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Musk deletes controversial X post on lack of Harris assassination attempts

“Well, one lesson I’ve learned is that just because I say something to a group and they laugh doesn’t mean it’s going to be all that hilarious as a post on X,” he wrote Monday, adding later, “Turns out that jokes are WAY less funny if people don’t know the context and the delivery is plain text.”

The owner of Twitter is learning how text-based communication works in realtime before our eyes.

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‘Stop Counting Votes, or We’re Going to Murder Your Children’ | Election officials are under siege.

‘Looks like your mom made lasagna tonight; she’s wearing that pretty yellow dress that she likes to wear to church,” ...

Just... It's crazy this is happening. It's bat shit insane that somebody uttered those words in a non-fictional situation. I should be buying Halloween candy and planning Thanksgiving dinner but instead I'm reading stories about my fellow citizens being grade-A terrorists.

Absolutely fucking bonkers... The election is 2 weeks away and I'm just supposed to go to work between now and then like these 11/10 terror threats aren't happening?