The ongoing Elon Twitter saga: "insert demographic" melts down

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I can see you're quoting me verbatim there, that's definitely exactly what I said, not hyperbole at all

Couldn' be bothered to search for your full posts on the subject but I remember you hold very strong view that you would resort to physically violence and punch anybody insulting your wife as otherwise you wouldn't be seen as a "real man" in front of your friends. I was just pointing out to people on this thread that they are dealing with an "Alpha Male" here :p
 
Couldn' be bothered to search for your full posts on the subject but I remember you hold very strong view that you would resort to physically violence and punch anybody insulting your wife as otherwise you wouldn't be seen as a "real man" in front of your friends. I was just pointing out to people on this thread that they are dealing with an "Alpha Male" here :p

Thankfully I don't have a wife, but yes I would stand up for a partner if some stranger insulted her. Fighting is stupid though so I would hope it didn't escalate to that. Not sure if you think being ridiculed by beard oil fanatics is going to change my opinion on literally anything by the way
 
Thankfully I don't have a wife, but yes I would stand up for a partner if some stranger insulted her. Fighting is stupid though so I would hope it didn't escalate to that. Not sure if you think being ridiculed by beard oil fanatics is going to change my opinion on literally anything by the way
You'd hope it didn't escalate to that but you'd start a fight?
 
You'd hope it didn't escalate to that but you'd start a fight?

If someone is openly insulting your partner publicly, then who is the person starting a fight? If you insulted a random blokes wife on the street, what do you think a likely outcome could be? I'd expect a pretty angry response that could definitely escalate into a fight. I'm not sure why this is even a point of contention lol. I do think fighting is stupid though, people get hurt and it's best avoided.

No wai, really? :eek:

Yeah, being in a relationship for 9 years I had an opportunity to live a life of servitude like a lot you but chose otherwise. There's still time though so who knows?
 
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You'd hope it didn't escalate to that but you'd start a fight?

Nothing wrong with a bit of gallantry, I well remember a wedding reception where someone justifiably got physical with a bloke insulting his mother, in fact I still recall his words, "Don't spit blood on my mother's dress whilst you're apologising".
 
If someone is openly insulting your partner publicly, then who is the person starting a fight? If you insulted a random blokes wife on the street, what do you think a likely outcome could be? I'd expect a pretty angry response that could definitely escalate into a fight. I'm not sure why this is even a point of contention lol. I do think fighting is stupid though, people get hurt and it's best avoided.

The person who threw the first punch is the person who started the fight, chatting wham about someones wife is simply someone utilising free speech :p
 
A photo of a shirtless Elon turned into chat about masculinity and fights to defend the honour of women... who'd have thought it! :D

Anyway to bring the thread back to Elon related stuff... apparently Tesla has dumped 75% of it's BTC holdings:

Tesla, which made waves last year when it revealed a major investment in Bitcoin, has now sold off most of its holdings of the cryptocurrency.
The electric car firm has offloaded 75% of its Bitcoin, which was worth about $2bn (£1.7bn) at the end of 2021.
It is backing away as the value of the cryptocurrency has plunged, falling by more than 50% this year.
Tesla said it bought traditional currency with the $936m (£782m) from its Bitcoin sales.

Meanwhile on Twitter Elon has posted a sort of conspiracy related tweet and a dad joke in the form of a meme...
 
He said he would stand up for his partner, not that he would necessarily start a fight.

Glad he has changed his ways then as a couple of years ago he said he would punch anybody insulting his wife and punch them first as to do otherwise would make him look like less of a man in front of his mates. perhaps he's grown up?
 
Nothing wrong with a bit of gallantry, I well remember a wedding reception where someone justifiably got physical with a bloke insulting his mother, in fact I still recall his words, "Don't spit blood on my mother's dress whilst you're apologising".

