Elon makes all-cash offer to take Twitter private

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In reply to Actual Talking Thermos • 3:32p, 4/14/22
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Ol_Ag_02 said:
ActualTalkingThermos said:
It is very, very funny to me that the wealthiest man in the world, who can have all the finest things money can buy, who can go anywhere he wants in the world any day he chooses, who can have any experience at any time… that guy is terminally online, completely obsessed with Twitter, and wants to be a beloved memelord SO BADLY.


Why does the left hate Elon so much? He's literally plotting to take over Twitter to then leave everyone alone. Surely its not because you only like free speech when it's controlled, limited, and filtered by those who share your agenda.
dude I use Twitter to read silly little jokes, I don't give a **** about the political agenda of current or potential future ownership. I do find Elon Musk's very real Twitter obsession funny.
Well its used by the left and Democrat politicians to push narratives, even if you are not "aware" of it. It also censors anything that goes against the current narrative, even if its true. It's trash
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In reply to samurai_science • 3:35p, 4/14/22
baron_von_awesome said:
ActualTalkingThermos said:
Ol_Ag_02 said:
ActualTalkingThermos said:
It is very, very funny to me that the wealthiest man in the world, who can have all the finest things money can buy, who can go anywhere he wants in the world any day he chooses, who can have any experience at any time… that guy is terminally online, completely obsessed with Twitter, and wants to be a beloved memelord SO BADLY.


Why does the left hate Elon so much? He's literally plotting to take over Twitter to then leave everyone alone. Surely its not because you only like free speech when it's controlled, limited, and filtered by those who share your agenda.
dude I use Twitter to read silly little jokes, I don't give a **** about the political agenda of current or potential future ownership. I do find Elon Musk's very real Twitter obsession funny.
Well its used by the left and Democrat politicians to push narratives, even if you are not "aware" of it. It also censors anything that goes against the current narrative, even if its true. It's trash
Again, I don't care and it doesn't affect my experience as a user. Posters acting like I have a bee in my bonnet about people being allowed to say stuff I will never see are incorrect. Especially since they at long last let you go back to only seeing posts from accounts you follow, in chronological order, with no curating by Twitter.
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In reply to Actual Talking Thermos • 3:36p, 4/14/22
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ActualTalkingThermos said:
It is very, very funny to me that the wealthiest man in the world, who can have all the finest things money can buy, who can go anywhere he wants in the world any day he chooses, who can have any experience at any time… that guy is terminally online, completely obsessed with Twitter, and wants to be a beloved memelord SO BADLY.

When you can do whatever you want when you want, is it as desirable as it once was?
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3:36p, 4/14/22
Isn't Elon a self-described socialist anyway?
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In reply to Actual Talking Thermos • 3:36p, 4/14/22
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Cry more. Waaaa

Maybe the propaganda in Russia has motivated him to fight against leftist propaganda in the free world. The average Russian thinks they're doing a noble thing. Time to wake the sheep up.
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In reply to Actual Talking Thermos • 3:37p, 4/14/22
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ActualTalkingThermos said:
It is very, very funny to me that the wealthiest man in the world, who can have all the finest things money can buy, who can go anywhere he wants in the world any day he chooses, who can have any experience at any time… that guy is terminally online, completely obsessed with Twitter, and wants to be a beloved memelord SO BADLY.
This is something I would expect an actual talking thermos to say. This, and whatever the twitter-adoring leftists are saying about the possible takeover of their social media platform.
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In reply to Actual Talking Thermos • 3:39p, 4/14/22
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Isn't Elon a self-described socialist anyway?
I think I heard that. This administration* is doing their best to move him to the right though.
"Freedom is never more than one election away from extinction"
Fight! Fight! Fight!
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Tanya 93 said:
I will say my 13 year old is obsessed with Elon Musk. His current essay topic in his English class is why he is the most important man in the 21st century.

And he isn't the only teen boy that is fascinated with him. Hear discussions on him at Scout meetings and read them on discord when my ass got kicked by 4 teen boys in Minecraft.

The left needs to be careful. Stuff like this could lose half of a generation. I don't even know what his generation is called.

Generation no tv?
I'm glad we were able to get Benny's take on Elon.

I was worried the thread would be incomplete.

What did Benny get in his lunch today?


Every. Single. Thread.
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In reply to Actual Talking Thermos • 3:40p, 4/14/22
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ActualTalkingThermos said:
Ol_Ag_02 said:
ActualTalkingThermos said:
It is very, very funny to me that the wealthiest man in the world, who can have all the finest things money can buy, who can go anywhere he wants in the world any day he chooses, who can have any experience at any time… that guy is terminally online, completely obsessed with Twitter, and wants to be a beloved memelord SO BADLY.


Why does the left hate Elon so much? He's literally plotting to take over Twitter to then leave everyone alone. Surely its not because you only like free speech when it's controlled, limited, and filtered by those who share your agenda.
dude I use Twitter to read silly little jokes, I don't give a **** about the political agenda of current or potential future ownership. I do find Elon Musk's very real Twitter obsession funny.

