• ronl2k@lemmy.world
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    I don’t get the fascination with Musk. He’s boring, his writing lacks any signs of cleverness or spark, and he’s still physically unattractive after all that plastic surgery. What gives?

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      “He looked kinda like a cool billionaire when I was 14 and saw no other adults knowing about memes.” I assume.

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    21 hours ago

    Pretending he doesn’t know how his name is spelled, as if Mamdani hasn’t spent the last months living rent free in Musk’s head.

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      Don’t they are full of plastic and gods know what else, take them to the bottom of an abandoned mine that’s long and confusing then just leave them there no ligh, no food, no nothing. If they can make their way out they get a rat infested house in central Idaho with no electricity, gas, or plumbing to exist out of.

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      23 hours ago

      there’s a lot of morons who think staying on twitter while being leftish is an act of defiance and not providing the nazi bot farm the engagement it needs to perpetuate its evil. they make false equivalency comparisons saying things like leaving twitter is like fleeing a country, abandoning the people without the resources to flee. the problem with that argument is EVERYONE has the resources to leave twitter. no one is trapped on twitter, forced to stay (though the department of homeland security is surely trying by demanding all immigrants show their major social media platform posting history)

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    Intentionally misspelling someones name just makes you sound like an insecure 5yr old. Oh wait… mentally I guess it fits.

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      It’s the exact kinda shit Trump would do, he’s just funnier than Musk, which is a low bar to clear but it’s true

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      Ironic coming from the guy who named his daughter X-AE-Uh or whatever that bullshit was and expected everyone to go along with that.

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    2 days ago

    I disagree - endorsing 3 sexual predators is actually quite a lot.

    Also weird he didn’t deny it.

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    He had 20 hours to think of a response, and that’s what he came up with? How the hell did anyone think he was smart?

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        You ever wonder why the other billionaires with space companies have actually flown on their companies vehicles and he hasn’t?

        I bet he doesn’t let his car autopilot him either.

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          The man-rated Falcon 9 is good enough for NASA. NASA does not have low standards on these sorts of things.

          Honestly, SpaceX is the only one of those that is doing actual work. Most of the others aren’t much more than tourist rides at this point.

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          To be fair, SpaceX isn’t selling amusement park ride tickets on suborbital flights to the highest bidders like those competitors are. They aren’t really comparable.

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            They put a Tesla in orbit. If he trusted them and wasn’t spineless he absolutely would

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              He might believe he’s burned too many bridges with apaceX engineers and launch techs. If he was on board, one of them might take an opportunity…

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              That was marketing. The alternative would have been a generic mass simulator, basically just a large block of metal.

              The car gets headlines and people remember it. You obviously did.

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                  That particular mission did not have a return module. The car is still up there somewhere. To anticipate the next comment yes I know it would still be an improvement.

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        Yeah, I do have a better suggestion. Vote Mamdani. Done.

        I’m not expecting clear thinking from the guy who sieg heiled on national TV, though.

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    2 days ago

    I find it incredibly funny that everyone seems to forget or intentionally ignore that Sliwa is also running

    he’s that much of a goofball that the Republicans won’t support him even though he’s the literal official Republican candidate lmfao

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      I have a dangerous feeling: hope

      Is it possible that 'Murica is capable of maturing a tiny bit and making a choice that will actually benefit society rather than a few rich white men?

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        It’s entirely possible. If we consider that much of what the GOP has accomplished has been through propaganda, it suggests that things wouldn’t have gone their way if they played this game honestly. Personally, I see the last 30 years of federal politics as a wild pendulum swing, between battling ideologies in multiple directions, only becoming more energetic. I’m hopeful that this will eventually break down the brittle, false, manufactured narratives out there because it will take ever more effort to keep all that going. I have hope too.

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        The problem with America is people wake up then immediately go back to sleep.

        Maybe voting EVERY DAMN TIME will catch on at some point.

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        Me too, but it’s only hope for NYC, which doesn’t really help much of the rest of the country as much. Maybe he’ll keep Trump busy, but he’ll probably just use it as another distraction while hurting everyone.

        It is hopeful if it signals a trend though, we need it to.

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          That’s why hope is so dangerous

          The civilised world sneers at 'Murica for good reason

          We keep seeing them deliberately choose cruelty

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        Both parties are going to fight him on everything, so he’s going to have to rally the people behind him. Fortunately, he seems to be pretty good at that.

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      I’d love to see him win by a massive amount, like 2/3 majority. That way nobody can argue he doesn’t have any support.

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    Ah, the good ol’ “a vote for X is really a vote for Y” being used against a Democrat instead of for. You love to see it!

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      It commonly is, because it’s logical and they understand it. When will the criminally online leftists get that too?

      The goal is not to have your balls tickled by politicians, it’s to do the best you can with what you have availible.

      You aren’t eating the rich any time soon, so you vote for change in primaries, local and state politics, and fall in line for elections, senate races (where it’s too close).