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I feel this comment. I wasn't always a 'fan' per-se of Elon, but I was definitely able to appreciate what his associated companies had put forth. Anymore, I can
by award_ 4y ago
I feel this comment. I wasn't always a 'fan' per-se of Elon, but I was definitely able to appreciate what his associated companies had put forth. Anymore, I can't stomach the continuous news stream of awful behavior, treatment of others displayed, etc. I cannot support a person like him or what he stands for/represents at this time (or in the foreseeable future).
- FormerBandmate 4y agoTwitter was always his weakness and now he's ODing on it. Like a crack addict in charge of a cartel superlab
- DonHopkins 4y agoIt's bound to end just like Scarface, he'll go to war tooting and tweeting: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uuygJnnyiYI https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uuygJnnyiYI
- galaxyLogic 4y agoThey say money affects people like drugs. They get high on it. But this kind of erratic behavior makes me wonder, maybe he's on drugs.
- woodruffw 4y agoThis seems like the right place for me to speculate idly: I've often wondered about sufficient margins for social engagement on these sorts of things. For example: how would you or I behave if, no matter what we did, over 50,000 people immediately reaffirmed us online? Would it take 50,000, or would 10,000 be enough? 5,000, 1,000? This isn't mean to exculpate Musk: he's encouraged this behavior for years, and his own behavior long predates mega-engagement by his fans on social media. And still I can't help but wonder how many of us would be able to similarly contort ourselves, if so much affirmation was on the line.
- me_again 4y ago"To suppose, as we all suppose, that we could be rich and not behave as the rich behave, is like supposing that we could drink all day and remain absolutely sober". -Logan Pearsall Smith
- saalweachter 4y agoHonestly having 5-10 people reaffirming everything you say or do can be catastrophic, if it's the wrong 5 or 10.
- pardon_me 4y agoCharges raised for fraud mid 2024 Arrested before 2026
- arlcode 4y agoI feel like the fact that he is evidently posting without a filter and probably reading the endless streams of meaningless confirmation is extra damaging. We all sometimes ridicule the stilted corporate speech of some rich people and their reluctance to appear in public, but increasingly I feel like some of them do it to not fall into the social media trap. Having a public team write your statements and asking them to provide a weekly/monthly report on the good and the bad seems like a working strategy. Those people are doing their job and you can even employ different teams to get a more nuanced view while you yourself can be more distanced and collected. Of course Elon Musk specifically is s social media addict who seems to enjoy being praised by sycophants no matter what he does. He chooses this.
- awb 4y agoWasn’t there a social media platform that tried hiding the like count on content?
- josephjrobison 4y agoHe’s kinda like Edison and Feynman.
- libraryatnight 4y agoYes, I wasn't a "fan" but in general I found Tesla and SpaceX to be really cool companies doing things I didn't think I'd see in my life time. When he was a goofball or a little unprofessional it didn't bug me too much, sometimes it was even a little funny, but it got more and more troll-ish and pandering to a mean spirited crowd. Now he's just obnoxious and I wish he'd go away.
- ilyt 4y agoI'm perplexed why people "supported" this twat from the start