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red sox 777
04/26/22 8:26:27 PM
#151:


Look, free speech law is a complex topic and Elon probably hasn't studied it that closely. But he's unlikely to end up creating a dystopian horror which would also cost him about 25% of his wealth as such a platform wouldn't be worth much.

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Metal_DK
04/26/22 9:55:01 PM
#152:


HashtagSEP posted...
Youve just generalized millions of people as being unstable and having issues based on them using some form of social media or content creation.

Sounds like youre projecting that jealousy. If anybody is unstable in this situation, its you.

All of the evidence points to me being correct, sorry you are so obsessed with me using "All". The general trends points to me being correct.

And i would argue that millions of people who use these sites have massive issues yes.

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DoomTheGyarados
04/26/22 9:56:53 PM
#153:


millions of people in general have issues

if you have a large enough sampling of anything you will find people with issues.

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Metal_DK
04/26/22 9:58:05 PM
#154:


Very true, but social media seems to be a massive problem in the world today, and is only getting worse.

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StealThisSheen
04/26/22 11:04:32 PM
#155:


Metal_DK posted...
Very true, but social media seems to be a massive problem in the world today, and is only getting worse.

You're literally on a social site right now, so you have to atleast assume you're unstable, too, to be consistent, right?

My main point is that I'm not really sure how you can sit there and freely negatively judge millions of people you don't know, and don't even know literally anything about other than "they use social media," and think there's nothing weird about that.

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banananor
04/26/22 11:11:11 PM
#156:


I'm fairly confident metal dk is a gimmick/theme/alt account


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Waluigi1
04/26/22 11:18:43 PM
#157:


StealThisSheen posted...
You're literally on a social site right now, so you have to atleast assume you're unstable, too, to be consistent, right?
I was about to say the same lol.

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Metal_DK
04/26/22 11:24:34 PM
#158:


StealThisSheen posted...
You're literally on a social site right now, so you have to atleast assume you're unstable, too, to be consistent, right?

My main point is that I'm not really sure how you can sit there and freely negatively judge millions of people you don't know, and don't even know literally anything about other than "they use social media," and think there's nothing weird about that.

ive said numerous times explaining why gfaqs isnt the problem. I mean books are "social media" and theyve been around since well a long ass time.

More and more people realize the problems and modern era began around 2007. Psychologists agree with me. If you are nitpicking over my language choice to find whatever reason to try and "own" me, Im sorry? But social media has been proven time and time again to cause anger and jealousy more than anything else.

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Nanis23
04/26/22 11:25:50 PM
#159:


Metal_DK posted...
More and more people realize the problems and modern era began around 2007.
Jesus christ will you ever stop with this gimmick

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NFUN
04/27/22 12:29:31 PM
#160:


banananor posted...
I'm fairly confident metal dk is a gimmick/theme/alt account
no shit

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Kenri
04/27/22 1:33:41 PM
#161:


Nanis23 posted...
Jesus christ will you ever stop with this gimmick
low key he's kinda right though

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Jakyl25
04/27/22 5:57:00 PM
#162:


https://twitter.com/elonmusk/status/1519415674111672325?s=21&t=Ums-iRL4NHircyig9ZEVXA

lol this fucking goober

Go back to Philosophy 101

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Mobilezoid
04/27/22 5:59:57 PM
#163:


Trolls can be as anti-LGBT as they want, but LGBT existing, even without doing anything, makes them equally as angry so it all evens out

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Whiskey_Nick
04/27/22 6:01:00 PM
#164:


I have purchased Twitter

It is now called Cheeseburgers

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Mr Lasastryke
04/27/22 6:04:08 PM
#165:


Metal_DK posted...
Very true, but social media seems to be a massive problem in the world today, and is only getting worse.

social media, sure.

but if you're saying "ban youtube and twitch," you're pretty much taking away the vast majority of my entertainment nowadays and i'm not on board with that.

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NFUN
04/27/22 6:05:12 PM
#166:


Whiskey_Nick posted...
I have purchased Twitter

It is now called Cheeseburgers
nick i think your IT staff may have messed something up im not getting anything for cheeseburgers.com

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Whiskey_Nick
04/27/22 6:10:27 PM
#167:


these changes take time, we have to power cycle the routers

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red sox 777
04/27/22 6:10:45 PM
#168:


Jakyl25 posted...
https://twitter.com/elonmusk/status/1519415674111672325?s=21&t=Ums-iRL4NHircyig9ZEVXA

lol this fucking goober

Go back to Philosophy 101

I agree with Elon.