So you weren't aware of Twitter censoring a story from one of the country's largest newspapers in the weeks before the 2020 election?

That's impressive. And not in a good way.
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Vote #1, baby!

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In reply to Actual Talking Thermos • 3:41p, 4/14/22
ActualTalkingThermos said:
baron_von_awesome said:
ActualTalkingThermos said:
Ol_Ag_02 said:
ActualTalkingThermos said:
It is very, very funny to me that the wealthiest man in the world, who can have all the finest things money can buy, who can go anywhere he wants in the world any day he chooses, who can have any experience at any time… that guy is terminally online, completely obsessed with Twitter, and wants to be a beloved memelord SO BADLY.


Why does the left hate Elon so much? He's literally plotting to take over Twitter to then leave everyone alone. Surely its not because you only like free speech when it's controlled, limited, and filtered by those who share your agenda.
dude I use Twitter to read silly little jokes, I don't give a **** about the political agenda of current or potential future ownership. I do find Elon Musk's very real Twitter obsession funny.
Well its used by the left and Democrat politicians to push narratives, even if you are not "aware" of it. It also censors anything that goes against the current narrative, even if its true. It's trash
Again, I don't care and it doesn't affect my experience as a user. Posters acting like I have a bee in my bonnet about people being allowed to say stuff I will never see are incorrect. Especially since they at long last let you go back to only seeing posts from accounts you follow, in chronological order, with no curating by Twitter.
I think this is the most important issue facing Americans today. Their worldview and action are selfishly centered on themselves and close family group.

If something doesn't affect them, they don't care what happens. But that is EXACTLY how you lose freedoms.

YOUR speech is not affected by Twitter censorship. But a LOT of other peoples liberty. People need to think not just of themselves but really think about how things the government/private businesses affect more than just themselves.

Twitter banned President Trump from Twitter. Not enough people cared to cause a prolonged issue of it, and Twitter censorship has just gotten worse and worse from there.

Any right/freedom you surrender today, your grandchildren will never know existed.

Rights/Freedoms must be protected or one day, no one will like what the United States has become.
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In reply to Actual Talking Thermos • 3:43p, 4/14/22
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ActualTalkingThermos said:
Like see the share price offer ending in 420 is 100% him memelording

He lost his title as CEO of Tesla over making a different 420 stock joke on twitter a while back
He didn't lose his CEO title. He is no longer CEO of Tesla, because he renamed his title to Techoking, because as he has said, CEO is a made up unnecessary position, but in effect he is still CEO.

He had a mandate by the SEC to have his tweets reviewed by an attorney prior to posting them. That was his only durable penalty.

You also said he is terminally online, which I guarantee you is not accurate. He is CEO of three companies, all worth over a billion dollars. He works. A lot. He doesn't sit around reading Twitter all day. He's interested in buying Twitter, because it is the fastest disseminator of information in the world and it has actively worked towards silencing people for having a different viewpoint.
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In reply to GeorgiAg • 3:55p, 4/14/22
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Twitter unregulated will be trash. Have you ever been to 4chan/politically incorrect? Basically every other word is the n word and almost all threads bash the jews.


I doubt a Musk owned Twitter would completely remove moderation. He isn't looking to create 280 character 4chan, he just wants to get rid of the "fact checkers as arbiters of truth" model that, for example, promulgated lies about the Steele Dossier while removing stories about Hunter Biden's laptop and covid's possible lab origins. Now it'll be up to you the reader to come to your own conclusions on complex topics.

You can eliminate that without giving up the right to ban racists who are dropping N bombs in every other post.
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In reply to MarkTwain • 3:58p, 4/14/22
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sicandtiredTXN said:
It's glorious to watch these woke idiots melt down publicly to the point that they are willing to scuttle the company financially to keep Musk from taking over, which is what this poison pill strategy would do. The Marxist Dedication to keeping their movement alive.
SMH thinking on display here.
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Deputy Travis Junior said:
GeorgiAg said:
Twitter unregulated will be trash. Have you ever been to 4chan/politically incorrect? Basically every other word is the n word and almost all threads bash the jews.


I doubt a Musk owned Twitter would completely remove moderation. He isn't looking to create 280 character 4chan, he just wants to get rid of the "fact checkers as arbiters of truth" model that, for example, promulgated lies about the Steele Dossier while removing stories about Hunter Biden's laptop and covid's possible lab origins. Now it'll be up to you the reader to come to your own conclusions on complex topics.

You can eliminate that without giving up the right to ban racists who are dropping N bombs in every other post.
Georgiag knows that, on some level, but he is a closet leftist who masquerades as a conservative here, and eats/sleeps/breathes leftist propaganda.
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Quote:
https://nypost.com/2022/04/14/elon-musk-could-have-competition-thoma-bravo-considers-bid-for-twitter/

Private equity giant Thoma Bravo is working on a possible bid for Twitter, a source close to the situation told The Post setting up what could be a rival to Elon Musk's offer for the social giant.

