I did not see this published outside of India. But not sure why. It’s all based on Xitter.

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    Elon Musk could have been remembered as a cool tech guy. All he had to do was just keep running his companies and let the smart people working for him do the talking. Nobody would be the wiser that he didn’t know what he was talking about.

    Instead, he let his ego get in the way of things and people know him for who he really is. I used to think he was pretty smart. After reading the things he writes, it became apparent that his companies thrive despite him, not because of him.

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      I know he still has a lot of dick riders but, honestly, I think him streaming Path of Exile live really hurt him with the demographic that was his main fans. White young to middle age males that play video games.

      It became the perfect analogy to use to explain to that group of people why actual engineers and scientists know he’s an idiot. He could hide behind criticism because the average person doesn’t know enough about those things to know what he doesn’t know.

      But when all the gaming channels started mocking him for not knowing the games UI and not knowing his (paid for) character at rank 3 had some of THE BEST gear. Dude confused “level required” vs gear item level.

      It was just such a great example to show people how much of a complete fraud he was. At least people in that demographic. You didn’t even need to play PoE, if you ever played a game you could tell he had no idea what he was doing in his supposedly top ranked player in the world.

      Though you still had people defending it, I think for the casual Elon “fan” in that demographic it was pretty eye opening.

      It also says a lot about him that he thought he could get away with faking that. He fakes all his other achievements.

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      He had a pr team helping him, it did wonders for his public image, he became even more narcissistic and got rid of them. also he kinda changed around the time the epstein thing came out too, suspicious?

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    I thought that he always was an asshole and just dropped the facade, but him once being somewhat sane (as far as billionaires go) and going mad from stress and drug abuse seems like a plausible hypothesis, too. Either way, doesn’t change that he needs to be stopped

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    “Combination Of Depression, Drugs And Stress”

    Sounds like my life without billionaire part.

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    Musk’s ketamine dealer should do the world a favor and add a big dose of fentanyl to the next delivery.

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      Let’s not. I wouldn’t be surprised if the Republicans try to pin the blame on Canada or some bullshit to push their agenda.

      One thing I do wonder though is what happens to his empire/money if he were to OD and bite it. Would banks just absorb it to cover loans or is it going to be split across a few dozen illegitimate kids?

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    He’s doing it too himself, fuck off.

    No one asked him to be a co-nazi. No one asked him to take over Twitter. No one asked him to play make-believe auto maker. No one is asking for his fucking biography. He’s acting like everyone is pulling him in all these different directions, and no one wants him.

    He is the world’s richest fucking man. Fuck him. He could have the best doctors/therapy/drugs in the world, could travel the world and “find himself,” maybe even do something worth writing about. But he chooses to be a completely waste of human flesh that will be nothing but a smear in history. That’s his legacy. A shit smear on an already shit covered era. He’s not helping anyone, not even his own kids, he is willfully putting his effort into being the biggest piece of shit.

    Fuck him. Fuck his depression, fuck his addiction, fuck his stress, and fuck him. He’s ruining my country and wants pity because it’s stressing him out.

    FUCK HIM

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      Also calling it stress is so fucking gross when normal people have to deal with soul crushing extisence of inadequate food, housing and life of wage slavery, and he’s just upset cause his world domination plans makes people say mean things to him.

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        I don’t think you know what depression is. Little correlation with outside circumstances is one of the traits.

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      Yeah. He could fuck off and never have to speak to another person or do anything he didn’t want to do if he wanted with just a tiny fraction of his wealth. He doesn’t have to be this way. He chose it. He’s like a child breaking things for attention.

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        Not saying he deserves pitty or anything, but depression doesn’t depend on outside things and events. He could do what you say and still be depressed. Have no problems in the world and still be depressed. Turn into a golden god of love and still be depressed. It’s in the brain.

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          So then fucking be depressed and leave the rest of us out of it. The fact that he’s making it everyone else’s problem is what makes him an asshole.

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          If he is actually afflicted with clinical depression he should be seeking out competent medical assistance for his condition.

          Even in America, he should be able to afford that.

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          As a person who has had their fair share of “close calls,” I’m calling it out because he’s using it as an excuse and a reason for pity. I have severe depression. I do not go out of my way to make everyone else’s life worse because I have depression. My family does not allow me to make their lives harder because I have depression. I’m still responsible for my actions. So fuck his depression specifically. But o do get what you’re saying.

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    Someone who cares about him needs to take him off the internet permanently

    there’s your problem innit

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    In my opinion, he’s long gone mad, just look at all this nonsense with Twitter and his “awesome” ideas.

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    It’s devastating to see the toll fentanyl takes on hundreds of thousands of lives every year, destroying families and communities. Yet, it feels incredibly unfair to see someone like Elon Musk openly joke about or trivialize its use. While he may have the privilege to brush it off, so many others don’t have that luxury. It highlights the stark divide between those who face the real consequences of this crisis and those who seem untouched by it. Accountability and awareness matter, especially when it comes to something as serious as fentanyl.

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    I think it’s more the money. money causes mental illness.

    but you know, there’s a cure, and he employs so very many engineers who could build him one.

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      Power disparity derived from wealth disparity inevitably leads to unchecked corruption.

      Late Stage Capitalism is a malignant cancer on both society and the planet

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      I think you’re right in some cases. Something about having so much twisted his mind. I honestly think they he never used to be this bad (not saying he was good). But he wasn’t this bad, right?