Dr. Matty G (he/him)
Ken WhiteWhat if I told you there is no end point to Elon Musk’s insecurity, emotional brokenness, and spastic egotism
Jim Hubbell@Popehat
If you told me that, I would likely believe you.
Michael Gurski@Popehat tell me something I didn't already know at some level...
Dirk Hohndel@Popehat
what if we told you "we know"?
what if we told you "we know"?
Chris AD@Popehat I'd tell you that we know.
But what's happened now?
Julia@Popehat I would believe you unreservedly.
Sean Riley@Popehat It is billions of (pick some denomination) wide yet just puddle deep
Jake Legg@Popehat its almost as if the richest people in the world don't always keep someone around to tell them when they did or are about to do something dumb.
remember that whole thing about how billionaires are good actually because the free market can allocate resources more efficiently than the government? well...
PeterKReilly@Popehat there is no end
Paul "Princejvstin" Weimer
Jake Miller@Popehat @Princejvstin That’s supposed to be Krugman cry-laughing at Elon, I guess?
@jakemiller @Popehat That's Elon saying that Krugman is a baby.
@Princejvstin Yeah, I know, but it’s not internally consistent in Musk’s worldview: Krugman’s crying because he’s getting the “premium service” for free? But it does tell us that Musk now knows that Blue is a debacle and won’t make him much money.
Ernie Smith@jakemiller @Princejvstin The weird thing is that Krugman wasn’t even tweeting about the checkmark. That was literally his only comment about any of the recent Twitter drama—just confusion that it was bestowed upon him.
For someone crying about something you sure think he would bring it up more.
Neil Robertson@jakemiller @Popehat @Princejvstin
It’s just really weird that it’s advertised as a “benefit” but he’s turned it into a weapon. Was that inevitable?
It’s just really weird that it’s advertised as a “benefit” but he’s turned it into a weapon. Was that inevitable?
@Princejvstin @nightscotsman @Popehat I don’t think anything is inevitable with a guy with this big a credit line. Economic pressures (well-considered) kept old-Twitter from trying to charge for badges. Hubris and capital mean Musk can not bother to understand it! But pay-only was obviously dumb, and so ambiguity is better. But the explanation is wrong based on awarding for notability, haha!
Fuck Elon 
@Princejvstin @Popehat
You are not going to believe but I will have to agree with Elon 😱. They are covered in twitter shit and crying. What are these people still doing there?
You are not going to believe but I will have to agree with Elon 😱. They are covered in twitter shit and crying. What are these people still doing there?
I disagree. That's excusing the abusive behavior on his part
No excuses for his behavior. He is an enormous turd. The very reason not to give him any content. And I don't even fault some people who still need it to make a living. But that is not the case for all or most these celebrities. They do not need Twitter. Paul Krugman does not need Twitter.
KeepYourWits@Popehat I’d believe you. He substantiates it with his every action.
Pyperkub@Popehat I would barely have believed it before the trapped children episode, and could write that off, until this total meltdown in public on Twitter. He seemed like a driven man with huge goals and s good chance at achieving them. Now? A clown who is burying all those goals, and for what? I have zero idea. It's rather sad to see. They were noble and inspiring goals.
Arvid E. Picciani
Doctor Biobrain@Popehat Fake News! Musk’s end point is when he’s launched himself into permanent orbit around the Sun with a hundred angry Mars colonists who weren’t told the mission plans were made by Twitter’s AI chatbot.
Lawrence Allan@Popehat if there was ever an example of money cannot by you happiness…
Wonkish
Bob Blaskiewicz 🇺🇦 🇨🇦 🇬🇱
jwstark@Popehat It's just very obvious Musk has not heard the parable of Lowtax of the Awful Forums.
David FyhrieIf you told me that, I would think of a former president.
ChrispyCritter@Popehat He's predicting that the economy is in a 1929 moment. I hope he's short and leveraged.
Nick 'The Viking'I'm convinced that the crowd booing at the Chapelle Disaster did extensive damage.
I'm hoping he can be shuffled off to some thing that lacks collateral damage.
I TRIED TO TELL YOU@Popehat Self evident, I would have thought.
El Fotografo@Popehat what if I told you we are in a planet that is spinning on its axis while rotating around star along with other planets, moons, and assorted rocks and debris, all the while hurtling in space at incredible speeds.
Kirk 
⁂ Fish Id Wardrobe@Popehat I mean, why would there be?
Mickrob9777I’d say he’s one of the many who seek fame, fortune and power in a misguided attempt to fill his black soul. Too bad he didn’t just go to therapy, it would have been cheaper for him and a lot less wear and tear on the planet
Righteous Hazard@Popehat I was on the fence, but I noped out and left the hellsite the second I saw the vid of that dipshit carrying a sink in to the HQ. It was a no-brainer.
Ruinously dumb manbabies don’t always give you the tell on introduction, but when they *do*, I’ve learned to heed the sign.
Kathryn@bertwells @Popehat It really never gets better with these people. We are best served by noticing it and getting the hell away before we suffer damage.
Dr Audrey Glover@Popehat We would nod in disappointed agreement
SloanLA@Popehat Same as tRump. There is NO BOTTOM to what they'll do. They are psychopaths who enjoy hurting people because they are pathetic.
Democracy Matters 
He’s still mad about apartheid ending.
Nicholas Weaver@Popehat
But there is: Tesla stock craters and Musk gets the Trevor Milton treatment for his securities fraud.
But there is: Tesla stock craters and Musk gets the Trevor Milton treatment for his securities fraud.
PeoriaBummer
Arkenor ☿️@Popehat He will eventually reach full Kanye, and lose the ability to talk about his conspiracy theories without going all the way and blaming the Jews out loud.
Alexander Yellen@Popehat Next you're going to try to tell me we can predict where the sun will rise in the morning...
Basquiatball@Popehat I think the end point is somewhere between earth and Mars when he takes his particular management style to the stars
Roo_44I’d say it worked for trump, sadly.
Andrea@Popehat We can always hope he has a stroke halfway to Mars someday
Reach for the Stars 
@Popehat I'd ask for some insight that the average person could not get from scrolling Twitter for 5 minutes.
John Minnihan@Popehat preach, Brother Hat
@Popehat i cannot assess his mental state, i am not his personal psychiatrist. I can only assess the results…poor at best.
LoneWolf@Popehat Well, the man's gotta die at some point.
He'll try to copy himself into a computer before that point but we all know how that's gonna turn out.
PCI just hope he doesn’t get paranoid.
Alex Orloff@Popehat nope but there is an end to his megaphone and that will be when Twitter runs out of cash in about 12 months
Angie@Popehat He's not immortal. At some point, all this will stop.
In Search of a Better World@Popehat What if I told you I believe it? #MadLonnie
Michelle Allen@Popehat I wouldn’t doubt for a split second
David LohrThere will be no grumps no loneys, nobody left.
Rob Landley@Popehat Eh, he'll die eventually.
@Popehat Sounds right.