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It may be hard to go against those groups, but Elon's tweets and actions have made it pretty easy to dislike him without those group's involvement. 
edit: Antagonizing Lou Paskalis, the COO of MMA Global, an international marketing company that works with such high profile companies as Anheuser-Busch, McDonald's, Yum! Brands, WalMart, Ford, Pandora, Bank of America, Hilton, Meta, T-Mobile, and many many many more - not a smart move: reddit thread, follow-up screen shot.
That is such a stupid approach to take with one of the most powerful advertisers in the world part of me thinks it must be faked. But I haven't seen anything that show that to be the case. [search] - it was real.
modified 5-Nov-22 2:37am.
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Maybe, but those groups certainly add to the ratios you mentioned.
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If you believe in that crap then you need to add the RNC to your list as well. That is enough politics. Everybody wants to hate everybody, and it is extremely old. 
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I've got no beef with Elon.
He let's us know where he stands, unlike many others in the power game.
He wants to make Facebook open, not one-sided crap. A good thing.
He also has a vision about exploring space I share.
Just saying.
"A little time, a little trouble, your better day"
Badfinger
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Neither Stephen King is happy with him and his plans.
M.D.V. 
If something has a solution... Why do we have to worry about?. If it has no solution... For what reason do we have to worry about?
Help me to understand what I'm saying, and I'll explain it better to you
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Light travels faster than sound, that's why some people appear intelligent until they start speaking.
I'm not a fan of Musk, and this move once again shows he cares little for others.
I've got to hand it to him though, he does something right!
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He doesn't care for others? Sure, he's a blue sky, opinionated arrogant jerk at times.
On the other hand, just think of the number of people he employs.
Charlie Gilley
“They who can give up essential liberty to obtain a little temporary safety deserve neither liberty nor safety.” BF, 1759
Has never been more appropriate.
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charlieg wrote: just think of the number of people he employs
So do all of the world's dictators.
Just because you need people to do your work and make you money doesn't mean you care for them 
Musk threatened to relocate a Tesla factory from California to Texas because he didn't approve of COVID measures.
Leaving the thousands of factory workers unemployed (or forcing to relocate) wasn't his concern.
How much he trusts people became obvious when he said remote workers just pretend to work and he'd fire anyone who'd want to work from home.
Telling people they're out of a job (one they've had for years) over a mass email again shows just how little he cares for people.
I'm quite certain Musk is a sociopath and maybe a bit of a narcissist.
It's not even that I disagree with him (not always anyway), it's just the way he does things that rubs me the wrong way.
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Oh sander - seriously? That's about a 50 mile wide brush / leap you made there. My point was your assumption that a CEO or whatever the hell he is these days, does not "care" for people.
Charlie Gilley
“They who can give up essential liberty to obtain a little temporary safety deserve neither liberty nor safety.” BF, 1759
Has never been more appropriate.
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The speed of dust - Spaceballs docet.
GCS/GE d--(d) s-/+ a C+++ U+++ P-- L+@ E-- W+++ N+ o+ K- w+++ O? M-- V? PS+ PE Y+ PGP t+ 5? X R+++ tv-- b+(+++) DI+++ D++ G e++ h--- r+++ y+++* Weapons extension: ma- k++ F+2 X
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Was at the pool today and needed to pee, so I did it at the deep end.
The life guard noticed and blew his whistle so hard I nearly fell in.
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I'll tell you what normal people do. Go to the bathroom. Pee in a bottle. Open the bottle underwater. Save the bottle for future use.
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Sounds like way too much effort.
"the debugger doesn't tell me anything because this code compiles just fine" - random QA comment
"Facebook is where you tell lies to your friends. Twitter is where you tell the truth to strangers." - chriselst
"I don't drink any more... then again, I don't drink any less." - Mike Mullikins uncle
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I would be A.B. Normal
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Just like a young girl or an old man.  
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This is just a philosophical starting point for a discussion. I don't want it to get religious or overtly political, so let's leave our deities and our political parties at the door. Otherwise, I'm interested in your thoughts.
