Jack Parkman Posted December 24, 2022 Share Posted December 24, 2022 50 minutes ago, ron883 said: Elon isn't a crook. Let's get him. They're all crooks. You don't become a Billionaire without being a crook. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chw42 Posted December 24, 2022 Share Posted December 24, 2022 So how is Correa's ankle a sticking point now but it wasn't when the Twins signed him last year? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chw42 Posted December 24, 2022 Share Posted December 24, 2022 (edited) 13 minutes ago, Jack Parkman said: They're all crooks. You don't become a Billionaire without being a crook. Elon's been continuously saying Teslas will drive themselves and be robo-taxis "next year" for years knowing that FSD was only going to maybe achieve high level 2 autonomous driving, meaning there's gotta be someone in the car while FSD operates. Not to mention they're charging $15k for it now and the beta isn't fully public. Not spending $10k on FSD was the best decision I made regarding my Tesla purchase. Elon's basically an owner who says they will sign the next big FA, fail at it, and then say the same thing year after year, only to end up not signing the big money guys. Edited December 24, 2022 by chw42 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Balta1701 Posted December 24, 2022 Share Posted December 24, 2022 1 8 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tnetennba Posted December 24, 2022 Share Posted December 24, 2022 2 hours ago, chw42 said: So how is Correa's ankle a sticking point now but it wasn't when the Twins signed him last year? Short deal vs multiple hundreds of millions over a decade? 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chw42 Posted December 24, 2022 Share Posted December 24, 2022 37 minutes ago, Tnetennba said: Short deal vs multiple hundreds of millions over a decade? That's fair, but I did some reading on this and it seems like he might have re-aggravated the old injury late in the season against KC. He had a metal plate inserted back in 2014 and the plate started vibrating during one of the KC games after he slid into 2nd weird. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NCsoxfan Posted December 24, 2022 Share Posted December 24, 2022 4 hours ago, Jack Parkman said: They're all crooks. You don't become a Billionaire without being a crook. Unless you develop and commercialize two completely different technologies which both change the world. Most people don’t even realize and understand SpaceX Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
oldsox Posted December 25, 2022 Share Posted December 25, 2022 2 hours ago, NCsoxfan said: Unless you develop and commercialize two completely different technologies which both change the world. Most people don’t even realize and understand SpaceX Jack certainly doesn't Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jack Parkman Posted December 25, 2022 Share Posted December 25, 2022 3 hours ago, NCsoxfan said: Unless you develop and commercialize two completely different technologies which both change the world. Most people don’t even realize and understand SpaceX Elon Musk is a fraud. Look into it. His only accomplishment is inheriting his father's blood money. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ron883 Posted December 25, 2022 Share Posted December 25, 2022 3 hours ago, NCsoxfan said: Unless you develop and commercialize two completely different technologies which both change the world. Most people don’t even realize and understand SpaceX PayPal, Tesla, SpaceX, Boring Company (+ flamethrower), Neuralink. GOAT! 2 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ron883 Posted December 25, 2022 Share Posted December 25, 2022 (edited) 8 hours ago, Jack Parkman said: They're all crooks. You don't become a Billionaire without being a crook. What about Gates, Balmer and Carlos Slim? Edited December 25, 2022 by ron883 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chw42 Posted December 25, 2022 Share Posted December 25, 2022 27 minutes ago, ron883 said: What about Gates, Balmer and Carlos Slim? Microsoft did a bunch of anti-competitive stuff back in the 90s. Most billionaires did scummy things to get where they are. 2 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ron883 Posted December 25, 2022 Share Posted December 25, 2022 12 minutes ago, chw42 said: Microsoft did a bunch of anti-competitive stuff back in the 90s. Most billionaires did scummy things to get where they are. Carlos slim? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chw42 Posted December 25, 2022 Share Posted December 25, 2022 1 hour ago, ron883 said: PayPal, Tesla, SpaceX, Boring Company (+ flamethrower), Neuralink. GOAT! Dude, the last 2 things are basically Vaporware. Neuralink is giving monkeys brain damage and the Boring Company's biggest achievement is a Tesla tunnel in Vegas. Give Elon credit where credit is due for Tesla and SpaceX, but you don't gotta defend him like he's gonna share his billions with you. