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(DIR) Post #ARPb2MA0kVVDNG298S by stux@mstdn.social
2023-01-07T21:12:09Z
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A few years ago I was introduced to the music of David Bowie because of the first Falcon Heavy (Starman) launch by SpaceX. It was one of the most awesome days in my life and at that time I was on Mastodon already posting about it ofc.. I was a huge fan of SpaceX and by extension perhaps Elon Musk (at that time) And now a few years later the dude has turned a 180 and is now a direct 'compitition' of me so to say without me doing a thing..
(DIR) Post #ARPbFj8wbwE6Q0uV4C by blueberrywerewolf@mstdn.social
2023-01-07T21:14:39Z
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@stux To be fair, a lot of money was spent giving us all that false impression of him.
(DIR) Post #ARPbObL104gMoimuEy by stux@mstdn.social
2023-01-07T21:16:10Z
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At some point links to mstdn where even blocked by Twitter under Elon's rule, that almost seems like an 'attack'I never did the guy any wrong and was always a 'fan' of his work but nowadays he turned so much people like me awayIn this case I am 100% certain that he is the issue and not me. I never had any hate for the guy but he created that recently with his stupid tweets and actionsI have completly lost faith and maybe trust in billionaires, it their turn to prove otherwise, im done
(DIR) Post #ARPbQM1cu4wHu9YSeW by expertenkommision_cyberunfall@mastodon.social
2023-01-07T21:16:32Z
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@stux Hee! I just remembered myself of Iggy and how he seduced me into punk :)
(DIR) Post #ARPbYFsLeSfP9GyyDg by TerryHancock@realsocial.life
2023-01-07T21:17:59Z
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@stux SpaceX is still a pretty good company. I hope Musk's misadventures don't have too much effect on it.Going to start calling it Gwynne Shotwell's company, myself...https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gwynne_Shotwell
(DIR) Post #ARPbcD5bx5qnfM4WPI by lemonflavoured@mastodon.social
2023-01-07T21:18:42Z
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@stux What SpaceX do is amazing, and I, for now, am still okay with separating the art from the artist, as it were. #Musk himself is going down a somewhat dodgy rabbit hole though.
(DIR) Post #ARPbcUE2F1gqoP8zOi by GuitarGirl@mstdn.social
2023-01-07T21:18:46Z
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@stux #NoMoreBillionaires
(DIR) Post #ARPbj9XTYFdcgIPqXQ by Grant_M@mastodon.social
2023-01-07T21:19:57Z
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@stux I'm sorry, Stux. I've been one who has known all along, but even I had some hope he'd meet the challenge and use his resources for good. I can't understand the evil. Hope you're okay.
(DIR) Post #ARPbmmDkBqXtWFulWK by stux@mstdn.social
2023-01-07T21:20:36Z
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@Grant_M :blobcatgiggle: Its just too bad is all :cat_hug_triangle: I was hoping he was dif but unfort..
(DIR) Post #ARPbrdVtzSv3xjj172 by enbuenora@mstdn.social
2023-01-07T21:21:30Z
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@stux never seen a clearer case in which some rich & powerful guy could've remained much richer and more respected simply by keeping his mouth shut
(DIR) Post #ARPbsV2KzbM9xgJAWm by Bellison22@mastodon.social
2023-01-07T21:21:37Z
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@stux he is a narcissist with a vengeful mean streak.There is nothing redeeming about him.
(DIR) Post #ARPbuLQNhYKGjGQypc by commonusername@mstdn.social
2023-01-07T21:22:00Z
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@stux losing faith in the billionaires will only serve you well going forward. I've worked in tech for 20+ years and by and large the c-suite and founder types are remarkably stupid in a wide sense even if they have very narrow expertise about a particular topic. Such wide myopia really leads these guys (almost always men) to wildly misjudge ppl and reality to great destructive effect.
(DIR) Post #ARPbuUjr4WFbcGc9w0 by Grant_M@mastodon.social
2023-01-07T21:21:59Z
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@stux Me too
(DIR) Post #ARPc13F5hUTUMiLpzM by beisbolcards@mastodon.world
2023-01-07T21:23:11Z
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@stux But we *want* to give them money. Give me 200 cokes, 78 hamburgers, 9 smart tvs, a smartphone every year and whatever new gadget trend is ongoing now.But seriously, they are *not* saving the world.
