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Elon's Folly (lemmy.world)
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[-] axx@slrpnk.net 99 points 1 week ago

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

[-] Sabata11792@ani.social 28 points 1 week ago

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

[-] PyroNeurosis@lemmy.blahaj.zone 37 points 1 week ago

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

[-] Sabata11792@ani.social 19 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago)

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

[-] BallsandBayonets@lemmings.world 14 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week 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 5 points 1 week 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 1 week ago

Happy cake day

[-] orrk@lemmy.world 2 points 1 week 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

this post was submitted on 24 Sep 2024
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