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[–] jordanlund@lemmy.world 188 points 1 week ago (1 children)
[–] inclementimmigrant@lemmy.world 60 points 1 week ago

Well at least we know why trump grabbed on to him.

[–] kryptonianCodeMonkey@lemmy.world 167 points 1 week ago (1 children)

Brave Sir Elon ran away. Bravely ran away away. When danger reared it's ugly head, He bravely turned his tail and fled. Yes, brave Sir Elon turned about And gallantly he chickened out. Swiftly taking to his feet, He beat a very brave retreat. Bravest of the brave, Sir Elon!

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[–] dhork@lemmy.world 146 points 1 week ago (2 children)
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[–] zephorah@lemm.ee 114 points 1 week ago (1 children)

Musk probably watched Stewart’s conservative show interview appearances over on YouTube, dating back to his first stint on the daily show. They couldn’t trip Stewart. He rolled over all of them. The interviews stopped, again, surprising no one.

[–] dhork@lemmy.world 157 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago) (4 children)

Jon Stewart single-handedly got CNN's "Crossfire" ( featuring a not-yet-fully-crazy Tucker Carlson) cancelled just by going on the show and doing his thing.

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jon_Stewart%27s_2004_appearance_on_Crossfire

In the final exchange before a commercial break, Carlson remarked that he thought Stewart was "more fun on your show, just my opinion." Stewart responded, "You know what's interesting, though? You're as big a dick on your show as you are on any show."

(Shit, that was over 20 years ago. I'm old ....)

[–] LandedGentry@lemmy.zip 57 points 1 week ago (2 children)

Carlson never recovered from that bowtie burn

[–] mysticpickle@lemmy.ca 61 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago) (4 children)

Jon Stewart: "How old are you?"

Tucker Carlson: "35."

Jon Stewart: "And you wear a bow tie."

"Look, I'm not suggesting you aren't a smart guy, because those things are not easy to tie. But the thing is, you're doing theatre, when you should be doing debate. It's not honest... what you do is partisan hackery."

Jon Stewart on Crossfire

And so savage was the mockery that he never wore a bowtie again.

[–] Speculater@lemmy.world 24 points 1 week ago (2 children)

Bro, around 10:50 Jon made a statement he would later regret:

"In terms of the absurdity of this group, they're going to be hard to top."

Regarding the Bush administration.

[–] SilentStorms@lemmy.dbzer0.com 21 points 1 week ago

To be fair, he was responsible for the deaths of 4 million people, yet is better remembered for fucking up a proverb. That’s pretty absurd.

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[–] danc4498@lemmy.world 12 points 1 week ago (3 children)

That was Carlsons “rejected from art school” moment.

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[–] zephorah@lemm.ee 35 points 1 week ago (2 children)

Right? Makes you feel old, doesn’t it?

Elon can’t handle it so he ducked out. In addition, Tesla probably texted him and said don’t.

[–] Tolookah@discuss.tchncs.de 35 points 1 week ago (1 children)

His cybertruck sent him a message saying "this is an uphill battle. I cannot help, you're on your own"

[–] subignition@fedia.io 27 points 1 week ago (1 children)
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[–] Raiderkev@lemmy.world 93 points 1 week ago (12 children)

I'm shocked. Right up there with his cage fight with Zuck. He can't handle pressure. He got booed at Chappelle's standup show, and reportedly locked himself in his office to the point where people had to check on him and were worried he was self harming. He's fucking 10 ply.

[–] GeeDubHayduke@lemmy.dbzer0.com 22 points 1 week ago (1 children)
[–] ubergeek@lemmy.today 16 points 1 week ago (1 children)

Not at the rate of his drug usage... His parts wont even be usable.

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[–] CharlesDarwin@lemmy.world 13 points 1 week ago

He’s fucking 10 ply.

Okay, I almost did a literal spit-take when reading that. I had just taken a sip of coffee.

Well done. 🤣

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[–] Cruxifux@feddit.nl 70 points 1 week ago (5 children)

What a fucking coward. I was actually excited for this. I should have known better.

[–] 1984@lemmy.today 31 points 1 week ago

He has nothing to gain from talking to intelligent people. They will easily show how dumb he is.

