For that audience they don't need to be funny, they have to be racist.
This was also around the time when the public perception about Musk was different. Reddit thought of him as a "real-life Tony Stark", who put a car in space and is a little eccentric. That perception about him peaked on August 2018 when he appeared on Joe Rogan's podcast. Around 2020 he started to go deeper into QAnon-esque rabbit-hole, turning into the despised far-right wacko he is today. Of course he has been always an opportunistic hack.
Out of curiosity I decided to watch that press conference. Trump was constantly talking with no proper pacing or rhythm and lots of nonsensical statements – and the "usual Trump stuff". I fell asleep while watching the conference, which tells enough.
Well, if anon thinks he is too late at 30+ years, it will become a self-fulfilling prophecy.
Anti-science has gained too much traction in recent years, I doubt USA will survive if H5N1 starts spreading from human to human.
"Medical freedom", the rallying cry for all kinds of grifters spreading disinformation and wanting to roll back the progress made in public health.
American politicians blaming school shootings on anything other than easy access to guns (any%)
Seeing him without his beard and hair feels so wrong and even uncanny. I hope he has a lot more years ahead of him and he kicks cancer's ass.
During the last 5 years Brand has fallen gradually into a QAnon-esque rabbit hole, and all this new-age-spirituality stuff has been the gateway.
Well, you have to explore other languages. As Linus Torvalds once famously said:
There aren't enough swear-words in the English language, so now I'll have to call you perkeleen vittupää just to express my disgust and frustration with this crap.
Quickly, give him a CAPTCHA to read!
Exactly! He had this higher snarly voice, at worst it was like Mickey Mouse.