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I did not see this published outside of India. But not sure why. It’s all based on Xitter.

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[–] The_Caretaker@lemm.ee 3 points 2 hours ago (1 children)

Musk's ketamine dealer should do the world a favor and add a big dose of fentanyl to the next delivery.

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

Let's not. I wouldn't be surprised if the Republicans try to pin the blame on Canada or some bullshit to push their agenda.

One thing I do wonder though is what happens to his empire/money if he were to OD and bite it. Would banks just absorb it to cover loans or is it going to be split across a few dozen illegitimate kids?

[–] pogt@lemmy.wtf 1 points 45 minutes ago

Good question. I think it would certainly tank Tesla, xAI, and investors will take over X.

[–] ristoril_zip@lemmy.zip 5 points 3 hours ago (1 children)

So we gave up 1 mad king 250 years ago only to pick up 2 now?

[–] samus12345@lemm.ee 1 points 3 hours ago

🎵 You'll be back... 🎵

[–] voytrekk@sopuli.xyz 36 points 6 hours ago (3 children)

Elon Musk could have been remembered as a cool tech guy. All he had to do was just keep running his companies and let the smart people working for him do the talking. Nobody would be the wiser that he didn’t know what he was talking about.

Instead, he let his ego get in the way of things and people know him for who he really is. I used to think he was pretty smart. After reading the things he writes, it became apparent that his companies thrive despite him, not because of him.

[–] drmoose@lemmy.world 1 points 2 hours ago

Nah he couldn't cause he's a fraud. Going right is his exit plan.

[–] Ledericas@lemm.ee 1 points 3 hours ago* (last edited 3 hours ago)

He had a pr team helping him, it did wonders for his public image, he became even more narcissistic and got rid of them. also he kinda changed around the time the epstein thing came out too, suspicious?

[–] LeninOnAPrayer@lemm.ee 2 points 3 hours ago* (last edited 3 hours ago)

I know he still has a lot of dick riders but, honestly, I think him streaming Path of Exile live really hurt him with the demographic that was his main fans. White young to middle age males that play video games.

It became the perfect analogy to use to explain to that group of people why actual engineers and scientists know he's an idiot. He could hide behind criticism because the average person doesn't know enough about those things to know what he doesn't know.

But when all the gaming channels started mocking him for not knowing the games UI and not knowing his (paid for) character at rank 3 had some of THE BEST gear. Dude confused "level required" vs gear item level.

It was just such a great example to show people how much of a complete fraud he was. At least people in that demographic. You didn't even need to play PoE, if you ever played a game you could tell he had no idea what he was doing in his supposedly top ranked player in the world.

Though you still had people defending it, I think for the casual Elon "fan" in that demographic it was pretty eye opening.

It also says a lot about him that he thought he could get away with faking that. He fakes all his other achievements.

[–] CompleteUnknown@lemmy.world 29 points 6 hours ago

We noticed.

[–] yrmitz@lemmy.ml 10 points 5 hours ago* (last edited 5 hours ago) (1 children)

"Combination Of Depression, Drugs And Stress"

Sounds like my life without billionaire part.

[–] Techlos@lemmy.dbzer0.com 4 points 4 hours ago

Weird, been a stressed and depressed druggo for a decade and I've still somehow avoided becoming a nazi

[–] drunkpostdisaster@lemmy.world 3 points 3 hours ago

someone buy him a pistol.

[–] turnip@sh.itjust.works 4 points 4 hours ago

Its speaking of Musk, but whose this skinny Asian guy in the picture?

[–] civil_drive@sh.itjust.works 6 points 5 hours ago (1 children)

Wonder what would happen to Elmo if Grimes drops the pegging tapes…

[–] TylerBourbon@lemmy.world 5 points 4 hours ago (1 children)

Fox News would suddenly push how awesome and Alpha pegging is?

[–] TheLowestStone@lemmy.world 4 points 4 hours ago

Sounds like a net gain for society.

[–] Vopyr@lemmy.world 13 points 6 hours ago

In my opinion, he's long gone mad, just look at all this nonsense with Twitter and his "awesome" ideas.

[–] excral@feddit.org 29 points 8 hours ago (1 children)

I thought that he always was an asshole and just dropped the facade, but him once being somewhat sane (as far as billionaires go) and going mad from stress and drug abuse seems like a plausible hypothesis, too. Either way, doesn't change that he needs to be stopped

[–] Transtronaut@lemmy.blahaj.zone 3 points 7 hours ago

Yeah. Not mutually exclusive, either.

[–] SirFasy@lemmy.world 17 points 8 hours ago

Oh no.. anyways..

[–] decapitae@sh.itjust.works 4 points 5 hours ago

I thought that CEO's got that mighty scratch because they were made of sterner stuff.

[–] pyre@lemmy.world 27 points 9 hours ago (1 children)

Someone who cares about him needs to take him off the internet permanently

there's your problem innit

[–] WarLorax@lemmy.world 10 points 7 hours ago
[–] kaerypheur@lemmy.world -5 points 3 hours ago

I love Elon Musk. <3

[–] zipzoopaboop@lemmynsfw.com 24 points 9 hours ago

So get him the fuck out of anything important

[–] Sm0ke@lemmy.dbzer0.com 14 points 9 hours ago (1 children)

It’s devastating to see the toll fentanyl takes on hundreds of thousands of lives every year, destroying families and communities. Yet, it feels incredibly unfair to see someone like Elon Musk openly joke about or trivialize its use. While he may have the privilege to brush it off, so many others don’t have that luxury. It highlights the stark divide between those who face the real consequences of this crisis and those who seem untouched by it. Accountability and awareness matter, especially when it comes to something as serious as fentanyl.

[–] frankpsy@lemm.ee 3 points 7 hours ago (1 children)

If he gets the wrong batch of K he may very well get dosed with fent.

[–] KinglyWeevil@lemmy.dbzer0.com 1 points 3 hours ago

We should be so lucky

[–] melpomenesclevage@lemmy.dbzer0.com 22 points 11 hours ago (8 children)

I think it's more the money. money causes mental illness.

but you know, there's a cure, and he employs so very many engineers who could build him one.

[–] Sauerkraut@discuss.tchncs.de 12 points 10 hours ago (1 children)

Power disparity derived from wealth disparity inevitably leads to unchecked corruption.

Late Stage Capitalism is a malignant cancer on both society and the planet

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[–] skozzii@lemmy.ca 7 points 9 hours ago* (last edited 9 hours ago) (1 children)

He's depressed so he decided to go full Dr.Evil I suppose...

Make everyone suffer along with him.

[–] Vopyr@lemmy.world 2 points 6 hours ago

Depressed about what? He's one of the richest people in the world who can do whatever schizophrenic shit he wants. What a joke.

[–] figjam@midwest.social 3 points 7 hours ago

Oh no. Anyway. Suck less ass.

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