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Re:Elon Musk sub 'impractical', won't be used by ofrzeta on Tuesday July 10, 2018 @05:49AM (#17496652)
It's actually a bit saddening that you are serious. But on the other hand there are people who are doing global politics on Twitter. Usually when you are using the phrase "he has been asked for help" I would imply that he was asked by someone officially responsible for the rescue and not by random people on Twitter. Obviously that hasn't been the case.
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Re:Elon Musk sub 'impractical', won't be used by antris on Tuesday July 10, 2018 @05:53AM (#17496670)
> Usually when you are using the phrase "he has been asked for help" I would imply that he was asked by someone officially responsible for the rescue and not by random people on Twitter. Obviously that hasn't been the case.

How do you know?

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Re:Elon Musk sub 'impractical', won't be used by maxerickson on Tuesday July 10, 2018 @07:31AM (#17497143)
This is a "words mean things" type of thing.

If you aren't sure exactly who asked him for help, it's good to say that explicitly at the beginning, because saying it with no qualification actually does imply that the asker is someone involved in the situation and not just some rando.

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Re:Elon Musk sub 'impractical', won't be used by ofrzeta on Tuesday July 10, 2018 @06:02AM (#17496732)
Well for one, you were the one who claimed that he was asked for help, and now don't tell me, like your buddy, that this is true because someone one Twitter did that. For two, if the Thai government had actually asked Elon Musk for help, surely this would have made the news (and also been tweeted on his account).
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Re:Elon Musk sub 'impractical', won't be used by antris on Tuesday July 10, 2018 @06:37AM (#17496872)
He was asked for help. I never claimed that the Thai government had asked for his help, I simply don't know. Could be, could be not.
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Re:Elon Musk sub 'impractical', won't be used by mikejb on Tuesday July 10, 2018 @02:00PM (#17500597)
The problem is that you used the "he was asked for help" in context of "he didn't force himself on them":

> Elon Musk was asked to help, he agreed to come there and now people talk about "hubris" as if he had tried to force his help on them?

It does sound like it was an invitation or request for help by a relevant person - rather than just a random twitter user.

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