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Pogue Mahone said:
It’s unfathomable. You can understand fans going in to bat for music stars, actors or athletes. They feel connected to people who have moved them, at an emotional level. What the feck has a joyless prick like Musk ever done for any of his online stans?
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I think a lot of these people see themselves in Musk (Without the massive wealth)

Musk is a loser. Like that is the most succinct way to describe him. He is awkward, unfunny, tries way too hard to be cool and fails at it. He has all the hallmarks of someone who had no friends growing up and was probably bullied/laughed at because he was such a loser. He ended up getting very rich but even that has no changed who he is at his core, which is a loser, and I would wager that most of the people who endlessly defend him are much the same type as he is.
 

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Lemoor said:
100 million is a guess though, no idea how reasonable.
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As hilarious it would have been, it does not seem to be true. He is not getting paid wages for selling his company (that never really happens). Instead, he got cash (8.5m based on his tax filing) that got taxed more than would have been taxed if he would have taken stock instead (like most do). He deliberately chose so in order to pay more in taxes.

Also, 1m for headcount is absolutely bullshit. There is no standard like that in the industry.

By all accounts he is some type of middle manager, so probably in 300-500K range salary, so if we go with the standard 3 month severance package, it is probably 100-200K in firing compensation. I guess the issue is that probably Twitter doesn't want to give that.

BTW, the exchange was hilarious. A public e-roasting if I ever saw one. Almost every tweet by this guy had a hilarious punt on Musk.
 

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He has no idea how code works, full stop. Just like he has no idea how rockets work, electric cars work, language models work or even how monkey brain chips work.
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Bit of an exaggeration but admittedly way less than how much he is credited for it. He is (or was) a smart man particulary his acumen for business. At one point the whole world was convinced he's some genius scientist coder, rocket scientist and automotive guru which does take some intelligence.

I'm glad the world is waking up to him now it was just nauseating having to tolerate his worship for years.
 

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shamans said:
Bit of an exaggeration but admittedly way less than how much he is credited for it. He is (or was) a smart man particulary his acumen for business. At one point the whole world was convinced he's some genius scientist coder, rocket scientist and automotive guru which does take some intelligence.

I'm glad the world is waking up to him now it was just nauseating having to tolerate his worship for years.
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“The whole world”:lol:

He had a very vocal fanbase and a much smaller set of people who realized he was a clown. Over time that latter group has grown, but the majority of the world still has no idea who he is.
 

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“The whole world”:lol:

He had a very vocal fanbase and a much smaller set of people who realized he was a clown. Over time that latter group has grown, but the majority of the world still has no idea who he is.
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whole world isn’t literal obviously. Just saying there was a time it was globally an accepted idea.
 

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"It's complicated"

Funny he finds this stuff complicated but claims a hyper loop is "really simple"

I know I bang on about it but I've seen through Musk for years and I can't tell you the pleasure I am getting watching him publicly shit the bed and embarrass himself every day.
 

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It's ok everyone, instead of spending time understanding a situation, defame and abuse them because " people make up disabilities all the time"


 

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BayernFan87 said:

Damn haha i love this guy
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I've had the misfortune to read the comments under his post. Time for every half sane person to delete their Twitter forever. What a clusterfeck this medium has become. I sometimes wonder if there's actual people posting this hateful stuff or if these are bots or paid WUMs.
 

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shamans said:
whole world isn’t literal obviously. Just saying there was a time it was globally an accepted idea.
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Which is weird as listening to the guy for more than 5 mins should give everyone an idea that he has no clue what he is talking about.
 

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Godfather said:
Which is weird as listening to the guy for more than 5 mins should give everyone an idea that he has no clue what he is talking about.
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Thing is most people themselves don't know the technical details and assume he must. For instance, self-driving cars is not my field but I always assumed he was speaking some sense back when I was younger. Wasn't until recently I learned how he's confident and wrong on some pretty obviously wrong things.
 

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Interview with Halli at the end of this pdocast. Touches on the Musk conversation a bit. Seems like a really good dude.

 

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He’s trying to destroy it right? He can’t really be that thick. @Escobar please explain why he’s doing such a terrible job please. If I wanted to do as bad a job as him I don’t think I’d have the creativity to do it to the level he has.
 

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He’s trying to destroy it right? He can’t really be that thick. @Escobar please explain why he’s doing such a terrible job please. If I wanted to do as bad a job as him I don’t think I’d have the creativity to do it to the level he has.
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I think he was clearly, obviously trying to destroy parts of it. I dont think basic functionality and its ability to stay in business for a year of his leadership were part of the plan though. Thats just gross incompetence surely
 

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He's one of these people that doesn't give one feck about anyone except himself. Humanity at its worst. Such a shame a man of his resources is a complete thunder cnut.
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I'm not sure it is possible for a person to get even close to his level of resources without being an absolute monster.
 

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How will the US ever recover from their political systeem having devolved in to an ongoing battle of gotcha moments and trying to "pwn" the other side.

And how will the Netherlands avoid following this trend.
 

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How will the US ever recover from their political systeem having devolved in to an ongoing battle of gotcha moments and trying to "pwn" the other side.

And how will the Netherlands avoid following this trend.
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Not worried at all. Our exceptionalism will carry the day.
 

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KirkDuyt said:
How will the US ever recover from their political systeem having devolved in to an ongoing battle of gotcha moments and trying to "pwn" the other side.

And how will the Netherlands avoid following this trend.
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You guys don’t even have a functioning government most of the time.
 

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He sure has made me rethink my Twitter choices by charging for 2FA.
 
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