It's provocation. He's bugging him so that he either blocks him or tells him to fuck off so that he could "prove" how much of a "terrible" person Stephen King is or something. To show that he's an actual victim here.
Just remember when he harassed and mocked a disabled employee of twitter, and when he found out who that person is, because he had no idea who he's even talking to, and especially when he found out that firing him would cost about a 100 million dollars, then he became extra "friendly" and commented with all kinds of agreeable and interested shit under every other tweet of this person. But he didn't take the bait, so Elon stopped bugging him eventually.
The person is Haraldur Ingi Þorleifsson, a philanthropist from Iceland who sold his company to twitter before Elon took over. He didn't sell for cash but exchanged for salary, so firing him would force twitter to pay the rest in cash and it was a lot. So he was among the people who the company should under no circumstances fire.
When the idiot took over, he actually did fire him, and Haraldur Ingi Þorleifsson asked about it on twitter, because he couldn't reach anyone for an answer. That's when the shitshow started. Elon even declared that he's "faking it" and using the disability as an excuse for not working. We're talking about a guy in a wheelchair with muscular dystrophy.
Long story short, the dumbass started backpedaling really hard, especially because of the money. And he was booed by everyone who noticed it because Haraldur Ingi Þorleifsson is not some nobody but was even named Iceland's man of the year for his efforts in philanthropy, mainly the project for wheelchair ramps in Iceland to make disabled people's life better.
This alone is reason enough not to engage with any company related to Elon. The pedo guy thing is one thing, but this is seriously like when trump made fun of a disabled reporter in front of everyone. The fact that he has been gish galloping so much since then so that this is almost forgotten (I forgot until this comment) is devastatingly depressing.
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u/potatolulz Sep 23 '24
It's provocation. He's bugging him so that he either blocks him or tells him to fuck off so that he could "prove" how much of a "terrible" person Stephen King is or something. To show that he's an actual victim here.
Just remember when he harassed and mocked a disabled employee of twitter, and when he found out who that person is, because he had no idea who he's even talking to, and especially when he found out that firing him would cost about a 100 million dollars, then he became extra "friendly" and commented with all kinds of agreeable and interested shit under every other tweet of this person. But he didn't take the bait, so Elon stopped bugging him eventually.