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[–] netwren@lemmy.world 156 points 2 years ago (2 children)

We have to stop identifying ownership with these billionaires and "their work" because it's not. It's a team of people who got together to accomplish a mission whether they succeeded or failed. How often is their success just a leader getting out of their way, and how often is failure because leadership was overbearing and "used their authority" to make poor decisions over the group.

"We" society only ever focus on these individuals and it's horribly incorrect to do so.

We need to forget the celebrities and identity the groups.

[–] captain_oni@lemmy.world 9 points 2 years ago

Hey, if these guys do everything they can to make sure their companies' "achievements" are considered all their own doing; let's be fair and attribute all the fault of their failures as well.

But you're right, billionaires ride on the shoulders of the people that do the actual hard work.

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[–] nick@midwest.social 88 points 2 years ago (2 children)

Man he even looks like he’s starting his metamorphosis into trump.

[–] TheRaven@lemmy.ca 35 points 2 years ago (4 children)

Fat and old with enough money to keep it all together, but not enough self awareness to keep it together well.

[–] GladiusB@lemmy.world 15 points 2 years ago (1 children)

That's like calling him a loser with extra steps

[–] TheRaven@lemmy.ca 6 points 2 years ago (1 children)

How fitting then. His whole life is just being a loser with extra steps.

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[–] tryitout 7 points 2 years ago

He spent a bunch of dough on that hair. I believe he is likely aware of his appearance. He is pale and overweight because he spends a bunch of time playing video games, being a nazi in his failing social media site, and (based on this picture) eating french fries.

Maybe at some point his vanity will compel him to get liposuction or just go full orange man with spray tan and wear baggy suits with ties that are too long. I don't see him being like Bezos or Zuck and getting into shape.

[–] Theharpyeagle@lemmy.world 5 points 2 years ago

Meh, Musk has plenty of shitty qualities that deserve criticism, we don't really need to pick on his appearance.

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[–] phoenixz@lemmy.ca 35 points 2 years ago (7 children)

He's a successful scammer, for sure, but at the end of the day still a scammer who got fired for incompetence and then got lucky.

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[–] siewyuk@monyet.cc 33 points 2 years ago (1 children)

He also abuses his X all the time

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[–] Smokeydope@lemmy.world 31 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) (2 children)

The more time goes on the more he looks like meatcanyon's depiction of him

[–] countflacula@lemmy.ca 8 points 2 years ago (1 children)

I'm looking forward to seeing him look more like aamon's depiction of him

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[–] TheLurker@lemmy.world 31 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) (2 children)

Poor Elon trying to tech-bro his way into social dominance by buying a social media platform.

And to think that only ~6 years ago people saw him as a progressive visionary.

There is the lesson people. Better to keep your mouth shut and be thought of as an idiot than to open it and remove all doubt.

[–] HerrLewakaas@feddit.de 14 points 2 years ago

I think he feels miserable. No happy person behaves this way

[–] CryptidBestiary@lemmy.world 9 points 2 years ago

I think that lesson definitely applies to us average folks. But the bigger lesson here is to not trust billionaires. You would have to be a special kind of asshole to reach the status of a billionaire

[–] Agent641@lemmy.world 28 points 2 years ago

He is a rimworld character.

[–] ArtVandelay@lemmy.world 27 points 2 years ago

Some people are so poor, all they have is money.

[–] daikiki@lemmy.world 26 points 2 years ago (2 children)
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[–] Send_me_nude_girls@feddit.de 23 points 2 years ago (7 children)

That said, he's probably still richer than everyone else here.

[–] soggy_kitty@sopuli.xyz 30 points 2 years ago

"probably", you mean definitely.

[–] IHadTwoCows@lemm.ee 14 points 2 years ago (1 children)

Why does that matter at all? If anything it shows that wealth has nothing to do with competence

[–] FlyingSquid@lemmy.world 5 points 2 years ago (2 children)

True, but it can buy a lot of people to tell you how smart and wonderful and handsome you are so you can pretend all that bad stuff never happened.

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[–] the_q@lemmy.world 8 points 2 years ago

He's still a piece of garbage regardless of his ill-gotten gains.

[–] Monkeyhog@lemmy.world 7 points 2 years ago (2 children)
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[–] Honytawk@lemmy.zip 6 points 2 years ago

A lot of people could get rich if they lost their morals.

Good thing they don't though, or the world would be even more shitty.

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[–] Melatonin@lemmy.dbzer0.com 21 points 2 years ago (4 children)

He's got the money where he can be lazy and still fix his health. Hire a personal chef and dietician. A personal trainer and a gym. Take a minute and get a stylist.

You're a billionaire for goodness sake. Buy a top hat!

[–] Kolanaki@yiffit.net 15 points 2 years ago (1 children)

He's got the money where he can be lazy and still fix his health. Hire a personal chef and dietician. A personal trainer and a gym. Take a minute and get a stylist.

And yet he still looks the way he does.

[–] constantokra@lemmy.one 7 points 2 years ago (1 children)

Imagine how bad he'd look if he wasn't.

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[–] Kylah@lemmy.world 20 points 2 years ago (2 children)

I call it "Honkey-Tech Blues"

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[–] root_beer@midwest.social 20 points 2 years ago

His truck’s a piece of shit too, that’s big important here

[–] betz24@lemmynsfw.com 20 points 2 years ago (2 children)

I'd call the genre cowboy bebop, but wouldn't want to insult the show

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[–] CitizenKong@lemmy.world 18 points 2 years ago (2 children)

He also looks like a middle-aged woman after her menopause.

