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If Elon ever starts building android soldier robots or maybe buys Boston Dynamics, we'll know why.
I still have the space for "robot apocalypse" open on my societal collaspe bingo card. It's not a question of if an unhinged billionaire is going to someday overthrow an entire country, it's a question of when.
lol eat shit
Musk is a real Shooter McGavin so I bet he does eat pieces of shit for breakfast.
Space Karen.
Sing it with me
🎵🎵🎵SCHA-DEN-FREUDE🎵🎵🎵
Musk has objected to legal orders to remove some posts and accounts in Brazil and Australia, claiming he was a champion of free speech, although he has been less vocal about removing content in countries such as Turkey and India.
What a coincidence he doesn't have a problem following countries with leaders infamous for oppressing minorities.
You know, Elon is not the one really dealing with this. It's still employees.
Not defending Elon or X here though. They got what they deserved.
I wonder what goes through his employees' heads who are still working there. Do they still even believe in the service??? Do they support their boss?
They collect their paychecks and hope they never have to deal with him on any personal basis. It's not too dissimilar from most jobs in that regard, but these were all once companies that employees might have put extra pride/effort into in the past. Doubtful much of that enthusiasm remains under these guy.
Don't overthink it. The remaining employees are just there for the money.
They are still there for the visa.
The remaining employees are just there for the money.
You just described "work".
You guys are getting money for working?!
There's money elsewhere. And I can't imagine working with the stress of being possibly fired on a whim because Elon was feeling like it one day.
I don't live in the States, but as I understand, it's hard to leave your company if your health insurance is tied to that company.
Pretty sure anyone that's left are the guys that bought into the Elon mystique, so they sort of got what they signed up for.
Or they have visas that don't let them quit, or well let's be honest, Musk is not special, doesn't really matter which psychopath you're working for. He's just loud.
Exactly. When it's a choice between a decently-paying IT job for a shitty company in the U.S. or living in poverty in Mumbai, I don't blame any of them for sticking with the job.
Funny choice of Mumbai that tickled me... though can't pinpoint why.
I can't answer that. I wasn't being arbitrary apart from arbitrarily picking a city in India. A large number of H1-B visa holders who work at Twitter come from India.
Actually you don't need to. Mumbai is so expensive that the phrase "1st world prices for 3rd world conditions" applies.
Ah that's a good point that I didn't think about.
If not… maybe they’re being compensated accordingly. We can hope.
So if you’re a hiring manager and someone has experience working for him but doesn’t fawn over him, maybe you give them some serious credit and figure they were probably decent at their job plus they can work with anybody.
Maybe he doesn't have to deal with all the menial stuff, but this still ultimately affect him.
The guy's about to be the world's first trillionaire, from what I hear. I don't think he really cares.
If he doesn't care, he wouldn't have this fight.
Elon sowing: "fuck yeah. Fuck you. Go fuck yourselves. I am the best. Memes. 420"
Elon reaping: "..."
It's spelled "Conceição" ☝️🤓
Yeah, but unless less they're from a Portuguese or Spanish language speaking country their keyboard won't have a ç or a ~ and it's a pain in the arse to type that name correctly in a keyboard without those such as an UK keyboard (as I know from experience).
So give them a break.
That really isn't an excuse you know. They are supposed to be professionals.
But it's like really hard. Like, takes dozens of seconds. Dozens! You cannot expect that level of effort just because it's someone's job!
Whenever I have to type a word similar to that, I normally google it, which finds the correct spelling and then copy-paste it into whatever I am doing.