"They are making a push," the source said of the private-equity firm that already owns tech names including McAffee, Landesk and Barracuda.

It's not clear what Thoma Bravo might bid or when it would present the Twitter board with its bid. The firm has an internal team working on the potential transaction, the source familiar with the matter told The Post.

"You are not far off," a second source close to the situation said when asked by The Post if Thoma Bravo was working on a possible bid for Twitter.

Thoma Bravo could be a white knight for the company and CEO Parag Argawal, one of the sources said.
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Must protect the censorship!
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In reply to Actual Talking Thermos • 4:03p, 4/14/22
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ActualTalkingThermos said:
It is very, very funny to me that the wealthiest man in the world, who can have all the finest things money can buy, who can go anywhere he wants in the world any day he chooses, who can have any experience at any time… that guy is terminally online, completely obsessed with Twitter, and wants to be a beloved memelord SO BADLY.
Well, it could be worse. He could be trying to buy up all the elections like Soros.
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Ahhh, it'll be a good day when he kicks the bucket
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Ahhh, it'll be a good day when he kicks the bucket

Unfortunately they say his sons will be worse.
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nortex97 said:
Deputy Travis Junior said:
GeorgiAg said:
Twitter unregulated will be trash. Have you ever been to 4chan/politically incorrect? Basically every other word is the n word and almost all threads bash the jews.


I doubt a Musk owned Twitter would completely remove moderation. He isn't looking to create 280 character 4chan, he just wants to get rid of the "fact checkers as arbiters of truth" model that, for example, promulgated lies about the Steele Dossier while removing stories about Hunter Biden's laptop and covid's possible lab origins. Now it'll be up to you the reader to come to your own conclusions on complex topics.

You can eliminate that without giving up the right to ban racists who are dropping N bombs in every other post.
Georgiag knows that, on some level, but he is a closet leftist who masquerades as a conservative here, and eats/sleeps/breathes leftist propaganda.
Leftist? I actually go to 4chan/pol to read the unfiltered stuff (not at work).
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Hopefully they won't know who Kim Ogg is
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GeorgiAg said:
nortex97 said:
Deputy Travis Junior said:
GeorgiAg said:
Twitter unregulated will be trash. Have you ever been to 4chan/politically incorrect? Basically every other word is the n word and almost all threads bash the jews.


I doubt a Musk owned Twitter would completely remove moderation. He isn't looking to create 280 character 4chan, he just wants to get rid of the "fact checkers as arbiters of truth" model that, for example, promulgated lies about the Steele Dossier while removing stories about Hunter Biden's laptop and covid's possible lab origins. Now it'll be up to you the reader to come to your own conclusions on complex topics.

You can eliminate that without giving up the right to ban racists who are dropping N bombs in every other post.
Georgiag knows that, on some level, but he is a closet leftist who masquerades as a conservative here, and eats/sleeps/breathes leftist propaganda.
Leftist? I actually go to 4chan/pol to read the unfiltered stuff (not at work).


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The unfiltered stuff is the leftist's favorite thing.
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will25u said:
How long before they announce that grief counselors will be made available to employees?


Once Musk announces that Twitter HQ are relocating to Texas
Has it been reported that Twitter is removing all sharp objects from their employees yet? Would be a good indicator.


No, they're removing their masks in lieu of sharp objects....

It's going to be a double whammy when they realize their masks haven't been saving their life all this time.
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4:25p, 4/14/22
So I don't know how the whole hostile take over and then a white night comes in and saves it works.

But just some rough Math on if the white knight comes in at $54.21 per share and Elon musk doesn't budge, it would net him a cool 1 billion dollars
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GeorgiAg said:
nortex97 said:
Deputy Travis Junior said:
GeorgiAg said:
Twitter unregulated will be trash. Have you ever been to 4chan/politically incorrect? Basically every other word is the n word and almost all threads bash the jews.


I doubt a Musk owned Twitter would completely remove moderation. He isn't looking to create 280 character 4chan, he just wants to get rid of the "fact checkers as arbiters of truth" model that, for example, promulgated lies about the Steele Dossier while removing stories about Hunter Biden's laptop and covid's possible lab origins. Now it'll be up to you the reader to come to your own conclusions on complex topics.

You can eliminate that without giving up the right to ban racists who are dropping N bombs in every other post.
Georgiag knows that, on some level, but he is a closet leftist who masquerades as a conservative here, and eats/sleeps/breathes leftist propaganda.
Leftist? I actually go to 4chan/pol to read the unfiltered stuff (not at work).
Yes, and for many years I had nyt.com as my homepage, to read what the enemy was saying/thinking.
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4:37p, 4/14/22
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Vanguard now the top owner:

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Elon has more than one card up his sleeve. I'd be willing to say he's a few steps ahead of them.
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Elon has more than one card up his sleeve. I'd be willing to say he's a few steps ahead of them.
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4:54p, 4/14/22
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Making sure it won't be missed. Love it.


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