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cytg111

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I've watched a number of people do that in the last 5 years. It's scary as hell. I had some friends in some gaming communities I'm part of just start to dive and never pulled up. Went up from being a little cringy and openly right leaning. To attending "child sex trafficking awareness rallies" (Hello Qanon) to just outright lunacy and outrage of mask mandates and eventually vaccines.

Just like a bunch of lemmings over a cliff.
Yup. I am down another one as well, turned true rightie and conspiracy nut “Bill Gates’s vaccine” anti vaxxer. The truly sad part is that his dive started with someone giving him a bloody nose from a pcr test… And based on THAT trauma, he just went everything vaccine is evil and so is anyone that promotes it… It cuts directly into his basic fundamental human rights as a free individual blablabla.
A pathetic little bitch is more like it. A lil nose bleed. Kid you not.
I dont get it, as far as generational trials, noone is handing you a rifle and commanding you into battle. Just take a fucking jab you pussies.
 

Zorba

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if you call logic and statements by spacex "feels" then yes its all about my feels.
only YouTube hyperbole is fact these days.

That video is so bad its not even funny. I made it 1 minute and 30 seconds in before i had to turn it off because it was obvious where it was going, and frankly its intellectually dishonest.

1. you have many statements from spacex saying what the goals for the first launch is , this "expert" invents his own to fit his own narrative.

2. launch platform is fine
Yes the concert underneath the rocket got annihilated and sent everywhere and thats not ideal but its hardly catastrophic
it was unexpected as they had done a full static fire ( aka full thrust ) on the pad without issue
The damaged tank farm only houses water so significantly easier to repair/ replace then , pressurised propellent or oxidizer

if you look at the spacex comments post launch , they said.
1. They wanted to be gentile to the engines and hydraulics and limit movement of propellent so they slowly throttled up the engines which put more load on the pad
2. There not exactly sure why it happened as there was no damage from static fire , they think maybe they compressed the soil/sand underneath the concreate which lead to the failure
3. Next starship launch they will go straight to full throttle and the hydraulics for gimble are replaced with actuators so they will clear the pad much faster.
4. They will have the flame shield in place for the next launch

So for the video to be so completely wrong while talking so matter of fact on the first two points he made you will have to excuse me if i dont give a fuck about what some rando youtube dickhead says.

There was actually one thing that Spacex weren't very happy with/proper problem they need to fix and they have come out and said it. It look 40 seconds from command issue for self destruct to self destruct occurring and that needs to be fixed.

So to your wager whats your definition of "long time" spacex still want to do 4 more starship launches this year and only the abort issue will drive any changes to the next rocket being launched.
Absolutely no way they will be launching in 1 to 2 months as Elon claims.

Also if those where water tanks, why is there video showing a condensation cloud coming out of one of them? Pretty at least some of them had Cyro in them. Every reference I can find claims they were LOX.
 

Brovane

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Absolutely no way they will be launching in 1 to 2 months as Elon claims.

Also if those where water tanks, why is there video showing a condensation cloud coming out of one of them? Pretty at least some of them had Cyro in them. Every reference I can find claims they were LOX.

The tanks where LOX tanks.

What Musk did say about the next launch attempt is that SpaceX would be ready with the hardware in about 2-months but review of the Flight Termination System and other regulatory work would probably be the long pole in the tent for the next flight not the launch pad (Stage-0) or the flight hardware.
 

HomerJS

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Texas officials confirming the shooter had a New-Nazi ideology. Those of you who are fans of Musk, I have a question. How would he be in ANY position to refute that association vs the officials investigating the case??

 
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Texas officials confirming the shooter had a New-Nazi ideology. Those of you who are fans of Musk, I have a question. How would he be in ANY position to refute that association vs the officials investigating the case??


"Texas DPS is infected with the deep state's woke mind virus"
 
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Brovane

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Texas officials confirming the shooter had a New-Nazi ideology. Those of you who are fans of Musk, I have a question. How would he be in ANY position to refute that association vs the officials investigating the case??
Elon is wrong, he isn't in a position to refute what the officials have said. However he is welcome to express his opinion even if it is wrong and makes him look like a A&&hole.
 
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Zorba

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The tanks where LOX tanks.

What Musk did say about the next launch attempt is that SpaceX would be ready with the hardware in about 2-months but review of the Flight Termination System and other regulatory work would probably be the long pole in the tent for the next flight not the launch pad (Stage-0) or the flight hardware.
Classic "We'd be ready if not for those pesky regulators."
 
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UNCjigga

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Elon is wrong, he isn't in a position to refute what the officials have said. However he is welcome to express his opinion even if it is wrong and makes him look like a A&&hole.
Sure he is. We're just pointing out how he's tweaked Twitter's timeline and algorithm to prioritize his views (and those he agrees with/likes/retweets along with his $8 army's views) over more mainstream, "common sense" views. He's turned the platform into the very thing he accused Jack Dorsey's Twitter of doing.
 
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cytg111

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Sure he is. We're just pointing out how he's tweaked Twitter's timeline and algorithm to prioritize his views (and those he agrees with/likes/retweets along with his $8 army's views) over more mainstream, "common sense" views. He's turned the platform into the very thing he accused Jack Dorsey's Twitter of doing.
The “My pronouns are Prosecute/Fauci” dude? Say it isnt so.(by the way, doesnt Fauci have a case vs Elon here? How many people have seen that tweet? Defamation.).
 

Pens1566

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Sure he is. We're just pointing out how he's tweaked Twitter's timeline and algorithm to prioritize his views (and those he agrees with/likes/retweets along with his $8 army's views) over more mainstream, "common sense" views. He's turned the platform into the very thing he accused Jack Dorsey's Twitter of doing.

