Elon Musk Proposes “a literal d*ck measuring contest” With Mark Zuckerberg
forbes.com
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He's one of the richest men in the world. He could have literally anything he wants. He had the respect and adoration of a massive amount of the public, getting loving name-drops and cameos in Iron Man and Star Trek.
Instead of indulging in a spectacularly hedonistic life, or pushing hard on his massively successful world-changing businesses, or spending time with his flotilla of offspring, he spends his time acting like an edgy transphobic 14-year-old on twitter.
What a waste.
The internet is bad for you.
Does being the richest man on the planet just enable his craziness, or did it cause it?
But then I let go of that thought, because I don’t want to give a petulant man-child who is apparently proposing literal dick measuring contests any more attention than they already get.
The power is with the people and not billionaires - it seems if your product stinks and a viable alternative comes along, that they will jump ship.
“On April 20, Musk disclosed that he had secured financing provided by a group of banks led by Morgan Stanley, Bank of America, Barclays, MUFG, Société Générale, Mizuho Bank, and BNP Paribas, for a potential tender offer to acquire the company.[30][31] The funding included $7 billion of senior secured bank loans; $6 billion in subordinated debt; $6.25 billion in bank loans to Musk personally, secured by $62.5 billion of his Tesla stock; $20 billion in cash equity from Musk, to be provided by sales of Tesla stock and other assets; and $7.1 billion in equity from 19 independent investors.“
So, about 56% was Musk’s money and, if I’m understanding that correcly, 28% Twitter’s, 16% independent investors.
It further validates an armchair diagnosis of rampant meglomania.
The deeper/followup question --- why do they think this is good for business?
They might even agree with that armchair diagnosis of megalomania. They'd just disagree that megalomania is a bad thing, if you are in fact the greatest human being in the world.
One does have to wonder what it will do for Musk's (metaphorical) dick if he manages to kill off Twitter -- not the lost money, which is pocket change, but the business failure. He certainly has SpaceX and Tesla to fall back on, and if he can push on to Mars everything else will be trivia.
So we do finally agree --- in a circular, roundabout manner.
They *do* need something to be good for business --- otherwise, they can't grow their business and prove their dick is bigger.
In any case; acting like a megalomaniac is counterproductive to achieving this objective.
It's hard to tell if he knows that. He seems to think he's got some kind of grand long-term plan, but even if he does, his short-term behavior doesn't seem to contribute. If he thinks he bought up an enormous customer base for his "everything app", he seems badly mistaken.
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He started it! The joke backfires because it’s a cowardly cop-out from admitting fault. Humour has to have a kernel of truth to it. This tweet is a kid slapping a cat, getting swiped and declaring—to nobody in particular—that all cats are idiots. No!