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submitted 2 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks ago) by urheber@discuss.tchncs.de to c/memes@lemmy.world
 
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[–] Mniot@programming.dev 8 points 2 weeks ago (3 children)

This is a confusing meme, because in the skit the parrot is dead when bought. It had been nailed to its perch to make it look alive and the seller told a series of funny lies. The bulk of the joke is how unreliable the pet shop clerk is.

In contrast, Twitter was obviously in bad shape (that's why Musk was making a buy offer in the first place), the board was not interested in selling until he made a wildly over-value offer, and Musk immediately tried to back out of the sale and had to be forced to comply with the deal he'd made.

[–] urheber@discuss.tchncs.de 3 points 2 weeks ago (2 children)

It's obviously a spin on the original

[–] hessenjunge@discuss.tchncs.de 1 points 2 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks ago) (1 children)

It’s blasphemy, that’s what it is. (against the joke/Money Python - Musk can eat shit sandwiches for the rest of his life)

[–] SaveTheTuaHawk@lemmy.ca 2 points 2 weeks ago

Pretty sure those bags thrown out the window were Door Dash for Elon.