For Musk free speech is code word for “things I agree with”

  • lars@lemmy.sdf.org
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    9 days ago

    The free speech is also somehow a shield of all things. What will this guy think of buy next?

  • DogPeePoo@lemm.ee
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    9 days ago

    If by “Free speech absolutist”, he means, “big fat fucking liar”, then I agree with his stupid fat ass.

    • archonet@lemy.lolEnglish
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      9 days ago

      My guy he posted about being banned from PoE2 for cheating. Literal man child.

      • Soulg@sh.itjust.works
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        9 days ago

        I didn’t even see that one, was it like super obviously “in just so good and amazing and smart they banned me for cheating”

          • MutilationWave@lemmy.world
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            9 days ago

            He, or someone he paid to impersonate him online, is the number one Diablo 4 player in the world. I played it for a couple months, it was pretty fun, but to get to that level you’d have to be playing it like it’s your job.

            • Furbag@lemmy.world
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              9 days ago

              Keep in mind, he has an extremely demanding job. Five of them, in fact - CEO of Tesla, Neuralink, Boring, SpaceX, and X Formerly Twitter. And he manages to find enough time in the day to play Diablo 4 at the highest level and also advise the president elect on policy.

              So either he’s on amphetamines 24/7 to keep up with what I assume is a hellish workload even for companies that rarely need C-level input to function, or he’s majorly full of shit and half asses all of his jobs and plays video games all day while boasting about what a successful hardworking guy he is and how he totally deserves that gorillion dollar benefits package.

              • MutilationWave@lemmy.world
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                9 days ago

                Could be somewhere in the middle. I imagine there’s a cottage industry of designer drugs for the ruling class and their bubble. People say he does a lot of K but if it’s K I’m sure it’s 100% pure. He probably has access to five different amphetamines, each for a different purpose, with minimal side effects. I truly envy the ultra rich for their no personal risk drug access.

                I know if I were a billionaire I’d be hiring the brightest minds in chemistry to create all kinds of drugs, therapeutic, functional, or recreational. Pure and safe. Create a pharmaceutical corporation that does real work and then pay the shadow chemists top dollar for secret R&D. The difference is I would try to find a way to give it away for free. Or find a way to get it to high level criminal leaders to distribute for low cost with high volume. Safe alternatives to fentanyl, etc.

                Just daydreaming here as I’m off tomorrow and I only have alcohol and weed.

                Edit- to actually respond, I think the only company he really touches with any regularity is Twitter, with obvious motives and results.

                SpaceX - Has done very well and genuinely benefitted the progress of humanity. No indication he messes with it much anymore. I’m glad it exists.

                The Boring Company - Don’t think he’s touched it in years. It’s a front company to deliver barely more than jack shit and big promises. It’s purpose is to undermine high speed rail and other infrastructure, to benefit:

                Tesla - Kicked electric cars into high demand which I’m grateful for. But their vehicles suck and they’re far too expensive. I don’t think he touches this much anymore beyond the cybertruck.

                Neuralink - Finally this. I think he lost interest in it. Killed a bunch of apes, helped some severely disabled people. But from what I understand the people who gained in ability are seeing their implants become less and less effective. I like the idea. I would definitely become a cyborg if someone offered, but I don’t think I’d let them mess with my brain or spine yet. I hope to see super cool implants developed from the data they’ve gathered, but they’ll probably hoard it. And of course once they’re safe, the implants will only be for the ultra wealthy.

        • MutilationWave@lemmy.world
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          9 days ago

          I’d argue that Putin and perhaps some Saudi royalty are richer but we don’t know those numbers. But yeah agreed in general of course.

      • affiliate@lemmy.world
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        9 days ago

        it shouldn’t be too surprising that he cheats in online games given that he cheats in pretty much every other aspect of his life as well

      • lobut@lemmy.ca
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        9 days ago

        I mean the Taylor Swift thing where he said he’d have her babies and protect her cats was pretty bad and I swear that isn’t even close to the worst.

        However, I’m not on X though so I don’t have to look at the weirdness.

      • sloppysol@lemmy.world
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        9 days ago

        Depends, what do you do with the excitement? The fact that this is the news of the world that we get, that the state of the world is what it is right now?

        I disagree, I just don’t wish people took some more time to introspect as to what their senses show their surroundings to be, and how.

        I can see the British east india trading company saying the same shit you just said, but to Gandhi. I don’t mean it as an attack, just wandering thoughts.

  • Snapz@lemmy.world
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    8 days ago

    We all know the logical conclusion here is that elon is going to get the nuclear codes. He’ll then hold the entire world hostage saying…

    “I’m going to do a very cool dance soon. This is a dance that will make everyone want to be BEST friends with me and say, you are the coolest person I know, El-Man! Which is the nickname they’ll give me and I’ll have jackets made that say it. So I’m going to do this dance on television, I’m going to buy all of the networks that there are and air it simultaneously. Now, if I hear anyone laugh at the dance, which is serious and cool, or post something making fun of this dance on social media (which will again be a very cool dance) then I will incinerate the entire world in a thermonuclear holocaust, a world that mostly consists of my own children and ex wives because honey badger don’t care - I’m rick bickh!!!” [Limp starfish jump]

  • Mwa@lemm.eeEnglish
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    9 days ago

    I kinda hate how they want free speech but when someone they oppose says something that’s also considered free speech yep it’s blocked.

    • NotMyOldRedditName@lemmy.world
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      9 days ago

      It’s always free speech for me, not for you, and my free speech is the hateful kind, but it’s not hateful, you’re just woke for saying it is.

  • Mog_fanatic@lemmy.world
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    9 days ago

    “The new Twitter policy is freedom of speech, but not freedom of reach.”

    • Elon Musk

    He was never for free speech. Just claimed he was and somehow people ate it up just like they always do with everything else he claims. He said this less than a month after buying Twitter btw.

    • jaybone@lemmy.world
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      9 days ago

      Whatever happened to Elon pulling plugs on critical servers and driving them in rental cars to Sacramento? Why isn’t Twitter dead yet? Did someone finally have the grown up talk?