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0 pointsthrowaway8943453y ago0 comments

I thought the court ordered Musk to buy Twitter? I wasn't paying terribly close attention, so maybe I misunderstood something? Also, what was the November statement where Musk said he wouldn't fire most of Twitter? I missed that one.

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dragontamer3y ago· 2 in thread

> I thought the court ordered Musk to buy Twitter?

Because Elon Musk signed an ironclad contract promising to buy Twitter.

> Also, what was the November statement where Musk said he wouldn't fire most of Twitter? I missed that one.

Look up the Rahul Ligma stuff. He was implying that all the media got it wrong and he wasn't going to fire Twitter employees. To Turns out the media was right. Musk was planning to fire them the whole time and Musk was just doing his usual distraction shenanigans.

throwaway894345OP3y ago

> Because Elon Musk signed an ironclad contract promising to buy Twitter.

Right, but I hope you can see how "a court prevented him from changing his mind about the acquisition" is different than "he changed his mind again and decided to buy Twitter after all".

> Look up the Rahul Ligma stuff.

I did a bit of Googling, but I don't see what you're alluding to (there's a lot of coverage of Twitter drama involving Ligma, apparently). :/

mrguyorama3y ago

If I go to a car dealer and sign on the dotted line to buy a car, I've committed to buying the car. It doesn't matter if tomorrow, before I've taken delivery, I decide I hate that car brand and want a different one. You don't get to "change your mind" AFTER you sign the contract!

Musk announced his intent to actually consummate the deal with Twitter about two weeks before the trial was going to start (and right before he was going to be deposed for said trial).

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