[kayodelycaon]

It’s really hard to not look at a train wreck in progress. Especially when it comes with a large drink of schadenfreude and a bucket of virtual popcorn.

I’m sad for what the destruction of Twitter and the people it affects, but at least the fireworks are cool.

[jmeister]

>fireworks

Usually this is too vacuous of a criterion for comments on any other topic on HN. For some reason any post on Twitter has pages and pages of “yikes” “derp”, people gossiping about “Elon” like he’s their wayward cousin. Pathetic.

[ryandvm]

He is our wayward cousin.

Elon is a cautionary tale about what can happen when a slightly clever, asocial, ADHD, internet troll finds himself with more money than God. He is the archetypal HN user gone off the deep end. This is like a visit from the Ghost of Christmas Future for most of us.

[berkes]

I'm afraid I see many similarities with that older wayward cousin, John McAfee. I truly hope Musk finds help, or finds that his coffers are harder to deplete than Johns, but it's not looking good.

"we", the hacker-crowd, indeed have some lessons to learn here.

[rsynnott]

> people taking about “Elon” like he’s their wayward cousin

What is the proper form of address for naughty ol' Mr Car?

[ggm]

So, what's your take? Give us the vibe, the feel of it. What's the upside plan here?

[jmeister]

This is too insignificant for a “take”. It doesn’t change anything substantial for me or most existing Twitter users.

[bandyaboot]

> Have you considered looking away?