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I've also been told I have little tact, so if this offends you simply ride on.

Tuesday, November 22, 2022

Beating Elon Musk

 Well, as expected, yesterday was oh, so slow at the store.  I did manage to sign up a woman who wants someone to go to her house with display books and take to her about curtains and draperies.  Those Leads usually never sell; the cost is to exorbitant.  

Being that it was slow, I spent sometime putting together details for the denouement of The Body Under Ice.

I understand our Fun Committee is planning on a Holiday Party this year.  Don't tell certain religious organizations that, the packaging on some of our holiday decorations uses the word Christmas and that makes them swoony with joy.  It says a lot about such organizations when they're happy merchandisers are using the word Christmas without understanding its sole purpose is to target their wallets, pocket books, and credit cards.  They are so easily bought.  



At 0930 this morning, the electrician will arrive to install my dryer hookup.  I'm excited.  He's also installing a 2nd outlet in the kitchen.  I asked if the work could be done in a single day, the answer was yes.  The more I think about it, I'm certain he'll only be here for a few hours.  If that's the case, I may actually start painting the new laundry room.

I saw Musk has permitted Margie Taylor back on Twitter.  While he claims he's reinstating people because of free speech, more and more it looks like this is his way of say "screw you, I'm rich enough to do what I want."  At this point, while many say they are staying on the platform, many are moving to a more regulated platform.  Hate speech is not free speech.  What am I seeing?  Lots of MAGA hatred.  Many comments about how the extremist left is going to destroy America.  They get lost of responses, mostly calling these haters out.  I rarely respond since the Stevie Millers, and the Margie Greenes never look at the comments.  Their main goal is to Tweet something so reprehensible it begins to trend.  When no one replies, they fail.  Seeing one of Stevie's Tweets only garnering 40 responses after 6 or 7 hours brings joy to my heart.  Don't take their bait.  This is how you beat both them and Elon Musk.

8 comments:

  1. Elon best watch. He may open Pandora's Box again and be very sorry for his decisions.

    I have never been put off with the whole Merry Christmas or Happy Holidays salutation. Being from the 70's, Its Merry Christmas, first then Happy Holidays... doesn't bother either way...but Happy Holiday encapsulates Christmas Hannukah and New Year's all at once. If I really know someone then it's the greeting of each holiday as they come. Merry Christmas Dave. a week later Happy New Year Dave.

    But I know exactly why the far right Christians hate Happy Holidays. But are they happy with anything?

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    1. I'm more of a Happy Holiday type guy since I know how much it pisses off the devoutly hypocritical.

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  2. Add Bobo and Rafael Cruz to that list of No Respond, too; oh and Gym Jordan and and and .....

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    1. Agreed. The more 'no responses' these people get, the more it hurts them.

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  3. Uugghhh Twitter. I get fed up of FB and only stay on it (so far) because of family and local news. I can't be bothered to open a Twitter account so at least I reckon I got that right!

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    1. There are so many haters on Twitter right now, I've started blocking them.

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  4. Haha you nailed it: the idiots think they've won and the orange retailer gets the dough. Easy.
    I always send non-denominational 'season's greetings' cards. I think I send my sister a Merry Xmas one just because I like to humour her. Also, because I have a ton of those in a drawer that I mistakenly bought at a B&N ten years ago.
    I am gleefully waiting for Twitter to crash and burn. Elon got a new toy (like he got Tesla) but this one is not as malleable and he fired or chased away the people who knew how it works. Can't wait to see it go the way of MySpace.

    XOXO

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    1. Rather than evolve, most social media platforms are replaced by something new. Zuckerberg is learning that the hard way.

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