Civil war is inevitable just like COVID would be over by April 2019 and that humans would set foot on Mars in 2024 (they better hurry up.)
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Wish Version Iron Man is a weird motherfucker.
Wish Version Iron Man
Oh that's good.
I also like: Rebate Rockefeller.
"Phony Stark" is my personal favorite
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I started reading, got about 10 minutes in before realizing how much there was. Jesus why do people think he is anything other than a hype man
I'm curious what percentage of people actually take him seriously, at this point.
Way too many. And way too many powerful ones. All they see is dollar signs.
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Covid didn't even start until like October 2019, and didn't reach America until February 2020.
The world didn't even know that word in April 2019.
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Elon wants war because he wasn't able to delete this picture from the internet forever. Don't be embarrassed Elon
News articles should start using this picture whenever they mention him, or that one where he's balding and looks like a meth addict.
Money grows hair
Just a little gender supporting hair care.
His villain origin story is that he couldn't fit in with goths or furries, then got mad at his trans daughter.
That's actually not too cringe by Elon standards.
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"Civil war is inevitable" says guy who does everything he can to start one.
Soon he will announce his new company, VaultTech
Nah it needs an X in it for it to be a company of his.
XaultXech
He must be scared of his parents - or scared of losing an inheritance - because he hasn't changed his own name to have an X in it yet.
Ex-lax Mux certainly has a ring to it, don't you think?
Teslax?
Pretty sure that's a laxative
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Does he not realize that the left ALSO have guns? And if this war does take place, he's in the top 10 of people who would be targeted? Does he not get this?
Dickhead's talking about the UK though. Not a whole lot of firearms around outside of farmer's shotguns.
..........well thats even dumber than I thought!!! May as well claim everybody is going to shoot rockets at each other.
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Is that why he has been developing an ugly car with "bulletproof" glass?
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If you’re still on Twitter, you’re part of this problem. If you have a Tesla, sell it. You can live without Starlink too. And do you really need that new Mars rocket?
Never had any of those but I still get subjected to tales of this idiot's latest brainfart on a daily basis.
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He will transition into a despot and warmonger next, and then move into weapons. Lot of money to be made there.
Sounds like exactly the guy you want owning a huge societal discussion platform and developing brain interfaces.
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It's a real shame that lawmakers seem squarely focused on sinophobia, because X should absolutely be skewered just as hard as TikTok if a hostile beast like Musk is at the helm.
We don't have enough firearms in private hands evenly distributed to have a civil war you fucking nepo-silverspoon-lollipop!
Maybe you should be looking at your own country for that and I wonder where the nutjobs are that would kickstart that would hear their misinformed reason? I'll give you a clue, it used to rhyme with Shitter!
you fucking nepo-silverspoon-lollipop!
I wish Americans could insult with the skill that British people insult.
It's a cultural skill developed over many centuries where armies stood on opposite ends of a field and insulted eachother before the charge happened.
Here's a breakdown of the aforementioned insult:
"You Fucking" used as a layup for whatever follows. It is best to exclude swears for subsequent words unless you intend to punctuate the end with a worse swear. The only one up from "Fuck" is "Cunt" without getting into slurs.
"Nepo" shorthand for nepotism, this is the personal attack element and should be first in the insult. If you imagine stabbing someone with words, this is the one that breaks through the skin. It also has two syllables so it can follow on well from "fucking" which also has two.
"Silverspoon-lollipop" is the final thrust of the insult deep into their soul. This has three elements:
- It is a second personal attack that is closely related to the first as it denotes inherited wealth.
- It is the first part of "silverspoon-lollipop". This paints the image in one's mind of Elon having a silverspoon stuck up his arse and therefore making him a human lollipop (popsicle). Creating an absurd and humiliating visual of your opponent is a good way to inject a healthy dose of comedy which is THE key ingredient to any good putdown. Lollipop, as an inherently silly-sounding word, is the punchline again because of the absurdity of feeling destroyed by being called a lollipop.
- Both sets of words have the same number of syllables. This gives the insult a good rhythm: 2-2-3-3.
In closing, this is a skill that can be learnt it just requires practicing a few rules-of-thumb:
- Target weaknesses and personal flaws in your opponent that they can't deny.
- Warp those flaws into an absurdity that adds comedy.
- Be sparing with swears and use them as layups or punctuation.
- Think about syllables and rhythm like one would do in a rap or roast battle. If it's too long, split it into multiple insults.
- Keep in mind your cultural sensitivities. For example, in the UK it's pretty universal that the only swears more offensive than "Cunt" are ethnic and cultural slurs. I also learnt from my Romanian friend that a lot of the worst insults from there are centred around the mother or the sister.
- If use your cultures' sayings and idioms, which are more widespread in English than people realise, as shorthand.
- Practice, practice, practice.
Use these guidelines and you'll have your enemy's soul demoralised and destroyed their therapist will need a therapist. Happy insulting, ya bastards! 😊
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Elon is so dumb, he doesn't even know the difference between the UK and the US.
The assailant is British-born. The protests in the streets is nothing but fueled by thuggery and racism.
The protests in the streets is nothing but fueled by thuggery and racism.
So, every right wing protest?
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Eating the rich is inevitable.
Wait, the UK is the one on the brink of civil war? Yeah, that's dumb even by his standards. Stop reading shitty conspiracy blogs, Elon. If there was a child trafficking cabal you'd already be in it.
That was some weird shit
A lot of those on the right are pushing violence and civil war hard as if they are going to capitalize on it. Oligarchs and Nazis have been trying to install their preferred government since the 1930s. They twist the Bible and patriotism into blasphemous perversions to get a desperate and fearful underclass to join in, but they too will end up in the Nazi work camps. People are not taught about the plot to seize the White House in schools because the rich control what is taught in schools. Every person should read about Major General Smedley Butler, the one they wanted to install as dictator and the greatest Marine ever but he is nearly erased from history because he stood up to the rich folks.
LOL elon would retreat to his nuclear defense bunker within a heartbeat of the breakdown of social order
actually probably way before that
Elon is so fucking useless.
Yeah of course he says that because he's a moron.
War where these moocs wouldn't last 5 minutes, they have practically been defeated already. Collectively they have the intellect of a mole, and inevitably most of them are already known to the police.
Also the UK famously doesn't allow its random citizens to have guns. Obviously gun control laws work because there were no guns at the riots, if there was going to be any guns anyway, that's where they would be.
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