(DIR) Post #ARPc1oLQZkTCRyg3tI by Sue_AS@mastodon.online
2023-01-07T21:23:19Z
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@stux Conman are good at getting people to trust and admire them. Now you are woke. Good for you.
(DIR) Post #ARPc1tbuzrdEmZQnmy by mizblueprint@mastodon.online
2023-01-07T21:23:18Z
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@stuxI just deleted the Twitter app from my phone. After the antics of corporations like meta, Spotify, Google, in addition to the antics of billionaires, I'm no longer putting my digital life in their hands.
(DIR) Post #ARPcVYGutkXBHykUs4 by KansasGrant@techhub.social
2023-01-07T21:28:41Z
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@stux Several years ago, I didn't know any more about Elmo except a paragraph about Tesla, SpaceX, wants to go to Mars, very rich, lots of fans. I had a positive impression of him.Then, about a year ago, I first ran into his trolling on Twitter. My opinion of him plummeted from generally positive to pretty negative: there's no such thing as a good troll.After he bought Twitter and began systematically destroying it, my opinion of him plummeted: THIS guy is not only a troll but he's clearly a complete dimwit, and he's manifestly evil.Buh-bye, Elmo.
(DIR) Post #ARPcdqxvHOLRaCp6GW by amerika@noagendasocial.com
2023-01-07T21:30:16Z
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@stux I think he did it just to further enrage the luvvies.He wants the Natural Born Clickers to leave Twitter:https://www.comscore.com/Insights/Press-Releases/2009/10/comScore-and-Starcom-USA-Release-Updated-Natural-Born-Clickers-Study-Showing-50-Percent-Drop-in-Number-of-U.S.-Internet-Users-Who-Click-on-Display-AdsThese 8% of internet users (probably 2% of the population as a whole) are the ones demanding censorship and other "safe space" nonsense.They drive away actual normal people.Musk just wants to yeet the NPCs to Mastodon, which will destroy Mastodon, leaving Twitter more valuable.
(DIR) Post #ARPcgOGSRhSRR9hcS8 by amerika@noagendasocial.com
2023-01-07T21:30:43Z
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@stux As far as trust in billionaires, substitute the word "Blacks" for "billionaires" to see the fallacy.People are different even within categories.
(DIR) Post #ARPczvnzxuqGxri0MS by weisgram@mstdn.social
2023-01-07T21:34:12Z
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@stux You’re learning fast that not unlike us Young Americans, it’s best if you never meet your Heroes. Some people go through Changes and find themselves on the Outside of your Modern Love. There’s nothing wrong with you so long that you don’t throw up your hands, declare Ashes to Ashes and decide, “I’m Afraid of Americans!” just because you were Under Pressure from your own expectations.
(DIR) Post #ARPd05U9yWumzEVIpM by xmx1024@systm32.xyz
2023-01-07T21:34:12Z
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@stux there is no justifiable reason for billionaires to exist. They shouldn't exist.
(DIR) Post #ARPdG9dqI4SwVgh6CO by chemoelectric@masto.ai
2023-01-07T21:37:06Z
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@stux My thoughts on that are that a Delta IV Heavy launch makes a Falcon Heavy launch look like paint-by-numbers next to a work of art.:)(Sure, you can recover booster parts of a Falcon. But the Space Shuttle recovered all its parts but a fuel tank, in 1981, and more reliably from the start. So it's not really a major innovation.)
(DIR) Post #ARPdRDsmrY1sqgxijY by Britta@mstdn.social
2023-01-07T21:39:08Z
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@stux no! He is no competition. You are here to stay! He is not!
(DIR) Post #ARPdWs4Est9avZ0oAy by mazal@infosec.exchange
2023-01-07T21:40:08Z
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@stux the day I learned Elon Musk was a phony was the day he launched a giant hunk of #SpaceTrash into the cosmos—5 months later confirmed with his stupid Thai cave stunt.#spacedebris #tesla
(DIR) Post #ARPdYM6YgvfqNOnxZ2 by letsbecomehuman@mstdn.social
2023-01-07T21:40:23Z
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@stux my dog is named Bowie 😀 and f***k elon
(DIR) Post #ARPdYhcAiaRJ5Wl0Fs by weisgram@mstdn.social
2023-01-07T21:40:28Z
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@stux There’s a characteristic in Bowie that you will NEVER see in a billionaire and that’s the way he constantly pointed people to the art that inspired him. He was immensely creative, but he also loved art enough to share credit with the sources for his ideas, even when they were nonsense, which he also loved. Elon is the exact opposite. He’s a parasite on a thriving world of engineers. All of his most profitable work has been supported by federal subsidies. Bowie is a fitting contrast.
