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Yes, corruption pays. Although if "doing remarkably well" means being addicted to ketamine, having many exes and children who refuse to speak with you, tanking

by feoren 1y ago

Yes, corruption pays. Although if "doing remarkably well" means being addicted to ketamine, having many exes and children who refuse to speak with you, tanking multiple businesses to the point that your products get sabotaged just for being associated with you, getting booed off stages, licking the boots of fascists in the hope they'll let you call them "daddy", paying people to play online games for you to impress nerds (unsuccessfully, instead getting online-bullied for it), etc., etc., then I think I'd rather not "do remarkably well", thank you very much. Elon does not seem like a happy man. Is money the only points humans score themselves by? It's like watching someone bragging about getting the highest ever score at a game that they hate.

AlexandrB 1y ago
> licking the boots of fascists in the hope they'll let you call them "daddy" Which fascists?
- therouwboat 1y ago
  German far-right party AfD?
  - blockmarker 1y ago
    [flagged]
    - lawlessone 1y ago
      They are fascist.
    - therouwboat 1y ago
      What does sexual orientation or adopted daughter have to do it?
      - CamperBob2 1y ago
        He basically used 31 words to say "I've never heard of Ernst Roehm," for whatever reason. I don't think you can read much more into his comment than that.
- DonHopkins 1y ago
  Do you mean that in the sense that he is licking the boots of so many fascists at once, including Trump, Xi Jinping, Putin, and any other fascist boot he can find, while calling them all daddy, that you're confused which of those many fascists feoren is referring to?
olalonde 1y ago
You have a distorted view or reality. Elon seems pretty happy to me and is undeniably successful in business - arguably the most successful entrepreneur of our time. I don't know much about his personal life but I suspect that him having babies with multiple women is due to personal choices rather than a sign of misfortune. He certainly doesn't seem "off the rails" to me. That said, I can understand that his lifestyle is not for everyone.
- lawlessone 1y ago
  The man literally got punched out of the whitehouse for substance abuse lol His children break contact with him moment they become adults. If it wasn't for the money he would have been forbidden to see them long ago. Everyone hates him on the left and the right. If you consider a rich 50 year old creep doing drugs and going around impregnating young women and paying them to go away as successful? Then yes he is ..
  - olalonde 1y ago
    What does being "successful in business" have to do with his personal life? Not to mention that most of the things you mentioned is based on questionable tabloid reporting.
    - sorcerer-mar 1y ago
      Who said "successful in business?" No one except you, right here. I said he was "off the rails", you said he is "doing remarkably well," and GP listed reasons he seems like a deeply unhappy and psychologically damaged person. Now you're moving the goal posts to "successful in business". I guess your reflexive need to defend the world's richest person is rubbing up against the reality of the situation?
      - olalonde 1y ago
        I was referring to his professional life when I said he was doing remarkably well - I don't know much about his personal life, and that wasn't the point of the discussion. What did you mean then by Yaccarino staining her legacy then? Are you implying she took advantage of Musk's vulnerable mental state? > I guess your reflexive need to defend the world's richest person is rubbing up against the reality of the situation? I'm not defending him, he just doesn't seem "off the rails" to me. Having children with multiple women might be unconventional, but I wouldn't take it as proof of being "a deeply unhappy and psychologically damaged person". As for drug addiction, that would be far more concerning, but given how high-functioning he appears to be, I'd be genuinely surprised if that were the case.
refurb 1y ago
I’ve never seen so many political talking points packed into one HN comment.

by feoren 1y ago

AlexandrB 1y ago

> licking the boots of fascists in the hope they'll let you call them "daddy" Which fascists?

therouwboat 1y ago
German far-right party AfD?
- blockmarker 1y ago
  [flagged]
  - lawlessone 1y ago
    They are fascist.
  - therouwboat 1y ago
    What does sexual orientation or adopted daughter have to do it?
    - CamperBob2 1y ago
      He basically used 31 words to say "I've never heard of Ernst Roehm," for whatever reason. I don't think you can read much more into his comment than that.
DonHopkins 1y ago
Do you mean that in the sense that he is licking the boots of so many fascists at once, including Trump, Xi Jinping, Putin, and any other fascist boot he can find, while calling them all daddy, that you're confused which of those many fascists feoren is referring to?

olalonde 1y ago

You have a distorted view or reality. Elon seems pretty happy to me and is undeniably successful in business - arguably the most successful entrepreneur of our time. I don't know much about his personal life but I suspect that him having babies with multiple women is due to personal choices rather than a sign of misfortune. He certainly doesn't seem "off the rails" to me. That said, I can understand that his lifestyle is not for everyone.

lawlessone 1y ago
The man literally got punched out of the whitehouse for substance abuse lol His children break contact with him moment they become adults. If it wasn't for the money he would have been forbidden to see them long ago. Everyone hates him on the left and the right. If you consider a rich 50 year old creep doing drugs and going around impregnating young women and paying them to go away as successful? Then yes he is ..
- olalonde 1y ago
  What does being "successful in business" have to do with his personal life? Not to mention that most of the things you mentioned is based on questionable tabloid reporting.
  - sorcerer-mar 1y ago
    Who said "successful in business?" No one except you, right here. I said he was "off the rails", you said he is "doing remarkably well," and GP listed reasons he seems like a deeply unhappy and psychologically damaged person. Now you're moving the goal posts to "successful in business". I guess your reflexive need to defend the world's richest person is rubbing up against the reality of the situation?
    - olalonde 1y ago
      I was referring to his professional life when I said he was doing remarkably well - I don't know much about his personal life, and that wasn't the point of the discussion. What did you mean then by Yaccarino staining her legacy then? Are you implying she took advantage of Musk's vulnerable mental state? > I guess your reflexive need to defend the world's richest person is rubbing up against the reality of the situation? I'm not defending him, he just doesn't seem "off the rails" to me. Having children with multiple women might be unconventional, but I wouldn't take it as proof of being "a deeply unhappy and psychologically damaged person". As for drug addiction, that would be far more concerning, but given how high-functioning he appears to be, I'd be genuinely surprised if that were the case.

refurb 1y ago

I’ve never seen so many political talking points packed into one HN comment.