problems. View Quote View All Quotes View All Quotes Originally Posted By Notcalifornialegal: Originally Posted By Theodoric: The left thought that they had him figured out and they were wrong. The right so desperately wants a champion that they are willing to overlook the fact that Elon is in no way a right winger, either. He is simply a pragmatist. Take a bit of advice and don't put any eggs in that basket, because you will end up being disappointed. You can certainly like some of the things he does, but I can guarantee you that you won't like all of the things he does. Perfection is the enemy of good enough. I'm not going to disparage him for points I disagree with him on when he's breaking an entity that is responsible for a large amount of our problems. |
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One out of two gets a rifle. The one without follows him! When the one with the rifle gets killed, the one who is following picks up the rifle and shoots!
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Originally Posted By Theodoric: I agree completely. The point of my original post is that he would fail the ARFCOM purity test. I find it interesting that he, like Trump, gets a pass on policy because people think he's engaged in fighting the culture war. As a friend said to me last night, "I don't care if he does other evil shit, at least he doesn't hate me." View Quote View All Quotes View All Quotes Originally Posted By Theodoric: Originally Posted By Notcalifornialegal: Originally Posted By Theodoric: The left thought that they had him figured out and they were wrong. The right so desperately wants a champion that they are willing to overlook the fact that Elon is in no way a right winger, either. He is simply a pragmatist. Take a bit of advice and don't put any eggs in that basket, because you will end up being disappointed. You can certainly like some of the things he does, but I can guarantee you that you won't like all of the things he does. Perfection is the enemy of good enough. I'm not going to disparage him for points I disagree with him on when he's breaking an entity that is responsible for a large amount of our problems. Conservatism is largely pragmatic. I agree, it's not the same thing, but it beats the rainbows and unicorn farts of the left. Something something judging public policy on it's intentions instead of it's results. |
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I came here to chew bubblegum and Shitpost® and I'm all out of bubble gum.
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Originally Posted By M4DUDE: Conservatism is largely pragmatic. I agree, it's not the same thing, but it beats the rainbows and unicorn farts of the left. Something something judging public policy on it's intentions instead of it's results. View Quote View All Quotes View All Quotes Originally Posted By M4DUDE: Originally Posted By Theodoric: Originally Posted By Notcalifornialegal: Originally Posted By Theodoric: The left thought that they had him figured out and they were wrong. The right so desperately wants a champion that they are willing to overlook the fact that Elon is in no way a right winger, either. He is simply a pragmatist. Take a bit of advice and don't put any eggs in that basket, because you will end up being disappointed. You can certainly like some of the things he does, but I can guarantee you that you won't like all of the things he does. Perfection is the enemy of good enough. I'm not going to disparage him for points I disagree with him on when he's breaking an entity that is responsible for a large amount of our problems. Conservatism is largely pragmatic. I agree, it's not the same thing, but it beats the rainbows and unicorn farts of the left. Something something judging public policy on it's intentions instead of it's results. |
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One out of two gets a rifle. The one without follows him! When the one with the rifle gets killed, the one who is following picks up the rifle and shoots!
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The way I see it, Elon Musk is our only real hope of ever getting off this rock and colonizing space, so I support him wholeheartedly.
The future of mankind may truly rest in his hands. |
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Originally Posted By TacticalGarand44: He's looking further forward than the next election cycle. It's very possible that in 100 or 200 years, automation will reach a point where there is simply nothing most people are able to do that earns money. Particularly those with only average or below average IQ. What is to be done with them in a case like that? View Quote They can join Starfleet and get killed wholesale by Klingons, while I bang Orion slave girls on Risa. |
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A Grendel's Love is different from a 5.56's Love
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Leave me alone. I’m a libertarian.
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Originally Posted By spidey07: Trade confirmation today. 100 shares. I just want to be part of it and vote. Simply to say yeah, fuck the commies, I’m an activist investor and I did something. View Quote I'm not a finance guy, but I have a feeling that twitters stock will see some positive growth out of this. Everything Elon touches turns to gold |
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A Grendel's Love is different from a 5.56's Love
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Originally Posted By Chokey:
View Quote The fact they are doing this proves just how fucked up the platform is. The primary shareholder wants open communication and free speech on a supposed free speech platform and the current employees get freaked the fuck out. Twitter is corrupt to root from the sounds of it. |
Leave me alone. I’m a libertarian.