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[–] FangedWyvern42@lemmy.world 17 points 2 years ago (1 children)

The rocket was meant to crash, so I don’t think he’s that upset about it.

[–] Diplomjodler@feddit.de 9 points 2 years ago (1 children)

I really wish people would stop going on about that. There are plenty of things you can legitimately criticize Musk for. The Starship program is not one of those.

[–] Zetta@mander.xyz 6 points 2 years ago

Yea it's really infuriating. I am a huge space fan in general, and when I see people making negative comments about starship blowing up it just frames them as unintelligent or unaware of how effective spacexs engineering processes are.

Build, fail, repeat. All of those steps are on purpose.

[–] chemicalwonka@discuss.tchncs.de 16 points 2 years ago
[–] Dick_Justice@lemmy.world 16 points 2 years ago

He always looks like he just got out of drag and washed his makeup off.

[–] ShaggySnacks@lemmy.myserv.one 16 points 2 years ago

ahem
gets out a guitar
strums a few notes

My human wife left me,
My space ship left me,
Alone on this planet,
I have no one to man it,

I can't drink beer,
At least the alt-right doesn't fear me,
I'm alone on Earth,
I can't work on my girth,

Why don't people like me,
I'm not a banshee,
I'm an alien,
Definitely not a mammalian (ew),

My family loathes me, I don't know why,
I give them clothes from me,
Maybe because I'm a blowfly,

I wish I could cry,
I want to go back to my home,
Good bye Earth,
Hello Crinda FGAN my home,

Thank you everyone for your support, you can buy my name album "What the Fuck Was I Doing?" to be released on April 20, 2024. Support your local record shops!

[–] tover153@lemmynsfw.com 14 points 2 years ago (4 children)

Courtesy of ChatGPT: (Verse 1) Well, gather 'round, folks, let me spin you a tale, 'Bout a man named Elon, set to set sail. Started with Tesla, electric dreams in his hand, But life threw a curveball, didn't go as planned.

Married to a queen, but the castle came down, Divorce papers flying all over the town. Custody battle, like a wild, wild west show, But Elon's still standing, ain't ready to go.

(Chorus) He lost his love, his rockets crashed in space, Forty billion dollars, it's a hard-earned case. But Elon keeps on smiling, though the world's gone astray, In the face of chaos, he just shouts, "Hey, hooray!"

(Verse 2) Lost a rocket or two, in the great cosmic sea, But Elon's got Starship, just you wait and see. A flamethrower in hand, and a grin on his face, Says, "Life's just a journey, let's enjoy the race."

Ex-wife took a Tesla, but he's got the Cybertruck, Lost some billions, but he don't give a...buck. In the game of life, he's still rolling the dice, Laughing in the wind, like a cowboy in the night.

(Chorus) He lost his love, his rockets crashed in space, Forty billion dollars, it's a hard-earned case. But Elon keeps on smiling, though the world's gone astray, In the face of chaos, he just shouts, "Hey, hooray!"

(Bridge) Now the world may say, "Elon, what's your deal?" But he's launching rockets, making electric cars real. Mars is calling, and he's reaching for the stars, In the face of setbacks, he's trading scars for memoirs.

(Verse 3) So here's to Elon, in this country song tale, Fighting through storms, like a ship with no sail. Life may be crazy, but he's dancing in the rain, Saying, "I'll build a new rocket, and I'll try it again."

(Chorus) He lost his love, his rockets crashed in space, Forty billion dollars, it's a hard-earned case. But Elon keeps on smiling, though the world's gone astray, In the face of chaos, he just shouts, "Hey, hooray!"

(Outro) So raise a glass, to the man with the plan, In this country ballad, where the dust meets the sand. Elon's still riding, on that electric highway, Laughing at the odds, shouting, "Hey, hooray!"

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[–] burgermeister@lemm.ee 8 points 2 years ago

Here's a better one:

Title: Cosmic Blues on a Starry Trail

(Verse 1)
Out on the edge of the Milky Way's glow,
Lived a billionaire with a heart turned to stone.
Forty billion stars in his name,
But in the cosmic dust, they just faded away.

(Chorus)
He lost his love, his kids, his dreams,
In the black hole where his heart used to be.
A spaceship crashed, a fortune gone,
Now he's singing this lonesome interstellar song.

(Verse 2)
He built his dreams on Martian sands,
A titan's castle in the stars' expanse.
But what's a kingdom with no queen or heir?
Just a lonely throne in the cold, silent air.

(Chorus)
He lost his love, his kids, his dreams,
In the black hole where his heart used to be.
A spaceship crashed, a fortune gone,
Now he's singing this lonesome interstellar song.

(Bridge)
Under the glow of a distant sun,
He wonders what he's really won.
Forty billion stars don't shine,
Like the love he lost in another time.

(Verse 3)
In the taverns of a spaceport town,
He drinks to memories that swirl around.
A family photo, a fading trace,
Of the life that vanished in space.

(Chorus)
He lost his love, his kids, his dreams,
In the black hole where his heart used to be.
A spaceship crashed, a fortune gone,
Now he's singing this lonesome interstellar song.

(Outro)
So here's to the man with everything,
Whose tears are hidden beneath his wings.
In the silence of space, he's left to roam,
A billionaire wandering far from home.

[–] TimewornTraveler@lemm.ee 7 points 2 years ago

I'm quite glad I haven't heard about any of this, besides the money lost to Twitter I guess

[–] LemmyKnowsBest@lemmy.world 6 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago)

wow is that really a recent picture of him? I thought he was on Ozempic that miracle starvation drug that gives people 24/7 diarrhea.

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