Yeah, look at any tweet that has a long-ish reply chain and all the blue check replies are at the top and generally from chuckle-fucks that make me question the viability of the species. It's largely a Qanon/incel convention of trolling.
 
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cytg111

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Yeah, look at any tweet that has a long-ish reply chain and all the blue check replies are at the top and generally from chuckle-fucks that make me question the viability of the species. It's largely a Qanon/incel convention of trolling.
Speaking of viability… If you actually were to separate the US into blue and red… blue would be drowning in a surplus of puss… women. Just saying.
 

Brovane

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Sure he is. We're just pointing out how he's tweaked Twitter's timeline and algorithm to prioritize his views (and those he agrees with/likes/retweets along with his $8 army's views) over more mainstream, "common sense" views. He's turned the platform into the very thing he accused Jack Dorsey's Twitter of doing.

Yup and he burned $44B dollars while doing it.
 
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fskimospy

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Sure he is. We're just pointing out how he's tweaked Twitter's timeline and algorithm to prioritize his views (and those he agrees with/likes/retweets along with his $8 army's views) over more mainstream, "common sense" views. He's turned the platform into the very thing he accused Jack Dorsey's Twitter of doing.
This is definitely an ‘every accusation a confession’ situation.

It’s his money to light on fire but, well, I think it’s burning pretty fast.
 

cytg111

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I think we found the new Fox News, Twitter ... and the new Rupert Murdoch, Elon Musk

(we need someone like Jon Stewart to do the same via Bluesky).

edit: I almost feel compelled to open a Twitter account for the first time to run a campaign... I think Twitter needs to host #INFOWARS as well. We need to get all the good stuff on there.

 
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I think we found the new Fox News, Twitter ... and the new Rupert Murdoch, Elon Musk

(we need someone like Jon Stewart to do the same via Bluesky).

edit: I almost feel compelled to open a Twitter account for the first time to run a campaign... I think Twitter needs to host #INFOWARS as well. We need to get all the good stuff on there.

Yep, said that yesterday in a different forum. Elon and Tucker are making a squeeze play on a Fox while they are on the ropes. Quite the basket-o-deplorables they are looking to make.
 
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MrSquished

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Hi. My name is Elon and I post practically Q-Anon level shit on my website all the time. But it's zero coincidence one of the most horrific far far right lunatic people in media is choosing my website for his new show full of shittiness after a huge nationwide divorce from Fox News. Nothing to see here. Move along.
 
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Vic

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Yep, said that yesterday in a different forum. Elon and Tucker are making a squeeze play on a Fox while they are on the ropes. Quite the basket-o-deplorables they are looking to make.
Musk's agenda with buying twitter all along has been to take control of the media.
Consider that for the past several years that most all media outlets, corporations, organizations, public entities and officials have been using twitter for official public releases.
Consider also that Musk's ability to increase his wealth through public funds, subsidies, monetary policy, fake coin, and convicing a trusting public that full service driving is coming out next year is dwindling fast.
So what does a lying conman do? He buys the media so he can control what is being said.
 
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ivwshane

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Musk's agenda with buying twitter all along has been to take control of the media.
Consider that for the past several years that most all media outlets, corporations, organizations, public entities and officials have been using twitter for official public releases.
Consider also that Musk's ability to increase his wealth through public funds, subsidies, monetary policy, fake coin, and convicing a trusting public that full service driving is coming out next year is dwindling fast.
So what does a lying conman do? He buys the media so he can control what is being said.

Market manipulation at its finest.
 

Zorba

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Musk's agenda with buying twitter all along has been to take control of the media.
Consider that for the past several years that most all media outlets, corporations, organizations, public entities and officials have been using twitter for official public releases.
Consider also that Musk's ability to increase his wealth through public funds, subsidies, monetary policy, fake coin, and convicing a trusting public that full service driving is coming out next year is dwindling fast.
So what does a lying conman do? He buys the media so he can control what is being said.
Really, that was a dumb move on the media's part. Hopefully they move away from that model. And also the model of thinking that people gives a shit about who said what on social media.
 

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Absolutely no way they will be launching in 1 to 2 months as Elon claims.

Also if those where water tanks, why is there video showing a condensation cloud coming out of one of them? Pretty at least some of them had Cyro in them. Every reference I can find claims they were LOX.

The tanks where LOX tanks.

What Musk did say about the next launch attempt is that SpaceX would be ready with the hardware in about 2-months but review of the Flight Termination System and other regulatory work would probably be the long pole in the tent for the next flight not the launch pad (Stage-0) or the flight hardware.
i was basing off this

which has the two tanks that got pounded marked as H2O , if its wrong , then i am wrong :)
 
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uclaLabrat

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Musk's agenda with buying twitter all along has been to take control of the media.
Consider that for the past several years that most all media outlets, corporations, organizations, public entities and officials have been using twitter for official public releases.
Consider also that Musk's ability to increase his wealth through public funds, subsidies, monetary policy, fake coin, and convicing a trusting public that full service driving is coming out next year is dwindling fast.
So what does a lying conman do? He buys the media so he can control what is being said.
I think musks agenda with buying twotter is clearly more made up as he was forced to buy it after thinking he could keep engaging in his pump and dump bullshit until they finally called his shit.
 

cytg111

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Musk's agenda with buying twitter all along has been to take control of the media.
Consider that for the past several years that most all media outlets, corporations, organizations, public entities and officials have been using twitter for official public releases.
Consider also that Musk's ability to increase his wealth through public funds, subsidies, monetary policy, fake coin, and convicing a trusting public that full service driving is coming out next year is dwindling fast.
So what does a lying conman do? He buys the media so he can control what is being said.
He is now trying to make it Twitch for adults, which is not dumb… other platforms need to follow up, do the same.