I find it hard to discuss this without being sarcastic or flippant because it’s so utterly, laughably boneheaded.

Then maybe you should refrain from commenting?

I reserve the right to criticize dumb decisions.

If someone keeps shooting themselves in the foot, at some point you have to throw in the towel and call a moron a moron.

whats the correct response?

obsequiousness? doff my hat to the billionaire?

reasonable and rational discussion:

"this is a dumb business decision"

"this is seemingly hypocritical based on his previous stated intentions"

"what might the motivation be here?"

"is this legal?"

these are some of the top responses that loaded for me:

"Thin-skinned narcissist buys criticism machine."

"Elon's mask has truly cracked, and he proves he is nothing but a febrile mind who has bought into his own hype. "

" Can't wait to see how the Elon lackeys - Marc, Lex, and Jason etc. going to bend over backwards defending this. "

"LOL!!! How thin Elon's skin must be."

> this is a dumb business decision

Yeah sure, an empty statement calling something dumb with no other information is “reasonable and rational”.

they're clearly topics and not the entirety of the conversation. did you want me to provide entire comment tree examples?

sibling comments are asking questions about antitrust and EU regulations - truly interesting, and far beyond the shallow vitriol being spewed over and over again as if it's an original thought.