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Enough Musk Spam

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[–] xantoxis@lemmy.world 233 points 8 months ago (6 children)

Starting to think the reason Elon opposes the "woke mind virus" is not because his daughter is trans, but because he keeps getting owned so fucking hard by her

[–] dogsnest@lemmy.world 35 points 8 months ago

so fucking hard by her

Would this be uncharted territory for him?

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[–] xenoclast@lemmy.world 171 points 8 months ago (1 children)

If your kids hate your guts. That's all I need to know about you.

[–] ben_dover@lemmy.world 29 points 8 months ago (1 children)

i'm gonna frame this post and send it to my father

[–] FlyingSquid@lemmy.world 19 points 8 months ago

I had a friend who took a shit in a shoebox and mailed it to his father. I never met his father and I don't know what he did, but his mother is the sweetest woman in the universe and my friend is an amazingly nice guy, so whatever it was, it must have been really bad.

[–] kn0wmad1c@programming.dev 160 points 8 months ago* (last edited 8 months ago) (1 children)

That's Threads, not Twitter.

Also, fucking good for her. She's awesome.

[–] EmptySlime@lemmy.blahaj.zone 97 points 8 months ago (1 children)

Oh my God that comment about being bullied by him for being feminine. I felt that in my fucking soul. I got that shit so much from my father when I was younger. About the stupidest shit too.

I had this baby doll that I apparently loved when I was little. I was too young to remember having it, but when my brother was a baby apparently I'd follow my mom around with it and while she took care of my brother if she was doing something that I couldn't help with I'd take care of my baby doll.

He hated this fucking doll with a passion. Didn't want me to have it because he was convinced I'd grow up to be gay if I had it. Only the word he used was worse. He ended up jumping at the chance to give the doll away to a family they were acquainted with lost their house in a fire and their daughter had no toys left because he could get away with it then. But his hate for this fucking doll was crazy. Like it was impossible for me to become a parent one day and gasp take care of my own child.

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[–] FlyingSquid@lemmy.world 79 points 8 months ago

I did have a love of musical and theater when I was four, but that's because my dad was a film historian who also loved Stephen Sondheim, so half of what I listened to growing up was showtunes... but I'm guessing if that was true about Musk's daughter, it was Musk who was playing the music.

But yeah, I have a cassette tape of me somewhere (sort of) singing "Soon" from A Little Night Music when I was something like 18 months old.

Anyway, fuck Musk and I'm glad his daughter called him out on his bullshit. She also made sure she put it in the court record that she disowned him when she legally changed her name. She didn't have to do that, she just wanted it in the legal record that she did not consider him her father. Much respect for that with someone with a normal bigot father, but when your father is one of the richest men in the world? She's fucking amazing.

[–] Jackie_meaiii@lemmy.blahaj.zone 38 points 8 months ago

Child goes on Threads, not twitter. She used Zuck's platform to tear down her father

[–] fox2263@lemmy.world 38 points 8 months ago (4 children)

Fuck Elon. But also, how do you know what you said when you were 4? My 4 year old says a lot of shit.

[–] FlyingSquid@lemmy.world 39 points 8 months ago* (last edited 8 months ago)

I think the chances that his daughter said and did stereotypical gay things when she was four according to a guy who lies all the time are low.

[–] pyre@lemmy.world 37 points 8 months ago (8 children)

it's pretty easy to know you didn't start using some words until you learned them at a particular age.

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[–] dandelion@lemmy.blahaj.zone 24 points 8 months ago* (last edited 8 months ago)

I think you missed the part where he wasn't around when she was four years old. How does he know what she said when he left her to be raised by her mom and nannies?

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[–] Bobmighty@lemmy.world 36 points 8 months ago

I'm so fucking poor compared to Musk. His wealth grants him access to so many things I'll never have access to. He is financially far more successful than I will likely ever be. I don't feel any envy though. He's so life and love poor that I feel like his superior simply because my family loves and respects me, and I feel the same towards them.

