D&D General Elon Musk Was a DM

[Charlaquin]

You can stick to your guns, but the world is rarely black and white. It is more often shades of grey...

Whether he’s black, white, grey, or purple, his net contribution to humanity has had negative utility in my assessment.

but in this case, I see the guy as a zebra: Both really black hat and really white hat at the same time. He alternates between elements that have really done good things for society to moments of utter stupidity.

Then you’ve fallen for his grift. He doesn’t really do anything, he has a lot of money and takes credit for things of value that people who work for him do.

If you're going to rename something you bought and want to develop, don't tell people to call it their Ex (X). That usually doesn't get associated with good feelings...

It took me a few reads to figure out what you were saying here, but I think you’re alluding to him re-naming Twitter? That is easily the least stupid thing he’s done with Twitter (not to say that it wasn’t also stupid, just less stupid than every other decision he’s made).

 

[AnotherGuy]

Yeah, but he’s neither generous nor actually innovative. He’s just a rich prig who used to be pretty good at marketing hihimself.

Most are but I'd say Soros and Gates are far worse examples of rich prigs whereas Musk at least played D&D at some time.

 

[Charlaquin]

Most are but I'd say Soros and Gates are far worse examples of rich prigs.

I mean, they all suck. But of the three, only one bought one of the world’s biggest mass communication platforms and drove it into the ground for the sole purpose of making it a haven for people to spread fascist talking points.

 

[Whizbang Dustyboots]

Most are but I'd say Soros and Gates are far worse examples of rich prigs whereas Musk at least played D&D.

Bill Gates has actually made real strides towards wiping out malaria, a disease that kills more than 600 thousand people each year and infects more than 200 million.

Elon Musk once claimed that, if someone told him how he could solve world hunger, he'd do it. A team of experts gave him a detailed and relatively straightforward proposal that would still leave him the richest man in the world (at the time) and he ghosted them.

Musk not only doesn't care about you, he doesn't even understand what that idea even means.

Also, "there are other worse people" doesn't make someone not a bad person. Jeffrey Dahmer isn't a great guy because the Green River Killer killed more people.

 

[Charlaquin]

Bill Gates has actually made real strides towards wiping out malaria, a disease that kills more than 600 thousand people each year and infects more than 200 million.

Though, there are some pretty significant issues with that too… But they’re broader systemic issues with philanthropy in general, more so than specific issues with that program in particular.

 

[Whizbang Dustyboots]

Though, there are some pretty significant issues with that too… But they’re broader systemic issues with philanthropy in general, more so than specific issues with that program in particular.

Oh, we can definitely talk in another thread about how philanthropists hiding their money from the tax authorities and deciding to fund the programs they like instead is, well, "problematic" is an understatement.

But at least this decision at least has clear value to the world at large, rather than shareholders.

 

[AnotherGuy]

I mean, they all suck. But of the three, only one bought one of the world’s biggest mass communication platforms and drove it into the ground for the sole purpose of making it a haven for people to spread fascist talking points.

It was full of bots, over inflated like Disney. He exposed that, got rid of the chaff. Even Dorsey himself has since acknowledged he preferred a more liberated Twitter/X.

For the record I don't use it or most of social media. I prefer animal vids on Insta - that's it.

 

[Charlaquin]

It was full of bots, over inflated like Disney. He exposed that, got rid of the chaff. Even Dorsey himself has since acknowledged he preferred a more liberated Twitter/X.

For the record I don't use it or most of social media. I prefer animal vids on Insta - that's it.

Is more liberated what you call it when people get banned for using the prefix “cis” but openly expressing fascist sympathies is A-OK? Cause that’s definitely not the word I would use to describe it.

 

[Dannyalcatraz]

Mod Note:

I’m closing this thread before it reaches the point of the Nazism Singularity.