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finevcijnenfijn t1_jd1dgu1 wrote

Elon should have bought 4chan, that seems more his style.

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SpankMyButt t1_jd1pzp6 wrote

Since lots of his fans seems to be there, it might be a good fit.

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saltyjohnson t1_jd2rn84 wrote

He doesn't need to buy a place where users praise him. He only needs to buy the places where users criticize him.

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dtreth t1_jd2i3cu wrote

He could have saved so much money

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KamovInOnUp t1_jd2kotk wrote

Why would he want to destroy 4chan?

The dude runs many super successful businesses, he clearly has plans for Twitter and there's no way the entire fiasco isn't some convoluted part of those plans

Edit: Really strange that u/inwhichzeegoesinsaine decided to respond and then block me, but I suppose that's to be expected from these types. To respond to his comment: we'd like to think that he's stupid but the truth of the matter is he's not. He might do stupid stuff but nothing he does is without purpose.

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saltyjohnson t1_jd2rw2j wrote

bro Elon bought Twitter accidentally in the course of a clumsy publicity stunt

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KamovInOnUp t1_jd2xcnk wrote

I know we want every reason to mock him (not that it's hard to find a reason) but did he really? He definitely didn't sign a check himself, there were probably hundreds of people involved in that deal and there's no way it was a true accident

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saltyjohnson t1_jd2ywt5 wrote

I don't believe that he's that stupid as to intentionally commit to buying Twitter for far over its share price and waiving due diligence, spend months trying to wriggle his way out of it citing things that he waived as reasons to cancel the deal, tank his personal net worth causing all of the American banks who were financing him practically for free to pull their deals off the table, and cause him to scramble for new money from Saudi Arabia and others in order to close the deal by the deadline so he wouldn't get saddled with the billion dollar penalty for pulling out.

Calling it an accident is kind. To say he did all that on purpose would be mocking him.

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