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I'm not a Musk fan but "died in my arms" doesn't have to be read literally and i wouldn't consider this as a lie.

• shapefrog 4y ago
  > My firstborn child died in my arms. I felt his last heartbeat. That is pretty literal
  • LightG 4y ago
    The guy is an absolute toad.
  • 2rsf 4y ago
    Not under the "always assume best intentions" principle, I have read similar descriptions from people that were near someone dying without actually physically holding them.
    • alsetmusic 4y ago
      > Not under the "always assume best intentions" principle, I have read similar descriptions from people that were near someone dying without actually physically holding them. In such a case: "Died in front of me" would be accurate. "Died in my arms" is a lie.
    • danaris 4y ago
      That only applies to people who haven't repeatedly proven themselves to be acting/speaking in bad faith. If Lucy pulls away the football 27 times, you aren't required to go running at it the 28th.
      • dekhn 4y ago
        it depends if lucy is idempotent
        • jacquesm 4y ago
          She may have hidden internal state. Or she may be pure. How many tries before we are going to make an assumption?
• CoastalCoder 4y ago
  I'm very fortunate in that none of my children has died. But I expect there's something particularly poignant about the moment of death. So to me, Musk's inaccuracy about that detail is very significant.
• hef19898 4y ago
  Since I onow people whos children actually did die in their very arms, using such a dramatic experience and be untruthful about it is simply dispicable. Especially since having your child die in front of you doesn't need any further dramatization at all.