He's a loser. It's a weird thing to say about a guy who can buy my entire neighborhood and tear it down for funsies, but he makes it so clear. No matter how much he has, he'll always be a pathetic loser. He's proof positive that money does not buy happiness.

[–] pearsaltchocolatebar@discuss.online 24 points 8 months ago (2 children)

Not that I doubt them, but I sure as hell can't remember anything from when I was 4, so I'd be unable to definitely rebuke any claims about my actions during that time.

[–] MindTraveller@lemmy.ca 26 points 8 months ago (6 children)

I remember the important stuff from when I was 4. I liked picture books, computer games, playing on the swing, and hot wheels. We didn't have a computer at home but we had one at school and I liked playing the educational games. Also I tried a pear when I was 4 and I hated it. I still do. Fuck pears!

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[–] Furbag@lemmy.world 21 points 8 months ago

One thing Elon doesn't seem to understand is that no matter how many billions of dollars he spends to "combat the woke mind virus", it will never make his daughter love him. Accepting her and loving her unconditionally would, but that requires a level of emotional maturity that Elon simply doesn't possess and no amount of money can buy for him.

Rich people are far too often bankrupt in the matters of the heart and soul.

[–] TheReturnOfPEB@reddthat.com 17 points 8 months ago (1 children)

One of the crazy parts of growing up with a narcissist is recognizing that you are supposed to stop their bullshit. They are in charge as a parent, so being a fucking kid means you think them lying about shit to glorify their mistakes is what is supposed to happen. And to be safe you go along with it.

It is not pleasant to be expelled from an abusive, controlling, narcissistic family to the world only to become a mark to every dark triad person on the planet.

And to find the good in that world is nigh impossible without almost endless resources.

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[–] Willy@sh.itjust.works 17 points 8 months ago (6 children)

Huh. I don’t really know what I was doing or saying at four. Neither does my kid, other than what people told him. I’m pretty sure everyone likes musicals at that age though. Mary poppins was the shit. They’re pretty great at any age really. Sucks they are in a bad place. What a stupid twitter argument though.

[–] EndlessApollo@lemmy.world 116 points 8 months ago

It sucks that he's a transphobic cunt who drove away his daughter. Why are you playing devil's advocate here? He doesn't need an advocate, he has 100+ times more money than you and everyone you know will ever make combined and he's a conservative asswipe. Elon making up lies about his daughter and her thoroughly debunking them isn't "a stupid Twitter argument", what the heck is your deal?

[–] AmbiguousProps@lemmy.today 99 points 8 months ago

Ah yes, a trans person defending themselves from their abusive, transphobic billionaire father is a "stupid twitter argument".

Why do you feel the need the need to belittle it?

[–] can@sh.itjust.works 62 points 8 months ago (1 children)
[–] CluckN@lemmy.world 47 points 8 months ago (9 children)

I could see Elon buying the fediverse so he can influence all 12 Linux devs and the 30 StarTrek fans that browse it.

[–] tentacles9999 15 points 8 months ago (1 children)

Hey, there a couple of Linux users here too!

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[–] mathilde@jlai.lu 55 points 8 months ago (1 children)

Maybe the truth is important to her, you have to respect that, it's not just a "stupid Twitter argument"

[–] FlyingSquid@lemmy.world 29 points 8 months ago

Right? Bizarre that this person doesn't seem to think that Musk's estranged daughter might want people to know when he's lying about her, especially when it comes to her sexuality.

[–] zaph@sh.itjust.works 27 points 8 months ago

How does a 4yo become a fan of certain music? Their parents play it endlessly. The child isn't a fan it's just what they know and have access to. Stop making excuses for other people.

[–] Infynis@midwest.social 22 points 8 months ago (5 children)

I remember seeing the Space Needle on a trip to Seattle when I was two and a half. Surprisingly, different people can have different experiences

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