Elon Musk tells advertisers: ‘Go fuck yourself’ - The Verge
Elon Musk tells advertisers: ‘Go fuck yourself’ - The Verge
Musk also apologized for the antisemitic post, then pushed the idea in other terms.
he said. “We’ll be gone, and it’ll be gone because of an advertiser boycott.”... eeer, no.
Well, as dumb as this was (and it was very, very dumb), I found myself distracted by just how... weird he looked. Not just his face, which reminded me of Lady Cassandra from Dr Who ("Moisturize me, moisturize me!"), but his weird, jerky movements, and just his general vibe. He's like the personification of the uncanny valley. Eggar-from-MiB "get me sugar water" lookin' ass. If someone were to come out with a tell-all saying that Musk had been secretly replaced by aliens, I wouldn't even be terribly surprised at this point.
“That is what everybody on Earth will know,” he said. “We’ll be gone, and it’ll be gone because of an advertiser boycott.”
Oh no, not at all, dear ... everybody on Earth is perfectly aware that it is YOU who is killing the company. Twisting the narrative to feel better within yourself ain't gonna change the fact. Why would any advertiser worth a damn, want to be associated with Stormfront 2.0?
We’ll be gone
Don't threaten me with a good time...
No real loss if it does die.
Why the fuck would advertisers want to pay to have their products advertised and inevitably associated with the shit on there?
Elon made deals w/ hedge funds to funnel him money as they shorted the stock (not to mention 100x leverage derivatives against Twitter).
Since canceling his PR team, Elon's entire MO has been to run it into the ground in a manner that seems plausible to the SEC so he doesn't get out-right sued.
He just isn't this stupid, whether you want him to be or not.
"Fuck you" to his advertisers seems like a fairly on-brand way to telegraph his true intentions.
Lol dude is falling apart
Cluster-B summed up perfectly. His platform will die because of “an advertiser boycott”, and not because he’s driving it into the ground while throwing middle fingers with both hands and ranting about how everyone else can go fuck themselves as the world burns around him.
And little of value was lost.
Nice bomber jacket and full head of natural hair, ya fuckin idiot.
This is the best summary I could come up with:
Elon Musk took the stage at the DealBook conference on Wednesday evening with nervous laughter and a cascade of jokes about himself and his companies.
But the interview quickly turned to the more serious subject of Musk’s recent antisemitic posts on X and whether his company can survive the advertiser boycott.
Musk’s message to advertisers came after what had briefly appeared to be an attempt to salvage the damage he caused after he called an antisemitic post the “actual truth” two weeks ago.
More than 100 brands have since halted their ads, and the company is at risk of losing $75 million by the end of the year, according to The New York Times.
His attempted clarification only seemed to further the antisemitic conspiracy theory he promoted in the first place, broadly blaming “people in the Jewish community” for their support of unnamed activist groups.
But the questions around Musk’s own actions, and the resulting advertiser exodus — the things that could materially impact X — seemed to garner the most nonchalant answers.
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I've been saying this for years and nobody made a news article about me
Very mature of Elon.
Adult man acting as edge lord is the cringiest thing ever. I feel embarrassed for him whenever I see him talk.
Not sure how anybody worships the guy once they have actually heard him speak.
Alternative headline : https://reclaimthenet.org/elon-musk-advertisers-go-f-yourself
