oligetcetera-deactivated2023072:

nostalgebraist:

there’s no way it’s true, but a part of me wants to believe that Elon Musk is, like, some sort of galaxy-brained Terra-Ignota-character long-game utilitarian

who thinks “if we keep letting social media rot our minds, we’ll never make it to Mars, as a species”

and so, in an act of noble self-sacrifice, has taken it upon himself to destroy the worst – the most consequentially mind-rotting – of the social networks

even if he has to sacrifice his business empire to do it, even if he has to make himself a laughingstock in the public eye … it’s worth it, you know. for the greater good. for Humanity. for Mars.

low prior here but you can’t say the evidence doesn’t keep piling up