Twitter is free, but for $8 you too can help cause capitalism to eat itself

[elisi]

Twitter at the moment is entertainment on an unparalleled level.

I went to bed to this:

Starting a new investment fund that takes short positions in public companies, pays for Twitter verification checkmarks on spoof accounts and hires the best shit-posters on the site to troll them into losing billions in market cap. Who's in? #WallStreeBets2022 pic.twitter.com/wfx7TwtEAD

— Dan Flatt (@theworldisflatt) November 12, 2022

And woke up to this (with thanks to Owls):

lmao Eli Lilly absolutely threatened to sue the shit out of Elon and he panic-simped for their insulin price gouging. Then his own site betrayed him. https://t.co/s5nv7ogzlN

— Robert Evans (The Only Robert Evans) (@IwriteOK) November 12, 2022

Thread on the mayhem of all the brands here:

The verified brand situation is getting out of control. Quick thread of twitter blue brands, and brands who might be pissed off at Elon right about now. pic.twitter.com/bZ9PSqZKtf

— Read Jackson Rising by @CooperationJXN (@JoshuaPHilll) November 11, 2022

Comments

[lynnenne]

If someone had written a book with this plot I would not have believed it could happen. AND YET.

I think this one is my favorite:

[elisi]

If someone had written a book with this plot I would not have believed it could happen. AND YET.
INDEED! This might be my favourite summary (of the general state of things):

https://twitter.com/SevaUT/status/1591211837147652096

I think this one is my favorite:
I can't choose. There are too many...