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Posted: 8/12/2024 9:56:06 PM EDT
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Posted: 8/12/2024 11:12:05 PM EDT
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Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By RSG: https://pbs.twimg.com/media/GU05OLjXMAA5w2X?format=jpg&name=small They are really pissed he isn't their lackey like Zuckerburg. |
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Posted: 8/12/2024 11:15:39 PM EDT
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Musk had been moving the right way for a while, but damned if he didn't go full on accelerate. Good for him.
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Posted: 8/12/2024 11:15:54 PM EDT
[Last Edit: Morlawn66]
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Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By RSG: https://pbs.twimg.com/media/GU05OLjXMAA5w2X?format=jpg&name=small Twitter censored and colluded with .gov against the Trump campaign .Musk exposed it . |
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Posted: 8/12/2024 11:50:28 PM EDT
[Last Edit: Advance]
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Posted: 8/13/2024 1:14:01 AM EDT
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People on this site still believe that 81 million people voted for an incoherent geriatric, who did not campaign and can't get a million followers while in office.
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Posted: 8/13/2024 1:20:28 AM EDT
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Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By RSG: Now that is some SPICE  HAhahah dear lord please tell me this is true! Elon's got the meme game. |
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Posted: 8/13/2024 8:38:00 AM EDT
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Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By Advance: So you're telling me that Venezuela will go through 10 days of darkness? Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By Advance: Originally Posted By RSG:
So you're telling me that Venezuela will go through 10 days of darkness? What a strange Question to ask. |
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Posted: 8/13/2024 1:02:19 PM EDT
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Posted: 8/13/2024 1:35:56 PM EDT
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Posted: 8/13/2024 5:57:09 PM EDT
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Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By not_sure: They are really pissed he isn't their lackey like Zuckerburg. Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By not_sure: Originally Posted By RSG: https://pbs.twimg.com/media/GU05OLjXMAA5w2X?format=jpg&name=small They are really pissed he isn't their lackey like Zuckerburg. The irony is ridiculous. That more people don't realize it is scary. I spent the last two days in a situation where about all I could do was watch MSM news. It's bad, folks. |
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Posted: 8/13/2024 9:59:09 PM EDT
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Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By Chokey:
https://pbs.twimg.com/media/GU4PNX3bYAAtcPR?format=jpg&name=large I would assume his friend has a larger dog than the one pictured. |
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Posted: 8/14/2024 6:30:49 AM EDT
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Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By not_sure: I would assume his friend has a larger dog than the one pictured. |
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Posted: 8/14/2024 8:53:24 AM EDT
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Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By RaptorFuel: I believe that's Elon's dog. I've seen a similar looking one in an interview. Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By RaptorFuel: Originally Posted By not_sure: I would assume his friend has a larger dog than the one pictured. Elon has a dog that does interviews! Cool |
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Posted: 8/14/2024 9:10:11 AM EDT
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Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By RSG:
That is the first time I've seen Elon say anything about the people physically/violently being able to fight back. Given all the threats from EU about prosecuting him for "incitement" it is obvious he does not care what their governments and police think. |
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Posted: 8/14/2024 9:18:44 AM EDT
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Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By SWIRE: That is the first time I've seen Elon say anything about the people physically/violently being able to fight back. Given all the threats from EU about prosecuting him for "incitement" it is obvious he does not care what their governments and police think. |
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Posted: 8/14/2024 9:19:10 AM EDT
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Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By not_sure: They are really pissed he isn't their lackey like Zuckerburg. Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By not_sure: Originally Posted By RSG: https://pbs.twimg.com/media/GU05OLjXMAA5w2X?format=jpg&name=small They are really pissed he isn't their lackey like Zuckerburg. The gaslighting by the left is ridiculous and I don't see how they aren't getting called out on it. They have Soros, Zuckerberg, and Gates all dumping millions of dollars into funding liberals but scream because one high profile billionaire donated to Trump. In 2020 according to Forbes 25% of American billionaires gave money to Biden while only 14% gave money to Trump. Yet the Dems claim it is the Right trying to use money to "control democracy". |
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Posted: 8/14/2024 9:25:57 AM EDT
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Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By APPARITION: Elon has a dog that does interviews! Cool Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By APPARITION: Originally Posted By RaptorFuel: Originally Posted By not_sure: I would assume his friend has a larger dog than the one pictured. Elon has a dog that does interviews! Cool  |
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Posted: 8/14/2024 9:43:52 AM EDT
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Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By APPARITION: Elon has a dog that does interviews! Cool Link to the dog interview here:  Translator - SNL |
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Posted: 8/14/2024 9:53:37 AM EDT
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He should offer to interview Harris.
