Billionaire condemned for ‘extraordinarily irresponsible’ post amid disorder on Britain’s streets

190 points
*

Civil war is inevitable just like COVID would be over by April 2019 and that humans would set foot on Mars in 2024 (they better hurry up.)

This website keeps track of all the stupid bullshit Elon has predicted:

https://elonmusk.today/

permalink
report
reply
50 points
*

Wish Version Iron Man is a weird motherfucker.

permalink
report
parent
reply
19 points

Wish Version Iron Man

Oh that’s good.

I also like: Rebate Rockefeller.

permalink
report
parent
reply
18 points

“Phony Stark” is my personal favorite

permalink
report
parent
reply
7 points

Bargain-Bin Buffett

permalink
report
parent
reply
1 point

I think you mean Temu Iron Man. Wish Iron Man would be a step up from what we have.

permalink
report
parent
reply
27 points

I started reading, got about 10 minutes in before realizing how much there was. Jesus why do people think he is anything other than a hype man

permalink
report
parent
reply
12 points

I’m curious what percentage of people actually take him seriously, at this point.

permalink
report
parent
reply
11 points

Way too many. And way too many powerful ones. All they see is dollar signs.

permalink
report
parent
reply
2 points

If anyone doesn’t know it yet:

The podcast Tech Won’t Save Us has a wonderful series called “Elon Musk Unmasked” where they also debunked all of his empty promises.

https://techwontsave.us/elon-musk-unmasked

permalink
report
parent
reply
11 points

Covid didn’t even start until like October 2019, and didn’t reach America until February 2020.

The world didn’t even know that word in April 2019.

permalink
report
parent
reply
1 point

Website says:

Close to Zero New Cases

[Link]

  • 1,601 days since Elon Musk predicted that Coronoavirus would vanish soon in the US to justify keeping Tesla’s factories open. (3/19/2020)

“Based on current trends, probably close to zero new cases in US too by end of April”

Elon Musk in a Tweet

Children Immune

[Link]

  • 1,601 days since Elon Musk assured parents that children were basically immune to coronavirus. (3/19/2020)

“Kids are essentially immune, but elderly with existing conditions are vulnerable.”

Elon Musk in a Tweet

Just the Flu

[Link]

  • 1,649 days since Elon Musk said Coronavirus would be similar to the flu. (1/31/2020)

“There is considerable conflation of diagnosis & contraction of “corona”. Actual virality is much lower than it would seem. I think this will turn out to be comparable to other forms of influenza.”

Elon Musk in a Tweet

permalink
report
parent
reply
6 points

Gave me something to laugh at while eating lunch

permalink
report
parent
reply
5 points

Yeah I feel a bit more optimistic for the future now that this clampit has voiced his shitty wet dream.

permalink
report
parent
reply
2 points

Yeah, I look at it as inevitable but I’m also aware I’m a terminally online weirdo in a lefty echo chamber who should keep his thoughts mostly anonymous.

permalink
report
parent
reply
3 points

is there also a site covering his lawsuits? That bitcoin one seems… actionable

permalink
report
parent
reply
3 points

It’s a pity it stopped somewhere 2022.

permalink
report
parent
reply
168 points

Elon wants war because he wasn’t able to delete this picture from the internet forever. Don’t be embarrassed Elon

permalink
report
reply
128 points

News articles should start using this picture whenever they mention him, or that one where he’s balding and looks like a meth addict.

permalink
report
parent
reply
31 points

Money grows hair

permalink
report
parent
reply
59 points

Just a little gender supporting hair care.

permalink
report
parent
reply
51 points

His villain origin story is that he couldn’t fit in with goths or furries, then got mad at his trans daughter.

permalink
report
parent
reply
8 points

That’s actually not too cringe by Elon standards.

permalink
report
parent
reply
3 points

Ngl, want that jacket.

permalink
report
parent
reply
4 points
1 point

The cat photo is the absolute best. It says 100% seen something that is going to kill.

permalink
report
parent
reply
111 points

“Civil war is inevitable” says guy who does everything he can to start one.

permalink
report
reply
48 points

Soon he will announce his new company, VaultTech

permalink
report
parent
reply
15 points

Nah it needs an X in it for it to be a company of his.

permalink
report
parent
reply
12 points

XaultXech

permalink
report
parent
reply
8 points

He must be scared of his parents - or scared of losing an inheritance - because he hasn’t changed his own name to have an X in it yet.