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Originally Posted By RattleCanAR: The fact they are doing this proves just how fucked up the platform is. The primary shareholder wants open communication and free speech on a supposed free speech platform and the current employees get freaked the fuck out. Twitter is corrupt to root from the sounds of it. View Quote Most high tech coming from CA is. I have meet a couple of them and even went to school with a CEO from out there. They are beyond hope and disgusting to the core. They actually get off on destroying anyone who does not toe their line. I have seen it personally and they are so arrogant they are very open about it. |
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Originally Posted By SirReginaldHonkleton: I'm not a finance guy, but I have a feeling that twitters stock will see some positive growth out of this. Everything Elon touches turns to gold View Quote View All Quotes View All Quotes Originally Posted By SirReginaldHonkleton: Originally Posted By spidey07: Trade confirmation today. 100 shares. I just want to be part of it and vote. Simply to say yeah, fuck the commies, I’m an activist investor and I did something. I'm not a finance guy, but I have a feeling that twitters stock will see some positive growth out of this. Everything Elon touches turns to gold I just wanted to be able to vote and be a part of it. |
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Originally Posted By RattleCanAR: The fact they are doing this proves just how fucked up the platform is. The primary shareholder wants open communication and free speech on a supposed free speech platform and the current employees get freaked the fuck out. Twitter is corrupt to root from the sounds of it. View Quote View All Quotes View All Quotes Originally Posted By RattleCanAR: Originally Posted By Chokey:
The fact they are doing this proves just how fucked up the platform is. The primary shareholder wants open communication and free speech on a supposed free speech platform and the current employees get freaked the fuck out. Twitter is corrupt to root from the sounds of it. Many here are almost desperate to assume the worst in things. My personal experience has been that the overwhelming majority hate this woke shit, especially when they start calling for censorship or worse, and are just afraid to speak up. Someone in leadership willing to resist the ideology is potentially very popular. |
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Here’s an example from a butterfly, an example that it can be happy on a hard rock. An example that it can lie on this unsweetened stone, friendlessly and all alone. Now let my bed. I do not care.
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“Strange times are these in which we live when old and young are taught falsehoods in school. And the person that dares to tell the truth is called at once a lunatic and fool.”
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Originally Posted By Chokey:
View Quote Goddamn How I feel right now? "From smug to utterly devastated" The young Turks meltdown from the 2016 election night. The Young Turks Election Meltdown 2016: From smug to utterly devastated. Attached File |
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Originally Posted By Chokey:
View Quote Yes!!! Let him toss those big brass balls around. Musk “don’t make me buy 50.1% you fucking shit bags” That’s real fuck you money. |
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People need to Tweet to Elon requesting he livestream the board meeting
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Always blame autocorrect.
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But he sure found out the hard way
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Originally Posted By David0858: Exclusive 1st image of Elon Musk's first Twitter board meeting. https://www.ar15.com/media/mediaFiles/14727/905a5a0e43b0b2fc_jpeg-2342976.JPG View Quote |
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"He was seeing the enormity of the smallness of the enemy who was destroying the world.[...] If this is what has beaten us, he thought, the guilt is ours." - Ayn Rand, Atlas Shrugged
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Originally Posted By not_sure: People have been saying this for a long time starting with the industrial revolution and the mechanization of farming. https://cdn2.vox-cdn.com/assets/4565243/Ag_workforce.png View Quote View All Quotes View All Quotes Originally Posted By not_sure: Originally Posted By Theodoric: Originally Posted By AK-12: Originally Posted By Theodoric: As I said, he is a futurist and not ideological. My comment was more directed at the ARFCOM troglodytes that believe we should return to the economy and society of the 18th century then it was at Musk. It is entirely possible that the future will require a socialist solution such as UBI, but it certainly fails the ARFCOM purity test. Unlikely, considering that subsidizing unproductive behavior has been demonstrated to not increase productivity. Also not exactly something that qualifies as a "purity test." People have been saying this for a long time starting with the industrial revolution and the mechanization of farming. https://cdn2.vox-cdn.com/assets/4565243/Ag_workforce.png Yes, but the average IQ required to make a living wage is rising faster than the average IQ of the population, and there is no indication either will change. |
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Salty Cracker has a short video today on Twitter Musk.
Search for Salty Cracker on Rumble before they delete it on Youtube |
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Originally Posted By M4-AK: Salty Cracker has a short video today on Twitter Musk. Search for Salty Cracker on Rumble before they delete it on Youtube View Quote Up next…musk buys 10% of google post split, gets seat on board. That’s be 170 billion I’m not even fucking kidding. He’s on a mission for free speech. |
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What’s the term or phrase when someone accuses the other person of doing something when they are actually the guilty one? Or predicting doom on others when it’s coming to them?
(Liberals are the best of both of those) The coming collapse of Elon musk |
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The Reeeee is strong with commies right now and Musk hasn’t done anything yet. He doesn’t really have to do anything. Commies will just melt down on their own. It’s glorious.
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Originally Posted By SkiandShoot: What’s the term or phrase when someone accuses the other person of doing something when they are actually the guilty one? Or predicting doom on others when it’s coming to them? (Liberals are the best of both of those) The coming collapse of Elon musk View Quote You're probably looking for "Psychological Projection." |
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Here’s an example from a butterfly, an example that it can be happy on a hard rock. An example that it can lie on this unsweetened stone, friendlessly and all alone. Now let my bed. I do not care.
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Originally Posted By Bohr_Adam: You're probably looking for "Psychological Projection." View Quote View All Quotes View All Quotes Originally Posted By Bohr_Adam: Originally Posted By SkiandShoot: What’s the term or phrase when someone accuses the other person of doing something when they are actually the guilty one? Or predicting doom on others when it’s coming to them? (Liberals are the best of both of those) The coming collapse of Elon musk You're probably looking for "Psychological Projection." This. A hallmark trait of a Marxist. It’s in their alinsky book. “Immediate accuse others of what your doing” |
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