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Posted: 8/14/2024 9:57:07 AM EDT
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Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By brownbomber: He should offer to interview Harris. Now that would be an event. 
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Posted: 8/14/2024 10:20:04 AM EDT
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Posted: 8/14/2024 10:24:05 AM EDT
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Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By brownbomber: He should offer to interview Harris. I believe he already has. |
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Posted: 8/14/2024 10:28:34 AM EDT
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Posted: 8/14/2024 11:24:34 AM EDT
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Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By brownbomber: He should offer to interview Harris. He did.
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Posted: 8/14/2024 1:16:45 PM EDT
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Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By SWIRE: The gaslighting by the left is ridiculous and I don't see how they aren't getting called out on it. They have Soros, Zuckerberg, and Gates all dumping millions of dollars into funding liberals but scream because one high profile billionaire donated to Trump. In 2020 according to Forbes 25% of American billionaires gave money to Biden while only 14% gave money to Trump. Yet the Dems claim it is the Right trying to use money to "control democracy". They always accuse you of what they're doing |
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Posted: 8/14/2024 1:58:35 PM EDT
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Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By SWIRE: The gaslighting by the left is ridiculous and I don't see how they aren't getting called out on it. They have Soros, Zuckerberg, and Gates all dumping millions of dollars into funding liberals but scream because one high profile billionaire donated to Trump. In 2020 according to Forbes 25% of American billionaires gave money to Biden while only 14% gave money to Trump. Yet the Dems claim it is the Right trying to use money to "control democracy". Also, I saw Musk say in an interview with Lemon that literally 99% of the political donations made by Twitter employees were to democrats. Actual number. |
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Posted: 8/14/2024 2:12:39 PM EDT
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Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By dragoontwo:
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Posted: 8/14/2024 4:10:27 PM EDT
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Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By DV8EDD: Also, I saw Musk say in an interview with Lemon that literally 99% of the political donations made by Twitter employees were to democrats. Actual number. Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By DV8EDD: Originally Posted By SWIRE: The gaslighting by the left is ridiculous and I don't see how they aren't getting called out on it. They have Soros, Zuckerberg, and Gates all dumping millions of dollars into funding liberals but scream because one high profile billionaire donated to Trump. In 2020 according to Forbes 25% of American billionaires gave money to Biden while only 14% gave money to Trump. Yet the Dems claim it is the Right trying to use money to "control democracy". Also, I saw Musk say in an interview with Lemon that literally 99% of the political donations made by Twitter employees were to democrats. Actual number. He curtailed that shit in a major way! |
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Posted: 8/14/2024 5:33:24 PM EDT
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Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By brownbomber: He should offer to interview Harris. |
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Posted: 8/14/2024 10:50:38 PM EDT
