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I don't think he's stupid enough not to know what those numbers mean. The crowds he hangs out with, there is zero doubt he has seen those tattoos on more than a few faces in the MAGA crowds.

I don't necessarily think he was even aware of the price tag, or thought about a proposed sale enough to notice. I think the chances this was one of his nazi employees is higher than him setting his own sales price himself.

He doesn't seem to be coherent enough to be running day to day things like that, when his focus is getting in front of any camera willing to record him.

It also ends up on a notepad next to their computer. But at least that requires physical access. And your Netflix password is the least of your concerns in that case

My wife and I had two llamas (dressed in bride and groom outfits) in our wedding.

Our wedding planner tried to talk us out of having them in the ceremony. "They'll distract from your special moment"

"Have you been to a wedding? They'll love the distraction."

You realize his actions have a direct impact on Harris' campaign... right?

Musk bought one of the biggest social media platforms expressly to manipulate news, which in turn manipulates politics and markets.

He's basically like a narcissistic Rupert Murdock who wants to make his manipulation all centered around how cool he is.

That's news.

Taylor Swift is just filler content. It's taking the place of worlds largest cookie stories. But the reason it gains traction is that she has taken on a bit of a counter persona to the Right's habitual sexism. She's an influential woman. The Right can't stand that shit.

They also murder other insects.

My brother genocided his yellow jacket population because they were murdering his bees (small hobby farm).

A few months later, there was a massive spider and other bug bloom. Like out of a horror film. Everywhere.

They're an important part of the ecosystem. But they're also assholes.

Man, that sounds familiar. I gave up on Escape from Tarkov for the same reason.

I did this with Blizzard/Activision years ago.

Zero impact.

That's because they can charge us, the peasants, extra high emergency prices to reduce usage. But do the farmers get charged the same extorted rate, or are they actually subsidized?

I know CA voted for more humane living conditions for egg farms years ago. That seemed to have a direct price impact that slowly came down a bit.

Same with the rest of their culture war.

It has never been about governing or public health. Ever.

This is about latching onto fear and hate and further polarizing people. Because feeding that hate is what their base wants, and raises your status in their hate group.

It has always been about selfish attempts at taking the reigns of the hate train. The destruction in their wake is just the cost to play to them.