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MoogleKupo141
04/27/22 6:13:17 PM
#169:


well maybe you can join him in his philosophy 101 class

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Jakyl25
04/27/22 6:41:31 PM
#170:


https://twitter.com/ian_fraser/status/1519427222926462995?s=21&t=Ums-iRL4NHircyig9ZEVXA

shrug

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PerfectChaosZ
04/27/22 7:05:42 PM
#171:


Desperate to be in the spotlight
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charmander6000
04/27/22 7:10:42 PM
#172:


MoogleKupo141 posted...
well maybe you can join him in his philosophy 101 class

Pretty much. A neutral stance does not mean taking the "middle option." There's an entire fallacy involved with that.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Argument_to_moderation

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red sox 777
04/27/22 7:24:19 PM
#173:


Yes, of course. The question is whether the far left and far right are similar enough, and both bad enough, that it makes sense that Twitter should be adopting policies that would upset them both. And I think the answer to that is yes, provided, of course, that we are conceptualizing "far left" and "far right" in the way that I am doing so - so I am not calling 42% of French voters "far right" for instance.

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Tom Bombadil
04/27/22 7:40:13 PM
#174:


Jakyl25 posted...
https://twitter.com/ian_fraser/status/1519427222926462995?s=21&t=Ums-iRL4NHircyig9ZEVXA

shrug

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LDU_Txk06tM

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GuessMyUserName
04/27/22 7:42:34 PM
#175:


I feel the need to point out there's no arguing with what is originally a false premise to begin with. The far right is positively ecstatic and heavily motivated by this move (as are Elon's own tweets heavily slanted), so to talk about upsetting both sides equally is just a boldly dishonest framing.

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Jakyl25
04/27/22 7:52:17 PM
#176:


<img src="//:0">https://twitter.com/slpng_giants/status/1519462911571156992?

Does he need geometry 101 also?

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red sox 777
04/27/22 7:55:18 PM
#177:


Jakyl25 posted...
<img src="//:0">https://twitter.com/slpng_giants/status/1519462911571156992?

Does he need geometry 101 also?

Can you state your objection?

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MoogleKupo141
04/27/22 7:55:56 PM
#178:


i dont see how he can reduce moderation and simultaneously upset any percentage of the far right

like his free speech absolutism and his equally unhappy both ends of the spectrum goals dont seem compatible at all

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Jakyl25
04/27/22 7:58:21 PM
#179:


red sox 777 posted...
Can you state your objection?

Do you think only 20% of people on earth are far left or far right based on Elons perspective

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Jakyl25
04/27/22 8:00:03 PM
#180:


MoogleKupo141 posted...
i dont see how he can reduce moderation and simultaneously upset any percentage of the far right

like his free speech absolutism and his equally unhappy both ends of the spectrum goals dont seem compatible at all


Yeah like the middle ground compromise is shit like trans people are allowed to have accounts but people are free to harass them

Surely this equally upsets both sides

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red sox 777
04/27/22 8:01:40 PM
#181:


Jakyl25 posted...
Do you think only 20% of people on earth are far left or far right based on Elons perspective

10% far left and 10% far right would be my guess. And yes, since he said 80% are not, that must be his perspective right?

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GuessMyUserName
04/27/22 8:02:24 PM
#182:


Jakyl25 posted...
<img src="//:0">https://twitter.com/slpng_giants/status/1519462911571156992?

Does he need geometry 101 also?

the second one is absolutely hilarious after my previous point about the dishonest "both sides" take earlier

because here he wants to rave about the crazy left, but he said just 3 hours ago that to be politically neutral means to upset "both sides" equally... so he has to tack on "oh and there's probably a little bit of unhappiness on the right too" which still isn't equal but he has to make that claim anyways after what he just said moments ago, even though he doesn't have anyone upset on the right to point to and he's literally just gabbing around with a bunch of prominent right-wing voices.

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Tom Bombadil
04/27/22 8:03:30 PM
#183:


My remaining far-right contacts seem pretty happy about it, even!

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Paratroopa1
04/27/22 8:03:59 PM
#184:


it's incredibly fucking funny that anyone would think elon musk is "on the left"
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Jakyl25
04/27/22 8:04:05 PM
#185:


red sox 777 posted...
10% far left and 10% far right would be my guess. And yes, since he said 80% are not, that must be his perspective right?

