SonnyB
Scott ShapiroWatching Elon Musk destroy his $44 billion toy is riveting
Gina@scottjshapiro It’s glorious
Raoul@scottjshapiro I know. Pale tits spent 50 years thinking he was becoming a super villain only to find out he's actually our bumbling court jester.
VierLeger@scottjshapiro If I were very rich I would simply choose to be good at business.
otrochris@scottjshapiro are we talking about Tesla? Or twitter? He’s destroying his companies so fast I can’t keep up.
Sagittarius A*
Schrödinger’s Batman@scottjshapiro I deeply enjoy being a very small part of destroying his fortune.
Sandra Goodson@scottjshapiro
It's crazy isn't it? Kind of seems purposeful, no? Otherwise it doesn't make any sense.
It's crazy isn't it? Kind of seems purposeful, no? Otherwise it doesn't make any sense.
Randy Burgertime@SandraG @scottjshapiro
No, no. Don't give him that kind of agency in this. It's not 12D chess, it's just the last residues of his purchased press self trying desperately to cling to life as they burn away. The man made a stupid bluff, he was forced to go through with it because whatever he'd be deposed over was worse than he thought this would be, and he tried to have "fun" with it, resulting in a permanent Main Character. Everything else is nature taking place.
No, no. Don't give him that kind of agency in this. It's not 12D chess, it's just the last residues of his purchased press self trying desperately to cling to life as they burn away. The man made a stupid bluff, he was forced to go through with it because whatever he'd be deposed over was worse than he thought this would be, and he tried to have "fun" with it, resulting in a permanent Main Character. Everything else is nature taking place.
joannmp 
I suspect that it wont be long before Erratic Elon bans me.
When I joined the #birdsite in 2020, my bio read:
"Read my bio at Facebook. My life does not fit into 160 characters."
I recently added "NEW TOOTER" with my @masto.ai address
Since I am not amending the bio, it looks like the terrible tantrum toddler will have to throw me out like a broken toy.
GuyDawson@scottjshapiro For us in the UK it's nice not to be at the centre of the car crash for once! #brexit
KM6ECC@GuyDawson @scottjshapiro we got your back
Pauliehedron ✅ 
@scottjshapiro Need any marshmallows?
loza@scottjshapiro for me too. Found the World Cup soccer private booth pic of Kushner, Musk and middle easterners interesting too.
JR@scottjshapiro
His other toy Tesla traded down to $149 a share on Friday in post market trading. A Wall Street analyst said hype and pixey dust justify that valuation. The pixey dust might be wearing off.
His other toy Tesla traded down to $149 a share on Friday in post market trading. A Wall Street analyst said hype and pixey dust justify that valuation. The pixey dust might be wearing off.
Yochai Benkler@scottjshapiro
At least as fun as watching Musk surfing the fabled efficiency of capital markets.
Morgan Stanley, Bank of America, et al: $13 billion in debt finance. (hoping for ~ billion dollars a year in interest payments).
6-7 billion from Larry Ellison, Fidelity, Sequoia Capital.
At least as fun as watching Musk surfing the fabled efficiency of capital markets.
Morgan Stanley, Bank of America, et al: $13 billion in debt finance. (hoping for ~ billion dollars a year in interest payments).
6-7 billion from Larry Ellison, Fidelity, Sequoia Capital.
Michael Karanicolas@YBenkler @scottjshapiro This is what gets me. I have no problem believing that a billionaire egomaniac could get this far out over his skis in a field he knows nothing about.
But it's bananas that he got billions of dollars of financing to do this, from institutions that are ostensibly run by grownups.
What on earth were they thinking?
nadezhda@karanicolas @YBenkler @scottjshapiro @chemoelectric And Jack didn’t take the huge payout - he just rolled his investment over 🤦🏻♀️
Notarobot@[email protected] Never attribute to stupidity what can easily be explained by malice.
Emily 🏳️⚧️@scottjshapiro He could have been a forum mod and had a big meltdown and deleted it all for free. His stans would have eaten it up.
Jacob Schumer@scottjshapiro You know what they say. Better to stay a mere poster and be thought a fool than to buy the social media corporation and remove all doubt.
maskdmirag@scottjshapiro he finally realized that it was costing him 200 billion in tsla. He thinks this will stop the bleeding
@scottjshapiro Every time I think about looking away something like this happens
E.G. Phillips@scottjshapiro The toy may be Twitter, but the playthings are anyone who is still using the platform
@scottjshapiro I'm enjoying it.
Ted Faber@scottjshapiro Kind of a reverse unboxing video.
Izucantc@scottjshapiro it's beautiful.
@scottjshapiro so obvious he is tearing off the wall paper he always hated, before he burns it all down.
@scottjshapiro I guess what we are seeing with Elon looks like someone literally taking a massive pile of cash, soaking it with jet fuel and then lighting the bonfire.