also for adults. nobody talks about corona anymore.

when it's winter and they lift mask mandates on public transportation.
??

Musk showing there's almost no depth to which he will not sink for "engagement".

Um...what do you think this "triple threat" consists of?

Its mildly amusing to see the derps who were saying Covid was a nothingburger are now saying it is a somethingburger to fit the new derpy narrative they passively consume. As for Musk's messaging - he knows what he is doing and appealing to derps like washoe. Not sure that Musk is as good at manipulating derps as Trump was, but both are quite excellent at it. Trump's "Lock her up!" slogan was catchy and effective (though obviously a lie as he never had intentions to try that). In contrast, Musk's recent effort is pretty bad, but again - his audience does not have particularly high standards.

I like Elon for speaking the truth.

this is no train surfing this is much needed honesty.


"Leading virologists fear a bad flu outbreak ahead because the virus was effectively drowned out by restrictions deployed to fight Covid, meaning the nation has little immunity against it."....

https://www.dailymail.co.uk/health/a...erts-warn.html

That's a terrible take.

This is why people like Trump and Musk and to a lesser extent a ton of people and companies love passive derps. Not long ago you started this thread yelling about Musk

https://forumserver.twoplustwo.com/2...-musk-1796876/

after you set fire to a chunk of money buying doggycoin at its peak because the dude was going to be on a low watched TV show. The thing is - as long as a derp like him tells you things you want to hear you will forgive him and continue to be monetized by him. That is why I can never blame those who exploit the derps, it is a great opportunity since they willingly accept anything as long as you tell them things they want to hear.

All the best.

What truth is that - that pronoun usage should be mocked, or that Fauci should be prosecuted. If the latter - for what?

Unsurprising how evil Musk is when you think you can blame him for losing you money, but now that he says something that lines up with your beliefs, you like him again.

Enlighten me, please. Is there something new going on with Fauci that necessitated a weekend tweet mocking pronouns and calling for Fauci's prosecution?

Derps do not enlighten. They simply believe and repeat what they are told by those who create content to exploit them. I disagree with you with the assessment that is is some new low for people like Musk when they engage derps as it seems kind of an easy button slogan thing. Trump did this approach much better in 2016. He got worse in 2020 and he is a joke now. so those that exploit derps need to do it while they can as everything and everyone has their day.

I didn't get that one either . Your trying to bring some sanity to Twitter and you tweet that.

Well he's trolling.

Yeah, that wasn't my intent. Hard to compare the stupid stuff he's tweeted to determine which is lower, but I had meant to add "yet again", as in "Musk yet again showing...". Regardless, it is pretty low, even for him; I'll let others debate whether it's actually the lowest

Ah yes, Elon's so funny. Really, nothing much funnier to troll about on Twitter than gender identity and Covid response, amirite?

Like I said...Musk showing (yet again) there's almost no depth to which he will not sink for "engagement".

He knows his audience. Why should he do what you think is "right?" That would not appeal to his audience. Look at how he has a derp who lost a ton of money back into his fold with a simple tweet. The dude is a troll but he knows what he is doing when engaging his derps.

Mocking pronouns is fine imo.

Adverbs, not so much.

Mocking Ron Artest when he changed his name to Metta World Peace was obligatory.

You're just guessing that the reason he tweeted that was to increase engagement. Neither of us actually knows what is going on in his head.

We've had Bari Weiss dripping out info on shadow banning that Twitter long denied, and Matt Taibbi putting out info related to Twitter and Trump. My guess is that he's teasing info to come on COVID information that was suppressed, and communications between Twitter and the CDC. I've long suspected drug use as a factor in Elon's behavior as well.

Elon draining the swamp at Twitter.

I'm fine with Twitter banning Trump or not banning Trump. A private company has no obligation to give a platform to anyone they choose not to.

Having said that, what I do find objectionable is a company literally lying to their customers about their criteria for exclusion. The former Twitter executive said over and over that politics was not a factor in banning various people. The current evidence seems to show that to be a big lie.

Whatever multitude of faults Elon may have, what he is doing at Twitter is marvelous (imo).

Yep, the lying and gaslighting is what makes this so gross. It is fun to watch Elon expose all of this stuff. He’s like an autistic tech Batman.

Amazing to me how many mind-readers there are in this Forum.

I'm surprised they're wasting time posting in this Forum when they could parlay their mind-reading talent into millions of dollars.

https://www.amazon.de/Real-Anthony-F...s%2C142&sr=8-1

Funny!

Yes, of course. And I offered what I think is a very reasonable assessment of his tweet and the mindset behind it.

OK, so let's assume for a moment that he's teasing Covid info to come (LOL). Why do you think he does so with the oh-so-clever and not at all tired shot at gender identity, and by trotting out the tired old "lock Fauci up" silliness? I'd say that engagement/trolling/playing to his audience is pretty damn likely; it's what he's been doing for weeks now. What makes that a terrible take?

Thanks for the link to a book that's been out for over a year now. I asked you: "What truth is that - that pronoun usage should be mocked, or that Fauci should be prosecuted. If the latter - for what?"; I'm not sure if you thought that link somehow answered my question, but I can assure you that it did not.

Your faith that Washoe might give a coherent answer to any question seems a bit optimistic, given your past exchanges with him in the past.

I dont know if you remember the surreal old days when one of the many attempts to justify the zeitgeist was that was in their minds didn't matter.

I used to head the Department of Redundancy Department.

I don't remember that. (But at this point I really don't remember much of anything.)