Bike Menace

He/They. A total bummer, and that’s okay.

[Hank Green @hankgreen]

I had this exchange with Elon here on Twitter over a year ago and we are still having the same conversation so I guess…let’s do this.

Fortune 500 companies aren’t overly moral actors. They make decisions based on whether they think they will make more or less money.

Advertisers are not leaving Twitter because they are trying to make a statement or achieve some goal (which would be a boycott). They are leaving Twitter because they aren’t sure whether advertising on the platform is delivering negative or positive value, and why spend a bunch of money doing something that might actually be /hurting/ you.

The reason it might be hurting them is fuzzier. But, in my opinion, it’s not mostly to do with their ads showing up next to bigoted content. I think it’s that this platform is increasingly all about one guy in a lot of people’s minds. That one guy is both the most influential power use of the platform, and the owner of the platform.

And that guy has trained everyone to expect that he is going to say increasingly inflammatory and unhinged stuff.

That means employees and customers of those companies (who /are/ moral actors) don’t get good vibes from the company they like advertising with a company they don’t like. This is a symptom of the culture war that Elon Musk desperately wants to inflame because he is stuck inside of a really tight “you are always right” feedback loop of fans and friends who feel incapable of questioning him.

He has attained a kind of moral certainty that he is fighting a war against an existential threat to humanity. That inevitably results in either an intervention of good friends or a complete crash (often times a violent one). But that’s when the person isn’t the richest person in the world. I don’t know what happens when it’s the richest person in the world, but I’m trying not to watch it like it’s a train wreck, because, just like with train wrecks, real people are getting hurt.

That moral certainty is allowing him to do things that are very clearly bad for the economics of the platform (but good for keeping people talking about Elon Musk, which (as a person who has fallen into that trap before) is important to keep an eye on as an underlying motivation for all of this behavior.)

It is not at all surprising that large advertisers, who advertise specifically to ensure their brands are perceived positively, are leaving (at least for the moment) a platform whose biggest brand ambassador is tweeting Great Replacement theories and Pizzagate memes.

It is not an attempt to change Twitter or Elon’s behavior. It is an effort to not lose money.

[Bike Menace @DirtTheCook]

@eventyrgames hey sorry if you’ve been asked this recently but I’ve been a big fan of your complete dm’s guides for years and was curious if you plan on doing anything for planescape. It’s been complicated with WOTC for a while now but I’m curious if you were planning anything?

[Bike Menace @DirtTheCook]

Good to know. Thanks Charlotte. 👍🏻

[Cheeks Avery 👩‍👧🏠 @mc_lotta]

warning: do NOT sit front row for OPPENHEIMER imax 3D 70mm

[Cheeks Avery 👩‍👧🏠 @mc_lotta]

warning: do NOT sit front row for OPPENHEIMER imax 3D 70mm

[Bike Menace @DirtTheCook]

I’ve got something so painful and difficult to find in my sock, I want to throw my foot away.

[AskAubry 🦋 🐆🦝 @ask_aubry]

The Allen, Texas murderer posted on Odnoklassniki not only neo-nazi rhetoric but typical INCEL language.

There is a rise in not only teens but adult men expounding this type of rhetoric. You can easily find it all over online.

When we mention toxic masculinity this is it

[No Lie with Brian Tyler Cohen @NoLieWithBTC]

The red line is when Republicans ended the national assault weapons ban.

[Right Wing Cope @RightWingCope]

Elon Musk lost Grimes to Chelsea Manning and hasn’t recovered since

[matt bernstein @mattxiv]

i feel like i’m going insane

[derek guy @dieworkwear]

i'll never get over how skinny jeans have become so normalized, they're now worn by conservatives lamenting the decline of traditional masculinity.

you don't even have to go as far back as the early 2000s to see how this used to be taboo for men

[Kylie Brakeman @deadeyebrakeman]

my favorite thing about these videos is that they all put a man in the background softly going “wow” https://t.co/76BGBOXilX

[Ron Perlman @perlmutations]

They ain’t coming for me motherfucker. Because I pay my taxes and follow the laws. You on the other hand, my motherfucker…

[Mega Ran @MegaRan]

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[정🎴 @dune5and]

ty for likin my guys! some more funny buddies : o i wanna do casual comics w everyone in it one day

[정🎴 @dune5and]

happy #PokemonDay

all I do is draw gijinkas

[Schaffrillas @Schaffrillas]

This has gotta be the most reasonable and logical explanation of a so-called "woke" concept out there and I don't see how any reasonable or logical person could have a problem with it. Like if you think he's full of shit then answer his question. Go ahead

[Bike Menace @DirtTheCook]

This is absolutely incredible-just killing it with one of my favorite characters in manga

[Jahara Jayde @JaharaJayde]

28 DAYS OF BLACK COSPLAY

DAY 23 is a ✨NEW✨ addition to my One Piece cosplay collection 🏴‍☠️

Nico Robin 🫴🏾🫴🏾🫴🏾

#ONEPIECE