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brucethemoose2
Musk is a great example of how social media rots your brain.

I know people have been saying this ever since books were invented... But Twitter and such are really different. They are literally designed and trained to suck you in at any cost.

Note: I don't mean that he is very Republican, but that his character (seemingly) drastically changed from being in the Twitter echo chamber. He blurts out self harmful, objectively incorrect things without taking two minutes to consider them, almost like he can't help himself, as the CEO and owner of Twitter.

mseidl
He has a trans daughter that disowned him.
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clipsy
> Meanwhile in the US, thousands of minors have undergone surgical castration

[citation needed]

mturmon
> The medical evidence stands firmly against such interventions.

This is false: https://www.wpath.org

redeeman
This like asking "How do you plea?" to the guy standing in court with 500 independent recordings of him comitting a crime.

I think im going to need a somewhat different source than the horses own mouth :)

clipsy
What is supposed to be analogous to the "500 independent recordings of him comitting[sic] a crime"?
local_crmdgeon
My favorite holidays are those that other people shame you into celebrating

Pride month fucking blows at work, and many of my friends are gay. It's so weird and sanitized and vaguely religious.

The fun thing is that, when everyone jumps down my throat on this one, they'll be proving me right.

Edit: see below - I enjoy Pride as a holiday. It's just weird to have it be a mandatory thing at work that's so Corporate Memphis.

clipsy
I hope this doesn't constitute "jump[ing] down your throat," but: try going to an actual pride parade and enjoying yourself rather than judging it by the HR-approved G-rated "celebration" in your workplace.
local_crmdgeon
Oh, that's what I'm trying to say. Pride parades are a ton of fun, so are gay bars during pride. Go to a rave during Pride, it's awesome.

I just don't like the Corporate Memphis enforcement. Feels like state religion.

clipsy
Fair enough, that sounds unpleasant! I've worked at companies that routinely get accused of being "woke" and Pride rarely entails more than maybe getting some rainbow-washed swag; if your company's dragging you into the breakroom for a store-bought cake with rainbow sprinkles and a lecture on how not to get the company sued, you have my sincere condolences :) Personally, the only corporate holiday celebration I want is a day off.
Zigurd
"...many of my friends..." so I can't possibly be part of the problem and events created to support them are superfluous. Right?