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Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By AK-12: They always accuse you of what they're doing Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By AK-12: Originally Posted By SWIRE: The gaslighting by the left is ridiculous and I don't see how they aren't getting called out on it. They have Soros, Zuckerberg, and Gates all dumping millions of dollars into funding liberals but scream because one high profile billionaire donated to Trump. In 2020 according to Forbes 25% of American billionaires gave money to Biden while only 14% gave money to Trump. Yet the Dems claim it is the Right trying to use money to "control democracy". They always accuse you of what they're doing Pretty much anyone anywhere. It is human nature to the point of if your significant other accuses you cheating, there is a high probability that they are cheating on you. |
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Posted: 8/14/2024 10:52:27 PM EDT
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Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By OG1: Agreed. They seem to be creating the monster the try and stamp out. Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By OG1: Originally Posted By SWIRE: That is the first time I've seen Elon say anything about the people physically/violently being able to fight back. Given all the threats from EU about prosecuting him for "incitement" it is obvious he does not care what their governments and police think. "Who radicalized you? You did." |
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Posted: 8/15/2024 1:45:12 AM EDT
[Last Edit: Subnet]
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Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By Advance: X is the World's newspaper, TV news, online forum and public square. If Elon can keep it open, free and fair it will change humanity. Imagine Hitler and Mussolini trying to rise if a non-biased Twitter was around. You have heads of state, politicians, pundits, pollsters, citizen reporters, spies, news orgs, OSINT, etc. all with equal footing and all trying to control the narrative. The masses get to decide. Power to the people. If Elon and Trump are still around in 12 months, it will be an act of God. From the day it went live to the public (I remember it well, being the nerd I am), I've never really understood Twitter. It has always struck me as a ham-fisted way of some giant megacorp with gazillions of venture capital dollars, desperately trying to convince me that they had a solution to a problem I didn't (and still don't) genuinely have. It's as if three dudes in their early 20s were SMS texting each other in a group chat, and went "You know what would be cool? If the entire world could see this, maaaan. Just like this, with all the stupid limitations of this, but like...in a web browser. And no longer private - the whole world could listen in" (and later as an "app" on a phone, I guess). And I would have, at the time, been the third man out in that chat going "Eh...naw, man. Just...no. WTF? WHY?!!" But what do I know? Obviously. Definitely missed the boat on that. I guess. To the extent that Twitter/X is some kind of bastion of free speech, I suppose it only is, to the extent that it's capable of linking to sites/articles/etc where meaningful examples of that are actually happening. But on the platform itself? Ugh. I just don't get it. Never did. I feel like it brings out the worse in humanity. This was the case before Elon bought it, and it's still the case now. It's a fuckin' sewer. Hell, it made Jordan Peterson (of all people) lose his God damned mind a few times. And this is kind of unrelated (or is it?), but like...most of the population of the United States does not actually use it with any regularity. Like...at all. Never did, and still doesn't. But to listen to breathless media/blog/YouTube/TikTok /etc accounts of current things, you'd swear it was the heartbeat of America. It just isn't. It never was. It's not real. |
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Posted: 8/15/2024 2:24:28 AM EDT
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Sub, I hear you for sure, but at this point I am glad my favorite AA owns it, rather than them.
