Aaron Ross Powell ☸️There's always a tweet.
It's fascinating how completely Elon Musk has stepped into Trump's old role on Twitter. It's not just that he's the most referenced and discussed character, but that he is held up as the paragon of power, cleverness, and manhood by his rather dim fans, while being university made fun of as thin-skinned, impulsive, and rather dim himself by everyone else, all while he seems entirely lacking in self-awareness or, really, dignity. He's basically Trump's social media twin.
JDS@arossp Elon retreating to his failing social network to redirect the narrative over what % boos he received was my “seeing double” moment
Navigator Pirx@arossp One major difference - Trump got all the publicity for free, while Musk flushed 45 bln down the toilet and is selling Tesla shares to pay off creditors.
Trump was exploiting someone else's platform. Musk is torching his own.
Dmytro Morykit Music@navigatorpirx @arossp follow the money,where is it coming from?
toxtethogrady@arossp The truth about that is that he adopted the crypto coins, and the crypto followers all glommed onto him and treat him as a god (witness this statue, which is even more egregious than the gold Trump statue that was brought into CPAC). The Trumpsters think his purchase of Twitter is going to own the libs (this time, for sure!), which is why Mastodon is so upsetting to them...
https://www.washingtonpost.com/technology/2022/11/26/elon-musk-cryptocurrency-goat-statue/
https://www.washingtonpost.com/technology/2022/11/26/elon-musk-cryptocurrency-goat-statue/
Thomas🙂 @arossp The New Top Troll Spoils Trump’s Comeback https://www.bloomberg.com/opinion/articles/2022-12-17/elon-musk-replaces-donald-trump-as-top-attention-getter
panthermodernThat said, Trump was his own character, a populist imbecile blowhard writ larger than life. Elon is simply trying to emulate a Rick and Morty alt-right stan, and is at best middling at it.
@arossp he's tremendously lonely, so he is trying to imitate the people who want to be his friend.
@arossp however who is bank rolling the useful idiot?
Laces@arossp
Remember the "Kanye, Elon, Trump" tweet? All 3 are self proclaimed geniuses who seek drama and attention. They're narcissists. Fascists love narcissists and agree to be a loyal fan base as long as you let them be as awful as they want. It's all so obvious and predictably unpredictable.
Remember the "Kanye, Elon, Trump" tweet? All 3 are self proclaimed geniuses who seek drama and attention. They're narcissists. Fascists love narcissists and agree to be a loyal fan base as long as you let them be as awful as they want. It's all so obvious and predictably unpredictable.
xs4me2@arossp Makes me think of the German not so Democratic Republic… looks a lot like Twitter now when it was decaying…
Jaco Waes
codesmell
bbennettesq 
@arossp Elon is the new Trump confirmed.
sean doherty 
@arossp like an anti-xkcd
Alex@arossp wow that is like...
wow.
Eric Dannewitz@arossp It obvious Elon Musk is a bullshit artist.
@arossp eh ? You cannot make this up.🤪
RayneToday@arossp Is it archived in the Wayback Machine?
Blanding S Turtle@arossp Recent anti-link Twitter policies seem like walls preventing people with zillions of followers from migrating to Mastodon. So I think Elon fails his own acid test.
Peter Principle@arossp That sounds familar.
Robin from Colorado 🇺🇸🇺🇦@arossp he banned my account so I can’t delete it
Andreas K@robinbrenizer @arossp Sadly, you do not give any indication on your location, but if it applies, send a data deletion request under the GDPR (or the relevant local privacy legislation).
Twitter is currently ignoring these, BUT if Twitter gets ever a competent management, it will probably start to comply to its legal obligations. The other major fork is bankruptcy, then no one can predict what happens.
Seth Kaplan
Alexandre Morin@arossp did not expect that receipt to be so fresh
AbuDhabiDude@arossp Perfection! Chef’s kiss!
Monsieur Lu
JC
✨Cosmic Social Worker✨
GuitarGirl
Odd3mann@arossp
I hope elon musk is aware of he is a wall builder
I hope elon musk is aware of he is a wall builder
JagatLove it!!!
My name is Gloria Actually@arossp lmao we broke his brain
mots@arossp my father taught me to see which way the people were jumping... That will tell You who is right.... of course he was talking about the Berlin Wall but the idea is still sound.
Adamas Nemesis@arossp Do these people like Musk just not care what they say? Whatever happened to a man's word being his bond? Of saying what you mean and meaning what you say? I guess none of that means anything anymore, does it? Lying and defrauding people has been completely normalized. *That's* the moral character our civilization increasingly inculcates into our people: the character of the grifter, the scammer, the slimeball, the sleazebag.
@adamasnemesis @arossp these tech entrepreneurs don't actually create anything, they just throw money around and take credit for the successes of the workers, so they can get another round of funding.
Mark PortmanActually, he'd be doing much better if he ever attended a real Acid Test.
Meercat ✅
@arossp Well, that’s a good one! I mean, a good tw**t
Antanicus@arossp this aged poorly
Tim Ward ⭐🇪🇺🔶 #FBPE
DJDogfish@arossp so deep.
Lilian Edwards@arossp @glynmoody good find here 😂☝️
Falcon Darkstar@arossp For a few more weeks anyway.
intermobility_berlin 🌻🇪🇺@arossp how nice that you saved/remembered that tweet! ❤️
Lena Schimmel@arossp Just noticed: The alt text says January 5, but the screenshot says June 5.
Daniel Jipa
Phil Wilmarth@arossp The genius Billionaire Elon Musk does not pay any attention to what Elon Musk thinks/says/does. That is good enough for me!
Gabor@arossp a great find indeed! 😂 Jeez what a tool this guy...
herval@arossp kim jong musk
Robert L. Landrum Jr.@arossp That tweet aged like fine milk. Six months old milk. 😂🤣😂
Jason Nickel@arossp That did not age well
Devo 
🪴🌮🥃🍣Ahhh, beauty.
pfm 🧘 
@arossp Source:
https://nitter.net/elonmusk/status/1533616384747442176
Links to sources make fact-checking easier. :)
https://nitter.net/elonmusk/status/1533616384747442176
Links to sources make fact-checking easier. :)
Martti Leppänen@arossp Amazing how the guy does not seem to remember what he said just a moment ago. :D
MaPaT@arossp Guess what brought me on this platform?
Jarrett@arossp his biggest achievement in life is his unending ability to contradict himself at every turn
Patty Bluebird 🦩@arossp A tweet for every occasion.
Deborah Elizabeth FinnThis is another piece of evidence that reality is so strange that satire is obsolete.