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[–] Littleborat@feddit.de 30 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (4 children)

So was this guy semi normal in the head at some point?

I am really wondering if he has been deteriorating over the last years.

[–] whofearsthenight@lemm.ee 15 points 1 year ago

Consensus from those with closer experience is that he's always been kind of an asshole, just not a crazy asshole. Also, the whole "Elon's a Tony Stark genius" was literally a marketing campaign and he used to have a really good PR person. He fired that person some years back (want to say around '17-'18?) got on twitter and let that fully rot his brain.

I think this is a fairly predictable outcome when you fire anyone who contradicts you and seem to spend your whole day hotboxing your own farts with a legion of minions in tow who will stop at nothing to tell you what a great experience that is.

[–] ArdMacha@lemmy.world 11 points 1 year ago

Ketamine is a hellva drug!

[–] GiovaMC@lemmy.world 8 points 1 year ago

I don't know for sure... I kinda liked him several years ago, but it was before all the media exposure, so he may have been this crazy his whole life

[–] GreenMario@lemm.ee 7 points 1 year ago

Probably not but appeared to be before developing a Twitter addiction and the Sub Incident.