Elon Musk

The Juggler

static111 said:

Part of me wonders if he is purposely destroying the company.  Nobody likes the twitter mob and a great way to get rid of it would be to buy the company, pretend you are trying to make it better while destroying it, and then write it off as a business loss so you can continue not paying taxes.

https://youtu.be/XEL65gywwHQ

tempo_n_groove

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Merkin Baller said:

Going great!! 

Is this a bot?

It's a fake account that paid 8 bucks for a checkmark, thanks to Musk's dumb policy. 

I said this would happen and the account would eventually be a bot.

So my thought is coming true.  how grand...

I thought you were asking if it was a bot. It appears to be an actual person since, whoever it was, paid $8 for it.

Yes exactly and once owned they can program it to be a bot.  I said that was a possibility.

What makes you sure it was a bot, though? 

Not that it was but you could make it a bot.

static111

HughFreakingDillon said:

static111 said:

Part of me wonders if he is purposely destroying the company.  Nobody likes the twitter mob and a great way to get rid of it would be to buy the company, pretend you are trying to make it better while destroying it, and then write it off as a business loss so you can continue not paying taxes.

He paid $44B. Today it is valued at $8B. 

If it’s on purpose he’s the stupidest man in history. 

If it’s not on purpose he’s the stupidest man in history. 

If I had the money I would go broke buying FB, Insta, Tim Tok, Twitter, SnapChat etc and tank them all to the point that the bones weren't salvageable.  I would then make sure that any intellectual property that was proprietary and used for these travesties was safely guarded and if I had some money left over I would waste it suing anyone that tried to use said intellectual property to try to start a new platform.  I think that would make me smart, maybe not financially, but they would probably write in history how I saved us from the worst part of ourselves in the social media age.

Gern Blansten

https://twitter.com/elonmusk/status/1590884973535711232

And check out this stupidass rule. Like this will solve anything.

The Juggler

tempo_n_groove said:

The Juggler said:

tempo_n_groove said:

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tempo_n_groove said:

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tempo_n_groove said:

Merkin Baller said:

Going great!! 

Is this a bot?

It's a fake account that paid 8 bucks for a checkmark, thanks to Musk's dumb policy. 

I said this would happen and the account would eventually be a bot.

So my thought is coming true.  how grand...

I thought you were asking if it was a bot. It appears to be an actual person since, whoever it was, paid $8 for it.

Yes exactly and once owned they can program it to be a bot.  I said that was a possibility.

What makes you sure it was a bot, though? 

Not that it was but you could make it a bot.

It did not appear to be a bot to me when I was looking at it last night.

static111

The Juggler said:

static111 said:

Part of me wonders if he is purposely destroying the company.  Nobody likes the twitter mob and a great way to get rid of it would be to buy the company, pretend you are trying to make it better while destroying it, and then write it off as a business loss so you can continue not paying taxes.

https://youtu.be/XEL65gywwHQ

Yes!

Merkin Baller

HughFreakingDillon said:

static111 said:

Part of me wonders if he is purposely destroying the company.  Nobody likes the twitter mob and a great way to get rid of it would be to buy the company, pretend you are trying to make it better while destroying it, and then write it off as a business loss so you can continue not paying taxes.

He paid $44B. Today it is valued at $8B. 

If it’s on purpose he’s the stupidest man in history. 

If it’s not on purpose he’s the stupidest man in history. 

lol

tempo_n_groove

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tempo_n_groove said:

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tempo_n_groove said:

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tempo_n_groove said:

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tempo_n_groove said:

Merkin Baller said:

Going great!! 

Is this a bot?

It's a fake account that paid 8 bucks for a checkmark, thanks to Musk's dumb policy. 

I said this would happen and the account would eventually be a bot.

So my thought is coming true.  how grand...

I thought you were asking if it was a bot. It appears to be an actual person since, whoever it was, paid $8 for it.

Yes exactly and once owned they can program it to be a bot.  I said that was a possibility.

What makes you sure it was a bot, though? 

Not that it was but you could make it a bot.

