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Steve Jobs said silliness like "insanely great". Why is "deadass" bad, except that Black people say it more than White people? I bet Elon Musk says "deadass" no

• Rebelgecko 5y ago
  He might, but I think if you ranked CEOs by the ratio of presentation skills to market cap, Elon Musk would be one of the worst ones out there. He definitely has room for improvement- some of the TSLA shareholder meetings are borderline painful. Notwithstanding the cultural appropriation aspect[1], I think you can make an argument that Elon should say things like 'deadass' or 'litty-titty' because it's part of the irreverent personality that he tries to project. But I think it would be a huge stretch to say that suggesting he avoids those terms is racist. [1]: Elon Musk is technically African-American, but obviously doesn't have the same cultural background as people whose ancestors were brought here in chains