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Post by Fairsociety on Nov 4, 2022 21:19:58 GMT
well, you were obviously referring to some story or other you just heard? so why dont you elaborate? **Watch this space**
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Post by jeg er on Nov 4, 2022 21:22:02 GMT
well, you were obviously referring to some story or other you just heard? so why dont you elaborate? **Watch this space** eh? you mean you just made it up???
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Post by Fairsociety on Nov 4, 2022 21:47:33 GMT
eh? you mean you just made it up??? No I mean it depends where your source of information comes from lol
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Post by jeg er on Nov 5, 2022 9:06:15 GMT
eh? you mean you just made it up??? No I mean it depends where your source of information comes from lol well, link it up then. so we can all take a look
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Post by Orac on Nov 5, 2022 9:22:41 GMT
I'm starting to wonder about Elon. At first I was pretty sure this was just a blank financial transaction for him, but now I'm not so sure.
His actions seem calculated to illustrate the democratic issue with such platforms presently - ie that, if we can't have a public discussion without banks and hedge fund managers assenting to the contents of our speech, then we do not have a democracy. It's pretty stark stuff and is starting to become quite visible.
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Post by jeg er on Nov 5, 2022 10:01:08 GMT
I'm starting to wonder about Elon. At first I was pretty sure this was just a blank financial transaction for him, but now I'm not so sure. His actions seem calculated to illustrate the democratic issue with such platforms presently - ie that, if we can't have a public discussion without banks and hedge fund managers assenting to the contents of our speech, then we do not have a democracy. It's pretty stark stuff and is starting to become quite visible. i wouldnt ascribe any lofty motivations to the bloke. he is just a massive egotist. this is the bloke who called a perfectly respectable British guy who was in the course of rescuing some Thai boys trapped in a cave a pedophile just because the guy politely said he was doing fine and did not need Elon's help And he is autistic aspergers. I am autistic aspergers. He is not that popular with a lot of autistic/asperger groups i am a member of for reasons like this. Even though lots of people like to think he is some sort of symbol for the asperger community. This has nothing to do with political positions, by the way.
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Post by Fairsociety on Nov 5, 2022 10:09:50 GMT
I'm starting to wonder about Elon. At first I was pretty sure this was just a blank financial transaction for him, but now I'm not so sure. His actions seem calculated to illustrate the democratic issue with such platforms presently - ie that, if we can't have a public discussion without banks and hedge fund managers assenting to the contents of our speech, then we do not have a democracy. It's pretty stark stuff and is starting to become quite visible. i wouldnt ascribe any lofty motivations to the bloke. he is just a massive egotist. this is the bloke who called a perfectly respectable British guy who was in the course of rescuing some Thai boys trapped in a cave a pedophile just because the guy politely said he was doing fine and did not need Elon's help And he is autistic aspergers. I am autistic aspergers. He is not that popular with a lot of autistic/asperger groups i am a member of for reasons like this. Even though lots of people like to think he is some sort of symbol for the asperger community. This has nothing to do with political positions, by the way. He doesn't play the asperger card when things get tough, and let me tell you something else about him he's not a multi billionaire because he's stupid, Musk like most of us know Twitter Facebook are being manipulated by the loony left Woke, the difference is Musk has the money and power to do something about it.
I hope a lot more billionaires with power do the same, not just the UK the World at large is being taken over by a left agenda, you only have to look at the UK and see where it's all going to end, the UK is turning in to one big shithole, thanks to the liberal lefties.
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Post by Orac on Nov 5, 2022 10:10:50 GMT
I refuse to discount people because they are autistic. While it is quite possible for me to be wrong because I am guessing, but his actions appear to me to betray some rather deeper motivations.
I'm not an 'Elon fan', but i am baffled why so many people seem to get their knickers in a twist about him in particular, rather than the many other self serving billionaires who talk nonsense regularly
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Post by jeg er on Nov 5, 2022 10:14:37 GMT
Nov 5, 2022 10:09:50 GMT Fairsociety said: "He doesn't play the asperger card when things get tough",
When did i say he did? You appear to have missed the actual point i was making
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Post by jeg er on Nov 5, 2022 10:21:08 GMT
I refuse to discount people because they are autistic. While it is quite possible for me to be wrong because I am guessing, but his actions appear to me to betray some rather deeper motivations. I'm not an 'Elon fan', but i am baffled why so many people seem to get their knickers in a twist in particular about him, rather than the many other self serving billionaires who talk nonsense regularly Discounting people because they are autistic was not what i was referring to. It was the opposite - as many commentators count him because he is autistic, so you get a lot of neurotypical people laud him as a symbol for autism, when many autistic people reject him as being so. Many asperger/autistic people in the groups i am part of are not a fan of him and are quick to poo poo any of the cliche comments along the lines of 'hey, autistic people can be successful too, look at elon musk, he is an inspiration' Like yourself, i do not particularly get me knickers in a twist about him either I just think he is a raving egotist, who like a lot of people who insist upon living their lives thru social media (regardless of their views), talks a lot of bollox a lot of the time.
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Post by Fairsociety on Nov 5, 2022 10:21:53 GMT
Nov 5, 2022 10:09:50 GMT Fairsociety said: "He doesn't play the asperger card when things get tough",When did i say he did? You appear to have missed the actual point i was making It was a general observation, not a direct response to your post.
I've never really been a fan of Musk, I tended to think he had more money than sense, but I suspect that he's in a prime position to spot something is amiss, he hasn't bought Twitter to make money, he's got plenty of it, he's obviously bought it because he's aware that democracy and politics are being hijacked by these social media giants, and it's not healthy to have this sort of influence over so many people.
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Post by jeg er on Nov 5, 2022 10:23:18 GMT
Nov 5, 2022 10:09:50 GMT Fairsociety said: "He doesn't play the asperger card when things get tough",When did i say he did? You appear to have missed the actual point i was making It was a general observation, not a direct response to your post.
Fair enough. Then why quote me?
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Post by Orac on Nov 5, 2022 10:31:36 GMT
Like yourself, i do not particularly get me knickers in a twist about him either I just think he is a raving egotist, who like a lot of people who insist upon living their lives thru social media (regardless of their views), talks a lot of bollox a lot of the time. Sure. But you seems to be attempting to counter what I'm saying about his recent actions, without in reality doing so logically. It's quite possible (indeed quite likely) that he is an egotist - most wealthy people are, of course - and still have multiple, or layered, motivations, some of them being quite positive. The easy thing for Elon to do now would be not to resist on this matter.
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Post by Fairsociety on Nov 5, 2022 10:33:45 GMT
It was a general observation, not a direct response to your post.
Fair enough. Then why quote me? Because you mentioned asperger FFS
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Post by jeg er on Nov 5, 2022 11:04:13 GMT
Fair enough. Then why quote me? Because you mentioned asperger FFS Indeed i did. But nothing to do with what you directly replied to me about. Therefore, logically speaking, as you were not replying to me directly nor referring to anything i actually said, it would not make sense to then quote me, bearing in mind the exact reason one quotes another on a forum when adding their own comments is because one is directly replying to what the other person said. That is how quoting works
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