61 points

He cannot even manage to pay the rent due on the office space. Hardly a shocker that he’s having trouble paying the revenue-sharing bills as well.

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Really?!? And yet he’s having the sign illegally changed? This guy is wild

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He can pay. He chooses not to, then acts like staying in SF is a grand show of loyalty (no one else will rent to him, he’s a deadbeat).

He’s pure gift who has managed to have companies that work despite him. He’s the Zaphod Beeblebrox of business. But both heads are empty.

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This is the most perfect description of him I’ve ever heard. Got a solid laugh out of it.

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5 points

Should’ve said he’d pay them in RedditCoin TwitterCash, so he can set his own withdrawal requirements and exchange rates.

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11 points

lol Elon sucks.

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This is the best summary I could come up with:


In news that isn’t very surprising given the recent history of Twitter, which Elon Musk is currently rebranding to X, the company won’t be able to make some promised payments on time.

That’s not exactly what you’d want to hear from a program touting itself as “part of our effort to help people earn a living directly on X,” and the key to Elon Musk’s X dream for an app that handles banking, stock trading, and other vital financial features.

Musk announced the revenue-sharing plan in February, and the company sent out the first round of payments for eligible accounts (with paid verification via Twitter Blue or Verified organizations, 15 million “organic” impressions in the last three months, and at least 500 followers) a couple of weeks ago before opening up registration to more people.

However, hearing that payments aren’t arriving is familiar news to a number of people and organizations involved with X / Twitter since Musk’s takeover.

A Wall Street Journal article in February counted nine lawsuits covering $14 million in unpaid bills at the time.

In July, Musk tweeted about Twitter / X’s financial situation, saying, “We’re still negative cash flow, due to ~50% drop in advertising revenue plus heavy debt load.”


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50% revenue drop is a good start, if you ask me.

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12 points

Elon is directly and personally responsible for both the acquisition of massive and unsustainable debt and for the cratering of cash flow through loss of advertisers.

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76 points

Why don’t Elon and Donald pay their bills?

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Because “you don’t get rich by paying your bills” according to them.

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68 points

They were both born wealthy so it would be pretty stupid to listen to them explaining how to get rich, unless you were also born wealthy.

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If you’d be born wealthy, it would be pretty stupid to listen to them explaining how to get rich, unless you want to piss away your and your daddy‘s money. Elon hasn’t made it quite the way (but he is getting there), but Trump Sr. must be very disappointed.

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9 points

All you have to do is make coffee at home, don’t eat avocado toast and work 25 hours a day. That way you can become a billionaire too.

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26 points

Because they’re scum.

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20 points

Grifters gonna grift

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13 points

Because nobody makes them.

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How does space x fit here, again? These are crazy people.

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125 points

the dead bird looks like sonic the hedgehog

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8 points

Gotta die fast!

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5 points

He wants a kiss.

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18 points

…doing duck lips…

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They look like his ears to me.

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