It did not appear to be a bot to me when I was looking at it last night.

Again... You can make the account a bot if they wanted is what I'm getting at.

gimmesometruth27

watching musk and trump fail makes me feel like this is the greatest time to be alive, lol

Lerxst1992

static111 said:

The Juggler said:

static111 said:

Part of me wonders if he is purposely destroying the company.  Nobody likes the twitter mob and a great way to get rid of it would be to buy the company, pretend you are trying to make it better while destroying it, and then write it off as a business loss so you can continue not paying taxes.

https://youtu.be/XEL65gywwHQ

Yes!

Write it off from what!

static111

Lerxst1992 said:

static111 said:

The Juggler said:

static111 said:

Part of me wonders if he is purposely destroying the company.  Nobody likes the twitter mob and a great way to get rid of it would be to buy the company, pretend you are trying to make it better while destroying it, and then write it off as a business loss so you can continue not paying taxes.

https://youtu.be/XEL65gywwHQ

Yes!

Write it off from what!

Ask them, they are the ones writing it off.

Gern Blansten

It's possible to have money to burn but that doesn't make it a smart thing to do.

I get questions frequently like "should I start a business so that I can get some write offs?" and I just want to kick them in the bag.

Some people do believe that if they owe $5,000 in tax they can donate $5,000 to charity and it will just go away.

I say this because even though Musk is a "billionaire" it is mostly on paper at this point. He just sold about $4bil in Tesla stock when it was on it's way down meaning he likely has a large capital gain in 2022. He would have to sell some Twitter stock in order to recognize a loss against that gain. It will be interesting to see if he sells any before year end.

HughFreakingDillon

static111 said:

HughFreakingDillon said:

static111 said:

Part of me wonders if he is purposely destroying the company.  Nobody likes the twitter mob and a great way to get rid of it would be to buy the company, pretend you are trying to make it better while destroying it, and then write it off as a business loss so you can continue not paying taxes.

He paid $44B. Today it is valued at $8B. 

If it’s on purpose he’s the stupidest man in history. 

If it’s not on purpose he’s the stupidest man in history. 

If I had the money I would go broke buying FB, Insta, Tim Tok, Twitter, SnapChat etc and tank them all to the point that the bones weren't salvageable.  I would then make sure that any intellectual property that was proprietary and used for these travesties was safely guarded and if I had some money left over I would waste it suing anyone that tried to use said intellectual property to try to start a new platform.  I think that would make me smart, maybe not financially, but they would probably write in history how I saved us from the worst part of ourselves in the social media age.

The cash he had was secured through selling his tesla stock. The rest was from loans and investors. He wasted a fifth of his net worth (again, not liquid cash), on something he wishes to destroy? I don’t buy it. He seems to think he can bring in a new era of communication and human interaction. 

Idiocy wrought from extreme ego. 

HughFreakingDillon

😂 “but they do, and they’re the ones writing it off”

Merkin Baller

Eli Lilly Dives After Fake Twitter Account Promises Free Insulin; Takes Novo Nordisk, Sanofi With It

https://www.investors.com/news/technology/lly-stock-dives-taking-novo-sanofi-with-it-after-fake-twitter-account-promises-free-insulin/

The Juggler

tempo_n_groove said:

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tempo_n_groove said:

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tempo_n_groove said:

The Juggler said:

tempo_n_groove said:

The Juggler said:

tempo_n_groove said:

Merkin Baller said:

Going great!! 

Is this a bot?

It's a fake account that paid 8 bucks for a checkmark, thanks to Musk's dumb policy. 

I said this would happen and the account would eventually be a bot.

So my thought is coming true.  how grand...

I thought you were asking if it was a bot. It appears to be an actual person since, whoever it was, paid $8 for it.

Yes exactly and once owned they can program it to be a bot.  I said that was a possibility.

What makes you sure it was a bot, though? 

Not that it was but you could make it a bot.

It did not appear to be a bot to me when I was looking at it last night.

Again... You can make the account a bot if they wanted is what I'm getting at.