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ron883 Posted December 25, 2022 Share Posted December 25, 2022 1 hour ago, chw42 said: Dude, the last 2 things are basically Vaporware. Neuralink is giving monkeys brain damage and the Boring Company's biggest achievement is a Tesla tunnel in Vegas. Give Elon credit where credit is due for Tesla and SpaceX, but you don't gotta defend him like he's gonna share his billions with you. Rome wasn't built in a day bro. Give the man some time. Also, no credit for PayPal? Smh 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chw42 Posted December 25, 2022 Share Posted December 25, 2022 (edited) 14 minutes ago, ron883 said: Rome wasn't built in a day bro. Give the man some time. Also, no credit for PayPal? Smh It's fine to wait for things to develop, but when you peddle that your cars are gonna be robo-taxis next year and that you'll be on Mars in 10 and none of that has come close to happening, you don't get the benefit of the doubt. Also, he got fired from PayPal before they got big. He got rich from it because he got to keep his equity, but PayPal flourished without him. Edited December 25, 2022 by chw42 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hi8is Posted December 25, 2022 Share Posted December 25, 2022 Is it April yet? 1 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Middle Buffalo Posted December 25, 2022 Share Posted December 25, 2022 18 hours ago, greg775 said: Going straight by "odds" and "analytics" all these signings are crazy. 12 years? Anything can happen in 12 years but one this is for sure, a lot of money will be wasted on this deal and all deals like this deal. It's insane but I guess TV contracts and 30 dollar beers and 200 dollar parking will easily pay for it. How can teams afford to throw away money like this? I’m pretty sure I agree with this. Yep. I read it again a few times, and I also don’t understand how these contracts are sustainable. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Texsox Posted December 25, 2022 Share Posted December 25, 2022 19 hours ago, greg775 said: Going straight by "odds" and "analytics" all these signings are crazy. 12 years? Anything can happen in 12 years but one this is for sure, a lot of money will be wasted on this deal and all deals like this deal. It's insane but I guess TV contracts and 30 dollar beers and 200 dollar parking will easily pay for it. How can teams afford to throw away money like this? I'm so glad we have an owner that doesn't sign guys to these crazy contracts and has to charge a lot for beer and parking. Keep everything cheap for the fans. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Texsox Posted December 25, 2022 Share Posted December 25, 2022 11 hours ago, ron883 said: PayPal, Tesla, SpaceX, Boring Company (+ flamethrower), Neuralink. GOAT! I haven't really followed SpaceX but it seems as if they took a NASA contract, research, and technology and did something that NASA and then Russians have been doing for decades while being lauded as geniuses. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
oldsox Posted December 27, 2022 Share Posted December 27, 2022 On 12/25/2022 at 9:49 AM, Texsox said: I haven't really followed SpaceX but it seems as if they took a NASA contract, research, and technology and did something that NASA and then Russians have been doing for decades while being lauded as geniuses. That's all you need to say. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
southsider2k5 Posted December 27, 2022 Share Posted December 27, 2022 This is awesome. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wegner Posted December 27, 2022 Share Posted December 27, 2022 10 minutes ago, southsider2k5 said: This is awesome. Is he going to end up with a 1 year prove he's healthy contract??? 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Squirmin' for Yermin Posted December 27, 2022 Share Posted December 27, 2022 Just now, wegner said: Is he going to end up with a 1 year prove he's healthy contract??? He pretty much did that last year. It appears this is a lingering injury that will just always be there? I don't think another short term deal benefits him at all since this appears to not be going away. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wegner Posted December 27, 2022 Share Posted December 27, 2022 4 minutes ago, Squirmin' for Yermin said: He pretty much did that last year. It appears this is a lingering injury that will just always be there? I don't think another short term deal benefits him at all since this appears to not be going away. You've got to kinda feel for Scott Boras with these deals continuously falling through....damn doctors!!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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