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by hn_acker 20 days ago
> Literally when it was revealed he would lose billions of dollars if he dropped out, people that didn't like him celebrated that he would have to buy it.

Elon Musk accidentally signed the final purchase agreement before realizing that the document he signed was final. People who didn't want Elon Musk to own Twitter didn't necessarily change their mind about that part, but celebrated that he would lose even more money if he tried to back out of the deal he finalized or that he would be forced by a court to follow the agreement he signed.