Belly up, fired, and retired

[sweetcell]

i believe the original offer included a $1 billion penalty to any party that backed out.  i have to assume that elon will make the argument that twitter misrepresented itself (re: number of bots) and thus he should be able to back out without penalty.

[Thousand Made-Up Loves]

Wouldn't it be great to be rich enough to violate contracts and settle in or out of court about it?

[Julian, Forum COGNOSCENTI]

The Julian’s America thread is over there.

[ye-ole-hatch ıll|̲̅̅●̲̅̅|̲̅̅=̲̅̅|̲̅̅●̲̅̅|llıl]

3 Stars Brewing Company
After almost 10 years, We're closing our doors

The funniest response to this news

Maybe because it only got 3 stars?

(yes I know it's a ref to the dc flag)

[ye-ole-hatch ıll|̲̅̅●̲̅̅|̲̅̅=̲̅̅|̲̅̅●̲̅̅|llıl]

Bad Saint

https://www.popville.com/2022/07/bad-saint-dc-closed/

[ye-ole-hatch ıll|̲̅̅●̲̅̅|̲̅̅=̲̅̅|̲̅̅●̲̅̅|llıl]

The president of Sri Lanka has fled the country

[vansmack]

The president of Sri Lanka has fled the country

...to the Maldives.   I'll put this in the "early-retirement" category.

[grateful]

That's near the top of my list of places to flee to.

[ye-ole-hatch ıll|̲̅̅●̲̅̅|̲̅̅=̲̅̅|̲̅̅●̲̅̅|llıl]

That's near the top of my list of places to flee to.

may not be around in a decade or two due to sea level rises, so make it a stop off point than a final destination

[grateful]

bleak

[Julian, Forum COGNOSCENTI]

The president of Sri Lanka has fled the country

...to the Maldives.   I'll put this in the "early-retirement" category.

Again, the Julian's America thread is over there!

[ye-ole-hatch ıll|̲̅̅●̲̅̅|̲̅̅=̲̅̅|̲̅̅●̲̅̅|llıl]

bleak

the country is actively buying land on other continents as they know they are on borrowed time

https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2008/nov/10/maldives-climate-change
The Maldives will begin to divert a portion of the country's billion-dollar annual tourist revenue into buying a new homeland - as an insurance policy against climate change

[ye-ole-hatch ıll|̲̅̅●̲̅̅|̲̅̅=̲̅̅|̲̅̅●̲̅̅|llıl]

Lauren Boebert’s landlord refused to renew her lease, Shooter’s Grill is officially closed

[BrettnotBritt]

Max's

[Yada]

Max's

Their cock roaches the size of rats will not be missed.