• TomMasz
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    3411 months ago

    Any armchair psychologists care to weigh in on Elmo?

      • @[email protected]
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        1211 months ago

        Radix malorum est cupiditas: the root of evil is greed. Or more colloquially, the love of money is the root of all evil.

        One of the few things I’ll hang on to from my religious childhood.

      • @[email protected]
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        911 months ago

        Plus, hell hath no wrath like a nerd who stumbles into power.

        My reductive opinion is that nerds come in two main flavors. Ones that are upset that the world is unfair, and are empathically motivated to change it for the better.

        And then there’s ones like Benzos or Elon, the nerds who see the world as a totem poll. Totem poles where they have been placed below their true position in life. They don’t want to get rid of the totem pole, they want to make it bigger, and they want to be at the top, so they may punish those who got in their way.

        • @[email protected]
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          011 months ago

          No amount of money can hide the void inside of them where they’ll never be the star athlete. Never get the girl. It’s all a sham. None of their relationships are deep, meaningful or “real”. They may show a vaneer of confidence on the outside but inside they’re rotting as they seethe.

          In a way it’s like, despite all the wealth and power, they still have nothing.

          I actually don’t put Zuck in this group because

          A. He’s a robot B. I actually think he’content despite being a douche

          Tl’dr: don’t be rich pls. Be happy with your small lives like I am.

    • @meliaesc
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      1811 months ago

      Many issues, will never change.

    • @LemmysMum
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      1811 months ago

      Stop attributing the name of one of the most beloved, friendly and wonderful muppets to ever exist, and who provided countless people decades of joy to that fucking shit stain Elongated Muskrat.

    • @[email protected]
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      511 months ago

      World praised him as a savior with Tesla and starlink. His ego ballooned and now he can’t control it

      • @BigBenis
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        11 months ago

        Remember his cameo in Iron Man 2? Back when he was considered the real-life Tony Stark? I recently re-watched that movie and the cringe I felt from that scene physically hurt.

      • twelve20two
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        411 months ago

        It also works in favor of other billionaires and corporate entities like BlackRock and The Vanguard Group (among countless others). He gets to publicly be a jabroni, and they get to carry on with fewer eyes on them and their practices

      • @Coreidan
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        411 months ago

        Weird take. Having a mental illness doesn’t absolve you from responsibility. Where do you get this bullshit from?

          • @Coreidan
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            411 months ago

            Illness or not he’s a fucking asshole who deserves to eat shit

              • @Coreidan
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                411 months ago

                Because you think having a mental disease absolves you from your actions. Wrong.