Elon Musk is so bizarre. Bro, you won humaning. Just enjoy your global domination. Why are you trying to force the 4th Reich on us too? You won’t gain anything. As Arnold famously said, “get your ass to Mars” and leave us the fuck alone.
*it was a rhetorical question. Musk is barely human at this point.
Can you honestly imagine being that guy? Richest man on Earth, #1, fell face first into it. The power is, well, not something most of us can comprehend. I can try, but can’t really put myself in his shoes. Guessing he’s like most of us on lemmy, “bright normal”, no genius, but smarter than your average bear. If you’re here, sought out this place, can read a novel and follow along, you’re above average. That’s sad in itself as I had always thought that was “normal” intelligence. It ain’t.
Now combine that with the fact that given wealth and power (same thing), most all humans begin to believe the rules no longer bind them, because they don’t. I forget the psychological term for it, but it’s real.
Given Musk’s wealth, it would happen to me, you, anyone. I can’t hate the guy like I hate Trump. But I got my own, personal, reasons for hating narcissists.
Anyway, “But for the Grace of God go I.” Could be you, could be me. Let’s all think on that.
I take your point, but if I ever got even into the 100 millions level, I’d be living on my private yacht, journeying the world, making friends and living it up. Hell even the 10 millions level would be enough for me. I can’t even bother to organize friend group things. Why would I want to rule the world? I was brought up with the power=responsibility ethos. And I hate responsibility.
Oh dear God, no. Elmo is not smart, not smarter than average and definitely not the big brain he’s made out to be. He was fired from his own company for incompetence, for one. For another, any time he comes up with his own idea it’s very clear that it’s his idea because it’s so ridiculously stupid.
Exhibit a: the cyber truck
Exhibit b: ballistic missiles to transport humans in 30 minutes around the globe
Exhibit c: Hyper loop
Exhibit d: Rockets on Teslas
All of these ideas are just plain stupid on so many levels that it’s hard to comprehend, yet people act like he is a god brain and it’s annoying the shit out of me.
This is ignoring the fact that every other word out of his mouth is a plain lie, but that is an entire chapter in on itself.
I disagree, dude always was a twat. He didn’t just happen to fall face first into it, like almost all CEOs he’s lied, cheated and stolen his way to the top but unlike most, managed to stay ahead of the legal consequences of his actions.
He’s manipulated public image and the media in a grand way in a time when media and opinion has more to do with stock prices than results. Tesla sold less than 5k cybertrucks in the last quarter, their stock price should’ve imploded but we no longer live in a world where the rich can fail if they have enough followers.
The systems fallen so far behind it stands virtually no chance of closing the Pandora’s box social media has created. People, especially the least educated and young need strong protections in place to keep them from latching onto lies and perversions of the truth. Unfortunately getting said system in place would require politicians who didn’t want to use social media to gain power.
Elon Musk is so bizarre. Bro, you won humaning. Just enjoy your global domination. Why are you trying to force the 4th Reich on us too? You won’t gain anything. As Arnold famously said, “get your ass to Mars” and leave us the fuck alone.
*it was a rhetorical question. Musk is barely human at this point.
Can you honestly imagine being that guy? Richest man on Earth, #1, fell face first into it. The power is, well, not something most of us can comprehend. I can try, but can’t really put myself in his shoes. Guessing he’s like most of us on lemmy, “bright normal”, no genius, but smarter than your average bear. If you’re here, sought out this place, can read a novel and follow along, you’re above average. That’s sad in itself as I had always thought that was “normal” intelligence. It ain’t.
Now combine that with the fact that given wealth and power (same thing), most all humans begin to believe the rules no longer bind them, because they don’t. I forget the psychological term for it, but it’s real.
Given Musk’s wealth, it would happen to me, you, anyone. I can’t hate the guy like I hate Trump. But I got my own, personal, reasons for hating narcissists.
Anyway, “But for the Grace of God go I.” Could be you, could be me. Let’s all think on that.
I take your point, but if I ever got even into the 100 millions level, I’d be living on my private yacht, journeying the world, making friends and living it up. Hell even the 10 millions level would be enough for me. I can’t even bother to organize friend group things. Why would I want to rule the world? I was brought up with the power=responsibility ethos. And I hate responsibility.
Oh dear God, no. Elmo is not smart, not smarter than average and definitely not the big brain he’s made out to be. He was fired from his own company for incompetence, for one. For another, any time he comes up with his own idea it’s very clear that it’s his idea because it’s so ridiculously stupid.
Exhibit a: the cyber truck
Exhibit b: ballistic missiles to transport humans in 30 minutes around the globe
Exhibit c: Hyper loop
Exhibit d: Rockets on Teslas
All of these ideas are just plain stupid on so many levels that it’s hard to comprehend, yet people act like he is a god brain and it’s annoying the shit out of me.
This is ignoring the fact that every other word out of his mouth is a plain lie, but that is an entire chapter in on itself.
I don’t think you understand how dumb the average American is.
Doesn’t say much to be a little above average intelligence.
You know what they say. Most people are more dumberer than average.
I disagree, dude always was a twat. He didn’t just happen to fall face first into it, like almost all CEOs he’s lied, cheated and stolen his way to the top but unlike most, managed to stay ahead of the legal consequences of his actions.
He’s manipulated public image and the media in a grand way in a time when media and opinion has more to do with stock prices than results. Tesla sold less than 5k cybertrucks in the last quarter, their stock price should’ve imploded but we no longer live in a world where the rich can fail if they have enough followers.
The systems fallen so far behind it stands virtually no chance of closing the Pandora’s box social media has created. People, especially the least educated and young need strong protections in place to keep them from latching onto lies and perversions of the truth. Unfortunately getting said system in place would require politicians who didn’t want to use social media to gain power.
Yeah, when I had extra money, I actually started being more charitable.
So, fuck no!
Because he’s a damaged human. That damage allowed him to step all over others to get to where he is, but it doesn’t allow him to stop.
Nothing is ever enough for these dipshits.
Musk was always at best barely a human.
Now I don’t think he qualifies as one at all. He qualifies as a ketamine storehouse.