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[–] [email protected] 69 points 2 months ago (3 children)

He wants Twix to be Truth Social, but also profitable, and doesn't understand why he can't have it both ways.

[–] [email protected] 33 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago) (1 children)

Back in late 2022 I was in an argument with my (adult) nephew about how the government isn't limiting free speech on Twitter. I was explaining how "the free market" is deciding whether Elon will sink or swim. He just could not understand how the government -wasn't- responsible.

....idfk

(Yes, there were some Governmental take down requests, but none of them seemed very sus to me)

[–] [email protected] 40 points 2 months ago (1 children)

I had a similar discussion with some people at a barber shop back when Pre-Elon Twitter banned Trump. They were complaining about free speech and I asked if they knew what it actually meant (in the US). When I explained that we are ONLY guaranteed free speech from the gov't, and that Twitter was a private business and could ban whoever they want, the same way this barber shop could tell someone not to ever come back everyone got real quiet like "oh shit I have to rethink my whole world view". I actually got thanked at another time by one employee for telling them how it actually works.

[–] [email protected] 28 points 2 months ago

That's dope. It's rare to get through to people like that.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 2 months ago
[–] [email protected] 4 points 2 months ago (1 children)

What's this got to do with Twix? I love a good Twix...

Fuck me, now I gotta go buy a Twix. And a Lion, do they still make those? God they were the best.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 2 months ago (1 children)

Raider is now Twix

Twitter is now X

Twitter X

Twix

Same same

[–] [email protected] 1 points 2 months ago (1 children)

I like Xitter still better. I dunno about his current ties to China but in Chinese you pronounce xi as shi AFAIK.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 2 months ago

No, you pronounce it like /ɕi³⁵/