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submitted 2 months ago by MicroWave@lemmy.world to c/politics@lemmy.world

Summary

Elon Musk reportedly mocked federal employees he fired by privately reacting to their hardships with "laugh-crying emojis," according to Rolling Stone.

Sources say Musk finds amusement in stories of lives disrupted by his mass dismissals.

Ben Vizzachero, a fired wildlife biologist, confronted Musk at Trump’s congressional address and asked, "Am I waste?" Musk responded with a line from the 1999 movie Office Space: "What would you say you do here?"

Even Trump officials express frustration, calling Musk "irritating" and difficult to work with.

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[-] limer@lemmy.dbzer0.com 70 points 2 months ago

I think Musk is a necessary catalyst for any resistance movement. He is so evil, unlikable, unhinged and too powerful; a wet dream for any author who writes dystopian novels.

If he did not exist I would fear that the nascent American protest movement would just evaporate like before. But here, literally one can just point to this bastard instead of arguing politics, and it generates waves of hate.

[-] WatDabney@fedia.io 47 points 2 months ago

My mom is a lifetime Republicsn who up until last year was on a pure reactionary right feed on Facebook. She's basically turned 180° in just the last few months, and while it started with her immediate gut-level dislike for Vance, it was driven home by her imnediate, gut-level dislike for Musk. It's now expanded out to criticizing (and laughing at) Trump and the rest of the would-be oligarchs, and she's moved from Facebook to Reddit and is already trying to decide which Democrats she's going to vote for.

And while it actually started with Vance, it was almost entirely Musk (or as she referred to him for quite a while - "What's his name - the asshole co-president") who accomplished the most to drive her away from the party she'd supported her entire life.

And I assume she's far from alone.

[-] jonne@infosec.pub 35 points 2 months ago

Have you thanked JD Vance even once for nudging your mum onto a slightly more sane trajectory?

[-] WatDabney@fedia.io 9 points 2 months ago

It's tempting - it would be greatvto be able to say something like, "I just want to thank you for being such an insufferable asshole that you were the catalyst that started the process that ended with my mom becoming a Democrat."

But I assume it would be lost on him. Like both Trump and Musk, I assume he's determinedly oblivious to the fact that he's an asshole

[-] Geetnerd@lemmy.world 8 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago)

She'll be permanently banned from Reddit for criticizing Musk. Trust me. They're cleaning house. Because they're cunts, and Spez is a little bitch.

[-] slaneesh_is_right@lemmy.org 4 points 2 months ago

I wonder what that feels like. I mean it's good for your mom and everyone around her, but is she looking back thinking that she shoul've known better or does she think republicans devolved since this year? I'm still so disgusted to just think about the time Musk was in a super hero movie, portraying him as basically the closest thing to Tony Stark.

Or when he build that shitty submarine to save these children. The tweet that said: Please Mr. Musk, you are the closest thing to Tony Stark that we have, please help these children... That shit still haunts me.

[-] dickalan@lemmy.world 2 points 2 months ago

Are you sure she’s just not going to vote for the next Charismatic Republican that strikes her fancy, do you think she really understands. It sounds like she’s just going off a gut feeling, which is helpful but not healthy in the long-term

[-] barneypiccolo@lemm.ee 7 points 2 months ago

The richest guy in the world, and he is so horny for any love and respect that the smell of desperation fills any room he is in. You can even see it anytime he makes a media appearance. The guy actually exudes a breath-taking level of anti-charisma. He's truly revolting to anyone who sees him.

All that money, and he has to rent wombs to manufature his DNA Storage Units/ Organ Donors/ Human Shields because no woman will go near him. Ive heard his dick doesn't work anyway, due to a botched wiener enlargement surgery.

So he thinks the gamers are his peeps, and they'll love him, right? Nah, all those great toys, and still none of the neighborhood kids want to play with him, because he's so fucking wierd.

It fills me with such glorious schadenfreude to see him demonstrating in real time, the old saying "Money can't buy happiness."

[-] besselj@lemmy.ca 39 points 2 months ago
[-] MrVilliam@lemm.ee 20 points 2 months ago

Yep. My immediate thought after reading this headline was of the couple times he looked like he was gonna cry because people were celebrating the downfall of Tesla and the time he was streaming PoE2 and got bullied enough that he pretended to lag out and ragequit.

He's truly a net negative contribution to the species, and he furthers that status with every breath. Maybe there could be some argument that putting money into stuff pushed companies to adopt new, greener technologies in order to compete, but his pro fascism agenda has completely negated any praises I might have ever sung. And I think he's too deep to ever reverse course.

