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I mentioned to someone I game with that I was no longer following the NFL since there are too many things about it that I find repugnant. He responded with, “O

I mentioned to someone I game with that I was no longer following the NFL since there are too many things about it that I find repugnant. He responded with, “Oh, cancel culture…” I didn’t engage with this response but I found it quite bizarre. Do these people think I’m obligated to engage with companies/people that I find morally repugnant? Does Musk really feel entitled to a portion of every major corporation’s advertising budget? It’s weird that he thinks everyone else ought to change their values to accommodate him and not the other way around.

kstenerud 2y ago
His behavior is perfectly normal given his circumstances. We had similar behavior from the hyper-rich in the 1920s. Once you're this far above the rest, it's hard not to feel like a god.
- mdhb 2y ago
  That didn’t work out great for the record. https://www.economist.com/culture/2022/04/30/the-german-industrialists-who-aided-and-abetted-the-nazi-regime https://www.economist.com/culture/2022/04/30/the-german-indu...
jrflowers 2y ago
> Does Musk really feel entitled to a portion of every major corporation’s advertising budget? Musk has at times disclosed that he thinks that he is literally the only person in existence[0]. His version of bongrip k-hole solipsism[1] entitles him to unlimited wish fulfillment and reality manipulation. It also explains his recent foray into great replacement theory and his attempt to manifest a race war in the UK through his tweets this week[2]. 0 https://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/music/news/elon-musk-grimes-relationship-simulation-b2204948.html https://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/music/news/... 1 https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Solipsism https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Solipsism 2 https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/c5ydddy3qzgo https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/c5ydddy3qzgo

kstenerud 2y ago

His behavior is perfectly normal given his circumstances. We had similar behavior from the hyper-rich in the 1920s. Once you're this far above the rest, it's hard not to feel like a god.

mdhb 2y ago
That didn’t work out great for the record. https://www.economist.com/culture/2022/04/30/the-german-industrialists-who-aided-and-abetted-the-nazi-regime https://www.economist.com/culture/2022/04/30/the-german-indu...

jrflowers 2y ago

> Does Musk really feel entitled to a portion of every major corporation’s advertising budget? Musk has at times disclosed that he thinks that he is literally the only person in existence[0]. His version of bongrip k-hole solipsism[1] entitles him to unlimited wish fulfillment and reality manipulation. It also explains his recent foray into great replacement theory and his attempt to manifest a race war in the UK through his tweets this week[2]. 0 https://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/music/news/elon-musk-grimes-relationship-simulation-b2204948.html https://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/music/news/... 1 https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Solipsism https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Solipsism 2 https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/c5ydddy3qzgo https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/c5ydddy3qzgo