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psmith2.0
Mr. Vieira
 
Join Date: May 2004
Location: Tennessee
 
2022-05-13, 08:52

I'd certainly never want to own that rat's nest of jackals, "gotcha!" artisans and the perpetually up-in-arms. Especially if I was a billionaire and could, in theory, blow (waste) a ton of money on whatever I wanted (helicopters made out of Pop-Tarts, Elvis Presley's toothbrush, a radioactive meteorite from Albania, Shakira's underwear, an Area 51 hangar, a casino staffed entirely by hovering robots, etc.).

Who needs the headache of answering to all the "trending" drama and crisis du jour of such a platform? Once you're seen as the head/owner of something, the buck stops there and the press/media will never let you up if some dingbat celebrity, mouthy politician or general Twittiot shows their ass in some major way. They're going to come to you, ultimately, with their handwringing, pearl-clutching and answer-demanding.

Who needs all that if you already have a job? You can only delegate so much; at the end of the day, they're still going to come after you for the final word/explanation. No thanks!

He's already disliked in many quarters (look at this thread; you think those attitudes aren't held by many in the media and that they won't act on it?), so maybe he's realizing "I won't get a moment of peace if I'm the owner of this thing, and actually have to answer for shit I didn't even do/say. Screw that...I'd rather pursue breakfast pastry aviation."
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