Are you using hyperbole or are you asking me an actual question?
I am, but since I don't have the man in front of me it would be unethical.Gramsci wrote: Wed Jan 22, 2025 8:46 amYou’re right. As far as I know none of us are qualified to diagnose Musk.
Lack of ethics is his specialty, diagnose away.
clocker bob may 30, 2006 wrote:I think the possibility of interbreeding between an earthly species and an extraterrestrial species is as believable as any other explanation for the existence of George W. Bush.
I haven't seen many people with autism fail to read the room quite this hardGramsci wrote: Wed Jan 22, 2025 1:37 am Musk is clearly a far right asshole. But his really weird public behaviour and speaking cadence really speaks of mental illness and Asbergers, possibly drug dependency. The weirdly desperate need for approval, the near zero empathic responses, emotional retardation (I mean that technically, not pejoratively). I’ve met a few people with Asbergers over the years and they’re all fallen in to extreme libertarianism and are generally what neurotypical people would call assholes. The plural of anecdote isn’t data but there is an analogue between high functioning ASD and an empathy deficiency that leans towards the far right - I regard libertarianism as a far right ideology - especially post social media rabbit holes.
Not an excuse, but a possible explanation. Zuck is also ASD. It would make be an interesting experiment to find out if Bezo, Thiel etc are also high functioning ASD.
Edit. I just searched Thiel, Autism… surprise! Yes.
The flip side of course is Thunberg…
“I betcha ten bucks I can seig hail the capitol one center and they won’t do shit!”losthighway wrote: Wed Jan 22, 2025 5:01 pm You know in a ball game when the pitcher throws a few weird ones in a row and the catcher and the manager run up to the mound and they all talk? I always wonder what the conversation is.
Similarly, the next time the president or any of the higher ups are in a room with Musk after that moment, what are they saying? Are some saying "OMG you went there! You're wild! So awesome!". Or are they chastising him? In a room with that many shades of personality disorder combined with garbage politics, I just wonder how their conversations go.
I want to believe that there are people out there like Shawn Fain who might not have skeletons in their closet.zorg wrote: Wed Jan 22, 2025 8:55 pm Can you imagine how uncomfortable they would be if somebody actually righteous would be in their midst?
Watching Trump and Vance squirm while that Episcopalian Bishop gave the sermon might have been more satisfying than seeing Trump in court. I've been around enough Unitarian, Methodist, Episcopalian folks to know that even though I'll never feel a mystic calling from that Christ fella there are some good people who do and everything they get from it flies in the face of those pseudo religious demagogues and all their idiotic Evangelical followers.zorg wrote: Wed Jan 22, 2025 8:55 pm Can you imagine how uncomfortable they would be if somebody actually righteous would be in their midst?
Amenlosthighway wrote: Wed Jan 22, 2025 11:05 pmWatching Trump and Vance squirm while that Episcopalian Bishop gave the sermon might have been more satisfying than seeing Trump in court. I've been around enough Unitarian, Methodist, Episcopalian folks to know that even though I'll never feel a mystic calling from that Christ fella there are some good people who do and everything they get from it flies in the face of those pseudo religious demagogues and all their idiotic Evangelical followers.zorg wrote: Wed Jan 22, 2025 8:55 pm Can you imagine how uncomfortable they would be if somebody actually righteous would be in their midst?
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