• BlackLaZoR
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    Who the fuck cares. Elon, is average moron playing average game. If this was something important, I could understand, but this is nothing more than attention whoring.

    The Worst Person You Know

    Asmon isn’t even close to to the top of the worst people I know. What even is that title?

  • @affiliate
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    63 hours ago

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

  • @Boiglenoight
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    12 hours ago

    I don’t know who that is 👴🦯

  • @Valmond
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    457 hours ago

    Such a /technology/ post.

    There is technology in it, like a computer game.

  • @CosmoNova
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    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.

  • @Vipsu
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    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]
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      156 hours ago

      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.

    • themadcodger
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      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.

      • @MothmanDelorian
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        narcissism is a lack of empathy and conpassion. it is not thinking you are better than others.

        An example of how a narcissist would think would be “I barely know anything about this subject and you know even less than I do so you must be a fucking idiot if you know less than my dumb ass”

        • misterdoctor
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          Lack of empathy is a sign of narcissism sure, but so is a pathological need for praise and to feel superior to others.

          • WideEyedStupid
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            Yes and that need stems from deep insecurity. Narcissists are insecure, but don’t show it. Their whole superiority act is just that, an act. Very convincing, because it’s what they -want- to be, and when people praise them it’s like a confirmation. They’re addicted to it. That’s why they lash out at anyone who sees through it. When you praise them, they’ll treat you like the best friend/lover they’ve ever had, but once you take away the praise… well they become a nightmare.

            See it like this: nobody who is actually self-confident needs to get a constant stream of praise to be happy.

          • @MothmanDelorian
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            Praise yes but not the feeling of superiority to others as NPD comes from self-loathing.

            • WideEyedStupid
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              Not sure why you’re getting downvoted. You’re right.

              • @[email protected]
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                Because it’s not true. Narcissistic personality disorder may included self loathing but it is not a requirement.

                This pattern is shown by the presence of ≥ 5 of the following:

                An exaggerated, unfounded sense of their own importance and talents (grandiosity) Preoccupation with fantasies of unlimited achievements, influence, power, intelligence, beauty, or perfect love Belief that they are special and unique and should associate only with people of the highest caliber A need to be unconditionally admired A sense of entitlement Exploitation of others to achieve their own goals A lack of empathy Envy of others and a belief that others envy them Arrogance and haughtiness

                source

                Musk only needs 5. One could easily argue he has all of them.

                • WideEyedStupid
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                  That’s funny. I’ve only ever known 2 of them personally and they have all of it. The whole damn package. Yeah, that wasn’t fun.

                  Data show that, unlike normative, healthy self-esteem, which is associated with positive outcomes (5–7), narcissistic self-esteem is fragile, because it is highly contingent on achievement-related successes and feedback from the social environment (13–15). Narcissistic self-esteem is thus conceptualized as precariously elevated. When an individual with NPD is faced with an ego threat (e.g., real or imagined criticism, failure, or reduced social regard), unrealistically high self-expectations crumple into perceived inferiority (16, 17). Individuals with NPD are, therefore, hypersensitive to ego threats, and when threatened, they respond with efforts to reduce concomitant distress and upregulate self-esteem (17–19). These regulation strategies include some of NPD’s most recognizable and maladaptive behaviors. Classic “grandiose” responses include being aggressive or devaluing toward others (20, 21), fixating on grandiose fantasies (22), or engaging in self-serving bias (23). Classic “vulnerable” responses include alienating and isolating themselves (24) by avoiding situations that may threaten self-esteem (25), relentlessly criticizing themselves (26–28), or engaging in suicidal behaviors and fantasies (29, 30). This vacillation between overly inflated and deflated self-appraisals, alongside efforts to regulate this unstable sense of self through grandiosity, flawlessness, and/or avoidance, are described in both early psychoanalytic theories of narcissism (31), the contemporary Alternative DSM-5 Model for Personality Disorders (8), and the personality disorder section of the ICD-11 (32–34). It is important to note that research is continually adding nuance to scientific perspectives on self-esteem in NPD (35). Various frameworks differently emphasize shifts between distinct states of grandiosity (i.e., elevated self-esteem, arrogance, and entitlement) and vulnerability (i.e., shame, insecurity, and neuroticism). Scholars are working to clarify whether and how grandiosity may function to conceal ever-present vulnerability and whether fragile self-esteem is a driving force or an outcome of this process (17, 18, 26, 36).

                  Source.

                  So. I guess it’s not actually clear yet which one of us is right (whether it’s ever-present or not).

