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[–] FrankTheHealer@lemmy.world 166 points 9 months ago (1 children)

Yeah so somebody grew up in a racist household that prioritized Protestant ideals about work and success. And then that person moved to Silicon Valley with Daddy's money and worked there during its bommiest years. Then went on to pump money into electric cars and rockets.

This all came to a screeching halt during Covid when all of a sudden, he had to not prioritize profits and success but rather the health and safety of his employees and others.

This sent him down a rabbit hole on Twitter where suddenly he felt accepted by all the Trump crowd. Now he's stuck there and slides further right each day.

This guy is now the wealthiest person on the planet.

Fuck Elon.

[–] BaronDoggystyleVonWoof@lemmy.world 31 points 9 months ago

Perfect summary

[–] ninjan@lemmy.mildgrim.com 165 points 9 months ago (4 children)
[–] Tartas1995@discuss.tchncs.de 136 points 9 months ago (1 children)

He thinks saying, I am cisgendered, is hate speech.

He literally wrote other- isms ... Criticism, I guess. He is an idiot.

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[–] Maultasche@feddit.de 63 points 9 months ago (5 children)

The fuck is he on ~~about~~?

[–] dustyData@lemmy.world 62 points 9 months ago* (last edited 9 months ago) (2 children)

Money. Too much of it. We should help him, take away most of that money. That'll cure him.

[–] Kowowow@lemmy.ca 26 points 9 months ago (3 children)

I heard he has a love of ketamine

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[–] qwertyqwertyqwerty@lemmy.one 20 points 9 months ago (18 children)

It seems he is trying to get rid of his money as fast as possible. I suggest he send me $2 billion to start so I can offload it asap. I would be his most valuable liability.

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[–] Diplomjodler@feddit.de 17 points 9 months ago

He gets high from huffing his own farts.

[–] 520@kbin.social 13 points 9 months ago* (last edited 9 months ago)

Things he knows nothing the fuck about. As per usual.

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[–] MargotRobbie@lemm.ee 159 points 9 months ago (2 children)

I genuinely can't tell if the comic was added by somebody else to mock Musk's tweet, or if Musk is such a narcissistic prick with zero self awareness that he ""ironically" added this comic as part of his fellow-kids memelord act.

Truth is stranger than fiction.

[–] Octopus1348@lemy.lol 97 points 9 months ago

I checked, it was added to mock musk.

[–] GoodEye8@lemm.ee 38 points 9 months ago (2 children)

There's a simple litmus test. Musk would never joke about himself in a self-deprecating way, in any capacity. He has such a fragile ego it would break if someone farted in his general direction.

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[–] octavio_dingus@lemmy.world 115 points 9 months ago (1 children)

Just another example that billionaires didn’t become billionaires by being smarter than everyone else.

[–] Cowbee@lemmy.ml 41 points 9 months ago (3 children)

Unironically dividing the Proletariat against itself by stirring up racism among conservatives on a large social platform is the correct move for him to keep his dragon hoard, though I doubt it's intentional.

[–] shawwnzy@lemmy.world 11 points 9 months ago (1 children)

I'd give him more credit, it doesn't take a genius to encourage people to subscribe to a philosophy and or vote for a person that will benefit you.

He knows what he's doing

[–] Cowbee@lemmy.ml 11 points 9 months ago (3 children)

I dunno, I've seen his Elden Ring build, and he's somehow a fan of New Vegas despite NV beating him over the head, so I don't quite believe that.

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[–] Isakk86@lemmy.world 108 points 9 months ago (5 children)

Just when I think I couldn't hate him anymore, he omits the Oxford comma...

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[–] TrendigOsthyvel@lemmy.world 61 points 9 months ago

My brain hurts from reading anything spewd out by than manbabie.

[–] samus12345@lemmy.world 57 points 9 months ago (7 children)

War is peace.

Freedom is slavery.

Ignorance is strength.

[–] Mr_Blott@lemmy.world 23 points 9 months ago (1 children)
[–] samus12345@lemmy.world 10 points 9 months ago

SIR France is bacon!

[–] pachrist@lemmy.world 16 points 9 months ago (9 children)

For real. Diversity could easily be considered antithetical to racism. Inclusion could be considered antithetical to sexism. But no, Chef Elon made pseudo-intellectual word salad.

