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Delarage

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Wed Aug 14, 2024, 10:00 PM Aug 2024

What's Elon's deal? [View all]

I once thought of him as a great thinker who would save the planet from global warming and solve all sorts of problems. Obviously he has gone off the rails, however, and I have to wonder (after listening to part of his Twit interview): Does he really believe Trump when he says global warming is not a threat? And does he believe himself when he says nuclear weapons "aren't that bad"?

Is it as simple as he's a greedy narcissist (like his buddy) and will go along with anything that threatens to take a dime out of his pocket---like unions, etc? Does he REALLY want to live in a totalitarian state? Piss off Putin and accidentally fall out of a window?

I really can't understand him. And I want Twitter and Tesla to fail.

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What's Elon's deal? [View all] Delarage Aug 2024 OP
He's weird, but he also has a transgender kid, which has turned him against anything "liberal" LeftInTX Aug 2024 #1
Must be it Delarage Aug 2024 #9
Eloon has fathered 12 kids.... magicarpet Aug 2024 #13
I remember Groucho Marx questioning why a man had so many kids; notemason Aug 2024 #29
I think Musk goes the Michael Jackson route. He never puts it in...Just has them conceived via IVF LeftInTX Aug 2024 #65
So he wants the government to restrict his family when he can't understand Walleye Aug 2024 #21
He's messed up. You know how some people don't cope well and start acting out. That's what he's doing LeftInTX Aug 2024 #25
That's no reason to change our laws to accommodate his mental issues Walleye Aug 2024 #30
Am I saying that? I'm saying he's messed up and he's lashing out at the world. I think he's dangerous! LeftInTX Aug 2024 #34
No, sorry, I wasn't talking about you. I was just commenting on his stupid politics. Walleye Aug 2024 #36
Per his mother, he has never been diagnosed. Sometimes he claims to be on the spectrum to "explain" his bullying thebigidea Aug 2024 #24
I'm also talking about the acceptance of his daughter primarily. LeftInTX Aug 2024 #27
He wants to impose his issues on the United States government. He doesn't even understand us. Walleye Aug 2024 #32
If by "us" you mean all mammalian life, you're on to something Maru Kitteh Aug 2024 #44
This. Voltaire2 Aug 2024 #67
Respectful pushback TommyT139 Aug 2024 #38
I dunno, I went into a funk over two of my kids. LeftInTX Aug 2024 #41
A funk isn't fascism .. TommyT139 Aug 2024 #48
Right. He doesn't cope with issues in his own life and we all have issues. LeftInTX Aug 2024 #52
Yes, he is a weird person dhol82 Aug 2024 #2
My new slogan: you can't fix weird Walleye Aug 2024 #33
He is a narcissistic WEIRDO! Kittycatkat Aug 2024 #3
"I once thought of him as a great thinker who would save the planet from global warming and solve all sorts of Carlitos Brigante Aug 2024 #4
He seemed science-based Delarage Aug 2024 #8
I remember having the same impression when he first appeared Easterncedar Aug 2024 #14
We saw 2 totally different things then. I saw a guy who sat in front of so Carlitos Brigante Aug 2024 #43
Well Delarage Aug 2024 #69
It's not about being stupid (assuming you're being sarcastic). It's about the press not doing Carlitos Brigante Aug 2024 #70
You can take the child out of apartheid SomedayKindaLove Aug 2024 #5
That's it, an extremely rich white boy growing up in an apartheid South Africa. That's his problem. Walleye Aug 2024 #22
And he is why I will NEVER buy Starlink! Enter stage left Aug 2024 #6
Now I see people in Teslas Delarage Aug 2024 #11
Please bear in mind that many bought their Teslas long spooky3 Aug 2024 #37
They need to buy this now: LostOne4Ever Aug 2024 #51
Love it! spooky3 Aug 2024 #60
Musk and Putin are pals. gab13by13 Aug 2024 #7
Same as Drumpf, born oligarch, entitled to whatever UTUSN Aug 2024 #10
According to his daughter he has always been a narcissistic asshole and absentee father LostOne4Ever Aug 2024 #12
He's not coping well at all LeftInTX Aug 2024 #19
He thinks the United States government should take care of his family problem Walleye Aug 2024 #26
It's possible, but there are reports that he's always been a jerk. His daughter takes offense to him and Walter Isaacson tulipsandroses Aug 2024 #40
I can see that. He doesn't seem to be a stable person. LeftInTX Aug 2024 #46
I think he's just a garden variety jerk. It's not his autism. It's not that he has a trans daughter. He's just a jerk, tulipsandroses Aug 2024 #55
I think he's dangerous and reckless. LeftInTX Aug 2024 #62
This is not AI nor CGI: Justice matters. Aug 2024 #61
He is a bored child with too much time on his hands. Intractable Aug 2024 #15
I love SpaceX Elon. edbermac Aug 2024 #16
I was planning on buying a Tesla in the spring. Meadowoak Aug 2024 #17
Do you get Consumer Reports? DBoon Aug 2024 #28
The one what's giving Tesla a competitive run for the money is Lucid. Pricey, though. dobleremolque Aug 2024 #35
His racism trumps mzmolly Aug 2024 #18
I think he was always off, but learned to hide it to lure investors tinrobot Aug 2024 #20
At one time he suggested duncang Aug 2024 #23
If you want to understand Elon Musk, Watch Glass Onion Metaphorical Aug 2024 #39
All the money and power went to his head. bullimiami Aug 2024 #31
He's one of those kids who read dystopian Sci-Fi and thought.... haele Aug 2024 #42
Elon is autistic: brilliant when focused on specific narrow issues AlexSFCA Aug 2024 #45
I immediately pegged him as someone on the spectrum Skittles Aug 2024 #58
As always, Elon is a conniving opportunist. dchill Aug 2024 #47
he's lonely + sucked into the dark web. awesome daddy. pansypoo53219 Aug 2024 #49
Mental illness + substance abuse IbogaProject Aug 2024 #50
"Does he REALLY want to live in a totalitarian state?" LudwigPastorius Aug 2024 #53
I think he was always like this, but worked hard to project a different image relayerbob Aug 2024 #54
Hubris. His success and wealth convinced him he was actually bigger than life. PatrickforB Aug 2024 #56
To the people on this thread who keep blaming autism for this jagoff's behavior. Is there any Carlitos Brigante Aug 2024 #57
Elon is such a Boer Mblaze Aug 2024 #59
Then he keeps having all these IDF kids...Is he another Michael Jackson? LeftInTX Aug 2024 #63
He's old-school Afrikaans Zoomie1986 Aug 2024 #64
His mom is Canadian. Elon moved with his mom to Canada when he was 17. LeftInTX Aug 2024 #66
Fascism is fine for the rich and powerful. Voltaire2 Aug 2024 #68
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