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Wow, that is incredibly annoying! I can’t imagine they wouldn’t get forced to take it down.

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38 points

I guess all he does is baiting headlines

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17 points

he’ll only stop when it stops working. not happening anytime soon, sadly

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10 points

Elon is the master of baiting.

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2 points

Go away, baitin

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24 points

Fuck all their neighbors, I guess

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23 points

Jesus fucking christ, how is that still standing

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18 points

How often do you get to break the law as a billionaire before you have consequences?

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17 points

Is that on purpose or is the thing so badly made that it’s blinking like that?

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10 points

Bad Chicken! Mess you up!!

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4 points

That’s not good for business.

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3 points

Wow. I’m not particularly sensitive, but that seems like the right amount of very bright strobe that gives me headaches in concerts, especially at night in the dark. That’s very much the level of trying to find out a way to get to the roof to unplug it.

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That has got to be a joke. How come by now nobody shot it down?

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I’m hoping you mean the city shooting it down, as in saying nope to it lol. Any responsible gun owner would ideally realize how terrible of an idea it would be to pop rounds at it, in a city center, with buildings behind it, knowing a good percentage of those shots will miss and go flying beyond it.

Odds are, the city will have something to say about it, and knowing Elon, he didn’t pull a permit so it’s a matter of time. That thing is an eye sore and a hazard.

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Purely because it’s in CA. Even if you can get your hands on a gun you’ve only got 5 shots before you have to reload.

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16 points

Is reloading super laborious or something? Is the goal to only need to reload once a day, maybe at night as your phone is recharging?

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14 points

I… don’t think that’s how it works…

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7 points

Gun Simps: “You can’t have gun control because people don’t follow the law and will get them anyway.”

Also Gun Simps: “Nobody has guns in California because it’s against the law.”

Pick one way to be wrong, at least.

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There are PLENTY of gun owners in Cali and your pockets can easily fit 4-5x 5 or 10 rd mags in your pants pockets if not more.

You can fire pretty quick between mag changes as well. Who the fuck is going around with a single 5rd mag?

The actual answer is because responsible gun owners would never just go shoot something down in the city just cuz it’s annoying to the other businesses around the sign

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3 points

But at least you are shooting it down

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Didn’t that actually just get overturned?

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-15 points

That explains it. This thing would drive me nuts in like two minutes

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119 points

Seriously? It’s the actual sign?

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123 points

It is. And it was done without a permit, so the city might fine him over it too. https://apnews.com/article/twitter-san-francisco-building-x-elon-musk-4e0ae2a3b1b838b744bb2dc494f5b23c

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43 points

For once I hope the fine is not based on revenue

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22 points

Aren’t there usually minimum fines anyway even if they’re based on revenue?

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3 points

Twitter has tons of revenue, they don’t have profit.

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16 points

Who cares? He won’t pay it just like he doesn’t pay the rent lol

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11 points

That’s fine just board up his doors and tell him that he is unable to do any business until the fine is paid and then the offending material will be removed from the building by city provided workers and you take until his check clears the bank in order to finish and allow him back into the building you barricade off every single entrance and prevent entry to the building until you’re done just say it’s for safety sake we had to take this much time to make sure we did it correctly unlike what you did…

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7 points

A fine for the billionaire rich is meaningless in most cases :/

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28 points

Seriously?

A perfect summary of the public’s reaction to the entire rebrand.

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8 points

And is that a CCTV camera on the right?

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The camera is actualy a part of the logo.

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1 point

Might be a light sensor, too blurry to really tell

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1 point

At first, I just assumed it was a bird, but I think you’re right (or closer, at least). Maybe it’s some kind of antenna.

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67 points

Well that looks like shit.

It’s perfect.

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52 points

Just one of the many signs this was a rushed decision he forced through without consulting anyone

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52 points

This has gotten WAY out of hand.

A bad idea is one thing. They happen all the time. Many executives would sell their souls for the kind of recognition that the blue bird had, but I suppose a good marketing team could have pulled off a successful rebranding.

This whole “x” fiasco, however, is a series of bad ideas done hastily, sloppily, and with little to no planning. It’s completely unjustifiable, from any perspective - unless you’re Elon, apparently.

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27 points

All those blue bird icons on millions of sites. Good luck getting those to change to x. Of all the dumb moves Musk has made, this ranks as the second dumbest. Of course, the dumbest move was paying 44 billion dollars for a site that realistically was worth 5-10 billion, and that was before that knucklefuck took over and ran it straight into the ground.

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24 points

Yeah. The more I think about it, the worse it is. Lately, I’ve been wondering how many businesses have professionally printed “Follow us on Twitter!” stickers in their windows and signs by their cash registers. Your local pizza place probably does. That kind of visibility and awareness is priceless.

Is Elon going to ship tens of thousands of replacement signs? No. Are business owners going to pay to replace them themselves? Some, maybe, but even then it won’t be a major priority. Hell, I didn’t take one elective class in marketing, and even I have a better understanding of the value he’s throwing away.

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13 points

I mean all I have heard for days now is about this X thing. He memed it into existence and now it’s incredibly recognizable and talked about non-stop. God he’s such an ass.

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