Posing for argument, the death of civilization, and our eminent collective demise that would follow - or at least for most of us - i don't want to get hung up on that: Is it really any different than your personal death? We are so attached to the idea of projecting ourselves into the future vicariously through The Child - have we ever asked ourselves if it *really* matters? It's not like we'll actually live any longer. Yet this clinging to life is so dear we even do it beyond ourselves. While I can understand the value of that as a simple social animal, we don't live in caves anymore. We're not simple as to not be able to look at the continuation of the species and ask ourselves what the point of it really is.
Please don't misunderstand me above, as this isn't so much about petty nihilism, but I'm trying to raise a question with it.
Why are we here, and I mean absent some sort of artifice we create to rationalize our existence?
What I mean by that is what is core drive, aside from survival? Don't we need one? Haven't we moved past the bread and water phase of existence? As a species, what are we really trying to accomplish, other than base continuation?
I don't know if I should hide after writing this. Just trying to pose a starting point for a potentially interesting discussion topic.
To err is human. Fortune favors the monsters.
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I am, therefore I shall endeavor to enjoy the ride.
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Enjoyment. Jouissance. It's as good a reason as any I suppose. Maybe even the best one. 
To err is human. Fortune favors the monsters.
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The purpose of existence is existence. Nothing else.
The ride may be more or less enjoyable, but the ultimate destination - on both the species and the personal levels - is the same. Therefore the only thing left to do is to enjoy the ride while it lasts.
There are those who will argue that as we already know the destination, we should go there by the most direct route. They are wrong; points in this game are not accumulated by reaching the destination, but by making the journey last as long as possible.
Freedom is the freedom to say that two plus two make four. If that is granted, all else follows.
-- 6079 Smith W.
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Daniel Pfeffer wrote: points in this game are not accumulated by reaching the destination, but by making the journey last as long as possible.
With exceptions of course...
I would rather end the game some sooner, than remain there but not being able to play for long time. Game quality is a thing too.
M.D.V.
If something has a solution... Why do we have to worry about?. If it has no solution... For what reason do we have to worry about?
Help me to understand what I'm saying, and I'll explain it better to you
Rating helpful answers is nice, but saying thanks can be even nicer.
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Survival and procreation is a core drive. Probably THE core drive. Built in to all animals. Of which we are one
Asking if we can overcome it is about as reasonable as asking why you can’t overcome your anxiety issues or I can’t overcome my weight issues.
I don’t mean that as a personal attack, I am trying to point out that our basic programming is astoundingly hard to overcome.
On a second note. I do believe humanity is a net positive and hope that my kids have a better life than I did.
If you can't laugh at yourself - ask me and I will do it for you.
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Not really overcome it, so much as bring something higher to the table as well.
To err is human. Fortune favors the monsters.
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honey the codewitch wrote: Not really overcome it, so much as bring something higher to the table as well.
I suppose that through politics and religion humans do try to bring something higher to the table. Not so much the politicians (aka power-hungry scumbag liars) and religious zealots (aka power-hungry scumbag hypocrites) themselves but the "big picture" concepts of politics and religion. A conservative might argue that individual liberty and free markets are the best way to improve society while a socialist might argue that planned equity and workers rights are best for mankind. Each religion obviously thinks theirs is the true path to enlightenment and redemption.
Modern humans are still flawed creatures. Hopefully we're still early in our existence. If we can survive our own tendencies to corrupt and kill each other maybe we'll end up at some higher level... but probably not.
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I agree with you about politics and religion, but aside from the rules of the lounge, they are also excluded because they also fail at it.
In the end we impede our own progress, or wind up directionless as a whole.
I think we would be better off if we could all find a common cause, even if it was diverting a planet killing asteroid or fending off hostile aliens. Heck, maybe we need an external threat. At least that way we could externalize our tendency for conflict. It works for dictators. 
To err is human. Fortune favors the monsters.
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Quote: I suppose that through politics and religion humans do try to bring something higher to the table.
Some think that one of these (rarely both) brings something higher to the table, but I think that they are the two most destructive inventions of humankind.
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