Gradually_Adjusting@lemmy.world
on 10 Sep 2023 13:16
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Social media was a phenomenon of the early 21st century that mirrored the abuses by wealthy platform owners just a century prior, underpinning the adversarial relationship that often exists between the wealthy and journalistic integri-
Wait a minute, I’m not a historian from the 2100s.
Buffalox@lemmy.world
on 10 Sep 2023 14:34
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Wait a minute, I’m not a historian from the 2100s.
That would be 22nd century. We are in 21st century now.
Gradually_Adjusting@lemmy.world
on 10 Sep 2023 14:56
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You didn’t get the joke, but I’m glad you know what century it is.
Buffalox@lemmy.world
on 10 Sep 2023 15:09
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OK the way you wrote it, made it look like you didn’t know. If you had written 22nd century instead of 2100s, it might have been clearer.
But it’s all a bit fuzzy, who are “abuses by wealthy platform owners just a century prior,”
What are those platforms in the early 1900s?
mustardman@discuss.tchncs.de
on 10 Sep 2023 15:16
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The joke is the past tense usage of ‘was’.
downpunxx@kbin.social
on 10 Sep 2023 14:15
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It's amazing after all the underhanded illegal shit Musk has been pulling since buying Twitter, and the shit he pulled defending the Russians from a possible Ukrainian knockout blow to their Navy, he hasn't yet been charged with anything, no repercussions at all. Dunno, but it's looking like the dude is untouchable, probably something to do with SpaceX I'd reckon.
And he knows it.
HollandJim@lemmy.world
on 10 Sep 2023 15:02
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Keyword here is “yet”
They’ll need to build a case sufficiently for it to be impossible for him to weasel out of. It takes time but there’s an old saying that “the wheels of justice grind slowly but finely”. If the Trump indictments are any guide of what to expect from Justice, it’ll take a while but should be substantial.
Hopefully it slows people from doing any business with him, especially after the Ukraine revelation.
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Social media was a phenomenon of the early 21st century that mirrored the abuses by wealthy platform owners just a century prior, underpinning the adversarial relationship that often exists between the wealthy and journalistic integri-
Wait a minute, I’m not a historian from the 2100s.
That would be 22nd century. We are in 21st century now.
You didn’t get the joke, but I’m glad you know what century it is.
OK the way you wrote it, made it look like you didn’t know. If you had written 22nd century instead of 2100s, it might have been clearer.
But it’s all a bit fuzzy, who are “abuses by wealthy platform owners just a century prior,”
What are those platforms in the early 1900s?
The joke is the past tense usage of ‘was’.
It's amazing after all the underhanded illegal shit Musk has been pulling since buying Twitter, and the shit he pulled defending the Russians from a possible Ukrainian knockout blow to their Navy, he hasn't yet been charged with anything, no repercussions at all. Dunno, but it's looking like the dude is untouchable, probably something to do with SpaceX I'd reckon.
And he knows it.
Keyword here is “yet”
They’ll need to build a case sufficiently for it to be impossible for him to weasel out of. It takes time but there’s an old saying that “the wheels of justice grind slowly but finely”. If the Trump indictments are any guide of what to expect from Justice, it’ll take a while but should be substantial.
Hopefully it slows people from doing any business with him, especially after the Ukraine revelation.