Its a very undercooked perspective IMO

He speaks of total human happiness but still only speaks in western political terms

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GuessMyUserName
04/27/22 8:07:45 PM
#186:


Tom Bombadil posted...
My remaining far-right contacts seem pretty happy about it, even!
yeap, my brother is very far down the rabbit hole spending his whole life these days on each right-wing podcaster, discord group, and youtube/facebook comments section and the day this sale was announced he made a twitter account

he's got the most utterly cringelord profile bio as I lamented in dillos topic but for here I'll just point out he caps it off calling himself a "destroyer of woke bullshit" lmfao

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Jakyl25
04/27/22 8:10:40 PM
#187:


Whats he gonna do if Elon flakes out?

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red sox 777
04/27/22 8:16:21 PM
#188:


Jakyl25 posted...
Its a very undercooked perspective IMO

He speaks of total human happiness but still only speaks in western political terms

You can discuss total human happiness using Western philosophical models or Eastern ones or really, any philosophical models you like. But it may be difficult to discuss anything on Twitter very well given the character limit.

Nonetheless, when people make statements that leave room for ambiguity, I feel that it is incumbent on the reader to interpret them in the light most favorable to the writer. Statements should be read so that, to the extent possible, they are internally consistent, lack surplusage, have depth and nuance, and have explanatory power.

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GuessMyUserName
04/27/22 8:18:32 PM
#189:


He'll probably just get banned like he has on other media platforms that'll piss him off and make him leave, as nowadays he talks about avoiding these CENSORSHIP websites

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red sox 777
04/27/22 8:19:31 PM
#190:


GuessMyUserName posted...
I feel the need to point out there's no arguing with what is originally a false premise to begin with. The far right is positively ecstatic and heavily motivated by this move (as are Elon's own tweets heavily slanted), so to talk about upsetting both sides equally is just a boldly dishonest framing.

Not sure if this is what he means, but they were outraged by Twitter's action in censoring Donald Trump in the first place while the far left was ecstatic. To achieve equality of upsetness the far left is going to need to be a lot more upset for quite some time in order to make up for what's happened to date.

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Hbthebattle
04/27/22 8:33:23 PM
#191:


Have you considered that the far right deserve to be upset significantly more

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redrocket
04/27/22 9:00:55 PM
#192:


Jakyl25 posted...
Whats he gonna do if Elon flakes out?

Elon literally has to pay Twitter $1 billion if he flakes out now. I know thats not much to him (lol) but would he really piss away that much money?

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Team Rocket Elite
04/27/22 9:03:25 PM
#193:


That's a sunk cost. If buying Twitter would lose him more money, then cutting his losses can still be the better option.

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red sox 777
04/27/22 9:05:20 PM
#194:


I can't imagine there's stuff that would impact his valuation of Twitter that wasn't disclosed to him before they signed that's going to come out now.

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GuessMyUserName
04/27/22 9:17:30 PM
#195:


Twitter itself is very poorly monetized, this is not a purchase about making money to begin with - which is what Musk claims himself as well.

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04/27/22 9:22:08 PM
#196:


red sox 777 posted...
Not sure if this is what he means, but they were outraged by Twitter's action in censoring Donald Trump in the first place while the far left was ecstatic. To achieve equality of upsetness the far left is going to need to be a lot more upset for quite some time in order to make up for what's happened to date.
So you are saying that the far right needs twitter reparations?

To bad they dont believe in that.

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Corrik7
04/27/22 9:58:45 PM
#197:


Tesla stock will bounce back. It's not a big deal

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paperwarior
04/28/22 1:14:04 AM
#198:


It's weird to think that we have social media operations so influential that it's argued they should be a kind of public utility for speech, and then a billionaire buys one seemingly because he feels like making some changes to it.

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Mr Lasastryke
04/28/22 1:48:27 AM
#199:


red sox 777 posted...
Nonetheless, when people make statements that leave room for ambiguity, I feel that it is incumbent on the reader to interpret them in the light most favorable to the writer. Statements should be read so that, to the extent possible, they are internally consistent, lack surplusage, have depth and nuance, and have explanatory power.

man, if people on board 8 read my posts this way, i wouldn't get in nearly as many arguments

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04/28/22 1:49:06 AM
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https://gamefaqs.gamespot.com/a/user_image/9/7/9/AAB6RfAADLXT.jpg

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