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While Elon indulges in political theater and self-aggrandizing quips, Tesla is experiencing an unprecedented slump in both sales and stock value.

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[–] lemsip@sh.itjust.works 9 points 14 hours ago

Lol get fucked you dumb cunt.

[–] beebarfbadger@lemmy.world 18 points 17 hours ago (2 children)

"I am close to tears. That is a human reaction, right?"

[–] MehBlah@lemmy.world 8 points 16 hours ago

It is. Which is why I doubt its true.

[–] Litebit@lemmy.world 4 points 14 hours ago

crocodile tears, of a Felon.

[–] Kalysta@lemm.ee 12 points 16 hours ago

Cry harder, little bitch. Hope you get fired the same way you fired thousands of federal workers.

[–] Pyr_Pressure@lemmy.ca 14 points 18 hours ago (3 children)

If he really cared maybe he should stop stretching himself thin, get out of DOGE, and stick to selling shitty cars

[–] phx@lemmy.ca 5 points 17 hours ago (1 children)

The earlier Tesla's weren't so shitty. Not more than your average Kia/Hyundai EV anyhow in terms of being a car. The self-driving shit is another story.

Cybertruck has been a dumpster fire since inception though.

Yeah, if Elon could drop the politics, hand off X, and go back to just being a major investor in tech companies that actually have some pretty cool ideas, that's be great.

[–] leftytighty@slrpnk.net 1 points 5 hours ago (1 children)

Don't you want justice or revenge?

[–] phx@lemmy.ca 1 points 1 hour ago (1 children)

Revenge is overrated, and justice against the mega rich is rare.

If guy could cut down on the K, learn to not be such a dick and go back to being the figure behind businesses that actual did have good overall intent (electric vehicles, global Internet access, etc) instead of bullshit politics or seig-heils that'd be good for everyone.

[–] leftytighty@slrpnk.net 1 points 1 hour ago (1 children)

I admire your willingness to forgive or at least forget.

I'm not going to be satisfied until the power he's been abusing is completely taken away

[–] phx@lemmy.ca 1 points 59 minutes ago

Oh he absolutely needs to be stripped of that and barred from any association with politics, just to make sure that if he goes away he stays away

[–] emberpunk@lemmy.ml 4 points 17 hours ago

I think the damage is done even if he were to backtrack. People will just assume he's backtracking because of money and that's it. Not because of his actual ideals

[–] Litebit@lemmy.world 1 points 14 hours ago

He needs to retire back to SAfrica.

[–] arotrios@lemmy.world 9 points 16 hours ago (1 children)

Not close enough. I want to see tears of blood after what I've seen him put our country through. Fuck this neo-Nazi chucklefuck.

[–] Gronk@aussie.zone 3 points 15 hours ago

I've been calling him the 'knob job nazi' after hearing about his fucked up wang

[–] Litebit@lemmy.world 5 points 14 hours ago

Karma, he made so many people cry and bankrupt by firing them through DOGE.

[–] Daelsky@lemmy.ca 8 points 17 hours ago

Oh no. Let me cry for the richest person in the world who also happens to be a fascist and spent the last few months posting on Twitter and running around the US president instead of doing his job as a CEO of a company. Total crocodile tears for this guy.

You reap what you sow.

[–] Lennnny@lemmy.world 4 points 16 hours ago

Oh I see, suddenly when it's your income getting shitcanned we're all supposed to care.

Nah, fuck off you twat, no one cares about you.

[–] HulkSmashBurgers@reddthat.com 38 points 1 day ago (2 children)

Boo hoo hoo poor wittle musky

[–] HexesofVexes@lemmy.world 4 points 21 hours ago

Damn, did they up the size of his sympathy violin again?!?

[–] AoxoMoxoA@lemmy.world 1 points 17 hours ago

Holy shit, that little thing is playing a cello !

[–] Vari@lemm.ee 56 points 1 day ago (1 children)

So… stop? You have more money than anyone could ever spend. Just fuck off already. Stop being so fucking evil.

