• RedditWanderer@lemmy.world
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    9 hours ago

    This will actually work. Theyre both megalomaniacs with fragile egos, putting him in Trumps shadow making it look like he’s being used by Trump will drive him crazy

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      it’s the other way around. mangolini cannot share the spotlight and is already annoyed that elon is always up his ass trying to be co-president. elon however is a massive cuck bitch so he’ll probably be regularly humiliated by him and not do anything about it.

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        I remembered this and googled it. In my mind there was a video, but man. It’s been a crazy 8 years.

        “When Elon Musk came to the White House asking me for help on all of his many subsidized projects, whether it’s electric cars that don’t drive long enough, driverless cars that crash, or rocket ships to nowhere, without which subsidies he’d be worthless,” the ever-gracious Trump wrote in 2022, “and telling me how he was a big Trump fan and Republican, I could have said, ‘drop to your knees and beg,’ and he would have done it…”

        https://futurism.com/the-byte/musk-trump-president-bromance

  • Imgonnatrythis@sh.itjust.works
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    8 hours ago

    I’m gonna force myself to watch a crappy Stephen King movie because of this. I’ll raise a glass to anyone that can get under the skin of this dumb chump.

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      7 hours ago

      Why not watch one of the good ones, instead? I’d recommend:

      • Carrie
      • Shawshank Redemption
      • Delores Clayborne
      • The Green Mile
      • Stand By Me
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        Or if you’re in for a trashy good time, The Running Man starring Arnold Schwarzenegger!

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          I first watched The Running Man shortly after finishing the book (which I quite enjoyed), expecting to see a movie adaptation of it, when in fact the most basic details of the premise are the only similarity between the two; as a result, I was pretty disappointed, but from what I remember of it, ‘trashy good time’ is a pretty apt description.

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        Gonna tack on The Mist to your list.

        At the very least it stars Thomas Jane and Andre Bruagher, which is a win in its own right imo.

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          I actually don’t think I’ve seen The Mist, but now I think I’m going to give it a watch based on your recommendation.

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            Definitely worth a watch! I had not read the book before watching it, which I think was good going into it.

            I enjoyed it as a movie outright, but it wasn’t until I did a report on it for a class that I learned to appreciate a lot of the undertones and imagery that I didn’t catch on the first pass. If you come back after you watch it I’ll tell you my favorite subtle thing I missed the first time (which I’m sure is more obvious in the book)!

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              Also the movie ending is so much better. Iirc Steven king even said he preferred it to what he wrote.

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    How long before they upgrade Elon to Felon?..

    Or Felonia if you like 😂🤣

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      11 hours ago

      You say that but we all remember him personally mass banning elon musk parody accounts and banning photos of himself he didn’t like.

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        So he does read your tweets. This still does nothing. This is just the lamest form of activism, and as recent evidence shows, it clearly doesn’t work.

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        Musk has previously described himself as an “alpha male”, it will annoy him for sure.

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        Context matters here. I think the joke is that this gender-swapped picture would really piss off Elon Musk in particular because he’s so openly and proudly transphobic.

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          Yeah i don’t think i would really like this sort of joke normally. But given he’d rather say his son died to the woke virus than admit he has a trans daughter… fuck elon.

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          Its not a misgendering. It is a mocking of his reverence to trump and cozying up ahead of the swear-in ceremony. If it pisses him off… it’s his own transphobia to blame. We’re just encouraging him if he’s an egg.

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        Maybe, although I personally don’t get that at all. Then again I’m not exactly a misogynist and do enjoy drag… Maybe I do want to see Elon in legit* drag after all. And I do mean something legit–not the diarrhea of frat bro tropes he’d inevitably lean into.

        Can we get a fanfic going about Elon’s secret drag performance addiction instead of ketamine? I’d probably read it, but I’d also be glad it exists.