PapaSquatch
Abandoned AmericaOk realistically what did people think was going to be the next logical thing Elon was going to do on Twitter? I get that it's shocking anyway because today's the day, but who is really surprised at this point that he's booting people who are critical of him? How could you not see that coming?
"Oh my god," many people are saying, "that thing the transparently insecure and hypocritical guy is doing is transparently insecure and hypocritical!"
Solarbird 
@AbandonedAmerica Yeah, but it's hilarious. And tragic. But at this point, hilarious.
@moira well, mostly hilarious because people on Twitter are still like WHAT?!?!?! and... come on. Of course. It was super obvious.
@AbandonedAmerica leopards eating my face etc
I'm so glad I saw this coming, honestly, I've been pulling as many people over here as have been willing to come, a fair number are making it over tonight.
@moira doing God's work there, or maybe Ganesh's
Austin@AbandonedAmerica anyone reacting with surprise at this point is getting a visit from the wallet inspector. The emperor has no clothes and everyone and their dog is pointing at his junk
NekoArc@AbandonedAmerica yeah i'm not surprised and honestly not surprised at people being surprised
I expected as much
@NekoArc surprise-ception! I guess I'm not surprised by people's surprise either, just kind of like wtf how did this not occur to you
@AbandonedAmerica head in sand moment, I think
fuzzface@AbandonedAmerica I’m going to take the term “Twitter” out of my anti-muskrat filter. This is, on some level, an amazing public meltdown worthy of popcorn.
@fuzzface it just never ends. I mean if next week sees him eating poop out of litter boxes because somehow he thinks it owns the libs (maybe something to do with catturd2?) I'd be like, yeah, I didn't exactly see that one but ok
@AbandonedAmerica I do keep wondering what the end game is here. I have some theories (which are disturbing), no facts though. Great opportunity for some sort of faux betting pool or popcorn sales. BTW, loved the look of your calendars. Missed the boat this year, but look forward to snagging one next year.
@fuzzface thank you! I still have a few of the one variant left but no worries if not, there are about 5 left to sell so I'm sure they'll go either way. I'll pass the condiment along to my wife, who did the graphic design for them ❤️
@AbandonedAmerica I’m no expert on graphic design, but as a modestly good photographer and nutty geek I found the layout to be eye catching and pleasant. 💚💚💚 Well done to your wife and yourself.
D@AbandonedAmerica Curse your sudden yet inevitable betrayal!
Gojira1000@AbandonedAmerica Yeah the surprised folks ... surprise me
hiding from plagues ☣️♿@AbandonedAmerica next he's going to incite violence at specific spaces I reckon.
@smollestbunny yep. And it should surprise absolutely no one because it is obvious
@smollestbunny I mean, I'm a lib, and this is squarely within the parameters of expected behavior for me
@AbandonedAmerica liberalism sits in the right. I'd rethink that position tbh.
Here are some videos that will help you realize things.
I'm sure you can find more if you search for them. Beware of people sending right wing propaganda.
How "Moderates" Serve The Right
@smollestbunny well I suppose I'd say I'm more progressive than anything now that I think about it but not progressive enough to watch a bunch of random YouTube video links I'm afraid
mf MD 
@AbandonedAmerica Qelon? logical?
Melody@AbandonedAmerica I think subconsciously (or consciously) we believe that journalists are special.
MHRev 👹🤡@AbandonedAmerica
I was so surprised I had to retire to my fainting couch to clutch my pearls.
I was so surprised I had to retire to my fainting couch to clutch my pearls.
Tiffany@AbandonedAmerica I think a lot of people were really hoping he'd be like Jack, annoying & evil but still in the background enough that it wouldn't affect the platform much. Unfortunately he's a completely different beast of self absorption and pettiness but even still people are waiting 😕
@milkcircus welp. Let's see how that goes for them
harddecora@milkcircus @AbandonedAmerica I really thought he’d be like that too lmao
Kansas Grant@AbandonedAmerica Point taken, though I never would have dreamed he'd flush $44B so gleefully.
