• gravitas_deficiency@sh.itjust.works
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    9 days ago

    In point of fact, there was a period of time (tbh I don’t know if he’s still doing it but I wouldn’t be surprised if he was) where he was super paranoid about someone assassinating him, and used his kids regularly as human shields.

    So no, I don’t think he’s a “great father” 🙄

    • Almacca@aussie.zone
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      9 days ago

      there was a period of time where he was super paranoid about someone assassinating him

      We should go back to that time.

    • A_Random_Idiot
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      8 days ago

      Which is the only time he’s ever been seen spending time with his family outside of photo ops.

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    8 days ago

    Every great innovator is also a parent.

    Nikola Tesla with zero children 👀

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      8 days ago

      And the Musk-rat has never been an innovator. He bought innovative companies. The real genius is further down on the corporate ladder. People you have never heard of and who earn much less money than the boss.

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      8 days ago

      I’d make pretty good odds on ‘American Patriot’ being Musk himself.

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      8 days ago

      If not an American, they are doing a phenomenal job sounding like one.

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        8 days ago

        I just assume that anyone on X with a username like that is Russian agitprop at this point.

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    8 days ago

    Wait guys - he totally has spent more than 5 seconds with his kids, there was that hot minute where he was carrying his 5 year old around as a bullet shield when there was CEO killer panic.

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      8 days ago

      Outside of public events

      We only know about that because he brought the kid to public events, probably safe to assume that he relied on armed guards instead of the kid in private

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    7 days ago

    Only time I’ve seen him with a kid was when he was using the one as a human shield at Trump rallies.

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    7 days ago

    Also, the kid isn’t in the shield position, which is the only reason Musk spends any time with him.

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    7 days ago

    Even beyond the fact that this is probably genAI, why isn’t he holding his children’s hands? His hands aren’t occupied, he isn’t doing anything. He’s just relegated them to some au pair that he couldn’t bribe to accept IVF yet.

    Did the Claude prompter who made this think that would strain the credibility too much; because Musk would never positively interact with his children?