Well well well, if it isn’t the consequences of my own actions.

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      I have a former best friend who still somehow finds a way to fanboy over Musk, despite the excessive information about him and actions he’s taken. All very public and easy to find information, yet never swayed the guy’s opinion and the last time we talked about it he was still fanboying. It really should have been a warning sign of things to come with that friendship. Truly, only mentally and emotionally inept losers are still on Musk’s side and the former friend’s the only person I know who still has a favorable opinion of Musk.

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        Sometimes people flock to a figure because they see them as a struggling underdog challenging the whole world.

        But even that angle kinda falls apart when you remember that this guy is the wealthiest person in the world. He’s not a brave rebel. He’s not even taking a stance on something important, though he very well could, with his money.

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      I get more engagement on Mastodon with 1/10th of the followers, and that’s supposedly the least popular alternative compared to Bluesky/Threads.

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        Because people on mastodon don’t feel “captive” to the corporate social media feed and are free to engage however they want.

        They blame the people for how hostile their platforms are, but all the while feed us only content that makes us angry or upset – so yeah, it’s not a surprise that the platform is a cesspool when they’re the ones stirring the shit in the first place to keep engagement high.

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      I really wish he chose anything but X, cause when I hear X I think of Xorg. And I like Xorg, it’s like one of my favorite things. Why’d he have to ruin X?