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Re:Elon Musk makes $43B unsolicited bid to take Twitter private by dkjaudyeqooe on Thursday April 14, 2022 @12:23PM (#31029106)
Anyone notice that the price is $54.20?

A coincidence? A week out from 4/20?

Re:Elon Musk makes $43B unsolicited bid to take Twitter private by dmarcos on Thursday April 14, 2022 @12:37PM (#31029360)
Not a coincidence. Elon also offered $420 per share when he tried to take Tesla private.

Context for the unfamiliar:

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/420_(cannabis_culture)

Re:Elon Musk makes $43B unsolicited bid to take Twitter private by memish on Friday April 15, 2022 @09:21AM (#31039917)
At TED yesterday he said it's as much a reference to Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy, one of his favorite books. 42. The answer to everything.
Re:Elon Musk makes $43B unsolicited bid to take Twitter private by dkjaudyeqooe on Thursday April 14, 2022 @01:31PM (#31030247)
Yeah that's what I was referring to, making me think this is more of the same juvenile shenanigans.
Re:Elon Musk makes $43B unsolicited bid to take Twitter private by mywittyname on Thursday April 14, 2022 @04:52PM (#31033128)
Well yeah, he's never seen any real punishment from all the other times he's broken the law. So why would he stop?

He'll pump & dump again. Make a ton of money. Then after he's forced to pay a modest fine, he'll make it his mission in life to hunt down and destroy the careers of anyone involved in the investigation.

Re:Elon Musk makes $43B unsolicited bid to take Twitter private by ProjectArcturis on Thursday April 14, 2022 @03:24PM (#31032040)
Yeah, where's he going to get $42B cash? A typical offer would describe the source of funds. This one doesn't.
Re:Elon Musk makes $43B unsolicited bid to take Twitter private by hackerfromthefu on Thursday April 14, 2022 @10:11PM (#31035978)
He can get a loan for that much against his other holdings of $260B last I heard, pretty easily I imagine. Or he could sell some.
Re:Elon Musk makes $43B unsolicited bid to take Twitter private by skinnymuch on Thursday April 14, 2022 @06:58PM (#31034510)
He will sell 42000 NFTs to his followers.
Re:Elon Musk makes $43B unsolicited bid to take Twitter private by ghayes on Thursday April 14, 2022 @12:38PM (#31029375)
The Bloomberg article states this fact, as well.
Re:Elon Musk makes $43B unsolicited bid to take Twitter private by golemotron on Thursday April 14, 2022 @01:01PM (#31029738)
His text to counter-parties telling them that he was going to make an offer was 281 characters too.
Re:Elon Musk makes $43B unsolicited bid to take Twitter private by mdoms on Thursday April 14, 2022 @02:01PM (#31030743)
He sure does like the weed number for a guy who smoked pot exactly one time.
Re:Elon Musk makes $43B unsolicited bid to take Twitter private by djbusby on Thursday April 14, 2022 @10:57PM (#31036222)
Should have offered $69 per share. Ultimate meme-lord status.
Re:Elon Musk makes $43B unsolicited bid to take Twitter private by quickthrower2 on Friday April 15, 2022 @06:06AM (#31038400)
69.4201337 to be exact