Board 8 > Politics Containment Topic 399: Teardrops on My Qatar

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Dancedreamer posted...

Well if you have $99 to burn... you can have one.

That would require me giving trump $99

Its funny how they are actually just digital trading cards and not actually NFTs

Maybe they were originally going to try going through ftx

Jakyl25 posted...

Its funny how they are actually just digital trading cards and not actually NFTs

I thought they were actually NFTs and Trump is just calling them digital trading cards because that probably makes more sense to boomers who might otherwise still not understand NFTs. (And honestly, does anybody actually understand NFTs?)

Thorn posted...

I thought they were actually NFTs and Trump is just calling them digital trading cards because that probably makes more sense to boomers who might otherwise still not understand NFTs. (And honestly, does anybody actually understand NFTs?)

I know a fair bit. I'm pretty big into the MLB NFTs. But those are actually on-blockchain NFTs so there is a "thing" that "exists" for those.

Although an article I see when I google "Trump Digital Collectible" says they will be minted on Polygon, so aren't they NFTs?

It also says it's going to be an edition of 45,000 which is an absurdly high mint count. That works out to 4.5M if they sell them all.

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https://twitter.com/oneunderscore__/status/1603551884748460034?s=21

Okay, looks like Elon isn't really a free speech absolutist. In fact, he doesn't even support free speech as much as Gamefaqs.

On one hand I am incredibly happy Twitter will not exist in two years at this rate, but on the other hand I hate that Musk is doing it through gross incompetence and not brutal prowess.

it is increasingly baffling to me that anyone thinks Elon is a cool dude who doesnt suck ass

like, politics aside, he just seems like a thin-skinned baby man who is bad at jokes

Dude has always been a goober. He just fooled people because he had money to surround himself with people smarter than him and then take credit.

"and another thing: im not mad. please dont put in the newspaper that i got mad."

but he's got all them cameos from Simpsons to MCU as the real life Tony Stark one true genius of our lifetime

https://twitter.com/elonmusk/status/1603600001057185792?s=20&t=nBJ-j6vigAL4BdEzLZFiAQ

the people have spoken, now lets see if Elon actually accepts it

Quick, let's play a game: What happens?

1. He deletes that tweet
2. "57% voted to continue the suspension for at least some length of time. We will reevaluate the length of time at a later date."
3. Ignores it and pretends it never happened
4. Claims "Now" only won b/c bots and the true winner was to keep them suspended and so "the people have spoken" to keep them banned
5. Actually restores them in a timely manner? (lolololol)

I feel like option 2 has a real shot here.

https://twitter.com/elonmusk/status/1603609278664712192?s=21

as a shock to no one, that first poll obviously doesnt count

lmfao i thought we'd have time to at least get some guesses up

should've just gone ">50% voted for at least 7 days. Vox Populi, Vox Dei."

of course, that's why the new poll merges them

Grimlyn posted...

should've just gone ">50% voted for at least 7 days. Vox Populi, Vox Dei."

of course, that's why the new poll merges them

That's why I thought Option 2 was a good choice in my short-lived game!

And yeah, now with the 24 hour poll even unban "now" is really more like "a day and a half"

But I think the reason he made the new poll 24 hours is that the other one was too short notice to get the bot farms to deliver him his preferred option.

periodically refreshing the poll like its a contest match

nows got a good lead, but wait until the kiddies get home

lmfaooooooooooooooooooooooooo

Okay, so, suspended accounts still had access to Twitter Spaces. So a bunch of the banned journalists (and some non-banned) were in one and chatting (ElonJet was there too) when Elon dropped in. He gets one question and gets fairly light fact-checking and just ragequits the call and drops out in the middle of being asked the next question.

Video of the exchange here and is about 3 minutes long. Musk ragequits around 2:30 in.

https://twitter.com/ForeverEversley/status/1603612770892918784

legit feels sorta reminiscent of the Rubio debate where Musk clearly went in determined to repeat his mantra of "you dox, you're suspended. end of story." and when challenged he just repeats it until finally he just dips after repeating it a final time lol.

Thorn posted...

"you dox, you're suspended. end of story."

bonus funny because the elon literally yesterday asked twitter to identify someone and included his license plate and the tweet itself is still up

MoogleKupo141 posted...

periodically refreshing the poll like its a contest match

nows got a good lead, but wait until the kiddies get home

https://twitter.com/elonmusk/status/1603609466301059073

Currently at 56.1 - 43.9

This will tide me over until the next contest

KamikazePotato posted...

Currently at 56.1 - 43.9

This will tide me over until the next contest

lol I said in Discord this is basically 2006 Battle Royale where Musk didn't like the first result so he eliminated some options in the hopes of getting Snake > Seph.

The NFT collection sold out.

Damn, should have bought one

red_sox_777 posted...

