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[–] vzq@lemmy.blahaj.zone 93 points 10 months ago (1 children)

Authoritarianism is a loser ideology.

[–] ChicoSuave@lemmy.world 43 points 10 months ago (1 children)

"As an authoritarian, I like having to not think about things. Hierarchy is natural and the only way everything works. This makes it easy to know what's best. Details are for the lower class of person, the number nerds who work for the rest of us. My favorite part of authoritarianism is knowing that only the strongest survive and following the strongest so I will survive too. It makes knowing how things work so easy!"

[–] Entertainmeonly@lemmy.blahaj.zone 16 points 10 months ago (1 children)

This might be the most "sub" vibe I've ever read.

[–] TheBat@lemmy.world 12 points 10 months ago (2 children)

Have you seen photos of Trump/MAGA themed weddings? Absolutely cuck behaviour.

[–] kryptonianCodeMonkey@lemmy.world 66 points 10 months ago (2 children)

Also interesting that everyone I've ever met that is a fan of Andrew Tate wears wife beaters because they dress for the job they want. Also they seem like they either have meth or know where to get it.

[–] BarbecueCowboy@lemmy.world 46 points 10 months ago (3 children)

I'm not a fan of Andrew Tate, but we really got to lay off the hate on wife beaters. Tank tops are real comfy yall.

[–] surewhynotlem@lemmy.world 30 points 10 months ago

They're disgusting and immoral. Cover your man boobs you high body count / low worth slut. -Andrew Tate probably

[–] FlyingSquid@lemmy.world 11 points 10 months ago (2 children)

Men's tank tops never feel loose enough to me. I like tank tops women wear with spaghetti straps, but I don't think I'd like my look if I wore them.

[–] TheBat@lemmy.world 15 points 10 months ago (1 children)

Let us judge that look🥵

[–] FlyingSquid@lemmy.world 5 points 10 months ago (2 children)

I'm way too hairy to pull it off.

[–] TheBat@lemmy.world 7 points 10 months ago
[–] Honytawk@lemmy.zip 3 points 10 months ago (1 children)

You got to show off that wookiee bruh

[–] FlyingSquid@lemmy.world 4 points 10 months ago

I'm not hairy enough to pull that off. I'm like maybe 2/3 of the way between Ryan Gosling and Robin Williams on the Robin Williams side.

Maybe I need to apply Rogaine to my body and see what happens.

[–] Empricorn@feddit.nl 3 points 10 months ago

Only one way to know for sure!

[–] dustyData@lemmy.world 9 points 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago) (2 children)

I demand that any man that wants to use a tank top be forced by law to show mid riff, navel and all.

[–] BarbecueCowboy@lemmy.world 2 points 10 months ago

Going to be honest my friend, it's been awhile and i've gained a bit of weight since I bought some of these tanks tops. I am way ahead of you on that one.

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[–] baccano@lemmy.world 12 points 10 months ago (1 children)

Mike Scollins (author of the screenshotted comment) is a well known defender of the wife beater.... https://youtu.be/O4fF1mYO5sE?si=sDBq4MGp7pP5oPXI

[–] kryptonianCodeMonkey@lemmy.world 8 points 10 months ago

Unintentional and ironic

[–] Lulzagna@lemmy.world 50 points 10 months ago

Concerning. Looking into it.

[–] Modva@lemmy.world 46 points 10 months ago (1 children)

The arc of his popularity has been an interesting thing to watch. Many of the things he does seem childlike in nature, almost like a lot of maturity is just missing

[–] vzq@lemmy.blahaj.zone 47 points 10 months ago (1 children)

Remember that Twilight Zone episode where everyone is constantly trying to please this omnipotent child?

That’s our billionaire class.

[–] HessiaNerd@lemmy.world 4 points 10 months ago

God damnit... This makes way too much sense. I'm sad now... well sadder.

[–] Kolanaki@yiffit.net 36 points 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago) (2 children)

I've actually met Elon Musk when I worked at Tesla so no, someone who likes him isn't the biggest loser I've ever met because I have met the actual biggest loser on the planet.

[–] jj4211@lemmy.world 12 points 10 months ago

Musk still counts as someone who likes Musk. Perhaps more than anyone else. So it still works.

[–] FlyingSquid@lemmy.world 5 points 10 months ago (1 children)

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

[–] Potatos_are_not_friends@lemmy.world 23 points 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago) (3 children)

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.

