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[–] dhork@lemmy.world 0 points 5 months ago

tardigrade-playing-violin.jpg

[–] Eggyhead@kbin.run 0 points 5 months ago

In b4 Elon decides he can do advertising better, too.

[–] Allonzee@lemmy.world 0 points 5 months ago (1 children)

I, for one, would like to hear Elon beg.

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[–] meldroc@lemmy.world 0 points 5 months ago (1 children)

Go anti-woke, go broke, Apartheid Boy!

[–] Balinares@pawb.social 0 points 5 months ago

Go fash, lose cash. 👍🏻

[–] cm0002@lemmy.world 0 points 5 months ago* (last edited 5 months ago) (1 children)

Where's the trombone @FlyingSquid@lemmy.world lmao

[–] FlyingSquid@lemmy.world 0 points 5 months ago

Ask and ye shall receive-

(You guys gotta tell me when it isn't a News thread.)

[–] impure9435@kbin.run 0 points 5 months ago (1 children)
[–] palordrolap@kbin.run 0 points 5 months ago

Asking him to auto-cannibalise? I like it.

[–] pr06lefs@lemmy.ml 0 points 5 months ago (2 children)

aw, he may be a genocide loving nazi, but at least its from the heart. won't someone give him some money?

[–] Atelopus-zeteki@kbin.run 0 points 5 months ago

No! Well, some idiot will. But not this idiot! Have you ever heard of Mastodon Social (https://mastodon.social/)?
https://joinmastodon.org/

[–] QuantumSoul@lemmy.dbzer0.com 0 points 5 months ago (1 children)

What do you mean ? (sources)

[–] Nurse_Robot@lemmy.world 0 points 5 months ago (11 children)

Google "Elon Musk Nazi", and/or "Elon Musk genocide"

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[–] Nougat@fedia.io 0 points 5 months ago (5 children)

Literally all he needs to do is shut the fuck up and collect money, and he can't even manage that.

[–] ThePowerOfGeek@lemmy.world 0 points 5 months ago

Nope, he can't manage that. Because he's an attention-whoring malignant narcissist.

I can't wait for the bubble of mystique to pop on this arsehole, if only so we don't have to ever hear from or about him again. Sadly, there are still plenty of rubes in his cult of personality and greedy investors willing to ride his coattails. So I'm not holding my breath.

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[–] givesomefucks@lemmy.world 0 points 5 months ago (7 children)

"I do shoot myself in the foot from time to time, but at least you know it is genuine, not from the PR department," he admitted.

He's been brainwashed by his fans if he thinks that somehow makes it better.

Like, authenticy is good for good things, but it makes shitty things even shittier. It's not a value that's always good in every context. And the worst thing he could be doing is doubling down on his opinions and policy.

If he left the company is the only way this would help, he wouldn't even be a fall guy because most of this is entirely his fault

[–] glimse@lemmy.world 0 points 5 months ago

Yeah I robbed that gas station but at least some crime boss didn't make me do it. It was genuine so you should forgive me

[–] otp@sh.itjust.works 0 points 5 months ago

Reminds me of the people who say things like "I say it like it is, and most people don't like it"...not knowing that the reason they don't have many friends is because they don't have a filter and don't think they need one, lol

But this looks like Elon Musk admitting that he's genuinely an idiot, lol

[–] SkaveRat@discuss.tchncs.de 0 points 5 months ago (3 children)

Like, authenticy is good for good things, but it makes shitty things even shittier.

sounds like he needs that PR department

[–] thesohoriots@lemmy.world 0 points 5 months ago

That and a set of kneepads.

[–] rtxn@lemmy.world 0 points 5 months ago (4 children)

That's pretty much how he kept the public image of "eccentric genius" for so many years. I once read an article (can't remember where, don't care enough to search) that said that SpaceX had/has a team whose entire purpose was to babysit Musk when he had a temper tantrum. The team formed organically, like a cyst around a foreign object, and minimized damage to PR.

When Twitter was infested, it didn't have this immunity and now the world (or those of us who care) knows how much of a shithead he is.

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[–] maxenmajs@lemmy.world 0 points 5 months ago (2 children)

Is he trying to put on a good appearance for the advertisers? I thought it was strange that he didn't have a transphobic streak of Twitter interactions this June. Very out of character.

[–] rami@ani.social 0 points 5 months ago

huh. that is unexpected isn't it?

[–] sensiblepuffin@lemmy.world 0 points 5 months ago (1 children)

Maybe that big bonus package that the board approved stipulated that he must not, quote "say anything stupid" for a little while.

