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Old 03-08-2023, 08:37 AM   #2921
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Hey guys, he’s a billionaire, that means he knows a little bit more about running a business than any of you. Including who he can and can’t publicly belittle and have fired, realizing hours later it’ll cost him $100M. That’s just a good piece of business.
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Old 03-08-2023, 08:43 AM   #2922
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Musk needs to cut his losses and sell twitter fast to save himself, Tesla starting to tank again and spaceX's dependence on NASA he needs a babysitter, if he keeps this crap up he'll just be a normal millionaire within 3 years.

Once known as a genius, with every day that passes he's looking more like a flake and a dummy
There's no saving his reputation now.
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Old 03-08-2023, 08:47 AM   #2923
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Even that 'apology' was weird. He basically blamed other people for his #### up. This guy doesn't like being accountable for being a ####ty human being. Then again, that's part and parcel of being a member of the alt-right and embracing their values of not taking personal responsibility.

He should probably watch Arnold Schwarzenegger's 12-minute video that was posted yesterday. Might help.
didn't he also out the guys disability? the lawyers were probably all over him for that, amongst other things.

The best thing about this whole situation is learning about
Haraldur “Halli” Thorleifsson.

I can just imagine Musks face after he googled the guy.

Obviously Musk didn't have a clue about Thorleifsson, or he would have never started in on him. What a maroon.
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Old 03-08-2023, 09:09 AM   #2924
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Yes, Halli was an immediate follow after reading his Tweets. Dude is a highly, highly regarded profile in Iceland. And the cherry on the sundae is how his payout for selling his company to Twitter was done - in salary, so that more taxes can go to the government of Iceland to support a social system he's very supportive of.

Just the kind of rationale that makes people like Musk's head explode.
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Old 03-08-2023, 10:59 AM   #2925
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Hey guys, he’s a billionaire, that means he knows a little bit more about running a business than any of you. Including who he can and can’t publicly belittle and have fired, realizing hours later it’ll cost him $100M. That’s just a good piece of business.
Lol!

I run a business and have for over a decade and my list of people to be 'Publicly Belittled' is rather short.

Maybe its an economy of scale type of thing?

It is entirely possible that affluent, white, apartheid-era profiteer billionaires see the world in a very different way than the rest of us?
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Old 03-08-2023, 11:04 AM   #2926
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Lol!

I run a business and have for over a decade and my list of people to be 'Publicly Belittled' is rather short.

Maybe its an economy of scale type of thing?

It is entirely possible that affluent, white, apartheid-era profiteer billionaires see the world in a very different way than the rest of us?
Your accounting business hasn't made you a billionaire yet?!?! What was the point of writing the UFE then?
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Old 03-08-2023, 11:06 AM   #2927
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I run a business and have for over a decade and my list of people to be 'Publicly Belittled' is rather short.
Don't lie, it's at least 23 people long.
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I'm pretty sure Locke has publicly belittled me here before
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I'm pretty sure Locke has publicly belittled me here before
Ah yes! This is probably true!

But in fairness, that is most likely because I have evaluated you as a Trooper who can take it!

You are unlikely to burn my house down in a vengeful rage. You have to watch out for that.
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I'm FAR to lazy to burn anyone's house down.
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Old 03-08-2023, 02:22 PM   #2931
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I run a business and have for over a decade and my list of people to be 'Publicly Belittled' is rather short.

Maybe its an economy of scale type of thing?
You're probably too busy riding a helicopter to construction sites to have time to belittle people.

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You're probably too busy riding a helicopter to construction sites to have time to belittle people.

And that's not even getting into the hell-bent excitement of tax season!
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Old 03-08-2023, 06:18 PM   #2933
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Even that 'apology' was weird. He basically blamed other people for his #### up. This guy doesn't like being accountable for being a ####ty human being.
Pathological narcissists never, ever apologize for anything.
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Pathological narcissists never, ever apologize for anything.
Yeah, I don't take much from his apology either. As if any information he received from his team could have greenlighted a mock and demean session in public. I hope he gets sued for that.

It is hilarious the amount of shade Elon had thrown at him by Haraldur, and then Elon had to come back later and apologize.
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That is fantastic! That is genuine 'Bond Villain' nonsense.
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I'm pretty sure Locke has publicly belittled me here before
There seems to be a trend here....
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There seems to be a trend here....
If you just want me to run the world, all you have to do is say so.
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https://twitter.com/user/status/1559691922725281800

I don't know who of you two would be worse...
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Old 03-09-2023, 01:22 PM   #2940
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https://twitter.com/user/status/1633856452971450371

He's already built the cult, now he just needs a compound in Texas...
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