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edhopper

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6. I have posted this Evelyn Waugh quote about Trump

Reply to Ol Janx Spirit (Reply #3)

Thu Jan 1, 2026, 10:50 AM

9 hrs ago

but it also fits Musk.

“He wasn't a complete human being at all. He was a tiny bit of one, unnaturally developed; something in a bottle, an organ kept alive in a laboratory. I thought he was a sort of primitive savage, but he was something absolutely modern and up-to-date that only this ghastly age could produce. A tiny bit of a man pretending he was the whole.”

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Here's everything Elon Musk promised in 2025 - and failed to deliver [View all] edhopper 9 hrs ago OP

But he got what he wanted - everyone's data. hatrack 9 hrs ago #1

Actually, what he wanted even more than the data- all the different agencies mwmisses4289 9 hrs ago #9

And he's not even a real politician. Dave Bowman 9 hrs ago #2

He doesn't even seem like a real person. Are we sure he is? Ol Janx Spirit 9 hrs ago #3

I have posted this Evelyn Waugh quote about Trump edhopper 9 hrs ago #6

Yeah, he looks synthetic. Here's what I wish for him: Dave Bowman 9 hrs ago #7

I don't want him to even afford The Madcap 8 hrs ago #10

Lol, I don't eather. 👍 Dave Bowman 5 hrs ago #11

Elon is still taking deposits on his long-delayed Tesla sports car that he promised would be ready in 2020. sop 9 hrs ago #4

lol. On AGI: "We'll report back at the end of 2026 unless Musk's version of Skynet has taken over." BootinUp 9 hrs ago #5

Musk quote: "The ability to predict the future is the best measure of intelligence." tinrobot 9 hrs ago #8

He sill really wants to pretend that he's that guy who can save the world. Well, all he has ever done was Dave Bowman 5 hrs ago #12

I have to admit, snot 5 hrs ago #13

If they did edhopper 4 hrs ago #14