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Posted: 8/15/2024 2:45:38 AM EDT
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Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By Subnet: I guess, but it seems like a pale imitation of what we used to have, or at least pretend we had. I dunno. From the day it went live to the public (I remember it well, being the nerd I am), I've never really understood Twitter. It has always struck me as a ham-fisted way of some giant megacorp with gazillions of venture capital dollars, desperately trying to convince me that they had a solution to a problem I didn't (and still don't) genuinely have. It's as if three dudes in their early 20s were SMS texting each other in a group chat, and went "You know what would be cool? If the entire world could see this, maaaan. Just like this, with all the stupid limitations of this, but like...in a web browser. And no longer private - the whole world could listen in" (and later as an "app" on a phone, I guess). And I would have, at the time, been the third man out in that chat going "Eh...naw, man. Just...no. WTF? WHY?!!" But what do I know? Obviously. Definitely missed the boat on that. I guess. To the extent that Twitter/X is some kind of bastion of free speech, I suppose it only is, to the extent that it's capable of linking to sites/articles/etc where meaningful examples of that are actually happening. But on the platform itself? Ugh. I just don't get it. Never did. I feel like it brings out the worse in humanity. This was the case before Elon bought it, and it's still the case now. It's a fuckin' sewer. Hell, it made Jordan Peterson (of all people) lose his God damned mind a few times. And this is kind of unrelated (or is it?), but like...most of the population of the United States does not actually use it with any regularity. Like...at all. Never did, and still doesn't. But to listen to breathless media/blog/YouTube/TikTok /etc accounts of current things, you'd swear it was the heartbeat of America. It just isn't. It never was. It's not real. You just described GD. You are also looking at the darkest part of Twitter. You know there are many other facets of Twitter. Much like this website and others, the political side can be very dark. |
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Posted: 8/15/2024 3:28:10 AM EDT
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Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By Cardplayer: You just described GD. You are also looking at the darkest part of Twitter. You know there are many other facets of Twitter. Much like this website and others, the political side can be very dark. |
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Posted: 8/15/2024 3:34:34 AM EDT
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Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By Subnet: I guess, but it seems like a pale imitation of what we used to have, or at least pretend we had. I dunno. From the day it went live to the public (I remember it well, being the nerd I am), I've never really understood Twitter. It has always struck me as a ham-fisted way of some giant megacorp with gazillions of venture capital dollars, desperately trying to convince me that they had a solution to a problem I didn't (and still don't) genuinely have. It's as if three dudes in their early 20s were SMS texting each other in a group chat, and went "You know what would be cool? If the entire world could see this, maaaan. Just like this, with all the stupid limitations of this, but like...in a web browser. And no longer private - the whole world could listen in" (and later as an "app" on a phone, I guess). And I would have, at the time, been the third man out in that chat going "Eh...naw, man. Just...no. WTF? WHY?!!" But what do I know? Obviously. Definitely missed the boat on that. I guess. To the extent that Twitter/X is some kind of bastion of free speech, I suppose it only is, to the extent that it's capable of linking to sites/articles/etc where meaningful examples of that are actually happening. But on the platform itself? Ugh. I just don't get it. Never did. I feel like it brings out the worse in humanity. This was the case before Elon bought it, and it's still the case now. It's a fuckin' sewer. Hell, it made Jordan Peterson (of all people) lose his God damned mind a few times. And this is kind of unrelated (or is it?), but like...most of the population of the United States does not actually use it with any regularity. Like...at all. Never did, and still doesn't. But to listen to breathless media/blog/YouTube/TikTok /etc accounts of current things, you'd swear it was the heartbeat of America. It just isn't. It never was. It's not real. Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By Subnet: Originally Posted By Advance: X is the World's newspaper, TV news, online forum and public square. If Elon can keep it open, free and fair it will change humanity. Imagine Hitler and Mussolini trying to rise if a non-biased Twitter was around. You have heads of state, politicians, pundits, pollsters, citizen reporters, spies, news orgs, OSINT, etc. all with equal footing and all trying to control the narrative. The masses get to decide. Power to the people. If Elon and Trump are still around in 12 months, it will be an act of God. From the day it went live to the public (I remember it well, being the nerd I am), I've never really understood Twitter. It has always struck me as a ham-fisted way of some giant megacorp with gazillions of venture capital dollars, desperately trying to convince me that they had a solution to a problem I didn't (and still don't) genuinely have. It's as if three dudes in their early 20s were SMS texting each other in a group chat, and went "You know what would be cool? If the entire world could see this, maaaan. Just like this, with all the stupid limitations of this, but like...in a web browser. And no longer private - the whole world could listen in" (and later as an "app" on a phone, I guess). And I would have, at the time, been the third man out in that chat going "Eh...naw, man. Just...no. WTF? WHY?!!" But what do I know? Obviously. Definitely missed the boat on that. I guess. To the extent that Twitter/X is some kind of bastion of free speech, I suppose it only is, to the extent that it's capable of linking to sites/articles/etc where meaningful examples of that are actually happening. But on the platform itself? Ugh. I just don't get it. Never did. I feel like it brings out the worse in humanity. This was the case before Elon bought it, and it's still the case now. It's a fuckin' sewer. Hell, it made Jordan Peterson (of all people) lose his God damned mind a few times. And this is kind of unrelated (or is it?), but like...most of the population of the United States does not actually use it with any regularity. Like...at all. Never did, and still doesn't. But to listen to breathless media/blog/YouTube/TikTok /etc accounts of current things, you'd swear it was the heartbeat of America. It just isn't. It never was. It's not real. I agree with you mostly. Twitter is inferior communication, even compared to forums. So why is it popular? Because people are stupid. They want instant gratification and constant updates with everything reduced to sound bites. Or in this case single sentence to paragraph descriptions or witty comments. The only reason it's in the news media is due to the fact that it's generally faster and more accurate to get the daily happenings from X than the legacy media that is generally slow and stupid with Communist propaganda filters applied. |
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Posted: 8/15/2024 4:00:45 AM EDT
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Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By Missilegeek: I agree with you mostly. Twitter is inferior communication, even compared to forums. So why is it popular? Because people are stupid. They want instant gratification and constant updates with everything reduced to sound bites. Or in this case single sentence to paragraph descriptions or witty comments. The only reason it's in the news media is due to the fact that it's generally faster and more accurate to get the daily happenings from X than the legacy media that is generally slow and stupid with Communist propaganda filters applied. I think those of us who obsess over this shit, are probably doing so in a bubble. And that's probably going to be hard for a lot of us to hear, because it's going to challenge really fundamental assumptions about reality. Which is never pleasant. |
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Posted: 8/15/2024 5:33:10 AM EDT
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Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By Subnet: This part in red. I'm disputing this part. I think it's only popular to people who live online (like us?), and I don't think they're (we're) anywhere close to a majority. It doesn't really matter, in the end. I think those of us who obsess over this shit, are probably doing so in a bubble. And that's probably going to be hard for a lot of us to hear, because it's going to challenge really fundamental assumptions about reality. Which is never pleasant. Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By Subnet: Originally Posted By Missilegeek: I agree with you mostly. Twitter is inferior communication, even compared to forums. So why is it popular? Because people are stupid. They want instant gratification and constant updates with everything reduced to sound bites. Or in this case single sentence to paragraph descriptions or witty comments. The only reason it's in the news media is due to the fact that it's generally faster and more accurate to get the daily happenings from X than the legacy media that is generally slow and stupid with Communist propaganda filters applied. I think those of us who obsess over this shit, are probably doing so in a bubble. And that's probably going to be hard for a lot of us to hear, because it's going to challenge really fundamental assumptions about reality. Which is never pleasant. And the ones not using Twitter/X or other equally bad social media platforms to stay informed are instead relying on mainstream "news" channels, which are just as bad. Probably worse, since they carry with them an unearned reputation for accuracy and integrity. Ultimately though the brainwashing of America was a multiple-front offensive (media, education, race, sex, TV commercials, Sesame Street - everything), immersing the public in subtle social and behavioral conditioning for decades. Time to pay the piper. |
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Posted: 8/15/2024 6:33:16 AM EDT
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 Attached FileHe says he is a moderate? Sounds like he is in denial about his political beliefs. |
