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It's such a strange thing to make someone else play games for you and lying about it, pretending you are the gamer. Especially strange coming from one of the ri

It's such a strange thing to make someone else play games for you and lying about it, pretending you are the gamer. Especially strange coming from one of the richest man on the planet. Just own it, say you can play only a limited time per week, and in that time, you don't want your character to be a boring initial character. With all that said, this is the least relevant thing he did, so don't really understand the big dramatic expose videos, either.

segasaturn 2y ago
A big part of Elon's brand is making it look like he's a kind of autistic, nerd-prodigy. Same aesthetic that Sam Bankman-Fried played on with his cargo shorts and gaming habit. Many normies think that Elon "invented" electric vehicles or SpaceX's rockets and isn't simply a financier with a large inheritance.
- lysace 2y ago
  > Many normies think that Elon "invented" electric vehicles or SpaceX's rockets and isn't simply a financier with a large inheritance. How large was the inheritance you're alluding to? Ballpark figure? How many billions would a financier need to do the same?
computerthings 2y ago
I don't know about the third parties getting in on it, I guess that's just milking what can be milked (which also makes videos longer); but I can totally see why Path of Exile players keep making memes about it. Imagine someone saying they're a master programmer, one of the top guys ever. Then they open notepad, type something that doesn't even make sense as pseudo code, close the window, click "no" when notepad asks to save, say "as you can see it's already compiled" and click some icon that's been sitting on the desktop all the time, starting a screen saver. Or imagine Musk claimed that he speaks Chinese perfectly and spent 20 years in China as English teacher, and proves it by having a conversation with a stooge, where Elon Musk asks "ching chong ping pong?" and the other person response in Chinese, only for Elon to repeat "ching chon ping pong". 50 times, after which the stooge thanks Elon for having given them something to think about, while his fans just stare, deeply impressed. For people who know why that is funny, they instantly see it, and it's just too funny. But I can see how it's just a big nothingburger for people who aren't into the game.
s1artibartfast 2y ago
Isnt a large part of this article and interview him owning it, saying he pays for leveled accounts, but the time on stream and videos are really him.
- tptacek 2y ago
  I didn't think there was much debate that the Elon streams were authentic, since they were played so weirdly. The issue was that the account he was playing was way overleveled for how he was playing.
  - s1artibartfast 2y ago
    I guess my question then is if he claimed it was all him?
ModernMech 2y ago
A core part of the man that is Elon Musk is paying people to do things and taking credit for them as if he did them himself. That's like, his entire MO.

segasaturn 2y ago

A big part of Elon's brand is making it look like he's a kind of autistic, nerd-prodigy. Same aesthetic that Sam Bankman-Fried played on with his cargo shorts and gaming habit. Many normies think that Elon "invented" electric vehicles or SpaceX's rockets and isn't simply a financier with a large inheritance.

lysace 2y ago
> Many normies think that Elon "invented" electric vehicles or SpaceX's rockets and isn't simply a financier with a large inheritance. How large was the inheritance you're alluding to? Ballpark figure? How many billions would a financier need to do the same?

computerthings 2y ago

I don't know about the third parties getting in on it, I guess that's just milking what can be milked (which also makes videos longer); but I can totally see why Path of Exile players keep making memes about it. Imagine someone saying they're a master programmer, one of the top guys ever. Then they open notepad, type something that doesn't even make sense as pseudo code, close the window, click "no" when notepad asks to save, say "as you can see it's already compiled" and click some icon that's been sitting on the desktop all the time, starting a screen saver. Or imagine Musk claimed that he speaks Chinese perfectly and spent 20 years in China as English teacher, and proves it by having a conversation with a stooge, where Elon Musk asks "ching chong ping pong?" and the other person response in Chinese, only for Elon to repeat "ching chon ping pong". 50 times, after which the stooge thanks Elon for having given them something to think about, while his fans just stare, deeply impressed. For people who know why that is funny, they instantly see it, and it's just too funny. But I can see how it's just a big nothingburger for people who aren't into the game.

s1artibartfast 2y ago

Isnt a large part of this article and interview him owning it, saying he pays for leveled accounts, but the time on stream and videos are really him.

tptacek 2y ago
I didn't think there was much debate that the Elon streams were authentic, since they were played so weirdly. The issue was that the account he was playing was way overleveled for how he was playing.
- s1artibartfast 2y ago
  I guess my question then is if he claimed it was all him?

ModernMech 2y ago

A core part of the man that is Elon Musk is paying people to do things and taking credit for them as if he did them himself. That's like, his entire MO.