endareth, 2 months ago

@chrismessina Does this also mean that putting the word “safety” in your name means you’re unsafe? Should their team just be called “&”? 😁

Jon_Kramer, 2 months ago

@chrismessina I lasted about a month into Musk's takeover of twitter, and learned in that month that the lack of trust I had in the platform as a whole, in the years before Musk took over, was not going to come back.

I'm not sure how anyone still uses that site. Is it the drama you love? The hate?? Is it a business choice?

damon, 2 months ago

@Jon_Kramer @chrismessina you fail to assume positive intent. It’s the artists, communities, sports etc they like not what you said. Also, many people use keyword filters and block liberally. Lots of people don’t encounter the filth

Jon_Kramer, 2 months ago

@damon @chrismessina I find I don't enjoy art if it is in a war zone.

chrismessina, 2 months ago

@Jon_Kramer @damon Art in warzones is one of the only ways to preserve humanity.

That said, I stopped contributing to X over a year ago.

Jon_Kramer, 2 months ago

@chrismessina @damon are you familiar with Tom Lehrer? He wrote a song once...

"Remember the war against Franko,
That's the war where each of us belonged.
He may have won all the battles...
But we had all the good songs!"

Art has its time and place. A battlefield is not one of them. Wars are good only for shutting down, not as a venue for a gala.

chrismessina, 2 months ago

@Jon_Kramer @damon We can agree to disagree.

I recently saw this film and it helps to make my point: ‘Kiss the Future’

https://youtu.be/zxTV8gEbN2s

WhiteCatTamer, 2 months ago

@chrismessina
A breakdown of any given Elon tweet:
[Absurd, confident misinterpretation of uncontroversial topic to garner attention]
[Announcement of something that deserves no announcement]
[Trite trope that is related to the topic linguistically but not conceptually]
[Attempt at implying change was made for moral/legal reasons and not due to downsizing or to give the owner something to be in charge of]