Okay, looks like Elon isn't really a free speech absolutist.

you don't say

Im surprised anyone believed Elon wanted free speech to begin with. The man has the maturity of the average Adam Sandler character at best. You can tell by the way he posts hes an insecure immature rich brat who never really grew up and has the thinnest skin imaginable since he bans everyone making fun of him or responds with stuff youd expect a 12 year old to reply with.

How the fuck anyone worships guys like him or Trump is baffling. Almost makes you want to believe conspiracy theories like people being brainwashed through water or something because its hard to believe functioning people would have a positive opinion of either of them.

See: Klaas & the myth of genius - https://brianklaas.substack.com/p/the-myth-of-the-secret-genius
Jfc i just posted a link to a substack. Goddamn, 2022.

Also - prior to showing their entire asses on social media, both of those losers had huge dedicated pr teams and sympathetic journalists

Also money.

People like money and they have it and think they can have it too

True, that goes into the common belief that hard work and being a good person means you'll get money, so people with money must work hard and be good people.

swordz9 posted...

How the fuck anyone worships guys like him or Trump is baffling. Almost makes you want to believe conspiracy theories like people being brainwashed through water or something because its hard to believe functioning people would have a positive opinion of either of them.

i have a much easier explanation: most people suck.

they worship people who are like them, ergo they (trump and elon) also suck.

https://twitter.com/joshua_eaton/status/1603574660406329345

It is easy for people to be led to believe things, and when they do, it's hard to get them to consider they may be wrong.

I'm not sure if this has been posted yet, but pretty much this:

https://www.theonion.com/please-like-me-1848674003

https://twitter.com/samfbiddle/status/1603594677306814464?s=46&t=tUbmQIF6vJjx45CJ0QraYw

https://twitter.com/galuade_/status/1603795698012807168

Yesmar_ posted...

I'm not sure if this has been posted yet, but pretty much this:

https://www.theonion.com/please-like-me-1848674003

Wow, this is maybe the most directly brutal I've seen the Onion be

lol, Elon and his minions turned on Bari Weiss just because she said Is it ok for Elon to start banning journalists?

https://twitter.com/elonmusk/status/1603851100569812992?s=46&t=nDiEr6Yrm7dVuCulWWL-HQ

https://twitter.com/bariweiss/status/1603912678371573761?s=46&t=nDiEr6Yrm7dVuCulWWL-HQ

Pathetic

https://twitter.com/twittersupport/status/1604531261791522817?s=21

LordoftheMorons posted...

Pathetic

https://twitter.com/twittersupport/status/1604531261791522817?s=21

so what's the free speech absolutist defense of this one

LordoftheMorons posted...

Pathetic

https://twitter.com/twittersupport/status/1604531261791522817?s=21

this may actually be the biggest nail in the sites coffin, its so ridiculous and actively makes the user experience worse for everyone

a normal person could basically ignore shit like him banning a bunch of journalists or fucking around with checkmarks, but theyre going to occasionally try to post an Instagram link

I think theyre banning Mastadon

not just mastodon, although Im assuming the Mastodon stuff after his flight tracker meltdown is directly leading to this

Specifically, we will remove accounts created solely for the purpose of promoting other social platforms and content that contains links or usernames for the following platforms: Facebook, Instagram, Mastodon, Truth Social, Tribel, Nostr and Post.

MoogleKupo141 posted...

Specifically, we will remove accounts created solely for the purpose of promoting other social platforms and content that contains links or usernames for the following platforms: Facebook, Instagram, Mastodon, Truth Social, Tribel, Nostr and Post.

tumblr cohost hive and parler are safe for now

although a funny thing to remember from early in for the whole acquisition was Musk talking up making Twitter into a YouTube competitor, asking streamers what YouTube pays them and immediately claiming (based on nothing) that he could "beat that"

so maybe when that gets started elon can ban youtube links too

Grimlyn posted...

so what's the free speech absolutist defense of this one

*edit* lol

https://twitter.com/elonmusk/status/1533616384747442176

Ok this is objectively hilarious

How far are we from Truth Social actually being the superior platform

Jakyl25 posted...

How far are we from Truth Social actually being the superior platform

I just realized it's double banned because IIRC it's just a Mastodon fork.

MoogleKupo141 posted...

not just mastodon, although Im assuming the Mastodon stuff after his flight tracker meltdown is directly leading to this

Specifically, we will remove accounts created solely for the purpose of promoting other social platforms and content that contains links or usernames for the following platforms: Facebook, Instagram, Mastodon, Truth Social, Tribel, Nostr and Post.

Not mentioned: Onlyfans

https://twitter.com/JuddLegum/status/1604564509884030977

Who would've thought there would be a downside to firing your entire regulatory compliance staff?

But if nobody is handling regulatory compliance, doesn't that mean nobody at Twitter would pay these fines or even respond to them at all?

https://twitter.com/9_volt_/status/1604617391014641664?s=21

hes literally just making stuff up on the fly without any sort of forethought as to how it actually affects the users of the site

how dumb is he that he needed the quartering to be the voice of reason