• Flying Squid@lemmy.worldOP
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    5 months ago

    Well now you make me want to hear your story. Not everyone can have a personal experience with the world non-champion.

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      I have met Musk! This was in 2018 at a startup conference, pre-wtf Elon days.

      He was actually really inspiring about his dream of space and humanity. But he was also weirdly edgelord. Then we all realize he was a walking talking meme and going around doing that backpack kid floss dance everywhere while people were trying to talk serious with him.

      If you told me the guy was 25-30, i would believe you. But the dude is in his 50s, has a bunch of kids who don’t speak to him.

      What a fucking loser.

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        Of all the things he could be doing as a billionaire and he chooses to be an edgy memelord. It is pathetic. Also it is vile how he is assisting Nazis reach an audience for Naziism. Pathetic and vile.

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          He needs people to love him and he’s discovered that if he says all the atrocious things he truly believes, there is a group of people who will love him because of it.

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        I can see how he inspired people back then. He never inspired me because he always seemed a little off to me, but I had no idea why. There was just something creepy about him.

        And now we all know why.

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        5 months ago

        I’m not sure it was “pre-wtf” days, the “pedo guy” submarine thing happened before that, didn’t it?