[–] FilthyHookerSpit@lemmy.world 17 points 1 day ago (2 children)

He can't. He's all in for fascism. There's no going back to the shadows for him, he'll always be known as a Nazi oligarch. He said he would be going to jail if Trump didn't win. We know he's got ties with Putin so he might be being blackmailed into being the bad guy [not that he was good before, but at least he l wasn't toppling democracies before].

[–] PanArab@lemm.ee 9 points 21 hours ago (1 children)

He supported the coup in Bolivia

[–] SoftestSapphic@lemmy.world 3 points 17 hours ago

For cheap lithium that he could have paid for anyway.

[–] Realitaetsverlust@lemmy.zip 9 points 1 day ago

He can't. He's all in for fascism

Nah. He has no interest in fascism. Fascism would hurt his bottom line immensely. He just tries to use his government position to give his companies, and by extent himself, more money.

The dude is motivated by money, not morals or his political compass.

[–] Zerberr@lemmy.ca 4 points 17 hours ago

Just die already

[–] Ilandar@lemm.ee 3 points 16 hours ago (2 children)

How does this thread have so many comments and upvotes without a single critique of the source? "TV Fandom Lounge" sounds like some weird AI blog site, and the headline claiming Musk was "close to tears" (in quotation marks, so apparently someone said this...?) has nothing to do with the rest of the text. Nowhere does it clarify who said this about the interview, nor does it even mention crying or tears once outside of the clickbait title. And if you actually bother to watch the interview where he is supposedly "close to tears", he looks completely normal (by his standards). Media literacy is completely dead it seems, people are happy to mindlessly circulate complete garbage as long as it fits whatever political narrative they are trying to push.

[–] BrikoX@lemmy.zip 1 points 13 hours ago

There are multiple "reputable" news sites that reported the same using similar headline:

Eyeballs grabbing, and probative headlines are not exclusive to "weird AI sounding blog site[s]".

P.S. I have nothing to do with the site.

[–] eureka@aussie.zone 2 points 16 hours ago (1 children)

If I had five cents for every time I've seen a comment talk about 'weird AI' and I've read it as 'Weird Al', I would have ten cents.

[–] Ilandar@lemm.ee 3 points 16 hours ago

Weird Al always deserves a shoutout!

[–] DontMakeMoreBabies@lemm.ee 20 points 1 day ago

Then just fucking die already. Bitch ass.

[–] DarkFuture@lemmy.world 24 points 1 day ago

I love watching Nazis cry.

[–] PanArab@lemm.ee 6 points 21 hours ago

That’s just a reaction his body makes on its own. He is incapable of human emotions.

[–] CastorSulMush@lemmy.world 35 points 1 day ago (1 children)

He's not running the buisnesses he spends most of his time high on ketamine shitposting on twitter.

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[–] LordWiggle@lemmy.world 67 points 1 day ago (5 children)
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[–] modus@lemmy.world 26 points 1 day ago (4 children)

How the fuck is this moron in the position that he is?

[–] whotookkarl@lemmy.world 27 points 1 day ago (2 children)

People with inherited wealth are treated like they are smart, capable, and credible when billionaire nepo babies are really the worst at everything except sucking and dying.

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Still worth billions but whining. Go sit in a corner, Nazi.

[–] stevegiblets@lemmy.world 45 points 1 day ago (8 children)

I hope elon musk dies alone and unloved in tremendous pain. When he dies I will be throwing a party. Him and Trump.

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[–] MITM0@lemmy.world 1 points 16 hours ago

Should I play something on the world's smallest violin ?

[–] ArsonButCute@lemmy.dbzer0.com 17 points 1 day ago

I hope his panic attacks have panic attacks. I hope he goes to bed and never rises for fear of the mess he's made. I hope he stumbles in his fear, and fucks with someone with little enough left to lose they do something about it.

Fuck you F'Elon Ballstink, if your dreams come true I will personally stowaway on a rocket to Mars after your death to shit on your grave.

[–] Philharmonic3@lemmy.world 26 points 1 day ago

I hope he gets so sad he just ends it for us

[–] Doctor_Satan@lemmy.world 50 points 1 day ago (4 children)
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