[–] InternetCitizen2@lemmy.world 14 points 1 week ago

I also still want him to fight Mark Zuckerbutg.

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[–] Furbag@lemmy.world 69 points 1 week ago (1 children)

I knew he was going to pussy out. Conservatives who are routinely in the public eye can't survive outside of their safe spaces. That's why Republican politicians are cancelling their town halls. They can't handle anything other than a gentle interview on FOX or OAN with the questions sent to them ahead of time so they can get their answers from the heritage foundation.

[–] Dimmer@leminal.space 14 points 1 week ago (1 children)

the right suddenly stopped talking about masculinity is jaw-dropping

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[–] fox2263@lemmy.world 55 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago) (5 children)

I’m sure he’ll be on Joe rogan again getting verbally fellated and reassured that he dodged a bullet not going on the violent left wing propaganda deep state media show

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[–] Lootboblin@lemmy.world 53 points 1 week ago
[–] JustZ@lemmy.world 48 points 1 week ago (1 children)

Typical far-right behavior. They stay in their safe spaces and pay to artificialy amplify their unpopular messages.

What was it, like a quarter of all the accounts on Facebook and Twitter are just AI chat bots trying to get people to engage?

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[–] Cheems@lemmy.world 39 points 1 week ago

Did his mom tell him no? Like with the Zuckerberg fight?

[–] RustyShackleford@literature.cafe 37 points 1 week ago (16 children)
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[–] Empricorn@feddit.nl 35 points 1 week ago

Not surprising. Fuck you, Musk pathetic racist asshole...

[–] jagged_circle@feddit.nl 33 points 1 week ago (3 children)

I don't think that man wants to be in a room with someone smarter than him on live TV

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[–] DarkFuture@lemmy.world 29 points 1 week ago (4 children)

What else would a coward do?

He couldn't even follow through on his fight with clothing store mannequin Mark Fuckerberg.

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[–] drascus@sh.itjust.works 27 points 1 week ago

He has shut down other interviews too. Its clear all he wants is people who kiss his ass and tell him his smart he is.

[–] meowmeowbeanz@sopuli.xyz 27 points 1 week ago (1 children)

Musk demands unedited interviews but can't handle unfiltered criticism—irony at its finest.

😺😺😺😺

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We know fElon is a coward. Always has been.

[–] TransplantedSconie@lemm.ee 24 points 1 week ago (1 children)

Ya'll need to watch the clip that goes along with the article.

Funny and fucking terrifying.

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[–] xmunk@sh.itjust.works 24 points 1 week ago

Elon is a punk ass bitch.

[–] wanderwisley@lemm.ee 23 points 1 week ago

They should have Mike Myers go on as Elon and do a mock interview.

[–] Majorllama@lemmy.world 22 points 1 week ago

And nobody is surprised even slightly.

[–] demizerone@lemmy.world 22 points 1 week ago (6 children)
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[–] eugenevdebs@lemmy.dbzer0.com 21 points 1 week ago (3 children)

What a shock. Jon wouldn't hold back punches, and Musk knows that. Musk only goes on Podcasts where the host's opinions change depending on the guest.

[–] ChickenLadyLovesLife@lemmy.world 16 points 1 week ago (2 children)

For me the weirdest moment was when Joe Rogan - before the election - said that Musk "saved us". Not "is going to save us", already saved us.

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[–] MuskyMelon@lemmy.world 19 points 1 week ago

Just like he backed down from fighting Zuckerberg... Chicken-shit Nazi

[–] Lucidlethargy@sh.itjust.works 17 points 1 week ago (1 children)

Every one of these people in Trump's cabinet is a pussy.

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[–] NauticalNoodle@lemmy.ml 14 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago)

like so many others...

called it!

[–] cultsuperstar@lemmy.world 14 points 1 week ago

Is anyone surprised? Elon is dumb, but he's knows better than to go up against Jon.

[–] takeda@lemm.ee 13 points 1 week ago
[–] archonet@lemy.lol 12 points 1 week ago

Fuckin' weenie.

[–] Punchshark@lemmy.ca 12 points 1 week ago

Musk is a bitch with a big ol pussy

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