Very well said. Elon spent $44 billion to turn Twitter into Truth Social which he could have bought for <$1 billion, but the point was ruining something, not making something...
At the risk of a pile-on, may I respectfully propose that guano (bird shit) mining was not displaced by artificial fertilizers (ammonium nitrate), because guano is rich in phosphate, not nitrogen. Indeed, guano mining is still going strong in some Pacific islands. I was hoping to craft a Twitter related metaphor out of this factoid, but can’t think of one.
Thanks for the useful correction - I'll keep the essay as is, to create my own Twitter related metaphor, of getting shit wrong - while acknowledging the hit!
Very well said. Elon spent $44 billion to turn Twitter into Truth Social which he could have bought for <$1 billion, but the point was ruining something, not making something...
I love how so many people are liking this post but have no comments. I think you outdid yourself 😂 Nobody has anything to add to the shit pile!
At the risk of a pile-on, may I respectfully propose that guano (bird shit) mining was not displaced by artificial fertilizers (ammonium nitrate), because guano is rich in phosphate, not nitrogen. Indeed, guano mining is still going strong in some Pacific islands. I was hoping to craft a Twitter related metaphor out of this factoid, but can’t think of one.
Thanks for the useful correction - I'll keep the essay as is, to create my own Twitter related metaphor, of getting shit wrong - while acknowledging the hit!
Good to see a comment from someone who clearly knows his shit.