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[–] [email protected] 81 points 2 years ago (3 children)

He can be your angle or yuor devil

[–] [email protected] 60 points 2 years ago (3 children)

I just like how they try so hard to purge a bad photo and that just makes it immortal.

[–] [email protected] 23 points 2 years ago (1 children)

Ikr. It's not even that bad. Other than the hair I'd totally rock that, especially if i'm rich like him, where he can literally set trends with his style if he wanted.

[–] [email protected] 23 points 2 years ago (2 children)

was this a costume for an event? or his daily fashion? people are allowed to present as goth, this isn't the 1000th most embarrassing thing he's done.

maybe try to find a picture of him interacting with one of his offspring or wives? or a picture of him actually working as an engineer? or doing something good for those less fortunate? or participating with the greater community? or expressing empathy for a tragedy?

[–] [email protected] 16 points 2 years ago (1 children)

why even be rich if this ain't your daily style

[–] [email protected] 7 points 2 years ago (1 children)

most rich people i've met look more like lebowski.. maybe its a california thing.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 2 years ago (2 children)
[–] gravitas_deficiency 5 points 2 years ago

Shut up, Donny. You’re out of your element.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 2 years ago (1 children)

They had to have meant The Dude, right? Right?

[–] [email protected] 4 points 2 years ago

I’m the Dude. So that’s what you call me. You know, that or, uh, His Dudeness, or uh, Duder, or El Duderino if you’re not into the whole brevity thing.

[–] gravitas_deficiency 10 points 2 years ago

Honestly, it’s not that bad. The only reason that so many people have latched on to it is because of how hard Elon has tried to make it go away. It’s a textbook example of the Streisand Effect.

[–] [email protected] 10 points 2 years ago

Streisand effect

[–] [email protected] 3 points 2 years ago

The Streisand effect in full swing

[–] [email protected] 5 points 2 years ago

He’s definitely obtuse about most things.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 2 years ago

quite obtuse of him

[–] [email protected] 69 points 2 years ago (1 children)
[–] [email protected] 7 points 2 years ago

Take my upvote and leave! 😂

[–] [email protected] 64 points 2 years ago (2 children)

inb4 Elon buys Lemmy just to remove this post

[–] [email protected] 6 points 2 years ago

Deleted by Elon Musk

[–] [email protected] 54 points 2 years ago (3 children)

Getting strong Grandma's Boy vibes here.

[–] [email protected] 13 points 2 years ago

How did you see him?

[–] [email protected] 9 points 2 years ago (1 children)

That's because you don't have robot ears

[–] [email protected] 9 points 2 years ago

I'm thinking of getting metal legs. It's a risky operation, but it'll be worth it.

[–] [email protected] 52 points 2 years ago

He looks like he's about to do a stand-in for episode of chris angel mindfreak

[–] [email protected] 46 points 2 years ago (1 children)

This is the third Elon Musk related post in a row. Can we agree to simmer down?

[–] [email protected] 1 points 2 years ago

How will people know I hate him if I don't post about him constantly?

[–] [email protected] 38 points 2 years ago (2 children)

On a scale from 1 to 10, how effective was this removal?

[–] [email protected] 59 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) (1 children)
[–] [email protected] 11 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago)
[–] [email protected] 20 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago)

Well we can see the photo for a start

[–] gravitas_deficiency 29 points 2 years ago

What happens if I make this my profile picture on ~~Twitter~~ X?

[–] [email protected] 23 points 2 years ago (1 children)

His hairline sure got liberated after.

[–] [email protected] 7 points 2 years ago

Or he just bought more hair

[–] [email protected] 18 points 2 years ago

I remember my first social studies class

[–] FierroGamer 15 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) (3 children)

What's the context on this photo? Why did he try to remove it from the internet?

Edit: thanks 👍

[–] [email protected] 29 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) (1 children)

According to his tweet he wore it to a party in 2012. And the tweet is still there, so the part about removing it from the internet is just a meme.

Edit: https://twitter.com/elonmusk/status/214636339474345984

[–] [email protected] 4 points 2 years ago
[–] [email protected] 23 points 2 years ago

He worried it might one day show up on Lemmy and that he would feel judged by the community.

[–] [email protected] 7 points 2 years ago (1 children)

It was cringe and people kept bringing it up.

[–] [email protected] 11 points 2 years ago (1 children)

No it was for a costume party. He tweeted it and his tweet is still up. The part of him wanting it removed is made up. I don't like the guy but this gets posted constantly online and is easily shown to be false.

[–] Afrazzle 4 points 2 years ago

"___ wanted this picture deleted" is just the latest version of clickbait

[–] [email protected] 11 points 2 years ago

Liberty. Liberty. Lib-er-ty.

[–] [email protected] 6 points 2 years ago

Has he tried Pledge?

[–] [email protected] 6 points 2 years ago (1 children)

He looks like he’s contemplating getting robot legs

[–] [email protected] 3 points 2 years ago

It’s a risky operation

[–] [email protected] 5 points 2 years ago

JP will never get robot legs. What a douche.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 2 years ago

Did you say "download it, just in case"? Gotcha, fam.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 2 years ago

Genius ... Genius I tell you. /s

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