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Comment by AceJohnny2 | Hacker News Reader

Because I need to vent...

I dreamt this morning that I was berating ElMo for being off his meds and making billion-dollar decisions while in manic phase. For months.

I'm actually pretty annoyed that I would even dream about it. I detest the expression, but this is a perfect example of "living rent-free in someone's head". I need to get off the internet.

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It's fascinating how people can't just ignore Elon, especially the people that don't even use/like Twitter.

Life is a lot easier if you just think "I don't care about" this and scroll past. Yet here we are, as I understanding the trademark to X will somehow matter in our personal lives or make us happy

There is something about successful men who get away with giving the finger to the woke crowd that _really_ tick people off.

I think that's certainly part of it, and it happens on all sides of the political Spectrum, but I just wonder why

It’s almost as though none of this was about business and totally about being an imagined champion for a mob of internet losers fighting a battle nobody with an ounce of sense, reason, or self respect buys into?

Big brain stuff. Big brain.

Sure, you can think that. I don't fault you. Musk is extremely childish at times and that's putting it lightly.

It's his money to light on fire and his reputation to tarnish. I don't know why people get so miffed by him. Twitter wasn't anything special to ruin and I think it's doing just fine nowadays.

I mean, that's exactly what I'm frustrated about. I wish I could ignore him, but like Trump before, he succeeds in constantly grabbing media attention and plastering himself over all the headlines.

Deliberate or not, its a good strategy.

There's no such thing as bad attention... Not anymore.

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That’s like saying “why does everyone rubber neck a horrific car accident? If they just ignored it and drive by traffic would be much better.” Everyone knows this. But we can’t help but be intrigued by the carnage.

I glance at news like this, chuckle a little at comments (and that is a positive), then go on without Twitter, now X.

I am happier.

I thought you literally meant Elmo and I found it hilarious.

But srsly bro you shouldn’t be dreaming about celebrities.

To be clear - I’m just agreeing that we could all benefit from being offline . I shouldn’t even be online at 2am!

To paraphrase hitchhikers guide, it may be the clear minded take is Elon needs to get off the internet and you’re fine.

For those who haven't seen it before, HN has a "noprocrast" feature on your profile page, which you can turn on to block access to the site for X minutes.

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