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[-] TropicalDingdong@lemmy.world 185 points 1 year ago

This is the part where they convince you that Elon was the problem, not Trump.

[-] pelespirit@sh.itjust.works 42 points 1 year ago

He's in the final stages of Rudy Giuliani. Next will be some kind of financial meltdown.

[-] TropicalDingdong@lemmy.world 30 points 1 year ago

Oh please please hold a press conference at four seasons...

[-] hitmyspot@aussie.zone 21 points 1 year ago

Doge means it's 3 seasons now.

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[-] Xanthobilly@lemmy.world 26 points 1 year ago
[-] akilou@sh.itjust.works 10 points 1 year ago

Trump hired Elon. He's still the problem.

[-] OutlierBlue@lemmy.ca 100 points 1 year ago

Hell, even I knew he was high as a fucking kite most of the time. It's obvious from watching him. He has serious drug abuse problems.

[-] mwguy@infosec.pub 9 points 1 year ago

Wasn't he openly bragging about regular use of Ketamine a few years ago?

I thought him (and the entire SV "tech bro" scene for that matter) being in drugs was an open secret?

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[-] qevlarr@lemmy.world 69 points 1 year ago

It was known. You were just too cowardly to report on it

[-] melsaskca@lemmy.ca 65 points 1 year ago

Elon is getting the media to downplay his naziism by letting everybody know that the drugs made him do it. 30 days in rehab and BOOM those chiseled trucks will start selling again.

[-] tigeruppercut@lemmy.zip 31 points 1 year ago

those chiseled trucks will start selling again

No one's buying those things ever. Maybe if dumb emerald boy managed to somehow recover his image from being a nazi the cars would sell again. But the trucks fucking suck shit on literally every metric. He produced the Homer and he's gonna tank the company with it.

[-] Pnut@lemm.ee 14 points 1 year ago

I live in rural Canada. It's truck country. Like, every second vehicle. No one here would have been caught dead in a cyber truck BEFORE his shenanigans. I remember showing my family the concept photos and they reacted, poorly. There is no fucking way those sales go up.

[-] grrgyle@slrpnk.net 10 points 1 year ago

I'm 100% certain that people who actually use trucks for their intended purpose were not the target demographic -- it was rich kids who wanted a cool tech toy, while also playing dressup with the "labourer" aesthetic.

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[-] Jimmycakes@lemmy.world 9 points 1 year ago

I'm not sure why they haven't started stripping these things for parts yet. I can't imagine anyone at the company expects to move the current stock

[-] guyoverthere123@lemmy.dbzer0.com 7 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

Elon never needed the media to downplay anything.

the media wanted Donald Trump and his band of misfits in the White House.

I'm 41, I can't remember a time when the media wasn't carrying Trumps water.

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[-] raltoid@lemmy.world 52 points 1 year ago

Oh look, it's the rats fleeing a sinking ship.

More like "Elong outlived his meger usefulness and Trump booted him like he always meant to." Trump has long disliked Elonga, and as soon as Elongat showed any signs of acting independently, he was doomed. He was kicked out for the same reason McCarthy was replaced by a nobody like Johnson, the same reason a weakling like Pence was needed for VP. There's just no room on it for anybody with independent power; only the king can sail.

The ship is far from sinking, and not recognizing that we're stuck with Trump until he dies is wishful thinking.

[-] MelodiousFunk@slrpnk.net 9 points 1 year ago

The ship is far from sinking, and not recognizing that we're stuck with Trump until he dies is wishful thinking.

[-] LadyMeow@lemmy.blahaj.zone 40 points 1 year ago

Maybe to people who had their eyes closed lmao. Jokes about him and K and all sorts of shit has been spiraling for what, a few years now?

[-] magic_lobster_party@fedia.io 28 points 1 year ago

Maybe DOGE should focus more on DUI recruitments in the government

[-] rhvg@lemmy.world 27 points 1 year ago

He’s not that evil, he just took too many drugs.

Well nice try whitewashing

[-] IhaveCrabs111@lemmy.world 8 points 1 year ago

I guess that explains hitler

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[-] Etterra@discuss.online 25 points 1 year ago

Anybody who's seen that kind of thing in real life already knew that he was an addict years ago.

[-] satanmat@lemmy.world 25 points 1 year ago

according to a report published Friday by The New York Times

Friday??!!!!!!

The actual FUCK?!!?!!?

Why is this shit not reported DURING the election!??!

--oh right, access and $$$ Assholes.

[-] jeffw@lemmy.world 12 points 1 year ago

why has nobody talked about Elon using drugs before today?! How did we not know this?!

Uhh…

[-] DizzoMyNizzo@lemmy.world 17 points 1 year ago

Once again, BIG FUCKING SUPRISE

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[-] lupusblackfur@lemmy.world 14 points 1 year ago
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[-] thisnameisnottolong@aussie.zone 13 points 1 year ago

He is a drug addled clown, so the idea that anything he does is serious is unexpected.

[-] goldteeth@lemmy.dbzer0.com 13 points 1 year ago

Man, that "was" really got my hopes up for a minute.

[-] SnarkoPolo@lemm.ee 12 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

He can afford health care like you and I have never can, nor will we. His high priced doctors will keep him going past 100.

[-] Windex007@lemmy.world 18 points 1 year ago

Tough to say. He'll need never livers and kidneys no matter how good the intermediate care is. Not saying buying a healthy young person for spare parts isn't beyond him.

You'll know he's grokked how badly he's fucked his body once he starts up an organ printing/regeneration company. Which I guarantee he will, assuming by his calculation he figures out the reality of his situation in time. If he finds out late...? A bunch of Ugrher people are going to be getting blood tests and one of them is going to disappear along with any records they ever existed at all.

[-] Zorsith@lemmy.blahaj.zone 14 points 1 year ago

This is the man going around using his own child as a human shield. He might intend to harvest organs from his own children. Somehow a new low, despite also selectively making sure all his children are AMAB.

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[-] jonne@infosec.pub 15 points 1 year ago

Didn't work out for Michael Jackson and Prince. Eventually it'll spiral out of control.

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[-] Gammelfisch@lemmy.world 12 points 1 year ago

Shame, no overdose.

[-] DrFistington@lemmy.world 10 points 1 year ago

So Trump already knew he was a drug addict, and gave him the keys to our critical infrastructure.

You know once an elected official violates their oath of office, they no longer hold it...

[-] Auli@lemmy.ca 9 points 1 year ago

Which is why Elon was never an official government employee and held no office.

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[-] goldteeth@lemmy.dbzer0.com 16 points 1 year ago

It used to be serious. It still is, but it used to be, too.

[-] zipzoopaboop@lemmynsfw.com 8 points 1 year ago
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