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[–] Taako_Tuesday@lemmy.ca 108 points 2 years ago (8 children)

They don't mention it causing turmoil at Xitter, presumably because they are already at maximum turmoil capacity

[–] Pepsi@kbin.social 53 points 2 years ago

Theres nobody left there to ask

[–] Rentlar@lemmy.ca 35 points 2 years ago (1 children)

Perhaps they contacted Twitter for a comment on Elon's drug use and got a statement that read: 💩

[–] LiveLM@lemmy.zip 7 points 2 years ago

I still can't believe that's a real thing he did, it's straight out of a comedy skit.
I loved when the writers would try to get in contact and would point out the reply in their articles. Seems they got tired of it after a while unfortunately.

[–] Honytawk@lemmy.zip 7 points 2 years ago

You know, I thought they already were at capacity before Elmo agreed publicly with fascists.

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[–] originalucifer@moist.catsweat.com 60 points 2 years ago (5 children)

drug use? it would explain a few things...

[–] JoMiran@lemmy.world 66 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) (11 children)

No. I interacted with him on two occasions during the PayPal days. They were pitching PayPal as a payment mechanism for a bunch of our verticals. Even back then he was weird, awkward, and cringe. I think there is video of him back then taking possession of a McLaren and you can see how cringe he was.

EDIT: Found it.. On rewatch, it doesn't really show how insufferable he was in person. It's funny to see how x.com gets recycled though.

[–] negativenull@lemm.ee 35 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) (1 children)
[–] ours@lemmy.world 10 points 2 years ago (4 children)

I don't understand people buying such high-end toys and not bothering to pay for some training.

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[–] CitizenKong@lemmy.world 21 points 2 years ago (1 children)

Holy receding hairline, Batman!

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[–] DanglingFury@lemmy.world 13 points 2 years ago

Lol i love how he called it X .com way back then and they renamed it to paypal.

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[–] set_secret@lemmy.world 22 points 2 years ago (1 children)

The number of lies that came out of that Muppets mouth during that cringy piece was remarkable. My fav had to be 'just three years ago i was sleeping on the floor on the YMCA hostel'. what an absolute fucking donkey of a human.

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[–] vind@lemmy.world 16 points 2 years ago (3 children)

I think I read somewhere he's hopped up on ket every day (but someone correct me if wrong)

he is lookin a little rough, even for that piece of shit

[–] metaStatic@kbin.social 9 points 2 years ago

I LOVE KETAMINE SO FUCKING MUCH. I LOVE IT SO MUCH I PUT IT ALL ON MY MUSK.

[–] dangblingus@lemmy.dbzer0.com 5 points 2 years ago

I'd buy that.

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[–] rsuri@lemmy.world 54 points 2 years ago (4 children)

It's interesting to look back at his AMA on reddit in 2015. Every response was so to the point and on topic, even friendly. Clearly something changed since then.

[–] ExLisper@linux.community 75 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) (1 children)

I like John Oliver's take that he really didn't like the orders to shut down factories during pandemic and got a lot of support from 'mah freedom' nutjobs over this causing not-so-slow fall into the extreme right rabbit hole. It actually makes a lot of sense. He clearly craves attention and approval. He used to get it from the left because electric cars are green and SpaceX is cool technology but eventually the left began demanding more regulation and he started getting some criticism (which he doesn't like that much...). At the same time he noticed that the right is ready to accept him as the 'free speech savior' and love him unconditionally as long as he will help them 'own the libs' so he switched sides.

[–] captainlezbian@lemmy.world 26 points 2 years ago (1 children)

I think that Some More News’s take on it also gets to the point. He got vocally anti union and the left got vocally anti billionaire. Many CEOs seem to take pro union sentiment personally and he seems to be particularly sensitive.

[–] Scotty_Trees@lemmy.world 7 points 2 years ago (1 children)

Their videos are great! They are as informative as they are depressing. Man, the truth really does hurt sometimes!

Some More News YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCvlj0IzjSnNoduQF0l3VGng

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[–] butterflyattack@lemmy.world 47 points 2 years ago (2 children)

I am guessing he had good publicists, probably decided he could do the job better and got rid of them just before the pedo thing.

