Elon Musk makes a play for Twitter

babylonbee.com

Scientists Warn Of Rapidly Spreading 'Musk Derangement Syndrome'

U.S.—Scientists have warned of a new, rapidly spreading phenomenon known as "Musk Derangement Syndrome." Those working at Big Tech companies and liberals in favor of censorship seem to be the most susceptible to being infected, according to experts.
babylonbee.com babylonbee.com

U.S.—Scientists have warned of a new, rapidly spreading phenomenon known as "Musk Derangement Syndrome." Those working at Big Tech companies and liberals in favor of censorship seem to be the most susceptible to being infected, according to experts.

Some scientists theorize the virus causing the syndrome mutated from Trump Derangement Syndrome earlier this year, raising concerns that it could cause many of the same destructive symptoms, from nonsensical rambling and cognitive dissonance to choosing to bankrupt your company rather than sell it to Elon Musk and screaming at the sky.
"Fascinating," said one researcher as she observed the virus under a microscope. "It seems this virus rapidly mutates, causing the host to have an uncontrollable and inexplicable hatred for Elon Musk. It doesn't matter if they have never actually read up on who Musk is or what he's done. They just foam at the mouth and break small objects upon hearing his name." According to the researcher, the hatred for Musk occurs regardless of whether the host approves of other billionaires owning large media outlets or trusts billionaire-owned newspapers like The Washington Post. Most concerning is the virus can cause outbursts of violence, though scientists say this shouldn't be cause for alarm as most people infected with the virus have "like, no upper body strength."
Scientists are also warning that if left unchecked, MDS may mutate into EWDWMDS, which stands for "Everyone Who Disagrees With Me Derangement Syndrome."
 
  • Gov. Ron DeSantis said Florida could take action against Twitter's board for its "poison pill."
  • The board of directors employed the defense technique to stave off Elon Musk's bid for the company.
  • Florida's state pension fund holds just under 1 million shares of Twitter, per Bloomberg.
Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis said at a press conference Tuesday that the state will attempt to hold Twitter's board of directors "accountable" for their poison pill defense against Elon Musk's potential hostile takeover.

A poison pill, otherwise known as a shareholder rights plan, would dilute the value of each share in a company by allowing existing shareholders to buy more stock at a sizable discount. That would also dilute the holdings of Elon Musk, who became Twitter's largest shareholder earlier this month with a 9.2% stake.

The idea is to make Twitter a less attractive acquisition target to stave off Musk's unsolicited push to buy the company.

Florida's state pension fund holds 949,690 shares in Twitter as of Dec. 31, according to Bloomberg.

"I think that's probably an injury to the fund, so we're gonna be looking at ways that the state of Florida, potentially, can be holding this Twitter board of directors accountable for breaching their fiduciary duty," DeSantis said.

Musk has said he will not continue paying Twitter's board members if he acquires Twitter. The members make a collective $3 million, with each individual salary ranging from $250,000 to $300,000.

Musk offered to buy Twitter for $54.20 per share last week, and Twitter's board jumped to the defense to stave off a potential buyout.

The whole debacle has taken on political undertones, with Republicans — including DeSantis — positing that Twitter's board wishes to keep Musk's hands off the deed to Twitter over free speech concerns.

"They rejected it because they know that they can't control Elon Musk," DeSantis said at the press conference Tuesday. "They know that he will not accept the narrative and that their little play toy of Twitter, it would not be used to enforce orthodoxy and to basically prop up the regime and these failed legacy media outlets."
 
Toadman005 said:
They will never allow us to voice opinion. We must be silenced for their lies to expand.
Click to expand...
Just like the nazis and just like the commies, and, well, any dictatorship/facist or whatever.

And they accuse the right of exactly what they are guilty of. And I guess those that listen to propaganda news like cnn, msnbc, and the such, well, they've been propagandized.
 
LyquidMetal said:
Just like the nazis and just like the commies, and, well, any dictatorship/facist or whatever.

And they accuse the right of exactly what they are guilty of. And I guess those that listen to propaganda news like cnn, msnbc, and the such, well, they've been propagandized.
Click to expand...
And that's why we have guns, the noose, gasoline, sharp teeth....
 
You must log in or register to reply here.
Top