Funniest/Most Insightful Remarks Of The Week At Techdirt

from the you-said-it dept

Today, our top place winner on the informative side is James Burkhardt, reacting to a commenter who compared Elon Musk’s ridiculous server-destroying experience to Alexander cutting the Gordian knot, and taking the example even more:

Other than after Alexander cut this knot, the ox cart kept disposing products on the roadway, since the knot kept the entire handcrafted ox cart together. Alexander got the cart from his next-door neighbor, whose land he was now handling. The old guy, instead of construct a brand-new cart, had actually been covering the old one together simply enough while making a growing number of goes to market. However Alexander didn’t comprehend what the knot did, and while the old guy informed him the knot was necessary, instead of traace the knot and comprehend whatever it looped, Alexander simply cut the knot.

It does not matter that it was developed improperly. The backend Musk had is the backend Musk purchased. Musk choosing he had a much better backend since he stated so does not alter that doing what he did triggered issues which were not going to assist keep users and marketers, which he frantically requires.

I will advise you once again, Twitter generated income prior to Musk. Its not the fault of old management that Musk is bad at fundamental mathematics.

In 2nd location, it’s Ninja with another remark about the occurrence:

Each time I checked out something about Musk the concept that billionaires are some sort of geniuses and not parasites that take place to have actually acquired or developed their fortune on precarious labor exploitation and either prohibited or fairly doubtful methods appear a growing number of remote.

Billionaires must not exist.

For editor’s option on the informative side, we’ll remain on that post because 2 various confidential commenters supplied apropos quotes in reaction. Initially, it’s a longer one:

Chesterton’s fence

There exists … a particular organization or law; let us state, for the sake of simpleness, a fence or gate put up throughout a roadway. The more contemporary kind of reformer goes gaily up to it and states, “I do not see making use of this; let us clear it away.” To which the more smart kind of reformer will succeed to address: “If you do not see making use of it, I definitely will not let you clear it away. Disappear and believe. Then, when you can return and inform me that you do see making use of it, I might enable you to ruin it.”

G. K. Chesterton composed that in 1929. Ninety-plus years later on, Musk hasn’t discovered the lesson.

Next, it’s a brief one:

For each complex issue there is a response that is clear, easy, and incorrect.

— H. L. Mencken

Over on the amusing side, our top place winner is Diogenes with a remark about the DOJ’s arguments for why the FTC must be examining Elon Musk:

prejudiced!

How can the FTC relatively examine me when they currently believe I might have done something incorrect? Prejudiced!

In 2nd location, it’s a confidential reply to a commenter attempting to dismiss another remark with a quip about it being a tried haiku:

Confidential Guy
That was not a haiku there
It was snide mocking

For editor’s option on the amusing side, we may also cover things up with 2 more remarks from the post about Musk and the server, because individuals had great deals of jokes. Initially, it’s radix with a remark about the huge padlocks from House Depot that Musk utilized:

Hey There, this is the Lock Selecting Legal Representative, and what I have for you today is … and it’s open.

Lastly, it’s a confidential remark about Musk’s intriguing theory on how flooring weight tolerances work:

And each wheel touches trillions of flooring particles so the weight on each particle is billionths of a gram. Checkmate silly CEO!

That recommends today, folks!

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