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Posted: 8/15/2024 6:52:11 AM EDT
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Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By Subnet: It's not real. Twitter's logo was a bird. Birds aren't real. Twitter is the governments online surveillance drone. |
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Posted: 8/15/2024 8:49:39 AM EDT
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Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By Subnet: I guess, but it seems like a pale imitation of what we used to have, or at least pretend we had. I dunno. From the day it went live to the public (I remember it well, being the nerd I am), I've never really understood Twitter. It has always struck me as a ham-fisted way of some giant megacorp with gazillions of venture capital dollars, desperately trying to convince me that they had a solution to a problem I didn't (and still don't) genuinely have. It's as if three dudes in their early 20s were SMS texting each other in a group chat, and went "You know what would be cool? If the entire world could see this, maaaan. Just like this, with all the stupid limitations of this, but like...in a web browser. And no longer private - the whole world could listen in" (and later as an "app" on a phone, I guess). And I would have, at the time, been the third man out in that chat going "Eh...naw, man. Just...no. WTF? WHY?!!" But what do I know? Obviously. Definitely missed the boat on that. I guess. To the extent that Twitter/X is some kind of bastion of free speech, I suppose it only is, to the extent that it's capable of linking to sites/articles/etc where meaningful examples of that are actually happening. But on the platform itself? Ugh. I just don't get it. Never did. I feel like it brings out the worse in humanity. This was the case before Elon bought it, and it's still the case now. It's a fuckin' sewer. Hell, it made Jordan Peterson (of all people) lose his God damned mind a few times. And this is kind of unrelated (or is it?), but like...most of the population of the United States does not actually use it with any regularity. Like...at all. Never did, and still doesn't. But to listen to breathless media/blog/YouTube/TikTok /etc accounts of current things, you'd swear it was the heartbeat of America. It just isn't. It never was. It's not real. Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By Subnet: Originally Posted By Advance: X is the World's newspaper, TV news, online forum and public square. If Elon can keep it open, free and fair it will change humanity. Imagine Hitler and Mussolini trying to rise if a non-biased Twitter was around. You have heads of state, politicians, pundits, pollsters, citizen reporters, spies, news orgs, OSINT, etc. all with equal footing and all trying to control the narrative. The masses get to decide. Power to the people. If Elon and Trump are still around in 12 months, it will be an act of God. From the day it went live to the public (I remember it well, being the nerd I am), I've never really understood Twitter. It has always struck me as a ham-fisted way of some giant megacorp with gazillions of venture capital dollars, desperately trying to convince me that they had a solution to a problem I didn't (and still don't) genuinely have. It's as if three dudes in their early 20s were SMS texting each other in a group chat, and went "You know what would be cool? If the entire world could see this, maaaan. Just like this, with all the stupid limitations of this, but like...in a web browser. And no longer private - the whole world could listen in" (and later as an "app" on a phone, I guess). And I would have, at the time, been the third man out in that chat going "Eh...naw, man. Just...no. WTF? WHY?!!" But what do I know? Obviously. Definitely missed the boat on that. I guess. To the extent that Twitter/X is some kind of bastion of free speech, I suppose it only is, to the extent that it's capable of linking to sites/articles/etc where meaningful examples of that are actually happening. But on the platform itself? Ugh. I just don't get it. Never did. I feel like it brings out the worse in humanity. This was the case before Elon bought it, and it's still the case now. It's a fuckin' sewer. Hell, it made Jordan Peterson (of all people) lose his God damned mind a few times. And this is kind of unrelated (or is it?), but like...most of the population of the United States does not actually use it with any regularity. Like...at all. Never did, and still doesn't. But to listen to breathless media/blog/YouTube/TikTok /etc accounts of current things, you'd swear it was the heartbeat of America. It just isn't. It never was. It's not real. And yet, this "not real" thing has been built and used in a very real fashion in the realm of public perception in multiple areas of society by your ideological opponents. It doesn't matter if you "get it" or not, it is(slightly less now) a tool used by the opposition, so one should probably try to limit it's effectiveness or use it for your own benefit. |
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Posted: 8/15/2024 9:11:14 AM EDT