We know that he salutes like Hitler. Let's all hope that he does that other thing like Hitler did that one time in late April of 1945. Epic memes ftw for the edgy memelord mastermind if he does it on the same day. 360 skibidi no scope rizz king shit.

[-] Theprogressivist@lemmy.world 37 points 2 months ago

Man, I cannot wait for the fucking day this son of bitch gets his karma. It's going to be fucking delicious.

[-] blattrules@lemmy.world 35 points 2 months ago

Do you want to create more Luigis? Because that’s how you create more luigis. 🤞

[-] barneypiccolo@lemm.ee 10 points 2 months ago

It's just a correction in the Free Market. We need a lot more Free Market corrections.

[-] in4apenny@lemmy.dbzer0.com 2 points 2 months ago

I'll believe it when I see it, Americans too often prove otherwise.

[-] Vanilla_PuddinFudge@infosec.pub 1 points 2 months ago

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[-] barneypiccolo@lemm.ee 20 points 2 months ago

That reminds me, i need to sharpen my guillotine.

[-] vaultdweller013@sh.itjust.works 3 points 2 months ago

Guillotine is too fast for this fucker, sharpen a machete far better control on how fast they die. Plus a machete is good for limbs and disembowelment.

[-] b161@lemmy.blahaj.zone 2 points 2 months ago

He needs to be skinned alive. Slowly.

[-] HootinNHollerin@lemmy.dbzer0.com 16 points 2 months ago
[-] in4apenny@lemmy.dbzer0.com 3 points 2 months ago

Is that gonna be outside any oligarchs mansions? Or is it gonna be somewhere they can safely ignore us again.

[-] buddascrayon@lemmy.world 1 points 2 months ago

I have just simply stopped spending. I buy absolute essentials and that's it.

[-] photonic_sorcerer@lemmy.dbzer0.com 12 points 2 months ago

He believes we're all NPCs and that he's the main character of the simulation. There's no need for empathy in that paradigm.

[-] resipsaloquitur@lemm.ee 12 points 2 months ago

“What a creep. What a jerk.” https://youtu.be/33o88UWkO2c

“The fundamental weakness of western civilization is empathy.” https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/elon-musk-empathy-quote/

Which is it, Papa Elon?

[-] Blackmist@feddit.uk 9 points 2 months ago

That's OK. When some disgruntled worker inevitably goes postal and he learns that having billions of dollars doesn't make you bulletproof, I'll also react with laughing emojis.

[-] in4apenny@lemmy.dbzer0.com 1 points 2 months ago

Only one in three hundred million something Americans have the balls to do anything like that.

[-] UntitledQuitting@reddthat.com 3 points 2 months ago

right, but only one in three hundred million needs to do it

[-] over_clox@lemmy.world 9 points 2 months ago

There's a few people that should be dismissed alright, and I'm sure most people can guess who...

[-] 800XL@lemmy.world 8 points 2 months ago

How Vizzachero didn't greet Elon by reaching over and hugging Elon tightly around the neck until he decided to catch some permanent shuteye is beyond me.

[-] FartMaster69@lemmy.dbzer0.com 8 points 2 months ago

Uh, Musk knows what happens to the company in office space, right?

[-] TallonMetroid@lemmy.world 6 points 2 months ago

The Bobs don't see any consequences, though, and they're the ones to actually say the line.

[-] slaneesh_is_right@lemmy.org 3 points 2 months ago

I don't think he understands movies. Have you seen his hot takes on the matrix for example?

[-] painfulasterisk1@lemmy.ml 4 points 2 months ago

Welp, time for the USA to strip 100% of StupElon's wealth just because. Then the USA will send thoughts, prayers, and laughing emojis to his direction.

[-] ZILtoid1991@lemmy.world 3 points 2 months ago

We need to further expose these kinds of happenings.

The greatest weakpoint of fascism is the exposal of its cruelty. They have to hide behind "concerns for the common good", while in reality, they see them as nothing more than when a school bully convinces their teachers that their targets were the ones "starting it". Cruelty was the main reason I left the far-right, then "moderate conservatism". They just gaslight not only others with their lies, but themselves too.

[-] Gointhefridge@lemm.ee 1 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago)

Unfortunately I don’t think it’ll work here. For republicans and most supporters: cruelty is the point. They want to see their enemies lose. They revel in “liberal tears” and lust for the downfall of their adversaries. They’re sick in an emotional way. Elon is on record saying empathy is a weakness.

They’re all sociopaths. They only care about money and power for them, anything that prohibits that is an enemy.

[-] Professorozone@lemmy.world 1 points 2 months ago

That's because he's a narcissistic sociopath.

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