                  All I can say is that in my (limited) experience they have extreme reactions to any sort of criticism, they take almost everything personal, and this just doesn’t happen with people who are actually really self-confident. I know plenty of confident people and they can handle criticism just fine without throwing huge fucking temper tantrums. It came to a point where I was walking on eggshells trying to never say anything that could be interpreted as criticism, because their fragile ego couldn’t handle it and they’d turn it around on me. Like… trying to make themselves feel better by putting me down. Anyway, I’ll stop dragging my personal issues in here, and just say: perhaps some day we’ll have a definitive answer.

                  Edit: typo.

    • @[email protected]
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      69 hours ago

      The guy can’t miss an opportunity to demonstrate his character and personality. This seems both extraneous and consistent - it’s more of the same data. I think we’ve got his number.

    • @GeneralVincent
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      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]
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        57 hours ago

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

      • @BeMoreCareful
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        I feel like I remember them focusing on the sensation around news and not the actual news. Anything news worthy was included as a matter of context.

        I felt like Vice was as if Beavis and Butthead were reporters, they went to the heart of a story that wasn’t getting much coverage and asked about people’s butts.

      • @MothmanDelorian
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        Shane has intense yuck vibes if you meet him IRL

    • Allah
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      but the tolerent left told me asmon is far right

  • Avid Amoeba
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    9111 hours ago

    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.

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

      • @Red_October
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        Have you not noticed any of the many things Musk has said and done to suppress things like civil and worker’s rights? How he’s sucking Trump’s cock so he can dictate policy to the country? How he turned Twitter into an actual Nazi mouthpiece? That’s what he’s using his image to try to push.

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        Among other things:

        • anti workers rights
        • anti immigrant
          • with exceptions for his own businesses
        • anti safety nets
        • pro fascist
          • he’s began propping up Reform in UK and AfD in Germany
        • pro corporate

        Basically your bog-standard right-wing corporate fascist grab bag. He’s using his platforms (in all meaning of the word) to push that internationally.

        Check the first comment on this turd nugget from last week: https://x.com/RealAlexJones/status/1877066245192794146

      • @cowfodder
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        Rather than taking the time to try and research Elon, it’s probably faster to just read the Wikipedia entries on the German Nazi party and apartheid South Africa. That should give you a pretty good idea of what he believes and is pushing.

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    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.

    • @Zulu
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      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.

  • @[email protected]
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    119 hours ago

    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.

    • @[email protected]
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      Yeah I’ve put 97 hours into PoE2… I am far from good…I put nearly 2k in PoE1 and I did fight all the non-uber bosses at some point.

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      He can’t at this point

    • justOnePersistentKbinPlease
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      The company behind POE can do it easily with IP address.

      E.G. one of the bits is that the character was online and playing while he was on a call with several EU heads of state.

      The main ones are that for the rank of the character, he would absolutely have to know the game damn near perfectly.

      In the video he put out, its very obvious he doesn’t know a damn thing about it.
      • As in just blindly autoattacking, even when he doesnt have mana to attack • Not knowing how the map nodes work, going into a run with a full inventory • Skipping over all drops including a “Chaos Orb”. Only picks up maps. • Claiming how bad his gear based on the equip level alone when its functionally tue best possible gear you can get • The character’s auction house gear sales are classic RMT scammer money trades, where they put horrible gear up for ridiculous prices as a way to move ingame currency around between mules.

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        The character’s auction house gear sales are classic RMT scammer money trades, where they put horrible gear up for ridiculous prices as a way to move ingame currency around between mules.

        I thought poe2 didn’t have a real AH, just currency market. Maybe I’m misunderstanding what you’re trying to say.

        Rest of the stuff checks out though.

        • Larry13
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          It doesn’t have an auction house that automatically sells gear but, it does a an official website that allows you to list gear for sale. One of “Musk’s” listings (Maybe the only? I don’t remember) is a garbage crossbow for 18 divine orbs. That’s an ass load of currency in SC trade, let alone HC.

          • enkers
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            Oh, I see what you’re saying. Thanks for the explanation!

    • @[email protected]
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      You apparently have a hateful right wing chud perform “secret” acts that will result in them getting a big push on a new platform.

      Also: Friendly reminder that the Vice of today is not the Vice of olde and that “Waypoint” is a brand that is run by one rando (who likely uses a LOT of AI to generate content…) and has none of the social or political values the old Waypoint had. For the old Waypoint, you are looking at Remap Radio (the three founder/owners are Ricardo Contrarez, Rob Zacny, and Patrick Klepek and they semi-regularly collaborate with Austin Walker and, when she is available, BAFTA Award Winner Natalie Watson. And Janet Garcia is a “newbie” but is fucking awesome).


      Aww, the chuds must be angry that I am not giving their shit goblin his due credit for asking musk for a streaming deal.