Ex-lax Mux certainly has a ring to it, don’t you think?

permalink
report
parent
reply
6 points

VaultX

permalink
report
parent
reply
6 points

Teslax?

permalink
report
parent
reply
11 points

Does he not realize that the left ALSO have guns? And if this war does take place, he’s in the top 10 of people who would be targeted? Does he not get this?

permalink
report
parent
reply
21 points

Dickhead’s talking about the UK though. Not a whole lot of firearms around outside of farmer’s shotguns.

permalink
report
parent
reply
11 points

…well thats even dumber than I thought!!! May as well claim everybody is going to shoot rockets at each other.

permalink
report
parent
reply
5 points

Mandem got knives though

permalink
report
parent
reply
7 points

Is that why he has been developing an ugly car with “bulletproof” glass?

permalink
report
parent
reply
1 point

That’s not even bulletproof…

permalink
report
parent
reply
74 points
*

If you’re still on Twitter, you’re part of this problem. If you have a Tesla, sell it. You can live without Starlink too. And do you really need that new Mars rocket?

permalink
report
reply
8 points

Never had any of those but I still get subjected to tales of this idiot’s latest brainfart on a daily basis.

permalink
report
parent
reply
3 points

They’re all easy to avoid giving money to. That said, all of those things would be much improved, virtually overnight, if he were to just… spontaneously combust. (Or, even less probable, seek psychological help.)

It’s amazing how much damage a few men (Putin, Trump, Musk…) are allowed to do. History indicates this has always been the case, but at least we didn’t have a live feed of their every deranged thought or desperate cry for attention.

permalink
report
parent
reply
3 points

Seriously. We have Mastodon now. Any government or corporation can run their own instance and have their own official servers that aren’t subject to the whims of this fucking lunatic.

permalink
report
parent
reply
39 points

He will transition into a despot and warmonger next, and then move into weapons. Lot of money to be made there.

Sounds like exactly the guy you want owning a huge societal discussion platform and developing brain interfaces.

permalink
report
reply
8 points

Don’t forget about the humanoid robots!

permalink
report
parent
reply
2 points

Quickly the robots are invading, walk away at a brisk pace, or you’ll never escape.

permalink
report
parent
reply
1 point

Didn’t he already sell a flamethrower?

permalink
report
parent
reply

World News

!world@lemmy.world

Create post

A community for discussing events around the World

Rules:

  • Rule 1: posts have the following requirements:

    • Post news articles only
    • Video links are NOT articles and will be removed.
    • Title must match the article headline
    • Not United States Internal News
    • Recent (Past 30 Days)
    • Screenshots/links to other social media sites (Twitter/X/Facebook/Youtube/reddit, etc.) are explicitly forbidden, as are link shorteners.
  • Rule 2: Do not copy the entire article into your post. The key points in 1-2 paragraphs is allowed (even encouraged!), but large segments of articles posted in the body will result in the post being removed. If you have to stop and think “Is this fair use?”, it probably isn’t. Archive links, especially the ones created on link submission, are absolutely allowed but those that avoid paywalls are not.

  • Rule 3: Opinions articles, or Articles based on misinformation/propaganda may be removed. Sources that have a Low or Very Low factual reporting rating or MBFC Credibility Rating may be removed.

  • Rule 4: Posts or comments that are homophobic, transphobic, racist, sexist, anti-religious, or ableist will be removed. “Ironic” prejudice is just prejudiced.

  • Posts and comments must abide by the lemmy.world terms of service UPDATED AS OF 10/19

  • Rule 5: Keep it civil. It’s OK to say the subject of an article is behaving like a (pejorative, pejorative). It’s NOT OK to say another USER is (pejorative). Strong language is fine, just not directed at other members. Engage in good-faith and with respect! This includes accusing another user of being a bot or paid actor. Trolling is uncivil and is grounds for removal and/or a community ban.

Similarly, if you see posts along these lines, do not engage. Report them, block them, and live a happier life than they do. We see too many slapfights that boil down to “Mom! He’s bugging me!” and “I’m not touching you!” Going forward, slapfights will result in removed comments and temp bans to cool off.

  • Rule 6: Memes, spam, other low effort posting, reposts, misinformation, advocating violence, off-topic, trolling, offensive, regarding the moderators or meta in content may be removed at any time.

  • Rule 7: We didn’t USED to need a rule about how many posts one could make in a day, then someone posted NINETEEN articles in a single day. Not comments, FULL ARTICLES. If you’re posting more than say, 10 or so, consider going outside and touching grass. We reserve the right to limit over-posting so a single user does not dominate the front page.

We ask that the users report any comment or post that violate the rules, to use critical thinking when reading, posting or commenting. Users that post off-topic spam, advocate violence, have multiple comments or posts removed, weaponize reports or violate the code of conduct will be banned.

All posts and comments will be reviewed on a case-by-case basis. This means that some content that violates the rules may be allowed, while other content that does not violate the rules may be removed. The moderators retain the right to remove any content and ban users.


Lemmy World Partners

News !news@lemmy.world

Politics !politics@lemmy.world

World Politics !globalpolitics@lemmy.world


Recommendations

For Firefox users, there is media bias / propaganda / fact check plugin.

https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/media-bias-fact-check/

Community stats

  • 10K

    Monthly active users

  • 8.8K

    Posts

  • 98K

    Comments