[–] barsquid@lemmy.world 12 points 10 months ago (1 children)

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.

[–] FlyingSquid@lemmy.world 7 points 10 months ago

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.

[–] FlyingSquid@lemmy.world 3 points 10 months ago

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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[–] set_secret@lemmy.world 35 points 10 months ago (2 children)

Says the dude actively using twitter. GTFOO of twitter people.

Personally I feel lemmy should ban, or at least mandate they are nsfw screen shots originating from that cesspool.

Remember people when the viewing stops, that awful CEO can go fuck himself.

[–] kibiz0r@midwest.social 31 points 10 months ago (1 children)

I don't fault him at all. If you're in the entertainment industry (and want to stay in it), a Twitter presence is pretty much required. Online posting isn't just a hobby, it's part of your job, and Twitter is where the audience is.

[–] ASeriesOfPoorChoices@lemmy.world 11 points 10 months ago (2 children)

and he's paying to use it?

[–] MimicJar@lemmy.world 35 points 10 months ago (2 children)

Since Twitter is a pile of shit let me link a photo of this tweet today.

Ah. It was a year and a half ago. And you'll notice the account is no longer verified.

That being said fuck Twitter. Not just since Muskrat took over, fuck it for as long as it has existed and been a blight on society.

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[–] FlyingSquid@lemmy.world 20 points 10 months ago

It is basically impossible at this point to know. Elon loves giving people who give him shit blue check marks because he thinks it's an insult to them.

[–] VinnyDaCat@lemmy.world 16 points 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago) (3 children)

Says the dude actively using twitter. GTFOO of twitter people.

Centralization sucks. I know a lot of people who are currently dropping BlueSky and migrating back to Twitter because it was just too much of a loss for them unfortunately.

Edit:

Can't be bothered responding to each post individually so I'll put this here.

First off. Mastadon isn't that great of an experience. There's a reason it's not even at half the amount of users it started with. The devs don't listen to feedback and at the current time attempting to get the average person on there is a struggle.

Second off. There are people who use twitter for professional purposes. There's also a lot of companies that refuse to drop the platform which means people collaborating or coordinating with them end up using it for that purpose too. A lot of people and groups with large followings still find moving off the platform too risky. I'm not among those groups but you're being a bit ignorant if you think they don't exist or that they don't matter.

Mastadon is a thing. It's wild people choose between two closed networks.

[–] ArmokGoB@lemmy.dbzer0.com 4 points 10 months ago (1 children)

You can choose not to use Twitter without living like a hermit though. In general, this comic sucks as a response.

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[–] Potatos_are_not_friends@lemmy.world 28 points 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago) (2 children)

My incel 30yo cousin loves Musk as of last year.

He used to tweet at Musk to say things like "good job" and swore if he could get Musk to see him, he'd wow him with a billion dollars.

He's the kind of guy who would watch a 4 hour YouTube video of a book summary, rather than read the book. And Ive been slowly deprogramming him because he's in his 30s and miserable, and realizing Joe Rogan lied to him.

[–] FlyingSquid@lemmy.world 14 points 10 months ago

Good luck on the deprogramming.

[–] Saledovil@sh.itjust.works 7 points 10 months ago

Good on you.

[–] Xeroxchasechase@lemmy.world 9 points 10 months ago

It's the definition, isn't it?

[–] TankovayaDiviziya@lemmy.world 8 points 10 months ago

I had a coworker who seems to look up to him. He got offended when I told him I don't trust Musk; and took it to mean I don't like Musk. I clarified that when I said I don't trust him, I meant that I am skeptical and don't care much about him. Mind you, this was before the Twitter takeover and Musk finally showing his true colours, and his only bizarre scandal about him at that point was calling professional divers who rescued trapped Thai kids and refused Elon's offer of help, "pedos".

I left my old company and I wonder what my former coworker thinks of Elon now. My coworker seems to be well-intentioned but I sense deep insecurity from him-- the kind of types who typically idolise Musk.

[–] humbletightband@lemmy.dbzer0.com 5 points 10 months ago

I really enjoyed the show of putting the car outside the Earth. That's how I got to know of him. When there is no space exploration budget, trying to make space entertaining appeared like a good idea to me.

But then the cave incident revealed the type of person he was.

Only a few years later I learned that billionaires are the scum of the earth

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