But, "Worlds grossly richest man not big on equity" feels like an Onion article title.

[–] samus12345@lemmy.world 13 points 9 months ago* (last edited 9 months ago) (2 children)

Also, "woke" more or less means "enlightened," so "anti-woke" is pretty much "ignorance is strength."

[–] pachrist@lemmy.world 9 points 9 months ago (1 children)

I feel like wokeness in general requires empathy and understanding of the plight of others. Anti-woke means being unempathetic, and folks feel that is positive? I literally can't comprehend being for Team Sociopath, but millions of people will vote for Trump, so it's real.

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[–] Blackmist@lemmy.world 57 points 9 months ago (1 children)

They've captured his weird lumpy face beautifully.

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[–] Red_October@lemmy.world 48 points 9 months ago

When you remember he got his starting wealth from an apartheid emerald mine in South Africa, this behavior makes perfect sense.

[–] li10@lemmy.ml 44 points 9 months ago

I’m generally sick of hearing about Elon at all even if it’s criticizing him, but this was a good one.

The vanity is off the charts.

[–] ICastFist@programming.dev 43 points 9 months ago (1 children)

When you make fun or point out the obvious flaws of the oppressor, it's not "-ism", it's freedom

[–] 7heo@lemmy.ml 9 points 9 months ago

They would not even understand, they practice narciss-ism even more often than rac-ism.

Also, talking about inclusivity, this is a (probably not fully exhaustive) list of all the "-ism"s. That is how much of an ignorant cretin people using this neologism are.

[–] PunnyName@lemmy.world 35 points 9 months ago (1 children)

Sadly, a professor I used to respect is following similar bullshit ideologies. Climate denialism, veiled racism, and bigotry. Once he moved out of California into a much more red area, he plummeted.

[–] cashews_best_nut@lemmy.world 33 points 9 months ago (6 children)

When I was younger I assumed I was surrounded by differing opinions. Now it feels more like I'm surrounded by idiots.

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[–] KingThrillgore@lemmy.ml 30 points 9 months ago

It's not racism when you, a single person, are hated. Its people telling the truth about you.

[–] CADmonkey@lemmy.world 29 points 9 months ago

I'm reminded of Bender:

"This isn't even about you"

"That's impossible!"

[–] HowMany@lemmy.ml 29 points 9 months ago

Needs more snowflake.

[–] IWantToFuckSpez@kbin.social 28 points 9 months ago* (last edited 9 months ago) (3 children)

Bet a board member tried to explain to him what DEI is two minutes before he Xat this Xeet.

Muskrat’s diversity plan is “exploit Indians who rely on Xitter visa sponsorship”

[–] EmergMemeHologram@startrek.website 16 points 9 months ago

He's not racist, he'd use visas to hold employees of any race ransom.

[–] name_NULL111653@pawb.social 12 points 9 months ago (2 children)

I propose an alternative nominative singular: Xit. He Xat this Xit on Xitter...

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[–] thecookingsenpai@lemmy.world 19 points 9 months ago (2 children)

The lion, the witch and the audacity of this bitch

(in 4 bitch as a gender neutral way of saying whining child while doing a rhyme)

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[–] Ephera@lemmy.ml 17 points 9 months ago (1 children)

I am very confused. Is that a comic he had made about himself? I wouldn't be entirely surprised...

[–] open_world@lemmy.world 15 points 9 months ago

Yeah, I wish this post was presented more clearly.

[–] dudinax@programming.dev 17 points 9 months ago* (last edited 9 months ago) (1 children)

He's ok with racism and sexism, so dei is good, right?

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[–] GrammatonCleric@lemmy.world 13 points 9 months ago (1 children)

Can't stop thinking about the guy that replies to every one of his posts, asking to have lunch with him and give him a job.

Dude's been doing that shit for years.

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[–] bramblepatchmystery@slrpnk.net 9 points 9 months ago (4 children)

In weird posts like this, the answer is always drugs, alcohol, and mental illness, or some combination of those three.

With his level of fame, wealth, and power, it's also possible he is a blackmail victim.

[–] cashews_best_nut@lemmy.world 17 points 9 months ago (3 children)

drugs, alcohol, and mental illness,

I've had/have all 3 of those an I'm still not a cunt like Elon.

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