cross-posted from: https://lemmy.world/post/14173417

Elon Musk admitted to using two secret alternate accounts on his social media platform X (formerly Twitter) in a deposition for a lawsuit against the billionaire. He said that he used some accounts on the social media site outside of his main public account when he was asked to clarify if he used an account on X that had been linked to him by several users on social media. Some users posted a screenshot of his X interface last year in which the additional account appeared to be visible.

  • @[email protected]
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    21311 months ago

    So this guy is the CEO of like 5 companies and he still has time to pretend to be a kid on Twitter? Is he really working that hard? Is he working so much harder that he’s worth 20,000x the average worker?

    • Blackout
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      11311 months ago

      CEOs don’t work hard. They delegate the hard work and they have fun, go to lunch with other assholes, etc.

    • @foggy
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      3711 months ago

      I’d like to live in a world with a 1000x pay scale.

      Whatever the richest person makes, the poirers must make at least 1/1000th of that amount.

      • @Mango
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        411 months ago

        I’m ok with this.

    • blargerer
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      1411 months ago

      Spewing bullshit as consistently as he does while still being believed by your core base is a rare skill set.

    • @unreasonabro
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      411 months ago

      he’s worth 20,000 of your children

      yours personally

      just for asking that question

      • @[email protected]
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        411 months ago

        No that would still make my kid worth $9.8 million. My kid will be lucky if he’s worth 1/200,000th of that asshole (not accounting for inflation).

    • @ripcord
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      111 months ago

      deleted by creator

      • @[email protected]
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        1411 months ago

        X has become his passion project.

        Ah yes, my passion too is a dumpster fire. Love the smell!

      • @MotoAsh
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        211 months ago

        rofl as if he was ever good for Tesla… Outside of strongarming the few government contracts, he’s been an overtly negative impact onvthe brand and now everyone laughs at Teslas instead of viewing them like the iphone of electric cars.

        … but you go off about how he’s good for ANY company…

        • @[email protected]
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          110 months ago

          They kinda are the iPhone of electric cars.

          Twenty years from now idiots will be telling me ‘I know you think they’re overpriced and locked down but my apps carry over and I just don’t have the time to learn something new!’

          • @MotoAsh
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            010 months ago

            Yea but normies still think iphones are decent, for the most part. Now even Tesla owners admit they’re shit.

            That’s quite a big difference when it comes to the health of a company.

            • @[email protected]
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              010 months ago

              Sadly it’s only our bubble where we see tesla owners hate on them, normies posting on Facebook and tiktok still drool over them simply as a symbol of wealth.

  • @unreasonabro
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    6611 months ago

    you know what they say about rich people using their time more efficiently and effectively? this is what that means

  • BarqsHasBite
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    5811 months ago

    What is the account in question?

    The account @ermnmusk, under the name “Elon Test” appeared to show Elon Musk role-playing as a child much like his three-year-old son. Last year the account posted, “I will finally turn 3 on May 4th!”, in a

    This is just weird.

  • @[email protected]
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    5111 months ago

    I would be much more impressed if he an account where he pretended to NOT be a child…

  • Margot Robbie
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    3511 months ago

    Instead of pretending to be his own infant son (which is really, really weird) , it would be much funnier if he made an alt account pretending to be a bad impersonation of himself, if he has a sense of humour, that is.

    That way, he can say things without having it link back to him and stay under the radar, after all, who in the right mind would ever expect an unverified “Elon Musk” Twitter account to be ran by the actual Elon Musk?

    • @[email protected]
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      1711 months ago

      That is essentially the Adrian Deitman account. He is pretending to be a loser who is obsessed is pretending to be Elon.

      It is really quite pathetic.

      • Margot Robbie
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        1611 months ago

        I don’t understand how he even have time to be so terminally online when he’s running like 5 different companies.

        • @unreasonabro
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          yeah its almost like CEOs don’t deserve the pay they get for the “work” they do and everything is a lie

        • @niemcycle
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          611 months ago

          Given what I’ve read about his management style, the more time he spends on Twitter, the better it is for his employees.

  • @HighElfMage
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    3311 months ago

    If Elon Musk had had the misfortune to be poor, he would have been institutionalized by now. But since he’s rich, the media just fawns over all his whacko bullshit.

    • @RagingRobot
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      1711 months ago

      Idk I think he would be just a normal guy. Maybe he would work retail or something and be miserable. I still think that would be better haha.

      • @captainlezbian
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        511 months ago

        He’d be a retail manager who meets up for abdl role play. Which honestly idgaf if everyone is a consenting adult, my issue would be the retail manager part and possibly him still being a raging bigot

  • Carighan Maconar
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    3111 months ago

    But his official account isn’t secret, is it? 🤷

  • LiveLM
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    2611 months ago

    Oh yeah I forgot about the whole “baby account” thing. Man why are rich people so weird?

    • @[email protected]
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      810 months ago

      Because they are psychopaths who really only triumph because their mental illness allows them to bypass social norms and expectations.

    • @Harbinger01173430
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      110 months ago

      Because they know they can get away with being their true selves?

  • @GardenVarietyAnxiety
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    2110 months ago

    This is a deeply wounded and developmentally stunted man, and the power he holds is terrifying because of it.

      • Rozaŭtuno
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        1810 months ago

        Autism doesn’t turn you into an unempathetic megalomaniac.

        Being a billionaire does.

      • RiverGhost
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        1110 months ago

        So do I. This has more to do with being an terrifying entitled, out of touch billionaire. Who also happens to be autistic.

  • @ParabolicMotion
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    2111 months ago

    Has he considered an account where he talks to his therapist?