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Well, I can accept that Musk didn't know about criminal stuff and just thought it's like a Burning Man and had a big FOMO. Even though I cannot stand buffone Mu

by deepsun 8mo ago

Well, I can accept that Musk didn't know about criminal stuff and just thought it's like a Burning Man and had a big FOMO. Even though I cannot stand buffone Musk, it looks like it to me. Thiel and especially Trump though are very different story. Trump happily dived in all the crime he could get.

rsynnott 8mo ago
> Well, I can accept that Musk didn't know about criminal stuff and just thought it's like a Burning Man and had a big FOMO. ... Wait, okay, I realise Musk isn't the sharpest knife in the drawer, but just how stupid do you think he is? Anyone corresponding with Epstein after his first conviction knew very well the sort of person they were dealing with; they just didn't care.
- ZeroGravitas 8mo ago
  Example of the kind of stuff easily findable in 2006 if you ask an underling who knows how to Google to check out the guy throwing sex parties you want to attend: https://www.thesmokinggun.com/documents/sex/billionaire-palm-beach-sex-scandal https://www.thesmokinggun.com/documents/sex/billionaire-palm...
  - rsynnott 8mo ago
    Oh, yeah, if you were to do any due diligence (which you probably _should_, as a billionaire intending to go to sex parties) the red flags were there long before. But the first conviction really removed any vestiges of plausible deniability.
- ben_w 8mo ago
  Well… judging by his behaviour on all the times he's been told "no" by domain experts, and that random reward schedules are highly addictive (which in this context means "on some occasions he's even correct when he tells experts he knows better"), I think it's very plausible that someone told him what Epstein was and he ignored and/or fired them for doing so because he didn't want it to be the case. But that's the positive spin, where Musk actually didn't know and was simply an idiot, and at this point I'm tired of giving him the benefit of the doubt.
jacquesm 8mo ago
> I can accept that Musk didn't know about criminal stuff and just thought it's like a Burning Man and had a big FOMO. There is a meme for this.
red-iron-pine 8mo ago
elon musk, a guy touted for being a literal genius, didn't know what happened on the epstein island?

by deepsun 8mo ago

rsynnott 8mo ago

> Well, I can accept that Musk didn't know about criminal stuff and just thought it's like a Burning Man and had a big FOMO. ... Wait, okay, I realise Musk isn't the sharpest knife in the drawer, but just how stupid do you think he is? Anyone corresponding with Epstein after his first conviction knew very well the sort of person they were dealing with; they just didn't care.

ZeroGravitas 8mo ago
Example of the kind of stuff easily findable in 2006 if you ask an underling who knows how to Google to check out the guy throwing sex parties you want to attend: https://www.thesmokinggun.com/documents/sex/billionaire-palm-beach-sex-scandal https://www.thesmokinggun.com/documents/sex/billionaire-palm...
- rsynnott 8mo ago
  Oh, yeah, if you were to do any due diligence (which you probably _should_, as a billionaire intending to go to sex parties) the red flags were there long before. But the first conviction really removed any vestiges of plausible deniability.
ben_w 8mo ago
Well… judging by his behaviour on all the times he's been told "no" by domain experts, and that random reward schedules are highly addictive (which in this context means "on some occasions he's even correct when he tells experts he knows better"), I think it's very plausible that someone told him what Epstein was and he ignored and/or fired them for doing so because he didn't want it to be the case. But that's the positive spin, where Musk actually didn't know and was simply an idiot, and at this point I'm tired of giving him the benefit of the doubt.

jacquesm 8mo ago

> I can accept that Musk didn't know about criminal stuff and just thought it's like a Burning Man and had a big FOMO. There is a meme for this.

red-iron-pine 8mo ago

elon musk, a guy touted for being a literal genius, didn't know what happened on the epstein island?