this post was submitted on 19 Jan 2025
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Enough Musk Spam

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[–] x00z@lemmy.world 13 points 1 day ago

Please Elon, come to Europe!

We need you so bad here!

See you soon!
Luigi

[–] GBU_28@lemm.ee 12 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago)

Unfortunately, shitheads like him have a way of festering popularity. Strap in Europeans, you'll be seeing more of him, and many spawned mini me's like him

[–] gex@lemmy.world 9 points 1 day ago (5 children)

What does -78% approval rating mean?

[–] NotMyOldRedditName@lemmy.world 5 points 1 day ago (1 children)

If i had to guess, a 22% approval rating but -78 sounds bigger?

[–] No_Money_Just_Change@feddit.org 2 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Or it is a two-way poll, e.g. how would you rate musk from 100% favorable to 100% unfavorable, and it averages out for 78% unfavorable

[–] NotMyOldRedditName@lemmy.world 1 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago)

It's possible, but doesn't seem like a great way to do a poll like this.

If you're neutral about him it'd be 0% which looks bad but isn't and is an awkward way to answer.

Usually I've only seen that on the

Very dissatisfied, somewhat, neutral, somewhat, very satisfied

Type scales.

[–] letsgo@lemm.ee 4 points 1 day ago

+100%: everyone loves him; 0%: nobody cares, or the love and hate are equally balanced; -100%: everyone hates him. It's clearer than a 0-100 scale with nobody cares at 50% because positive-only results imply a level of approval.

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[–] SlopppyEngineer@lemmy.world 9 points 1 day ago (1 children)

If Trump starts with tariffs, EU can ban X and Tesla as retaliation.

[–] nepenthes@lemmy.world 1 points 1 day ago

That's a good perspective re: Trump and his lobbying billionaires. More places to hit.

[–] superkret@feddit.org 7 points 1 day ago (1 children)

What is "This will lead to the end of Europe" even supposed to mean? Will every inhabitant die? Will the land mass disintegrate?

[–] mumblerfish@lemmy.world 9 points 1 day ago (1 children)

It is probably some wink at replacement theory stuff based on the parties he is supporting.

[–] superkret@feddit.org 3 points 1 day ago

Europe already "ended" and had "replacement" events so many times in the past it's hard to keep track. Yet it's still there.

[–] Boozilla@sh.itjust.works 3 points 1 day ago (1 children)

The reason we don't have any of those nice things in the USA is due to multiple factors. But the one that bothers me the most is: conservative voters are willing and happy to let leopards eat their faces as long as the leopards say mean things about "liberals" while doing it.

[–] tlou3please@lemmy.world 5 points 1 day ago

We have a lot of problems here in the UK but at least most of us think Musk is an idiot. That diver he called a paedophile way back was a point of national pride for us at the time, because he was British.

[–] some_guy@lemmy.sdf.org 8 points 1 day ago

(Lonnie dumb man voice) “it’s important that, uh, Europe change.”

Shut up, dude.

[–] jaybone@lemmy.world 4 points 1 day ago (1 children)

How do you get a negative “approval rating”? Wouldn’t the lowest be 0% ?

[–] Korhaka@sopuli.xyz 6 points 1 day ago

Presumably 0% is neutral, -100% everyone disapproves.

[–] Worx@lemmynsfw.com 5 points 1 day ago

To be fair, I do feel fairly hopeless about my situation in Europe. But I'm happy I'm not in America and I know that any idea of Musk's will make things worse

[–] danc4498@lemmy.world 1 points 1 day ago

Brexit was just a hint of the plan. Break Europe up into the same oligarchy that America is.

[–] YurkshireLad@lemmy.ca 2 points 1 day ago

Are we sure he's not talking about America?

[–] dogsnest@lemmy.world 2 points 1 day ago

B-B-But look at all those "l-l-likes" from his MAGA flock!!!

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