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[–] [email protected] 25 points 15 hours ago (4 children)

The weird thing is like, this whole situation could have been avoided if he just played the game normally rather than pretending to be some god gamer at it.

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[–] [email protected] 15 points 19 hours ago

He’s already demonstrated first hand he doesn’t know how to navigate the UI for someone who has invested time to be a top player. It’s obvious to anyone that’s spent more than a couple days in any game.

[–] [email protected] 65 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Such a /technology/ post.

There is technology in it, like a computer game.

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[–] [email protected] 127 points 1 day ago (8 children)

If Musk is ready to lie about his gaming achievements then can we really trust anything that comes out from his mouth.

I mean who cares if Musk is bad at POE2 but the fact that he goes to such lengths to lie about how good he is in a videogame tells a lot about his character and personality.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 10 hours ago

I bet if Musk played DBD he'd be the first one on the damn hook, every, fucking, time.

[–] [email protected] 60 points 1 day ago (2 children)

Have you heard his opinions on chess? He doesn’t play because it’s too easy.

[–] [email protected] 63 points 1 day ago

That’s exactly what someone who sucks at it would say.

[–] [email protected] 10 points 1 day ago (2 children)

Wonder how he'd fare against trump at golf.

[–] [email protected] 14 points 23 hours ago (1 children)

They would tie. Would take them each 18 strokes for 18 holes I’m sure.

[–] [email protected] 9 points 15 hours ago (1 children)

Oh there would be plenty of strokes, I’ll grant you that.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 14 hours ago

Fucking gold

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[–] [email protected] 25 points 1 day ago (1 children)

I'm honestly shocked that you have to ask someone if you can trust him.

He is without a doubt the least trustworthy person on the entire planet. Even less so than Putin i would say.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 12 hours ago

Musk has his loyal fanbase who have been impressed by his achievements with Paypal, Tesla and SpaceX.
Honestly he seemed all right before 2020's but after that he's slowly become more and more radicalized.

Fortunately his behaviour is alienating a lot of his fanbase, unfortunately they're getting replaced by more far right fans.

[–] [email protected] 39 points 1 day ago (8 children)

He's a narcissist. Of course he's the best at this and everything else he does. Any evidence to the contrary is division by zero.

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[–] [email protected] 106 points 1 day ago (6 children)

My first instinct was to poke fun but it's actually important to keep breaking this overpaid influencer's false image. He's actively using it to push his harmful agenda.

[–] [email protected] 35 points 1 day ago (1 children)

I can‘t even tell for sure who of the two you’re talking aboout but I agree either way.

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[–] [email protected] 68 points 1 day ago (3 children)
[–] [email protected] 1 points 7 hours ago

I mostly remember it as reporting abput random ass topics "transsexual ketamine dealers of Uruguay" type of stuff.

[–] [email protected] 38 points 1 day ago (4 children)

The craziest part of that article is

Vice co-founder Shane Smith stepped down as CEO in 2018, but has remained the company's (...) The Canadian-born journalist’s focus seems to be trained on the southern border, with an editorial line closer to Trump campaign fearmongering than hard news reporting. (Smith is not to be confused with Vice co-founder Gavin McInnes, who left the media company and established the far-right militant group the Proud Boys).

So two of the three Vice media founders are now far right? I tried to find out more about Suroosh Alvi, the third founder, but didn't see much. Though on his X (🤢) he posts and reports a bunch of pro Gaza stuff.

I shouldn't be surprised cuz it looks like they all got rich off Vice, but still.

[–] [email protected] 8 points 1 day ago

Their new podcast style conspiracy videos are just terrible, he comes across as a complete moron.

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

Actually it’s a dumb point because everyone and their mom already know he got boosted. Both of them should shut up and stop showing their face in public thank you very much.

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[–] [email protected] 10 points 21 hours ago

how does elon even have time to play video games if he’s the most busiest and hardcore guy of all time?

[–] [email protected] 5 points 20 hours ago

Inb4 Bezos suspends his twitch account for "inappropriate activity"

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

Rich people work so hard to deserve their perverse wealth /s The only way they can still blow of steam is by pretending to grind online multiplayer games no actual working person has enough time for.

What kind of flex is this supposed to be?

I dont know path of exile in detail but being a top mmo player has always struck me of an archivement in dedication of time much more then inherent skill. The learned skill the pros have just comes natural with enough dedication.

My general reaction to something like it is not more then . Wow “you” must really enjoy this particular game. Is that reaction really worth cheating for?

Do we think he lacks the general life experience to be able to reflect on the common knowledge that a pro failed more times then the beginner has tried?

I known Elon is neurodivergent if not full on autistic but so am i and i cant make sense of this guys wims.

[–] [email protected] 24 points 1 day ago

I think it comes down to what you said, but for the obscenely rich.

A pro has failed more than a beginner has tried. The obscenely rich have been told 'yes' more than the poor have had the opportunity to even ask questions.

You can learn this type of failed behavior just like a bad habit, and boy howdy is he the master of it.

[–] ArbitraryValue 12 points 1 day ago (1 children)

I think that putting in the hours to be very good at PoE2 is more embarrassing than being an amateur who only played a little bit. I say that as someone who looks forward to playing a lot.

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[–] [email protected] 3 points 20 hours ago (1 children)

I don’t know who that is 👴🦯

[–] [email protected] 5 points 12 hours ago* (last edited 12 hours ago) (1 children)

Asmongold is one of these 'anti-woke' YouTubers. Spends a fair amount of time complaining about women not looking pretty enough for his standards from what I've seen, while he himself looks like a fucking rat, with a bedroom that looks like a rat's nest. I hate downing people's looks and I too, have been a depressed mess with a terrifying bedroom before. But also, people in glass houses shouldn't throw stones.

I don't actually follow any of these YouTubers and to be honest the only time I ever use YouTube is when I'm in the mood for some music videos but I've seen this asshat come up over and over in feminist spaces and places where people make fun of the anti-woke grifters and the idiot marks that adore them.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 9 hours ago (6 children)

I haven't personally seen him talk about women but maybe. Some of his other talks about current events seemed very reasonable, though, so I thought he was pretty OK.

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