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9 May, 7 tweets, 2 min read
I can't believe you guys watched SNL. Stop hanging on that carnival barker's every word. He's just a salesman.
Really bad comparison. I disliked Steve Jobs a lot, but Apple's entire design and usability ethos came from his granular control there. It noticeably changed after he died.
And yeah I know people are pissy in my replies, as they always are when I go after Musk. And you're free to be wrong about him. He started a couple of great companies but spare me the Tony Stark talk.
Absolutely not. He's a good salesman and he has great business instincts (just look at how passionate his fans are). But he started SpaceX by hiring rocket scientists to do the spacing part. He's Richard Branson, not Wernher Von Braun.
Of course! I occasionally like him. I'm just baffled by the people who are in awe of him. He's Bezos but more fun.
I'll fully grant you that I'm being a Twitter reductionist here. It's my annoyance at how important people thought this SNL thing was. At least that's the atmosphere I've gotten from it online.
plz dont ban me from mars elon senpai im just not a fan i cant help it

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My guitar has a weird story behind it. It's a Generation X from @warrior_guitars - a limited run of 500 they sold through Sam Ash in 2006 (mine is #002). There's almost no info about it anywhere online, which is also why I want someone good to work on it.
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I hope we're all clear on the fact that if FDR had interned African Americans rather than Japanese Americans, no one on the left would speak about him with the reverence that they do.
Wrong. Because African Americans are AMERICANS and Japanese Americans are AMERICANS.
You're comparing people who lived 250 years apart.
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Been talking a bunch lately about avoiding Amazon for stuff that matters. If you need anything audio/music related, I can't recommend @SweetwaterSound enough. Same prices, they FedEx everything, and they assign you a sales associate that will help you with whatever you need.
Needless to say their selection is better geared (heh) to the pro-audio market, and best of all, it isn't flooded with cheapo Chinese brands that Amazon owns and make it really hard to distinguish actual good gear from Amazon moving bulk merchandise.
Some other Amazon alternatives that I like:
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@Wayfair for furniture and other home things
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One of the most bullshit things about the WinterFalcon finale is Karli beating Walker in hand to hand combat. They both have the serum so that's a wash. He's much larger and he's the most decorated special forces soldier ever. It wouldn't have been close. But scary villain!
It's why I love Walker so much. It's like the god of the universe he lives in wants you to dislike him but all he does is try cheap tricks to achieve it and you end up still liking Walker anyway.
Just want to add to this that Wyatt Russell twitching all the time felt like a really cheap trick to make him seem unhinged, but if you listen to what he says or see what he does, it just doesn't track. It's like the creator was afraid that he seemed too rational without it lol
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