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Donald Trump’s debate fail appears to have short-circuited the brain of one of his biggest cheerleaders. Elon Musk remained silent while Trump was blowing his first debate with Kamala Harris but issued a bizarre response to Taylor Swift endorsing Harris at the end of the night.

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[–] xmunk@sh.itjust.works 201 points 6 days ago (3 children)
[–] not_that_guy05@lemmy.world 76 points 6 days ago

Creepy and weird AF you mean

[–] LillyPip@lemmy.ca 18 points 5 days ago
[–] blockheadjt@sh.itjust.works 11 points 4 days ago

He said "I will," not "I would" or "I will if you want." He is saying he will act regardless of consent. That's not an offer, it's a threat. Calling it an offer is disinformation.

[–] TachyonTele@lemm.ee 135 points 5 days ago (1 children)

I'd have lawyers working full time and a restraining order put on him if I was Swift. That shit is fucking creepy.

[–] kofe@lemmy.world 9 points 5 days ago (3 children)

Honestly. I feel awful wondering if she'll have an increase of credible threats, cuz she's had stalkers for years I'm sure, but detangling whether it's because she just made the endorsement or if Musk inflamed it would be difficult to prove. Can his one message be taken as a threat on its own, though? It's creepy, but unless he's slid in her dms prior to this I don't think there's a case for anything.

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[–] 800XL@lemmy.world 85 points 5 days ago (1 children)

You all are missing the point. It has nothing to do with actually wanting to date/impregnate her. He is so insanely jealous of her and the fact she doesn't have to be a complete edgy tool or buy a whole platform to make people listen to her like he does. It's about taking all of her accomplishments, her fame, her fortune, her following, her talent and negating it by debasing her into nothing but a womb that would jump at the chance to have that human cheesecloth on top of her.

[–] somethingsnappy@lemmy.world 13 points 5 days ago (3 children)

Why do you hate cheesecloths? They are useful.

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[–] Boddhisatva@lemmy.world 43 points 5 days ago

Swift is too smart for him. She knows he's an immigrant and just wants to get into her place so he can eat her cats.

[–] ravhall@discuss.online 70 points 5 days ago (2 children)

In case y’all didn’t know, he already has 12 kids… so this might be a credible threat.

[–] Daxtron2@startrek.website 45 points 5 days ago (1 children)

12 kids that he claims. There's probably several rape babies out there too

[–] GluWu@lemm.ee 10 points 5 days ago (3 children)

Broer wat afgaan In die land bly in die land

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[–] nolannice@lemmy.world 11 points 5 days ago

I feel like it's pretty obvious now that his desire to start a Mars colony is purely an extension of his eugenics tinged breeding kink

[–] heavyboots@lemmy.ml 83 points 5 days ago (2 children)

Weird, very weird. Not demure, not mindful.

[–] L0rdMathias@sh.itjust.works 36 points 5 days ago (2 children)

Bru WHAT they've been trying to saying demure this whole time!? I've heard people pronouncing it as "dimir" this whole time and have been thoroughly confused why everyone on the internet suddenly started referencing random ass magic the gathering lore for the latest slang.

Thank you for typing it out and showing me the way to the truth.

[–] meco03211@lemmy.world 13 points 5 days ago

Have you not seen how crazy MTG is lately? Jewish space lasers and the gazpacho? Seems on brand.

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[–] quicklime@lemm.ee 66 points 5 days ago (1 children)

Every single day I get a yucky feeling when I remember that people are still using his garbage website/app/platform.

[–] DarkDarkHouse@lemmy.sdf.org 21 points 5 days ago

Kinda glad Taylor didn't post her announcement on Twitter.

[–] Blackmist@feddit.uk 6 points 3 days ago (1 children)

Just think. There's a parallel universe somewhere, where six years ago he just congratulated that diver for rescuing those kids, accepted that his robot needed some work to be useful, and just expressed relief that they'd been bought out alive.

And we're stuck in this fucking one.

Just because everything that can happen, will happen in the multiverse theory, doesn't make this a possibility. This was never on the table - that would just require way too many unlikely particle decay events ;)

[–] DmMacniel@feddit.org 56 points 6 days ago (1 children)

A bad try at distraction? Also how he handled his daughter... Uuh I guess nobody should EVER be "impregnated" by this asshole.

[–] expatriado@lemmy.world 30 points 5 days ago (4 children)

fortunately, isn't common to get impregnated by the asshole

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[–] JuBe@lemmy.world 34 points 5 days ago

Leon Musk is weird.

[–] breadsmasher@lemmy.world 38 points 6 days ago

a vile human.

[–] Burn_The_Right@lemmy.world 18 points 5 days ago (1 children)

I hope she moves to another platform and takes her peeps with her.

Leon is a conservative dipshit running a glorified message board for other conservative dipshits.

[–] Corkyskog@sh.itjust.works 2 points 4 days ago

She should setup her own instance

[–] dream_weasel@sh.itjust.works 25 points 5 days ago (2 children)

At the first read, I assumed he would buy and gift a child and I can't decide if that's better or worse.

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[–] nkat2112@sh.itjust.works 28 points 5 days ago

That Space Karen is so weird. Very creepy.

[–] inclementimmigrant@lemmy.world 22 points 5 days ago

Damn are Republicans so creepily weird.

[–] Coelacanth@feddit.nu 24 points 5 days ago (1 children)

Ketamine is a hell of a drug.

[–] Peruvian_Skies@sh.itjust.works 51 points 5 days ago (2 children)

Ketamine does a lot of good for a lot of people. Don't knock on a genuinely life-saving medicine just because Elmo can't handle his drugs.

[–] GBU_28@lemm.ee 19 points 5 days ago* (last edited 5 days ago)

There was no knock, ketamine, is a hell of a drug

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[–] notsure@fedia.io 22 points 5 days ago

...are you sure "onion" staff have not invaded?

[–] cabron_offsets@lemmy.world 20 points 5 days ago

Just republican shit.

[–] peopleproblems@lemmy.world 16 points 5 days ago (1 children)

What's weirdest to me is that he said this about another billionaire. Like it's not any grosser, it's just so... Uncharacteristic of high society?

Like he's the wealthiest man on Earth and he says this about Taylor Swift?

Shows you that money can't bring you anywhere close to happiness I guess.

[–] Sam_Bass@lemmy.world 12 points 5 days ago

Dumbass wouldnt get within 50 feet of her before her security beat him into the ground

Did the Kennedy brainworms spread successfully?

[–] originalucifer@moist.catsweat.com 16 points 5 days ago (1 children)

i would love to see the cagefight of kelce vs musk.. can it be to the death? i feel like that would be a nice finisher

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[–] Rapidcreek@lemmy.world 15 points 5 days ago

Travis Kelce may have something to say about that Elmo.

[–] xc2215x@lemmy.world 14 points 5 days ago (1 children)
[–] Redfugee@lemmy.world 9 points 5 days ago

It's strange but also on brand for him.

[–] SimplyChad@lemmy.world 10 points 5 days ago

Ah, yes, another completely normal, well-adjusted statement by the man himself.

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