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Elon's Folly (lemmy.world)
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[-] axx@slrpnk.net 100 points 10 months ago

But remember kids, he's some sort of business and tech genius!

[-] Sabata11792@ani.social 29 points 10 months ago

The real life inspiration for super genius Cave Johnson from Portal.

[-] PyroNeurosis@lemmy.blahaj.zone 38 points 10 months ago

Yeah, but Cave Johnson was a compelling and interesting individual.

[-] Sabata11792@ani.social 21 points 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago)

A bit unfair since real life idiots don't have good writing teams.

[-] BallsandBayonets@lemmings.world 14 points 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago)

Sometimes they have good PR teams though. Musk used to have a PR team back when he was rich enough to afford one but not rich enough to not need one.

[-] Kusimulkku@lemm.ee 6 points 10 months ago

Definitely has managed to invest in some incredibly profitable stuff but he also says and does the absolutely stupidest shit imaginable. It's astounding

[-] clot27@lemm.ee 3 points 10 months ago

Happy cake day

[-] orrk@lemmy.world 2 points 10 months ago

a lot of that profit is derived from a set of rug pulls that only work because he had the money of the victims to keep pushing his image in the media

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