Twitter:The New Batch

Steve of phpBB · Post by **Steve of phpBB** » Wed Nov 09, 2022 12:06 pm

This is a great way to kill seven minutes.

Giff · Post by **Giff** » Wed Nov 09, 2022 12:47 pm

May we all remember where we were during the "Official" hour.

L-Jam3 · Post by **L-Jam3** » Wed Nov 09, 2022 12:58 pm

That was great, Steve. I chuckled at the bubbles teaming up against France after Wooderloo.

mister d · Post by **mister d** » Wed Nov 09, 2022 8:42 pm

I’m sure they’ll kill this soon, but if you Twitter search “filter:blue_verified” and a generic word you can see who’s paid for their account. Looks like my only follow that did is Tree House Brewing.

Johnnie · Post by **Johnnie** » Wed Nov 09, 2022 9:03 pm

Also, there are trolls that just made accounts, paid for the check mark, and are posing as people like Ben Shapiro, OJ, Biden etc. Kinda funny.

Rex · Post by **Rex** » Wed Nov 09, 2022 9:13 pm

The $8/month wasn’t too expensive—it was too cheap.

The Sybian · Post by **The Sybian** » Wed Nov 09, 2022 9:35 pm

mister d wrote: ↑Wed Nov 09, 2022 8:42 pm I’m sure they’ll kill this soon, but if you Twitter search “filter:blue_verified” and a generic word you can see who’s paid for their account. Looks like my only follow that did is Tree House Brewing.

Boycott!!!!!

sancarlos · Post by **sancarlos** » Thu Nov 10, 2022 1:15 am

tennbengal · Post by **tennbengal** » Thu Nov 10, 2022 8:12 pm

I guess his plan all along was to buy it and destroy it?

tennbengal · Post by **tennbengal** » Thu Nov 10, 2022 8:36 pm

tennbengal · Post by **tennbengal** » Thu Nov 10, 2022 9:21 pm

sancarlos · Post by **sancarlos** » Thu Nov 10, 2022 11:44 pm

Great thread

A_B · Post by **A_B** » Fri Nov 11, 2022 10:07 am

I like to think Giff volunteered at Snakes of Katy and something went horribly wrong and they had to rebrand.

Giff · Post by **Giff** » Fri Nov 11, 2022 10:24 am

In retrospect, I should not have put that anaconda in my pants for comparison purposes.

rass · Post by **rass** » Fri Nov 11, 2022 10:55 am

Was driving behind a Tesla with a California plate that said “DOGMEME” this morning (on the Henry Hudson Parkway) and really wanted to know that dude’s (I presume) take on the past week or so.

Rex · Post by **Rex** » Fri Nov 11, 2022 1:28 pm

sancarlos · Post by **sancarlos** » Fri Nov 11, 2022 6:29 pm

#24 is bad.

DaveInSeattle · Post by **DaveInSeattle** » Fri Nov 11, 2022 7:17 pm

DSafetyGuy · Post by **DSafetyGuy** » Sun Nov 13, 2022 12:36 pm

Just a remarkable moron, especially considering you can also underline the second one for car companies.

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Johnnie · Post by **Johnnie** » Sun Nov 13, 2022 2:00 pm

Man, remember when Nancy Pelosi endorsed Joe Kennedy over him a couple years back?

What a stupid fucking idea that was.

tennbengal · Post by **tennbengal** » Mon Nov 14, 2022 6:59 am

rass · Post by **rass** » Mon Nov 14, 2022 5:17 pm

Steve of phpBB · Post by **Steve of phpBB** » Mon Nov 14, 2022 10:22 pm

EnochRoot · Post by **EnochRoot** » Mon Nov 14, 2022 11:09 pm

Steve of phpBB wrote: ↑Mon Nov 14, 2022 10:22 pm

Patton Oswalt did a bit about how hard it is to write comedy in the age of Trump.

A_B · Post by **A_B** » Wed Nov 16, 2022 12:00 pm

tennbengal · Post by **tennbengal** » Thu Nov 17, 2022 10:24 pm

back in time for the death of twitter!