(DIR) Post #ARPdZCbXUzLxCXhR4a by Digital_Eclipse@libretooth.gr
2023-01-07T21:40:33Z
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@stux ooh are u radicalized yet? 👀 Eat the rich? come onnnn :)
(DIR) Post #ARPdbbi5807TdyuGSO by gmcq@mstdn.social
2023-01-07T21:41:01Z
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@stux Most definitely he is the problem. Thank you for what you’ve done and for continuing to prove there are truly good people in this world!
(DIR) Post #ARPe9BhMLSd6oea5Nw by maxmustermann@shitposter.club
2023-01-07T21:47:08.522786Z
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@amerika @stux No it won't. It just will fill up the fediverse with more gay Mastodong instances.
(DIR) Post #ARPeKNFLkWaTokoW4u by StefanLedZep@hessen.social
2023-01-07T21:49:05Z
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@stux Bill Gates, Warren Buffett, and MacKenzie Scott at least do good deeds with their fortune, but all the new and younger billionaires are totally going crazy.I am so happy I have not bought a TESLA. 🤣I liked him and his business endeavours beforehand as well, however, since his change in mind towards the (far-)right he lost it hard. 😔
(DIR) Post #ARPee8tmnto36u9bg8 by amerika@noagendasocial.com
2023-01-07T21:52:44Z
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@maxmustermann @stux If you mean literally gay Mastodong instances, this will be limited by the percentage of the population that is actually homosexual.If you mean it in the vernacular, 75% of these new instances will be dead within a year or two.Most people do not have what it takes to keep a website hosted for more than five years, much less an app server.
(DIR) Post #ARPeswQRSfnEljU8OG by normbord@mstdn.social
2023-01-07T21:55:21Z
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@stux You're doing good work and we much appreciate you. Musk is: a) a rich doofus who is trying to get street cred with the other narcissistic bulliesb) moving to the music of his puppeteers https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2022/10/28/saudis-kingdom-holding-company-to-maintain-twitter-stake
(DIR) Post #ARPf45rci57FE8W6C0 by APPTeOORuzvlGOetVY.verita84@poster.place
2023-01-07T21:57:25.919912Z
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@stux That’s called growing up
(DIR) Post #ARPf7SAcERtjHH0Cfo by fox@cytag.nl
2023-01-07T21:57:52Z
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@stux One’d say “it’s an idiot and it’s not worth your time understanding their behaviour” They see everything as a threat due to their own incompetence and/or insecurities. You are doing a very fine job as a single person and what you have accomplished is something he can only dream of. He only knows “paniekvoetbal “ and this is why things go so very south for him. Keep doing what you are doing and stay “morally rich” so to speak. 🤍
(DIR) Post #ARPf9qsLLioaTkbDNY by Crookhorne@mstdn.social
2023-01-07T21:58:24Z
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@stux what is that Muks? He could tweet Ukraine should cede their land to invaders, and when he sees reply kinda 'give your business to Bezos then' he suspends the guy for platform manipulation and spam
(DIR) Post #ARPfawTGeYz1eTmuXI by ev@fosstodon.org
2023-01-07T22:03:17Z
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@stux I stopped liking Musk when he called that Brit guy in Thailand a pedo with no proof. Everyone thought his idea was dumb, so he acted like a petulant 12 yr old. I like him less and less by the day, would never buy or recommend one of his cars to anyone ever again.
(DIR) Post #ARPfcpmoTh8ZUypfkG by francocaruso@mstdn.social
2023-01-07T22:03:38Z
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@stux I also used like Elon Musk. When he launched a Tesla into space I thought it was clever. But that is not the Elon Musk of the last year. He has shown he doesn't give a shit about his workers, his users or anyone else that has an opposing view to his own. He has shown his true colours. #FuckElonМusk
(DIR) Post #ARPg5aeHq0kCwrYXUu by dr3amfr0g@mstdn.social
2023-01-07T22:08:51Z
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@stux anyone who hoards that much wealth is not a good person period. There's no way to ever earn that much and there's so many people in poverty and suffering globally just for these people to play around in rockets and whatever else. It's gross. I never liked the guy from the first day I heard of him and it's something else to see my gut feeling was correct.
