The style is somewhat inflammatory but I think it's still valuable for a really good articulation of some aesthetic reasons for leaving twitter, rather than the normal values-based ones.
> It’s not that these things are morally bad, which, sure, I believe they are, or that they’re nefarious, which I also believe to be true. It’s that they reek. They’re sad. They’re unbecoming. They’re irritating. They are extensions of Elon Musk. It’s impossible to use X without being reminded of Elon Musk. I am incredibly tired of thinking about Elon Musk. ... The whole site smells so strongly of Musk’s desperation to be adored that it’s activated my natural tendency to be withholding from people I consider pathetic.
> Oh, returning quickly to Donald Trump, the man for whom Musk murdered Twitter and offered it like a cat offers its owner a dead bird on a porch, their relationship gives us X-ray vision into Musk’s gelatinous spine. Remember in 2022 when Trump said he could have told Musk “drop to your knees and beg,” and that he would have done so? Say what you will about the man, but Trump is a seasoned bully, and any bull worth his salt can sniff out weakness.
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[ 2.2 ms ] story [ 20.5 ms ] thread> It’s not that these things are morally bad, which, sure, I believe they are, or that they’re nefarious, which I also believe to be true. It’s that they reek. They’re sad. They’re unbecoming. They’re irritating. They are extensions of Elon Musk. It’s impossible to use X without being reminded of Elon Musk. I am incredibly tired of thinking about Elon Musk. ... The whole site smells so strongly of Musk’s desperation to be adored that it’s activated my natural tendency to be withholding from people I consider pathetic.
> Oh, returning quickly to Donald Trump, the man for whom Musk murdered Twitter and offered it like a cat offers its owner a dead bird on a porch, their relationship gives us X-ray vision into Musk’s gelatinous spine. Remember in 2022 when Trump said he could have told Musk “drop to your knees and beg,” and that he would have done so? Say what you will about the man, but Trump is a seasoned bully, and any bull worth his salt can sniff out weakness.