All I know is you asked if this was a bot. In my opinion, I did not think it was. I'm sorry but I'm not sure what else we're talking about here! lol

EdsonNascimento

HughFreakingDillon said:

static111 said:

HughFreakingDillon said:

static111 said:

Part of me wonders if he is purposely destroying the company.  Nobody likes the twitter mob and a great way to get rid of it would be to buy the company, pretend you are trying to make it better while destroying it, and then write it off as a business loss so you can continue not paying taxes.

He paid $44B. Today it is valued at $8B. 

If it’s on purpose he’s the stupidest man in history. 

If it’s not on purpose he’s the stupidest man in history. 

If I had the money I would go broke buying FB, Insta, Tim Tok, Twitter, SnapChat etc and tank them all to the point that the bones weren't salvageable.  I would then make sure that any intellectual property that was proprietary and used for these travesties was safely guarded and if I had some money left over I would waste it suing anyone that tried to use said intellectual property to try to start a new platform.  I think that would make me smart, maybe not financially, but they would probably write in history how I saved us from the worst part of ourselves in the social media age.

The cash he had was secured through selling his tesla stock. The rest was from loans and investors. He wasted a fifth of his net worth (again, not liquid cash), on something he wishes to destroy? I don’t buy it. He seems to think he can bring in a new era of communication and human interaction. 

Idiocy wrought from extreme ego. 

I find it funny when people doubt extremely smart, previously successful people.

I also find it funny when people/media glory in him changing his mind on the Blue Check..  If you know anything about successful businesses the one thing they do is fail quickly, notice quickly and adjust quickly.  They don't fall in love with their ideas insisting it's going to work even when its obvious it won't.  

Honestly wish I could invest in Twitter right now. Not exactly sure where he's headed, but I'd rather bet on Elon than anyone who trashing him. 

Sequoia and other people bet on the fucking FTX guy who isn't the same level smart and had no track record. Wonder if any of those same people are trashing Elon, and I'd like to know what they're investing in instead, so I could make money betting against whatever that is.  Lol.

FiveBelow

Bat signal activated.

mickeyrat

static111 said:

HughFreakingDillon said:

static111 said:

Part of me wonders if he is purposely destroying the company.  Nobody likes the twitter mob and a great way to get rid of it would be to buy the company, pretend you are trying to make it better while destroying it, and then write it off as a business loss so you can continue not paying taxes.

He paid $44B. Today it is valued at $8B. 

If it’s on purpose he’s the stupidest man in history. 

If it’s not on purpose he’s the stupidest man in history. 

If I had the money I would go broke buying FB, Insta, Tim Tok, Twitter, SnapChat etc and tank them all to the point that the bones weren't salvageable.  I would then make sure that any intellectual property that was proprietary and used for these travesties was safely guarded and if I had some money left over I would waste it suing anyone that tried to use said intellectual property to try to start a new platform.  I think that would make me smart, maybe not financially, but they would probably write in history how I saved us from the worst part of ourselves in the social media age.

go on......

mace1229

Gern Blansten said:

It's possible to have money to burn but that doesn't make it a smart thing to do.

I get questions frequently like "should I start a business so that I can get some write offs?" and I just want to kick them in the bag.

Some people do believe that if they owe $5,000 in tax they can donate $5,000 to charity and it will just go away.

I say this because even though Musk is a "billionaire" it is mostly on paper at this point. He just sold about $4bil in Tesla stock when it was on it's way down meaning he likely has a large capital gain in 2022. He would have to sell some Twitter stock in order to recognize a loss against that gain. It will be interesting to see if he sells any before year end.

Isn’t that pretty common with rich people? Turning a hobby into a failed “business”. I read an article Bon Jovi has a bee farm at his house, he classifies it as a business so he can do all (or a lot) of his property maintenance and expenses as a write off. 

Most people I know who are self employed write stuff that isn’t really business related. Every realtor I know writes off their car, which is funny to me because I need a car to get to my job but that doesn’t count, but needed a car to get to a house you’re selling does?