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The claim appeared in a court filing related to Elon Musk’s ongoing lawsuit against Sam Altman and OpenAI. The Tesla and xAI owner has posted about his laptop numerous times in the past year.

[...] However, Musk has posted pictures or referred to his laptop on X several times in recent months, and public evidence suggests that he owns and appears to use at least one computer. [...]

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[–] Smoogs@lemmy.world 5 points 24 minutes ago

Didnt he have a big thing about getting bigger monitors in the white house so he could game?

[–] ipkpjersi@lemmy.ml 1 points 15 minutes ago

I am shocked I tell you, shocked. Well, not that shocked.

[–] MummifiedClient5000@feddit.dk 45 points 2 hours ago (1 children)

He doesn't use computers in the same way he doesn't abuse ketamine.

[–] Dashi@lemmy.world 25 points 2 hours ago

Hold on now! He posted those clean drug tests from his computer the other day. Clearly he would not lie about his drug tests!

[–] justOnePersistentKbinPlease@fedia.io 42 points 2 hours ago (1 children)

He live streamed himself playing path of exile 2 from his private jet.

[–] Theoriginalthon@lemmy.world 18 points 1 hour ago

On an account that he paid someone to grind up

[–] TomMasz@lemmy.world 13 points 1 hour ago (1 children)

A liar's lying lawyers lying? Inconceivable!

[–] MNByChoice@midwest.social 3 points 1 hour ago

The lawyers are taking a big risk to their licenses for lying to the court.

[–] kn0wmad1c@programming.dev 15 points 2 hours ago (1 children)

All Tesla cars have computers inside.

[–] Tarquinn2049@lemmy.world 4 points 1 hour ago

"It's all computer"

[–] RememberTheApollo_@lemmy.world 15 points 2 hours ago (1 children)

They clearly have no idea what a computer is.

[–] Trihilis@ani.social 8 points 2 hours ago

You mean the amount of bribery makes them have "no active memory" of Elon using a computer

[–] DeuxChevaux@lemmy.world 0 points 51 minutes ago* (last edited 49 minutes ago)

Depends on your definition of a "computer". A shitty laptop surely doesn't count, even less so if it runs Windows.

[–] Chainweasel@lemmy.world 49 points 3 hours ago (2 children)

That should be pretty easy to disprove with all of his path of exile streams.

[–] SkaveRat@discuss.tchncs.de 2 points 24 minutes ago

Which is exactly what the other side pointed out

[–] FuglyDuck@lemmy.world 21 points 3 hours ago (2 children)

He’s paying someone e else to do those. Except for the ones where he sucks.

[–] knightmare1147@lemmy.world 18 points 3 hours ago (2 children)

I'd love to see him say under oath that he paid someone to play his game for him.

[–] voxthefox@lemmy.blahaj.zone 2 points 49 minutes ago

Hasn't he already admitted to this while not under oath?

[–] FuglyDuck@lemmy.world 9 points 3 hours ago

And someone in the courthouse trolling him for it.

[–] FlexibleToast@lemmy.world 5 points 3 hours ago

I would love for him to admit that in court to try and prove he doesn't use a computer.

[–] Voroxpete@sh.itjust.works 115 points 4 hours ago (4 children)

Doesn't this guy regularly stream from a laptop in a desperate attempt to seem cool?

[–] themoonisacheese@sh.itjust.works 58 points 4 hours ago (3 children)

He has streamed path of exile 2 which is pc-only.

[–] NRay7882@lemmy.world 7 points 2 hours ago

He streamed himself playing a hardcore character that his minions sank hours into and proved he knows nothing about the playing the game. So maybe it wasn't his laptop either.

https://youtu.be/FmEe3eUPWq4

[–] thisbenzingring 27 points 4 hours ago (1 children)

this argument from his lawyer is probably going to twist the English language beyond obscene

[–] limelight79@lemmy.world 9 points 3 hours ago (5 children)
[–] jaybone@lemmy.zip 2 points 41 minutes ago

I was thinking it would be more about “use.”

[–] Voroxpete@sh.itjust.works 9 points 3 hours ago (2 children)

Ah, the Jordan Peterson defense. "That depends on your definition of 'have', 'used', 'a', and 'computer'."

[–] lost_faith@lemmy.ca 2 points 1 hour ago

Why not use the Clinton defence "That depends on what the meaning of the word "is" is."

[–] Anamnesis@lemmy.world 7 points 2 hours ago

God damnit I read this in his dumb voice

[–] Souroak 2 points 2 hours ago

But I thought that everythings computer?

[–] A_Union_of_Kobolds@lemmy.world 5 points 3 hours ago

No its not, I play it on PS5.

[–] PotatoLibre@feddit.it 18 points 4 hours ago

Extremely desperate

[–] Mad_Punda@feddit.org 11 points 4 hours ago* (last edited 4 hours ago) (2 children)

Maybe he used a public library PC?

(/s, obviously)

[–] InternetCitizen2@lemmy.world 1 points 2 hours ago

He's and RoG Ally handheld kind if guy

[–] nkat2112@sh.itjust.works -1 points 2 hours ago

(/s, obviously)

Gosh, that is beautiful notation! I'll be using it if you don't mind! Have a great day.

[–] BurgerBaron@piefed.ca 9 points 4 hours ago

Only Elon Musk could get cyberbullied on a wireless Abacus playing ARPGs in the sky.

[–] Drekaridill@feddit.is 10 points 3 hours ago (1 children)
[–] jaybone@lemmy.zip 3 points 32 minutes ago

This just struck me, this is the key. They can argue that a phone is traditionally thought of as a phone. Even though technically it’s a computer, in common parlance it is called a phone. Then by extension, he wasn’t streaming on a computer, he was streaming on a laptop. So they will argue a computer is desktop.

[–] RampantParanoia2365@lemmy.world 6 points 2 hours ago

Maybe he means like one of those women at NASA.

[–] melsaskca@lemmy.ca 11 points 3 hours ago (1 children)
[–] WhatAmLemmy@lemmy.world 3 points 2 hours ago

Except in the cases that might evidence the crimes. Then it's no computer!