Goodbye, Groper

The only real difference between Dan Snyder destroying the once-proud legacy of the Washington football team and Elon Musk destroying Twitter is that the value of the football team increased. Elon has reduced the value of Twitter to just 33% the price he paid for it.

There’s relief for Washington football fans now because Dan Snyder, who bought the team for $800 million just sold it for $6.05 billion (minus a $60 million scumbag fee inflicted by the NFL) to a group lead by billionaire Josh Harris (which also includes Magic Johnson). The sale passed final approval by the league’s other 31 owners. The vote was unanimous not just to sell to Josh Harris, but to get rid of Dan Snyder. There were reports of singing coming out of the closed-door meeting. Sha-na-na, hey-hey-hey…goodbye.

Harris might be what Washington needs right now as he rebuilt the Philadelphia 76ers of the N.B.A. and the New Jersey Devils of the N.H.L. after purchasing them. Though, he may have to sell them now under the NFL’s rules over owning other sports teams. Magic Johnson may also have to sell his share of the Los Angeles Dodgers. I could be wrong on both counts.

During Snyder’s 24-year tenure, the team made the postseason just six times, winning two playoff games. During the 80s and 90s, before Snyder, it won three Super Bowls. Now attendance is down, the stadium is in disrepair, and fans are alienated from, what The New York Times called Snyder’s “pugnacity,” which is a nicer way of describing someone as an asshole. Speaking of pugnacity…

Elon is destroying Twitter. He’s brought back previously banned accounts of right-wingers, racists, and Nazis. He unbanned Trump. Now, the top posts you will see on your home page are from people like Donald Trump Jr and Marjorie Taylor Greene. He decided to start charging for verification which makes no one verified. He’s placed a limit on how much you can tweet unless you pay him. He’s removed messaging from accounts that don’t follow you unless you pay him. Over the weekend, it was announced that Elon is getting rid of the iconic Twitter bird logo and is replacing it with a simple X.

This is a stupid move as the bird is recognizable everywhere to everyone. Cartoonists, such as myself, don’t even bother labeling “Twitter” and just draw the bird (except for the lazy hacks who copy and paste it like stolen clipart).

Elon is killing Twitter and it probably won’t survive 24 more years for someone else to save it.

Ding dong the witch is dead and now we just gotta ding-dong that other one.

Also, here’s to hoping the new owners will revert the name from the Commanders back to Football Team.

Creative note: I named this blog “Goodbye, Groper” as I was working on another cartoon that involved groping. Then I got this idea and liked it better, but forgot to change the name of the blog and didn’t notice until AFTER I published. Oh well. It stands.

Music note: I listened to U2.

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