[–] dustyData@lemmy.world 7 points 2 years ago

Pretty much. After fucking up PayPal and getting kicked out for being an insufferable POS, he hired a PR firm who constructed the real life Tony Stark image for him on the public. Writing and getting press around his person. They also unfortunately had to tell him to not say or do certain stuff that would damage his image, there's nothing a narcissist hates more than being told no. They also allowed him to position Tesla as the futuristic libertarian ideal and the overpriced manufacturers they are now, and SpaceX as the renaissance of US space exploration. In my opinion not entirely undeserved perceptions but immensely amplified by a marketing machinery. Then he had a meltdown, fired every single PR, marketing person from every single one of his companies. Declared himself the only marketing that his companies needed. He essentially bought into the crap that his own PR wrote for him.

[–] billiam0202@lemmy.world 6 points 2 years ago

In his recent "interview" with Alex Jones, Musk called all PR firms "propagandists.". So that tracks.

[–] skyspydude1@lemmy.world 17 points 2 years ago

I can tell you that nothing has changed about him. I personally know people who worked with him at that time, and he was just as much an arrogant and insufferable egoist as he is now. Legendary screaming matches and him talking completely out of his ass about absolutely everything were the norm and expected in every meeting.

Do any research on his tenure at Zip2/PayPal or any relationship he's ever had, and you'll see Musk has always been a petulant child, he just had a lot of people around him to try and hide it, but it seems like he's scared basically all of them away.

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[–] SlurpDaddySlushy@lemmy.world 54 points 2 years ago

Execs: mental break down isn't sexy, let's say he has a drug problem so people can rally for him.

[–] nkat2112@sh.itjust.works 49 points 2 years ago (2 children)

What about his toxicity and narcissism? Are they also cause for turmoil everywhere he goes?

[–] Artyom@lemm.ee 18 points 2 years ago

No no, now that he has a drug problem, we're supposed to pretend he's not a narcissist, never said anything racist or sexist, and is just a misunderstood entrepreneur.

[–] cley_faye@lemmy.world 10 points 2 years ago

Those were already handled by dedicated people in most places.

[–] breakfastmtn@lemmy.ca 35 points 2 years ago (1 children)

Here's an archive link to the original WSJ report.

[–] homesweethomeMrL@lemmy.world 36 points 2 years ago (2 children)

In 2018, for example, he took multiple tabs of acid at a party he hosted in Los Angeles. The next year he partied on magic mushrooms at an event in Mexico. In 2021, he took ketamine recreationally with his brother, Kimbal Musk, in Miami at a house party during Art Basel. He has taken illegal drugs with current SpaceX and former Tesla board member Steve Jurvetson.

That seems, uh, well-documented.

Also, Kimbal? Ok.

[–] xantoxis@lemmy.world 16 points 2 years ago (1 children)

Taking party drugs at a party is honestly fine with me. Taking party drugs at work is something an asshole would do.

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[–] CluckN@lemmy.world 8 points 2 years ago

He seems pretty public about it. I’m wondering how many of these celeb parties have a “no phones” policy.

[–] BoastfulDaedra@lemmynsfw.com 22 points 2 years ago (2 children)

After all... you can't spell "cocaine" without "AI".

[–] frunch@lemmy.world 15 points 2 years ago (4 children)

Unless you can't resist getting fancy and spelling it "cocagne*

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[–] ininewcrow@lemmy.ca 17 points 2 years ago (4 children)

Drug use? ..... Or he was always just an idiot.

Just because you're naturally stupid, it doesn't always mean you're on drugs.

[–] Granite@kbin.social 16 points 2 years ago

There’s a high chance of both being the correct answer.

[–] datelmd5sum@lemmy.world 15 points 2 years ago

Most of my friends use the same drugs, but none of them are cunts like Musk.

[–] banneryear1868@lemmy.world 12 points 2 years ago

Drugs are invoked a lot to explain and justify human behavior to some external factor. It's like when people say Nazis were on meth as an explaination for their actions, while not applying the same logic to basically every other military using amphetamines.

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[–] rivermonster@lemmy.world 16 points 2 years ago

It would be awful if he got ahold of too much fentanyl.

[–] cmeu@lemmy.world 9 points 2 years ago

I hope he buys Facebook next

[–] schwim@reddthat.com 9 points 2 years ago

He's really working hard to follow closely in the footsteps of his idol, Hitler.

[–] zipzoopaboop@lemmynsfw.com 8 points 2 years ago

He's following Hitler's lead

[–] theodewere@kbin.social 6 points 2 years ago

the insanity and the cartoon villainy are a no comment

[–] slurpeesoforion@startrek.website 5 points 2 years ago (1 children)

Elin's on smack
And there ain't no going back

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