• hesusingthespiritbomb@lemmy.world
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    5 months ago

    I keep waiting for this guy to be knocked down a peg and it never really ends up happening. The only time he seemed genuinely embarrassed was when he had to back out of that Zuckerberg fight.

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      You don’t get knocked down when you have as much money as he does. He could lose 99% of his money and still be one of the richest men in the world.

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        He could lose 99.999% of his wealth, and still be among the richest 1% in the world.

        To be in the richest 1% worldwide you need to be a millionaire. He’s worth $242 billion. If he only lost 99% of his wealth, he’d still be a billionaire, and still be 1000x richer than people who were merely in the top 1% worldwide. To be in the top 1% in the US you’d have to shave a 9 off that. He could lose 99.99% of his wealth and still be in the top 1% in the US.

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      Him being booed onstage at the Dave Chappelle show, or him being widely regarded as a terrible SNL host would’ve taken non-weirdos with some ability to self-reflect down a peg. For weirdos like him and Trump I’m not sure there is any “taking them down a peg”. They’re so enamored with themselves that they’ll never believe they did anything wrong or are incapable of anything.

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        Look I gotta say I’m not seeing this. Of all the things that would inspire someone to look inwards, I don’t see “not being a good guest host of a late night comedy show” or “booed at someone else’s standup comedy routine” as being good examples. That’s the kind of shit high schoolers think adults care about.

        I thought the Cybertruck would be his wake up call, but somehow that is the best selling EV pickup in all of North America.

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          That’s the kind of shit high schoolers think adults care about.

          Most adults care deeply about being embarrassed…some even more so than children. A very common phobia is that of public speaking.

          I thought the Cybertruck would be his wake up call, but somehow that is the best selling EV pickup in all of North America.

          If we’re looking for business failures, Twitter has cratered in value.

          But again I don’t think it’s possible for people like Leon and Trump to look at failures or accomplishments with anything remotely resembling an objective view. They view things other people would view as failures as being someone else’s fault, or fake, or not as big of a deal as someone’s making it, etc.

          If your entire worldview and personality is predicated on you always being right, and everyone that tells you “no” always being wrong, you cannot reflect on your failures without changing your entire worldview and personality.

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      Elon sure sounded like he had some insider knowledge when he made that accusation, didn’t he? “OK Fred, if you don’t stop trying to steal my limelight I’ll tell everyone you were at the club”. He probably used to bump into him at Epstein’s island.

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    Does he mean what I think he means or is he saying he will buy her a child cause that’s how he thinks money works?

    Or does he mean he will give one of his children?

    There is no good implication.

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    Taylor Swift should just make her own social media company. Put mastodon on a server and call it a day for X dot com lmao

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    “Don’t get high on your own supply”. Violated the golden rule. Social media causes mental illness, when taken in large doses may render you fucking insane.

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      I think Elon musk’s case, the drugs came first… After that came social media and mental illnesses.

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    It did finally click why Taylor used a pic of her and her cat tho…

    Like I knew the “childless cat lady” shit blew up in their face, but it never landed that Taylor is a childless cat lady, and for better or worse she’s someone a shit ton of women love.

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      She also said the only reason she isn’t being politically neutral like she typically does is because Trump posted AI pictures of her claiming she supports right-wing policies. She’s now encouraging her massive fan base of young women to vote, a group that probably would have been apathetic beforehand. That’s another massive unforced error for the Trump campaign.

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        Huh?

        She said she’s supporting Kamala and encouraged her fans to do their own research and decide who to vote for.

        It’s the same she said in 2020, and I believe 2016 too.

        She’s being just as politically active as she has been for like a decade, probably going back even further.

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          Recently I was made aware that AI of ‘me’ falsely endorsing Donald Trump’s presidential run was posted to his site. It really conjured up my fears around AI, and the dangers of spreading misinformation. It brought me to the conclusion that I need to be very transparent about my actual plans for this election as a voter.

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      She definitely isn’t going to consent to being impregnated by Elon so the only conclusion is that he will rape her to get her pregnant. Whether he intended to threaten her with rape or not, he is threatening her with rape.

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      It wouldn’t surprise me if Elon unironically agrees with Trump that if you’re famous they let you do it.

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        He’s got some weird things about fathering children. That story about him wanting to donate his sperm to Mars settlers was just too bizarre.

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          Elon Musk is very likely a supporter of eugenics and since he’s also a narcissist who thinks he’s better than everyone else, it makes sense that he’s obsessed with spreading his genes.

          Just remember to conveniently ignore actually raising those kids, and those who happen to not fit his mold of what a person should be like (e.g. if they happen to be trans or see through a modicum of his bullshit)

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            I am a very narrow supporter of eugenics. Specifically, I am against any further breeding by Elon Musk.

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      Maybe he’s misunderstood. Maybe another one of his children doesn’t agree with him and he wants to get rid of it. He’ll take the cat in exchange. A somewhat understandable offer.

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    He’s such an asshole. And what’s worse, if he’s called out for being such an asshole, it only encourages him to keep doing it.