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Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By exDefensorMilitas: And yet, this "not real" thing has been built and used in a very real fashion in the realm of public perception in multiple areas of society by your ideological opponents. It doesn't matter if you "get it" or not, it is(slightly less now) a tool used by the opposition, so one should probably try to limit it's effectiveness or use it for your own benefit. Hell, I'm not even sure that most of the traffic isn't just AI bots at this point. Seriously - I don't think it's all that real, or reflective of American society as a whole. It's an illusion. |
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Posted: 8/15/2024 11:37:41 AM EDT
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Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By Subnet: I really don't think this is actually all that true. I think it's always just been corporate hype, to try and draw advertisers in - from the day it went public, to the day Elon bought it. And terminally online folks (like us?) thought it was real. It wasn't. It isn't. I still kinda think the whole thing has always been a grift. Hell, I'm not even sure that most of the traffic isn't just AI bots at this point. Seriously - I don't think it's all that real, or reflective of American society as a whole. It's an illusion. Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By Subnet: Originally Posted By exDefensorMilitas: And yet, this "not real" thing has been built and used in a very real fashion in the realm of public perception in multiple areas of society by your ideological opponents. It doesn't matter if you "get it" or not, it is(slightly less now) a tool used by the opposition, so one should probably try to limit it's effectiveness or use it for your own benefit. Hell, I'm not even sure that most of the traffic isn't just AI bots at this point. Seriously - I don't think it's all that real, or reflective of American society as a whole. It's an illusion. You can believe what you want. Meanwhile, the media, the government, corporations and institutions will use social media to broadcast their messaging to millions and millions of people, every single day. |
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Posted: 8/15/2024 1:01:33 PM EDT
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Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By Subnet: I really don't think this is actually all that true. I think it's always just been corporate hype, to try and draw advertisers in - from the day it went public, to the day Elon bought it. And terminally online folks (like us?) thought it was real. It wasn't. It isn't. I still kinda think the whole thing has always been a grift. Hell, I'm not even sure that most of the traffic isn't just AI bots at this point. Seriously - I don't think it's all that real, or reflective of American society as a whole. It's an illusion. Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By Subnet: Originally Posted By exDefensorMilitas: And yet, this "not real" thing has been built and used in a very real fashion in the realm of public perception in multiple areas of society by your ideological opponents. It doesn't matter if you "get it" or not, it is(slightly less now) a tool used by the opposition, so one should probably try to limit it's effectiveness or use it for your own benefit. Hell, I'm not even sure that most of the traffic isn't just AI bots at this point. Seriously - I don't think it's all that real, or reflective of American society as a whole. It's an illusion. The fact that left was and still is screeching because it was sold, the fact that MANY high level people were "former" CIA, FBI, DHS, etc., the fact that governments are talking about regulating it and/or indicting its owner, the fact that 80%+ of its staff was gotten rid of and it still functions (because it's no longer an activist organization) says that you're dead wrong on this one. |
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Posted: 8/15/2024 1:06:42 PM EDT
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Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By t75fnaco3pwzhd: He did.
Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By t75fnaco3pwzhd: Originally Posted By brownbomber: He should offer to interview Harris. He did.
Well, I guess that silly ass ho doesn't have anything to bitch about then, amiright? |
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Posted: 8/15/2024 1:30:53 PM EDT
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Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By RattleCanAR:
https://www.ar15.com/media/mediaFiles/255381/Image_7_jpeg-3294901.JPG He says he is a moderate? Sounds like he is in denial about his political beliefs. Real moderates oppose disarmament. |
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Posted: 8/15/2024 2:08:56 PM EDT
[Last Edit: RattleCanAR]
[#48]
X puts a 1911 in the place of the water pistol.  Attached File |
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Posted: 8/15/2024 2:25:41 PM EDT
[#49]
Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By RattleCanAR:
X puts a 1911 in the place of the water pistol. https://www.ar15.com/media/mediaFiles/255381/IMG_5803_png-3295148.JPG Isn’t that what the gun emoji use to be? Maybe it was a revolver, I can’t remember. |
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Posted: 8/15/2024 4:19:53 PM EDT
[#50]
Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By Mblades: Isn’t that what the gun emoji use to be? Maybe it was a revolver, I can’t remember. I think it was a revolver. |
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