Giff · Post by **Giff** » Thu Nov 17, 2022 10:28 pm

Someone explain this please. I log in and everyone is saying goodbye.

tennbengal · Post by **tennbengal** » Thu Nov 17, 2022 10:37 pm

Giff wrote: ↑Thu Nov 17, 2022 10:28 pm Someone explain this please. I log in and everyone is saying goodbye.

find the tweets from about four hours ago - final bleed of anyone there that runs any of the systems that keep it running. Next hiccup won't be anyone to fix it. Basically Musk's "work to the death" ultimatum to employees left has been met with mass quitting apparently.

Steve of phpBB · Post by **Steve of phpBB** » Thu Nov 17, 2022 10:50 pm

Johnnie · Post by **Johnnie** » Fri Nov 18, 2022 1:38 am

Linking an Instagram post since Twitter is probably shitting the bed here soon.

tennbengal · Post by **tennbengal** » Fri Nov 18, 2022 6:58 am

For those that missed it, this was the info that went out last evening that set off the death throes tweets

tennbengal · Post by **tennbengal** » Fri Nov 18, 2022 8:06 am

The Sybian · Post by **The Sybian** » Fri Nov 18, 2022 8:07 am

So happy I didn’t apply for a job with Twitter about a year ago. It sounded like a perfect fit for me… Much easier decision not to apply for a similar position at Meta, as I just couldn’t work for Zuckerberg. I don’t think I mentioned it here, but I got pretty far in the interview process with a company founded by Peter Thiel. He isn’t involved anymore, but when their stock dipped and I read that he lost $250 million, I decided that was too close to Thiel for comfort.

L-Jam3 · Post by **L-Jam3** » Fri Nov 18, 2022 3:17 pm

The tech industry motto is "move fast and break things". That's incidentally the same motto as Godzilla.

The Sybian · Post by **The Sybian** » Fri Nov 18, 2022 3:25 pm

My wife had an interesting theory; she is convince Musk is intentionally trying to destroy Twitter, we just can't figure out the motivation. Is there some way he benefits by having Twitter gone? That'd be a really amazing story if it comes out, but I think he either lost his mind or is so far removed from reality that he can't see how fucking stupid his actions are.

govmentchedda · Post by **govmentchedda** » Fri Nov 18, 2022 3:32 pm

The Sybian wrote: ↑Fri Nov 18, 2022 3:25 pm My wife had an interesting theory; she is convince Musk is intentionally trying to destroy Twitter, we just can't figure out the motivation. Is there some way he benefits by having Twitter gone? That'd be a really amazing story if it comes out, but I think he either lost his mind or is so far removed from reality that he can't see how fucking stupid his actions are.

His financial backers would certainly want Twitter gone.

govmentchedda · Post by **govmentchedda** » Fri Nov 18, 2022 3:32 pm

The Sybian wrote: ↑Fri Nov 18, 2022 3:25 pm My wife had an interesting theory; she is convince Musk is intentionally trying to destroy Twitter, we just can't figure out the motivation. Is there some way he benefits by having Twitter gone? That'd be a really amazing story if it comes out, but I think he either lost his mind or is so far removed from reality that he can't see how fucking stupid his actions are.

His financial backers could certainly want Twitter gone.

A_B · Post by **A_B** » Fri Nov 18, 2022 3:35 pm

The Sybian wrote: ↑Fri Nov 18, 2022 3:25 pm My wife had an interesting theory; she is convince Musk is intentionally trying to destroy Twitter, we just can't figure out the motivation. Is there some way he benefits by having Twitter gone? That'd be a really amazing story if it comes out, but I think he either lost his mind or is so far removed from reality that he can't see how fucking stupid his actions are.

Some kind of super rich person tax writeoff?

mister d · Post by **mister d** » Fri Nov 18, 2022 3:39 pm

I've been trying to figure this out too and its either (1) what Ched said, (2) there's some sort of data strip-mine where twitter not existing afterwards changes the legality or something(???) or (3) he's a dumb fuck who took longer than most dumb fucks to be exposed as a dumb fuck.

govmentchedda · Post by **govmentchedda** » Fri Nov 18, 2022 4:39 pm

Things can be three things