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Saturday Open Thread: Who Really Cares?

By Jeralyn, Section Blog Related
Posted on Sat Dec 17, 2022 at 05:26:09 AM EST
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I think the media has traded Donald Trump for Elon Musk. Why can't the media focus on what informed members of the public care about, instead of incessantly repeating stuff that doesn't amount to a hill of beans in the real world?

Does anyone (other than individual and corporate investors) really care about the future of Twitter or Tesla? Or, for that matter, Google or Microsoft?

This is an open thread, all topics welcome.

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    In (5.00 / 3) (#1)
    by FlJoe on Sat Dec 17, 2022 at 10:47:50 AM EST
    the end days, a plague of childish vindictive billionaires is unleashed upon the land.

    Because (5.00 / 1) (#3)
    by jmacWA on Sat Dec 17, 2022 at 11:24:32 AM EST
    Why can't the media focus on what informed members of the public care about, instead of incessantly repeating stuff that doesn't amount to a hill of beans in the real world?

    The job of the media today is to keep the public in a stupor.  It makes it much easier for the powers that be to fleece them.

    Wish I was not such a cynic, but that's how I see things now.

    This will make you less cynical (none / 0) (#9)
    by CaptHowdy on Sat Dec 17, 2022 at 02:18:02 PM EST
    (Not)

    CNN just said the sold out Trump trading cards are now selling for 5 times the $99 sale price

    🐽

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    Who ARE these people? (none / 0) (#10)
    by Chuck0 on Sat Dec 17, 2022 at 06:41:51 PM EST
    Unreal

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    Dimwits, nitwits and halfwits (5.00 / 1) (#12)
    by jondee on Sat Dec 17, 2022 at 07:32:41 PM EST
    nincompoops, dunderheads, and schlemiels..

    And people who would eat Trump's....if they thought it "owned the libs."

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    From anyone's (5.00 / 1) (#18)
    by KeysDan on Sun Dec 18, 2022 at 07:41:32 AM EST
    crystal ball:   Trumpists shocked that Trump digital trading cards plummeted in value, now worth a nickel in morning trading.

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    Who are these people buying vaporware? (none / 0) (#13)
    by leap2 on Sat Dec 17, 2022 at 08:19:26 PM EST
    Prince Bone Saw, Pooty Poot, and that little feller in North Korea. Money laundering, for sure. FatNixon's horde doesn't have that kind of bucks.

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    Musk is the (5.00 / 1) (#4)
    by KeysDan on Sat Dec 17, 2022 at 11:57:30 AM EST
    lifesaver thrown to  the media.  Reporting of sky-rocketing crime ended the day after the mid-terms and it's no fun following falling gasoline prices.   The Biden Administration is rather boring to cover being fixated on achievements and all.  There is some re-focusing in sight with the J6 Committee report on the horizon, with previews all this weekend.

    While Musk appears to be a thoroughly unpleasant right winger, he did pay all those $billions for the non-governmental Twitter and is free to make his own misjudgments and run it into the ground in a manner as he sees fit.

     And, using his Tesla stock as an ATM to prop up Twitter is likely to place both Tesla and Twitter value on a par with crypto-currency. The best way to show disapproval is to drop Twitter and determine if you are none the worse for it.  Maybe, just maybe, everyone will be better off.  Worth a try.

    Done (none / 0) (#5)
    by CaptHowdy on Sat Dec 17, 2022 at 12:18:08 PM EST
    And I agree completely about dealing with twitter.

    And Tesla stock is dying by itself.

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    Gonna need a hat (none / 0) (#6)
    by CaptHowdy on Sat Dec 17, 2022 at 12:20:19 PM EST
    new low

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    good on Elon! (none / 0) (#7)
    by leap2 on Sat Dec 17, 2022 at 01:33:15 PM EST
    from 402.67 one year ago, to 149.06 today. He's as srmat as OrangeAnus. He should go into meat sales, next.


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    Twitter is dying on the vine. (none / 0) (#11)
    by oculus on Sat Dec 17, 2022 at 07:18:23 PM EST
    If only I could cut the cord.

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    You're on Twitter? (5.00 / 2) (#34)
    by Zorba on Sun Dec 18, 2022 at 07:05:14 PM EST
    Cut the cord, oc! Cut the cord!

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    Waiting for Armando to leave. (none / 0) (#37)
    by oculus on Sun Dec 18, 2022 at 10:30:53 PM EST


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    Aloha, everyone. (5.00 / 2) (#16)
    by Donald from Hawaii on Sun Dec 18, 2022 at 01:42:22 AM EST
    The twin eruptions at Kilauea and Mauna Loa have ended, just in time for the first winter monsoon. And boy, did we get pounded by rain today. We just stayed home and cleaned house, because Elder Daughter and her menagerie are flying in on Friday afternoon for Christmas weekend.

    I've gotten so tired of hearing about Elon Musk that I disengaged from American TV news this week, much preferring the BBC World Service instead. Hope everyone is doing well. I'll catch up with you all sometime this week.

    Ciao 4 now.

    Franco Harris... (5.00 / 2) (#62)
    by desertswine on Wed Dec 21, 2022 at 01:22:35 PM EST
    Immaculate Reception...

    50 years ago.  Thanks for the memory Franco.

    Hakeem Jeffries (5.00 / 1) (#63)
    by CaptHowdy on Wed Dec 21, 2022 at 03:14:10 PM EST

    "Look at what's happening right now. House Republicans are attacking Senate Republicans. Senate Republicans are calling House Republicans silly and immature. The leadership situation is in chaos."

    He

    "Marjorie Taylor Greene is fighting with Lauren Boebert. And George Santos appears to be starring in the sequel to Catch Me If You Can. And it's not even January 3rd."
    Rep Jeffries (5.00 / 1) (