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From another article [0]: > Vaught is mostly a Musk fan, as he's interested in Musk's electric cars and space developments. He said that this experience with X
by maximinus_thrax 3y ago
From another article [0]:
> Vaught is mostly a Musk fan, as he's interested in Musk's electric cars and space developments. He said that this experience with X hasn't tainted his opinion of Musk or his relationship too much with X as a platform. He's holding out hope that Musk has a long-term plan for where Musk is taking X, but like many users, he's struggling to adjust to the rebranding. Vaught still refers to the platform by its original name.
I love the smell of 'cult of personality'
[0] https://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2023/08/x-user-super-pissed-that-musk-ordered-takeover-of-his-music-account/ https://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2023/08/x-user-super-pis...
- mixmastamyk 3y agoI exploit you, still you love me I tell you one and one makes three Oh, I'm… the… cult of personality
- ksr 3y agoLiving Colour, my favorites!
- vic-traill 3y agoSpelled 'Colour' correctly as the band would have it, too. w00t!
- lowbloodsugar 3y agoHe only hits me when I deserve it.
- femiagbabiaka 3y agoAll hail Loviatar.
- atkailash 3y agoIt’s almost like Stockholm syndrome.
- deleted 3y ago[deleted]
- andrepd 3y agoFucking hell, I hate this word with a passion and how it's used as a cheap insult, but really "cuck" is the only thing that springs to mind. Someone takes a dump all over you but not even that makes you less eager to say panegyrics about them? Very strange.
- labster 3y agoCuck is a good word for this case, but perhaps “addict” is better?
- the-printer 3y agoMaybe he just doesn't care that much. Inconvenienced, evidently, but to stake a personal dislike towards a human being for this seems unwarranted.
- mvdtnz 3y agoDid you even read the article? In his own tweet he says he's "super pissed", how could you possibly conclude that "maybe he doesn't care that much"?
- the-printer 3y agoBecause I can differentiate between being upset over something, especially something that is a minor inconvenience relative to other things that can occur in a man's life, but not being upset to the extent where I dislike those responsible for it. I mean seriously, stop for a moment and think if "I don't dislike the guy who runs the company that inconvenienced me and I think things may turn out okay" warrants the association that the person who feels like this would be sexually gratified by his wife sleeping with another man.
- mvdtnz 3y agoJust admit that you didn't read the linked article.
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- Jibbedeyeah 3y agoYou say "cult of personality". I say "Great Founder Theory". https://samoburja.com/gft/ https://samoburja.com/gft/
- klabb3 3y agoThey’re the same picture
- SkyMarshal 3y agoCult of personality-induced Stockholm Syndrome.
- Seanambers 3y agoPlease, wtf, thats just idiotic. Can't say I agree with X's style of appropriating tags but just the assumption that everything comes as an edict from EM himself is kinda sick.
- afavour 3y ago“sick” is pretty exaggerated language. And he runs the company, all of the companies decisions are ultimately attributable to him, especially when it demonstrates a change in policy from before he bought the company.
- bandyaboot 3y ago> Just now, Twitter/X just ripped it away. Super pissed. Who’s going to tell him that Twitter/X is controlled by a person who’s name is Elon Musk?
- Aeolun 3y agoSelective memory
- jbigelow76 3y agoReading stuff like this makes me think we are seeing Gen-X's version of Donald Trump, and it worries me.
- romwell 3y agoNot just Gen X, sadly
- worrycue 3y agoYou are. I mean the similarities are uncanny. Both are publicity hounds who flip out at any perceived slight. Both are vain, petty, vindictive, and in general, seem to show all the signs of narcissistic personality disorder. Both have gone through countless wives. Both have a habit of not paying people because they can get away with it - as it’s too expensive to sue them for nonpayment; they can drag it out in court and bankrupt you. I never got caught up in the Musk hype and the more I learn about him the more wary of him I became. I have seen the amount of damage to society a narcissist can do in the form of the 45th.
- MarcoZavala 3y ago[dead]
- jbigelow76 3y agoBoth are also serial liars. The small mercy with Musk vis-a-vis Trump is that his nationality and shifting demographics of the United States (Republican efforts at voter suppression not withstanding) should ensure he doesn't have a shot at becoming president of the United States.
- CamperBob2 3y agoIt should worry you if you do business with any Musk-owned company. I'd consider buying a Tesla, for instance, but its resale value could easily drop by five digits based on a single Tweet from Musk.