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[–] SnotFlickerman@lemmy.blahaj.zone 135 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago) (1 children)

Ok, probably thought about this too much but here goes:

The reason Musk is obsessed with plausible deniability and things like faking his scores is because he believes he is some kind of trickster god who you can never prove one way or another since he keeps his personal life fairly private (other than all the fucking xeets and children).

So, he's giggling behind the scenes going "Ha ha you can't prove it!" even though anyone with a fucking brain knows what's going on, and what's sad, is he think that makes himself clever. What's even worse is it seems he enjoys knowing people know but can't prove it so he can keep dangling it saying "ha ha I dictate reality what are you gonna do about it."

It's fucking childish insanity.

Vivian is a thousand times the person this dork could ever be, and she did a better job than I did of expressing how easy and dumb and not-clever it is to hide behind "plausible deniability" when you're basically screaming your violent tendencies out loud for all to hear.

[–] FlyingSquid@lemmy.world 22 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Remember also that he believes he lives in a simulation. And people like him believe that because they think they're the only one being simulated and everyone else is an NPC.

[–] whoisearth@lemmy.ca 23 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Isn't this just narcissism with more steps?

[–] FlyingSquid@lemmy.world 19 points 1 month ago (1 children)

It's worse than narcissism in my opinion. It's not even "I am the most important person," it's "I am the only person and the rest of you are realistic automata."

[–] SnotFlickerman@lemmy.blahaj.zone 7 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago) (1 children)

Solipsism with extra steps.

[–] FlyingSquid@lemmy.world 5 points 1 month ago

That works.

[–] Limonene@lemmy.world 68 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago) (2 children)

I'm just gonna say let's call a spade a fucking spade. Especially if there were two spades done in succession based on the reaction of the first spade.

If we're calling a spade a spade, Elon is a flush.

[–] SnotFlickerman@lemmy.blahaj.zone 29 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Thanks to Balatro, I finally get these kind of jokes. Thanks, Jimbo.

[–] Laser@feddit.org 3 points 1 month ago (1 children)

With an ego so fragile, he's like a glass card when you have "Oops! All Sixes"

[–] Metju@lemmy.world 3 points 1 month ago (1 children)

2 "Oops, All Sixes!", actually. Someone pulled an Ankh on it 😄

[–] Laser@feddit.org 2 points 1 month ago (1 children)

I wasn't sure if they stack since I never had it and IIRC blueprint doesn't work on it

[–] Metju@lemmy.world 2 points 1 month ago

They do. Iirc, there's a challenge where each of your cards is glass and you have 2 indestructible all 6s 😄

[–] NauticalNoodle@lemmy.ml 2 points 1 month ago

based on the etymology of the phrase, if we're calling a spade a spade then Elon is this

[–] blakenong@lemmings.world 51 points 1 month ago (4 children)

Hey Vivian, just throwing this out there, but you can get pretty close to him.

[–] MegaUltraChicken@lemmy.world 11 points 1 month ago

World 1-1 music starts

[–] pyre@lemmy.world 5 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago) (1 children)
[–] Lauchmelder@feddit.org 7 points 1 month ago (1 children)

i think they meant physically close. maybe close enough to be within firing range of a gun. hypothetically of course

[–] blakenong@lemmings.world 1 points 1 month ago

Right. Hypothetically

[–] Akasazh@feddit.nl 3 points 1 month ago

Not sure. I think the estranged thing is quite serious on his part.

[–] prole@lemmy.blahaj.zone 2 points 1 month ago

What a wild twist that would be...

[–] Aggravationstation@feddit.uk 42 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago)

On Threads and Bluesky, Wilson called out Musk...

Burn!

[–] jagged_circle@feddit.nl 20 points 1 month ago (1 children)

How many estranged children has this fascist pumped out?

[–] generic_computers@lemmy.zip 8 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago) (1 children)

He has 12 kids, I think...

[–] __nobodynowhere@lemm.ee 5 points 1 month ago (1 children)
[–] webadict@lemmy.world 12 points 1 month ago

He has 12 kids, I think...

[–] mindaika@lemmy.dbzer0.com 3 points 1 month ago

PROBLEM SOLVED.

Great work everyone. Maybe post a couple more memes about the Heil, but I think we can all safely say that Elong won't a be problem from now on

[–] elucubra@sopuli.xyz 1 points 1 month ago

I wonder how many of mustler’s children are keeping mum to not lose out on their inheritance.