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hes bad at doing nintendo
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It's funny that he's unironically making good points ("if he lies at something this trivial, then how can we trust him on other things he says?") but it's just like, dog, this is what made you realize that Elon might be a dishonest person?
Elon made the mistake of lying about something "normal people" understand.
Elon: "Blah blah, jobs, billions, blah blah government!"
People: Sounds like BS, but IDK...
Elon: "I'm the GOAT at PoE2!"
People: Absolutely the fuck not!
I know a few people who are or used to be fully in the Elon love train, or at least thought the guy was technically capable, and admired him for being "a different kind of tech founder" or an engineer in charge of a company that makes cutting edge stuff, instead of the suits who run all the other companies.
I think it's easy for us (leftists and chronically online) to see him be deranged now and think "how could someone think he is a smart person", because we already distrust bosses, and see through his reactionary bullshit more easily. BUT, he has spent the better part of 20 years building this myth of him being a genius inventor who builds rockets and electric cars with his own hands. He's spent a lot of time and money to build it, and it's very purposeful. To the casual observer who just kind of absorbs the narratives that float around, without paying a lot of a attention, that becomes the default assumption: Elon has paid all these people to make him look good, must be true.