Category: Twitter
Elon Musk Is Expected To Lay Off A Huge Chunk Of Twitter Employees And He’s Getting Sued Over It
Big Bad Elon Musk has been in charge of Twitter for one week, and the (s)hits keep coming. First, he canned a bunch of top execs, then he gave us Pay-for-Verification-gate, and now he’s on a mass-firing spree. No one’s sure of the exact number, but CNN reports that 25% to 50% of Twitter’s 7,500 employees are expected to lose their jobs before the holidays. Man, this guy doesn’t even bother pretending he’s not evil! A real-life Mr. Burns, except, somehow, less relatable. At least Burns had that teddy bear and scintillating will-they-won’t-they tension with Smithers.
Kanye West Tweeted That He’s Going On A 30-Day Speaking, Porn, And Sex Cleanse (Tweeting Not Included)
Another day means another hot and fresh batch of bullshit from Ye. In between paying out settlements to former employees for exposing them to his antisemitic rhetoric and gearing up to purchase Parler (so he can say even worse things than he already has without getting suspended every couple of days), Kanye West took time out of his busy schedule of finding new ways to dwindle his kids’ inheritance to post on Twitter that he’s going to shut his ignorant suck hole, close his Pornhub browser tab, and say “no” to sex for 30 days. However, he says that he’ll still be tweeting.
Elon Musk Settles On $8 A Month For Twitter Blue
Tired of feeling insignificant, impotent, and, let’s be frank, ugly, but don’t have $44 billion dollars to throw around? No? How about $20? Surely you must have $20 laying around somewhere. Have you asked your mom? Maybe she could help. Still no?! Jesus, OK. How about $8? Because Elon Musk is really trying here. As it turns out, free speech ain’t free so Elon’s been trying to find a way to monetize it by selling blue checks as a perk for joining Twitter Blue, a subscription service that Elon seems to think will upend the “current lords and peasants system” by allowing everyone the opportunity to become an edgelord for just $8 dollars a month. And that’s his final offer! For less than the cost of a cup of coffee (was in the 80s), you can save yourself from the utter and complete humiliation of being the type of person who would spend $8 a month to share a blue check with intellectual luminaries such as Meghan Markle’s estranged sister Samantha Markle and The United States of America’s estranged former president Donald Trump. You see, Elon did happen to have $44 billion on hand, so he’s all set. But the rest of you uggos are really making things difficult for him.
Ben Platt Says The Reaction To Him In “Dear Evan Hansen” Ran Him Off Twitter
Last year, Twitter dragged the movie version of Dear Evan Hansen, and went in on how Ben Platt played a teenage boy who did NOT suffer from Benjamin Button syndrome even though he looked much older than high school age. At the time, Ben Platt responded to the hate, calling it “randos being jerks” on Twitter. And now, Ben reveals that the treatment actually ran him off Twitter, and he learned at that time that Twitter was actually very mean. WHAT!? Twitter is a cesspool of anonymous people making outrageously offensive remarks?! I am shocked! Next, you’ll tell me that when Elon Musk officially bought Twitter, the use of slurs jumped 500%! I will not believe you!
“Heartstopper” Star Kit Connor Comes Out As Bi And Blames Trolls For Forcing Him To Do So
My favorite genre of TV is “secretly queer teens are secretly queer.” See: Love Victor, the gayest eps of Degrassi, and Netflix’s recent hit, Heartstopper. Heartstopper stars Joe Locke and Kit Connor as Charlie and Nick, two cute lil’ British high schoolers who fall in love. Now, in real life, Joe Locke is openly gay. But 18-year-old Kit’s sexuality has been a mystery, and fans of the show were obsessed with figuring it out. Last month, shit hit the fan when photos emerged of Kit holding hands with Maia Reficco, his female co-star in an upcoming movie. Heartstopper fans saw this as a great betrayal and accused Kit of “queerbaiting” by playing a queer character. In response, Kit quit Twitter. Yesterday, he returned, and tweeted that, actually, he was bi, and sarcastically congratulated his critics for “forcing an 18 year old to out himself.”
New Twitter Overlord Elon Musk Plans To Charge For Blue Verification Check Marks
It’s official: Twitter belongs to Elon Musk. The $44 billion acquisition was finalized on Thursday night, and Elon celebrated by firing a bunch of Twitter executives, including the CEO, CFO, and police chief. That’s not the only big change; yesterday, The Verge reported that Elon plans on charging $20 a month for users who want to keep their blue verified checkmark. And because Elon’s brand of girl-bossing is “FEAR MY WRATH!!!”, employees were told they’ll be fired if they can’t launch this new feature by November 7. “Sorry, kids. Daddy wanted to take you Trick-or-treating tonight, but his new boss is a petty little man with a very small pee-pee.”