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[–] Atelopus-zeteki@kbin.run 0 points 5 months ago
[–] inb4_FoundTheVegan@lemmy.world 0 points 5 months ago* (last edited 5 months ago) (9 children)

“If someone is going to try and blackmail me with advertising? Blackmail me with money? Go fuck yourself. Go fuck yourself. Is that clear? Hey Bob, if you’re in the audience. That’s how I feel, don’t advertise.

  • Elon, 2023
[–] BedSharkPal@lemmy.ca 0 points 5 months ago (3 children)

Careful, you might convince Tesla shareholders to fork over a few more billion to keep the big brained genius motivated.

[–] teletext@reddthat.com 0 points 5 months ago (1 children)

"Give me 60 billions this year, or the Tesla stock will lose even of more of its price next year!" -- Elon, probably.

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[–] Diplomjodler3@lemmy.world 0 points 5 months ago

Go fuck yourself! Is that clear?

Can I have a few billion now too?

[–] barsquid@lemmy.world 0 points 5 months ago (1 children)

If the market were rational that would have been the end of Tesla. It takes some extreme brainletry to turn a huge market advantage into actively losing ground to new entrants. And he is still at it. Being a dimwitted Nazi on Twitter is his top priority. Tesla sales will continue to spiral down the drain.

(Yes, if the market were rational the end might have come sooner, but certainly giving billions to a brainlet actively sabotaging the company should end it.)

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[–] octopus_ink@lemmy.ml 0 points 5 months ago (36 children)

I think this should be posted as a comment to every article about this.

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[–] NewNewAccount@lemmy.world 0 points 5 months ago

Wowow! That was so long ago! Literally dozens of weeks ago! I’m sure this full-blown narcissist has seen the error of his ways and changed his mind. Surely.

[–] uriel238@lemmy.blahaj.zone 0 points 5 months ago* (last edited 5 months ago)

Yes. Elon should approach his advertisers on bended knee -- after changing Twitter back to Twitter, and creating a proper moderation system that filters out neonazis and Russian AI Trump-bots.

Oh, George Washington rode the waves
Abe Lincoln wore his hat with praise
Thomas Jefferson, the sandy king, and
Teddy Roosevelt, the beach-hiking thing
Barrack Obama, surfing gracefully
Historical presidents at the sea!
-- @hisvault.eth

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[–] neidu2@feddit.nl 0 points 5 months ago (1 children)

Didn't he tell advertisers leaving to go fuck themselves? I don't expect a very long queue of returning ones.

[–] fluxion@lemmy.world 0 points 5 months ago (1 children)

Surely the appreciate the "authenticity" with which he told them to "go fuck yourselves" before flip-flopping and begging them to come back?

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[–] t_berium@lemmy.world 0 points 5 months ago (1 children)

'The ones I called, the ghosts - I can't get rid of them!'

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[–] dogsnest@lemmy.world 0 points 5 months ago (1 children)

He was tolerated as a phreak, but he mistook that tolerance as adulation.

Ultimately his arrogance, ignorance, bigotry, misogyny, and intolerance, leads to ignoring rather than tolerating the phreak.

[–] ThePowerOfGeek@lemmy.world 0 points 5 months ago (1 children)

Oh there's still far too much adulation. All those Tesla bros, for example. Given what an insufferable turd Musk is, and the crumby reputation Teslas have, I don't understand it. And I don't think I ever will.

[–] dogsnest@lemmy.world 0 points 5 months ago
[–] mynamesnotrick@lemmy.zip 0 points 5 months ago (1 children)

Dude must be in the largest bubble of yes people ever.

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[–] Veedem@lemmy.world 0 points 5 months ago (1 children)

I'm surprised more brands aren't simply defaulting to Threads. You still see links to their Xitter profile instead of Threads.

I prefer Mastodon, myself, but I get why major brands would prefer a centralized network.

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[–] fluxion@lemmy.world 0 points 5 months ago

"Go fuck yourself."

[–] sp3tr4l@lemmy.zip 0 points 5 months ago (2 children)

I so very hope this idiot asshole winds up either jailed and/or has his wealth severely diminished and most of his businesses fail from being unable to repay loans / convicted of fraud.

He's the closest person on earth to becoming Horatio from the Endless series, yet he's also basically a badly written Bond villain.

What a pos.

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[–] magnetosphere@fedia.io 0 points 5 months ago (3 children)

"I do shoot myself in the foot from time to time, but at least you know it is genuine, not from the PR department," he admitted.

A basic statement of human fallibility is an absolute revelation to this guy. I can’t WAIT for him to just shut up and go away.

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[–] interdimensionalmeme@lemmy.ml 0 points 5 months ago

Shut down twitter!

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