Gallantry is fine but resorting to violence first means you are just a violent person IMO. There are many other ways of dealing with situations like that without resorting to the typical "what are you looking at mate?" followed by a punch

“Violence is the last refuge of the incompetent.”
― Isaac Asimov
 
Glad he has changed his ways then as a couple of years ago he said he would punch anybody insulting his wife and punch them first as to do otherwise would make him look like less of a man in front of his mates. perhaps he's grown up?
Probably had a few beatings like me, to make us aware we ain't getting any younger :) I always laugh if someone giving me directions says "follow your nose"
Gallantry is fine but resorting to violence first means you are just a violent person IMO. There are many other ways of dealing with situations like that without resorting to the typical "what are you looking at mate?" followed by a punch

“Violence is the last refuge of the incompetent.”
― Isaac Asimov

I used to be told this when I was bullied at school, by the liberally minded, then my father sat me down and explained the facts of life in the real world. After plucking up more courage than I would have ever believed i could possess, and sticking the bully's head through a plate glass window, I realised he was right, sometimes the correct answer is a punch in the throat.

I was expelled, but had the satisfaction of full parental support and years later finding out my old man had supported my actions to the extent of giving a teacher who gave him some unwanted parental and political advice, a quick lesson in how things can sometimes best be drawn to a speedy conclusion. When I found out about my dad's actions I actually had tears in my eyes, he'd never said a word to anyone, not even my mother.

No doubt some will be appalled, but I was, and still am proud of both our actions. I'm far from an alpha male, but have learnt the hard way that turning the other cheek can have things escalate exponentially. Those with strong affinity with Ukraine seem to support this, but maybe support of violence is a bit selective :)
 
I used to be told this when I was bullied at school, by the liberally minded, then my father sat me down and explained the facts of life in the real world. After plucking up more courage than I would have ever believed i could possess, and sticking the bully's head through a plate glass window, I realised he was right, sometimes the correct answer is a punch in the throat.

I was expelled, but had the satisfaction of full parental support and years later finding out my old man had supported my actions to the extent of giving a teacher who gave him some unwanted parental and political advice, a quick lesson in how things can sometimes best be drawn to a speedy conclusion. When I found out about my dad's actions I actually had tears in my eyes, he'd never said a word to anyone, not even my mother.

No doubt some will be appalled, but I was, and still am proud of both our actions. I'm far from an alpha male, but have learnt the hard way that turning the other cheek can have things escalate exponentially. Those with strong affinity with Ukraine seem to support this, but maybe support of violence is a bit selective :)

Sadly I'm with you on this one - while I generally wasn't bullied at school it used to do my head how if there was an incident involving the bullies and myself it was always me that got into trouble - the one who was quiet and well behaved in class not the ones with a history of rough behaviour, etc. and when I was on the receiving end my parents were all like "turn the other cheek" type stuff and the teachers would be scolding me and saying stuff like "don't antagonise them and they won't have a reason to bully you"... (which I never did - they never needed an excuse). Nothing changed until I kicked the **** out of one of the hardcases one day then I was left alone. I was a fairly solid rugby player so could hold my own if push came to shove but too afraid to stand up for myself for a long time in case I got into trouble...
 
Maybe a mod could bring it back on track rather than the on going debate on who is and isn't all up in Elon's guts
Sure, but every time no one is talking about who is more or less up Elon's back side, and then roar jumps in to defend Elon, and it gets sidetracked. Watch and you'll see it. We can go right on track and have fun poking at Elon's body or Elon's bad offer for twitter, and at some point soon it'll go back to defending elon roar and the thread laughing at it.

Couldn' be bothered to search for your full posts on the subject but I remember you hold very strong view that you would resort to physically violence and punch anybody insulting your wife as otherwise you wouldn't be seen as a "real man" in front of your friends. I was just pointing out to people on this thread that they are dealing with an "Alpha Male" here :p
Hasn't someone got it as a signature?

You have a keen grasp of the bleedin' obvious ;)
:D
 
Couldn' be bothered to search for your full posts on the subject but I remember you hold very strong view that you would resort to physically violence and punch anybody insulting your wife as otherwise you wouldn't be seen as a "real man" in front of your friends. I was just pointing out to people on this thread that they are dealing with an "Alpha Male" here :p

Don't worry, there's no need to dig it out, plenty of us remember it :p
 
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