Twitter reacts to Elon Musk's offer to buy Twitter for $41 billion

A composite of a photo of Elon Musk and screenshots of the tweets included in this article.

As we sweat it out waiting to hear if Twitter's board will accept Tesla CEO and meme lord Elon Musk's offer to buy Twitter for $41 billion (a fraction of his estimated $219 billion net worth), Twitter has done what it does best: react in dramatic fashion.

Over the course of the morning of April 14, #Leave Twitter, #MySpace, and #Tumblr have trended as users muse about a Musk-owned future and recall the struggles of other platforms who were acquired and mismanaged. We combed though the hot takes, which ranged from perplexed and playful to political and provocative.

I think I've seen this film before...

Eat the rich.

Speaking of! Let us debate which is the lesser of two evils.

Digital artist Beeple's take ruffled some feathers.

I see her point, I do.

Marc, please, one thing at a time.

Couldn't let today go by without bullying CNN+.

WWTD (What Would Tom Do)?

As this user points out, acquisitions really bring people together.

At the end of the day, I still am what I eat: Twitter trash.

Maybe this is a good thing after all!

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