    • @[email protected]
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      77 hours ago

      Upvoting because we don’t choose who we love. At least you can see he is cringe and lame :)

      • @[email protected]
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        I wouldn’t say he is cringe and lame. He is quite based actually (IMO). What he did with PoE 2 is cringe and lame.

    • Derin
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      I’m up voting you simply because I think it’s brave to say that on Lemmy 😅

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        Yeah, Lemmy is crazily echo-chambered. If you don’t actively shit on Elon for absolutely everything he does (be it good or bad) you get downvoted and called a bigot.

        Why can’t people be normal and shit on Elon for bad stuff and praise him for good stuff. There is not a single person in the world that is 100% good or 100% bad - everyone is on the spectrum and even the worst people have certain good aspects (and the best people have shit aspects).

        EDIT: I sometimes feel like I could write a full-on essay about how Elon sucks and it would still get downvoted into oblivion just cuz I said like one positive thing about him in it.

          • @[email protected]
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            I mean, he is pushing a lot of good tech forward. He is also fighting against bureaucracy and for freedom of speech.

        • @MothmanDelorian
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          Exactly, I hate him for who he is and most of what he does but the $100million USD contest to sequester carbon permanently is a fantastic thing to sponsor as we must remove carbon from the cycle and not just store it in trees.

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            And my point is proven. You literally said you hate him but you still got downvoted cuz you mentioned some good about him. I’m serious! This is a helluva echo chamber. They literally downvoted you for not hating him hard enough. It’s comical!

            • @MothmanDelorian
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              The sad part is I bet most who downvoted me don’t understand how critically important carbon sequestering is. We can’tjust plant trees. We need to permanently remove all of the carbon from the cycle that has been introduced since industrialization began.

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                I haven’t looked into it deeply so I don’t really know how important it is but I know one thing: Lemmy people would rather see double the CO2 than admit Elon has positive aspects.

  • jaxiiruff
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    Calling Asmongold the “the worst person you know” is fucking pathetic. He gets consistently shit on by journalists for having the ability to think for himself.

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      I’ve only heard he streams the entirety other people’s work for a living, what are the journalists saying?

    • @MothmanDelorian
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      He’s pretty clearly a shitty person that no one should model themselves after.

      • @Alwaysnownevernotme
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        Wow that seems pretty harsh.

        You try having something like 50,000 hours of recorded streams without saying something dumb.

        • @MothmanDelorian
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          It’s not what he says rather it is who he is and presents himself as.

          No one should aspire to be a troll that is as uniquely unfuckable as him.

          • @Alwaysnownevernotme
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            I don’t think aspiring to be another person is very admirable in any context.

            • @MothmanDelorian
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              So then what was the point of your initial comment? I said no one should model themselves after him. You replied that that was a harsh statement, but if you don’t think anyone should aspire to be like someone else what is the problem?

              • @Alwaysnownevernotme
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                I don’t think he’s a shitty person. He doesn’t actively harm or exploit anyone just spergs out on the internet playing Vidya. If every Texan was an asmongold it would be a half decent state.

                • @MothmanDelorian
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                  I think his larger message is his harm. I think his attitude is problematic as is his hygiene.

      • jaxiiruff
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        Yeah sure whatever you say, keep following the herd. I stopped giving a fuck about your virtue signaling types months ago.

        Go ahead and follow the script to call me a nazi next.

        • @MothmanDelorian
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          Why would you be a nazi? I suspect you are a cnfused child if you think Asmingold is an aspirational figure.

          Asmongold is the kind of guy who is unfuckable despite having money. Why would you want to be that guy?

          • @Zorque
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            Do you habitual judge people entirely on their fuckability? I mean, I have little opinion of Asmongold except what I see other people saying about him on the internet, but that seems like a weirdly sexualized take on things.

            • @MothmanDelorian
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              When Im talking to an obvious teenaged boy it’s safer to talk in terms they understand. A 15 year old might get why Asmongold isunfuckable but they might not understand why adults would hold him in disdain regardless of what he does.

              • @Zorque
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                Playing by someone else’s rules means they dictate the conversation. You have significantly less power. If you want people to act like adults, like reasonable people, try treating them that way.

                It may not work, but it’s far more likely to do so than constantly talking down to them.

                • @MothmanDelorian
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                  Have you been paying attention to this conversation? Maybe go back and reread before replying to me. You might find yourself thinking differently when you see my comments and the replies that I got from the start

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            Ah yes because appearance equals value in this dogshit world of yours. Way to admit you dont like him because he is actually popular despite that fact.

            Also a kid using lemmy? get real. Most of us here are 21+ at the least.

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              His personality and hygiene are what makes him unfuckable.

              And based on your responses here, why shouldn’t I continue thinking you’re a boy?

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    why do people hate mongols? i think they are pretty chill people