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[-] arc@lemm.ee 57 points 1 day ago

I'm also noticing a lack of Elon Musk assassination attempts.

[-] ApatheticCactus@lemmy.world 1 points 20 hours ago

Would creating the cyber truck be considered as a suicide attempt?

[-] arc@lemm.ee 1 points 17 hours ago

More like opening his big stupid mouth to opine on Russia / Ukraine, or Palestine / Israel, or European civil war or other such examples would be.

[-] HawlSera@lemm.ee 35 points 1 day ago

How the fuck has he not been visited by the feds?

I guess to be fair they're still getting a headcount on the people who were stupid enough to fall for the "Chase Infinite Money Glitch"

(For those who haven't heard what that is, TikTok tricked a bunch of people into committing Check Fraud by describing it as a "Free Money Glitch" and a bunch of 20 somethings who've never seen Catch Me If You Can or even heard of a check fell for it..)

[-] uebquauntbez@lemmy.world 13 points 1 day ago

So only free speech for the moment?

[-] Fedizen@lemmy.world 2 points 1 day ago

Elon Musk after somebody invents time travel: "why is everybody only going back in time to assasinate Hitler???"

[-] SendMePhotos@lemmy.world 1 points 23 hours ago
[-] SelfProgrammed@lemmy.world 270 points 2 days ago

“Well, one lesson I’ve learned is that just because I say something to a group and they laugh doesn’t mean it’s going to be all that hilarious as a post on X,” he wrote Monday, adding later, “Turns out that jokes are WAY less funny if people don’t know the context and the delivery is plain text.”

The owner of Twitter is learning how text-based communication works in realtime before our eyes.

[-] Heir_Of_Isildur@lemmy.world 4 points 1 day ago

At 53 years old

[-] Nougat@fedia.io 150 points 2 days ago
[-] nilloc@discuss.tchncs.de 2 points 23 hours ago

You think the Secret Service got the joke?

I wouldn’t be surprised if he got a visit. Any of the rest of us might have for statements like that.

[-] Nougat@fedia.io 1 points 23 hours ago

Any of the rest of us …

I think you have answered your own question.

  • lots of negative blowback: “it was a joke!”
  • not that much negative blowback, at least initially: “yeah I meant that”
[-] Shapillon@lemmy.world 39 points 2 days ago

aka Schrodinger's douchebag.

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[-] CobblerScholar@lemmy.world 43 points 2 days ago

Slash he surrounded himself with people absolutely willing to step on one another to gain power and wealth so of course they're going to laugh at all of his "jokes"

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[-] someguy3@lemmy.world 10 points 1 day ago

And being surrounded by yes men. And by right wing nutjobs.

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[-] solsangraal@lemmy.zip 168 points 2 days ago

WHY THE FUCK HAS EVERYONE NOT DELETED TWITTER

there is literally no correct answer

[-] anton2492@lemmy.nz 7 points 1 day ago

I just said goodbye to it today. I realised there's a bigger, unselfish choice to be made in the scheme of it all

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[-] MushuChupacabra@lemmy.world 157 points 2 days ago

Elon Musk deletes his stochastic terrorism tweet.

[-] uberdroog@lemmy.world 37 points 2 days ago

The best thing that could come from the Harris election is cut ALL Musks government contracts.

[-] slurpeesoforion@startrek.website 29 points 2 days ago

Seize his companies in the name of national security.

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[-] drunkpostdisaster@lemmy.world 12 points 1 day ago

I am trying to figure out what I can say without it sounding like I am asking for someone to be shot.

[-] uebquauntbez@lemmy.world 3 points 1 day ago

XX, formerly known as Musk.

[-] Fedizen@lemmy.world 1 points 1 day ago

He's way older than 20 maybe LIII? or XXXXXIII

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[-] CileTheSane@lemmy.ca 48 points 2 days ago

He's already made his request public, doesn't matter if he takes it down now.

[-] AidsKitty@lemmy.world 2 points 1 day ago

Both assassins donated to progressive causes. They were not republicans. The second guy they caught on the golf course with a scoped rifle poking through the bushes. Idk how that "didn't happen?" Next you will be saying it was Trump who staged these events himself. You are deep in the propaganda. Good luck to you

[-] Fedizen@lemmy.world 7 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago)

The second guy voted for trump in 2016 and was a huge Vivek stan in the republican primary. They were both republicans just not the MAGA ones who are motivated purely by racism.

[-] AidsKitty@lemmy.world 1 points 12 hours ago

Sure they are. Whatever you need to tell yourself.

[-] Glytch@lemmy.world 6 points 1 day ago

Not saying he staged them himself, but the campaign had those fundraising emails ready to go very quickly after the second one. Since the SS didn't kill this one, maybe we'll get some actual answers about who he is rather than more armchair speculation.

[-] Marleyinoc@lemmy.world 21 points 1 day ago
[-] Agent641@lemmy.world 9 points 1 day ago
[-] nieminen@lemmy.world 1 points 1 day ago

Put the drive in a hydraulic press.

[-] Rhaedas@fedia.io 83 points 2 days ago

Good thing it didn't get out to the internet. That would be embarrassing to keep being reminded of.

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[-] ultranaut@lemmy.world 63 points 2 days ago

"Will no one rid me of this meddlesome priest?"

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[-] Rapidcreek@lemmy.world 42 points 2 days ago

It is odd that this man has any government contract, let alone any national security contract with the United States government

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