(DIR) Post #ARPgTYVTSCeNFqrU4O by waynedixon@mastodon.social
2023-01-07T22:13:10Z
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@stux I was introduced to Bowie’s music “changes”, way back when a radio station was changing formats and played it on repeat.I was re-introduced it his music through “The Martian” and the song Starman. I haven’t explored a lot more, but it’s good stuff.
(DIR) Post #ARPgjM9j8pYNaCDxEO by PeterB@mas.to
2023-01-07T22:16:01Z
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@stux as you, I was in awe of many things he did. And equally as many others, I am sad to see the person veer from the „good path“.But he is not the only one. I used to follow/support a number of people on the „way up“, and each time, after a while at the very top, nearly every single person went off on a strange tangent, sooner or later.Is it, that power, corrupts?Or is it, the money?Or is meritocracy, at that level, (the top) just working out badly for every human?
(DIR) Post #ARPhSAjy5kL1HSkHBY by charlie_epsilon@mstdn.social
2023-01-07T22:24:07Z
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@stux There are no good billionaires, with one exception. Mackenzie Scott, ex-wife of Jeff Bezos, who has been giving away large chunks of his money.
(DIR) Post #ARPjcJo7R4TSCneWqO by nimgimli@masto.ai
2023-01-07T22:48:21Z
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@stux I am so conflicted because I really am a fan of SpaceX. I wish Musk would sell it so I can be at peace with being a SpaceX fanboy!
(DIR) Post #ARPjhoBxtTZRtDQNDU by ncw413@mastodon.social
2023-01-07T22:49:21Z
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@stux We are with you Stux.
(DIR) Post #ARPlclkLl4AglXETDc by cjerrington@mstdn.social
2023-01-07T23:10:52Z
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@stux mastodon was never an “issue” for Twitter till Elon got there. He’s trying to protect his 40 billion dollar investment the wrong way.
(DIR) Post #ARPo1a5GSMpRk5yRhw by davoloid@qoto.org
2023-01-07T23:37:42Z
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@stux Similar journey: I knew a little of Tesla and Musk and SpaceX but it was Matthew Inman (Oatmeal) and Tim Urban (WaitButWhy) that got my attention as to what was significant about all 3. Until recent years, he was definitely bringing something to the EV market and Space economy that was the result of a unique personality. Watching the Model 3 reveal, Truck, Roadster, Orbcomm, Falcon Heavy, Starship tests - it really felt he was driving both companies towards a fascinating future.So many interviews and documentaries show that he did have a high level vision and deep granular understanding of the systems. It didn't *feel* like blagging, he genuinely seemed to have an idea of what needed doing and that way of throwing yourself into details that will be familiar to many people on the spectrum.I don't know how he got derailed from that approach, maybe the fanboys and the money men around him just fuelled the negative parts of his personality. It will be a shame if his meddling derails the good work of SpaceX and Tesla.
(DIR) Post #ARPp4U05dBgDhKV8JU by adnan@1210.nl
2023-01-07T23:49:21Z
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@stux I can’t even imagine cheering for Tesla now. I am even judging people who are still buying Tesla.
(DIR) Post #ARPsuFnjy5Ewa46Qlc by dooordah@universeodon.com
2023-01-08T00:32:27Z
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@stux Those people are greedy and immoral …can’t expect them to do “the right thing “ because that just means screwing everyone else for money is their right thing!
(DIR) Post #ARPx8OaaUWy1hrwvFQ by MorganEscherly@union.place
2023-01-08T01:19:49Z
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@stux Musk is just an ordinary guy with luck and money, nothing special. If he had been born in some third world country, he's be digging ditches for a living. We put too much credence in their self promotion. And frankly, if you or I had had his good fortune, it's likely we would have turned out just like him; self involved and looking for our next adrenaline fix.
(DIR) Post #ARRafb0FRs6z8NjYkC by ThatMichaelM@mstdn.social
2023-01-08T20:17:32Z
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@stux @Grant_M There is no profit in altruism.