@KansasGrant either this is some 4D chess to take out Twitter, Tesla, and all of his money, or he's having a complete divorced guy melt down
Anne Ursu@AbandonedAmerica @BlackAzizAnansi the NYTimes, apparently
Maisie Pubblechook, Esq.@AbandonedAmerica Not surprising, but we of the peasantry might still marvel that The Richest Man In The World(TM) threw so much money away, for the same sort of fleeting goodwill that he could have purchased by buying a round for the house any Saturday night.
@MaisiePubblechookEsq well, that marvel is definitely one for the ages, I can't deny that
Sandhu@AbandonedAmerica People need to think of him same way as they now think of Trump. In the beginning it was like “he can’t do that, he wouldn’t do that, no way he can get away with that”. We now know that there’s no bottom and so far Trump has gotten away with everything. And Elon has even less restraints because he’s a private citizen with actual money.
@sandhu yep exactly. Once you realize there's no bottom the depths someone goes to are a lot less surprising
Robo🇵🇷@AbandonedAmerica gotta say - @BlackAzizAnansi called it and I think he’s on to something. This was always his plan.
I think he was angry that he was forced to buy Twitter by the courts and now he has to rank it to write off the loss. But he can’t just set his own house on fire and collect..
@BetaBoyTV @BlackAzizAnansi it's all speculation at this point but my money is on him just being a narcissistic dolt and not realizing he's burning nearly every bridge that matters with his extended tantrum. Even if he gets a write off his reputation as a savvy futurist business genius is gone forever and so is the good will of an absolute ton of people
Sebastian Peitsch@AbandonedAmerica nobody is really surprised - people are pointing out the hypocrisy - that’s it.
@speitsch cool, I'm glad you've read every comment everywhere and can interpret the meaning of every user on the internet so you can clear that up for me
@AbandonedAmerica that’s what you’re doing though by assuming people are surprised isn’t it?
@speitsch oh, FFS, I have seen people actually express surprise. I don't have time for people like you. See ya.
keeps vis.social running@AbandonedAmerica there's a reason why I added my mastodon address to my 'name' on twitter...wait how long ago?...was it weeks, months? Hard to keep track.
@kristinHenry Same here. Now when people click on the link to my account here in my bio Twitter tells them it's spam/harmful 🙄
@AbandonedAmerica is it not slander? I'm just curious. But is it?
@kristinHenry I mean, I'm not a lawyer, but I bet that would be a hard one to win, if for no other reason than he still has more money than I can even conceptualize
@AbandonedAmerica a class action case would be needed, or FCC.
@kristinHenry he's going to have so many lawsuits against him in 2023 it will be tough to keep track of them
Sam Wade@AbandonedAmerica It’s just somehow always dumber than I managed to expect.
@samuel_wade ok that is a completely valid point, even though I expect him to be pathetic he still slides right under how pathetic I think he'd be
@AbandonedAmerica And you try to adjust for that and it’s still worse, so you try again, and *still* …
@samuel_wade the problem with being a decent person is your mind can't go to all the places that an indecent person's mind will. It's a limitation you have to acknowledge when dealing with them bc they will always pull something out that you didn't expect.
M Horstmeier@AbandonedAmerica I'm just a little disappointed because I was low-key angling for a ban or time out when he signed on.
@solargroovy hahaha me too, but I guess by coming here we didn't even give him the chance
@AbandonedAmerica
IIRC, you made the shift at about the same time I did. It ceased to be fun when he let the Nazis back on.
IIRC, you made the shift at about the same time I did. It ceased to be fun when he let the Nazis back on.
@solargroovy the Trump vote was it for me. Absolute garbage. Plus being on that stupid antifa hitlist. No thanks. Glad you left too.
My Emu Is Emo@[email protected] shock is not personal but vicarious: it’s for all the experts who insisted I was over-reacting months ago, and that obviously nothing significant would change.
Tom - KB9ENS@AbandonedAmerica not see->notsee->nazi
gft77@AbandonedAmerica I think buying Twitter and being confronted with all the blunders have made Elon Musk upset. He pretends to be the go-to guy for answers, but that mystique has been shattered. Couple that with the embarrassment at the Dave Chapelle concert, and you have a thin-skinned guy who is realizing that "free speech" means people can criticize you and he's not having it.
@gft77 yep, exactly. And, going one step further, I think it scares the everloving shit out of him