1,649 days since Elon Musk said Coronavirus would be similar to the flu. (1/31/2020)
"There is considerable conflation of diagnosis & contraction of “corona”. Actual virality is much lower than it would seem. I think this will turn out to be comparable to other forms of influenza."
Yeah, I look at it as inevitable but I'm also aware I'm a terminally online weirdo in a lefty echo chamber who should keep his thoughts mostly anonymous.
Does he not realize that the left ALSO have guns? And if this war does take place, he's in the top 10 of people who would be targeted? Does he not get this?
If you’re still on Twitter, you’re part of this problem. If you have a Tesla, sell it. You can live without Starlink too. And do you really need that new Mars rocket?
Seriously. We have Mastodon now. Any government or corporation can run their own instance and have their own official servers that aren't subject to the whims of this fucking lunatic.
They're all easy to avoid giving money to. That said, all of those things would be much improved, virtually overnight, if he were to just... spontaneously combust. (Or, even less probable, seek psychological help.)
It's amazing how much damage a few men (Putin, Trump, Musk...) are allowed to do. History indicates this has always been the case, but at least we didn't have a live feed of their every deranged thought or desperate cry for attention.
It's a real shame that lawmakers seem squarely focused on sinophobia, because X should absolutely be skewered just as hard as TikTok if a hostile beast like Musk is at the helm.
We don't have enough firearms in private hands evenly distributed to have a civil war you fucking nepo-silverspoon-lollipop!
Maybe you should be looking at your own country for that and I wonder where the nutjobs are that would kickstart that would hear their misinformed reason? I'll give you a clue, it used to rhyme with Shitter!
It's a cultural skill developed over many centuries where armies stood on opposite ends of a field and insulted eachother before the charge happened.
Here's a breakdown of the aforementioned insult:
"You Fucking" used as a layup for whatever follows. It is best to exclude swears for subsequent words unless you intend to punctuate the end with a worse swear. The only one up from "Fuck" is "Cunt" without getting into slurs.
"Nepo" shorthand for nepotism, this is the personal attack element and should be first in the insult. If you imagine stabbing someone with words, this is the one that breaks through the skin. It also has two syllables so it can follow on well from "fucking" which also has two.
"Silverspoon-lollipop" is the final thrust of the insult deep into their soul. This has three elements:
It is a second personal attack that is closely related to the first as it denotes inherited wealth.
It is the first part of "silverspoon-lollipop". This paints the image in one's mind of Elon having a silverspoon stuck up his arse and therefore making him a human lollipop (popsicle). Creating an absurd and humiliating visual of your opponent is a good way to inject a healthy dose of comedy which is THE key ingredient to any good putdown. Lollipop, as an inherently silly-sounding word, is the punchline again because of the absurdity of feeling destroyed by being called a lollipop.
Both sets of words have the same number of syllables. This gives the insult a good rhythm: 2-2-3-3.
In closing, this is a skill that can be learnt it just requires practicing a few rules-of-thumb:
Target weaknesses and personal flaws in your opponent that they can't deny.
Warp those flaws into an absurdity that adds comedy.
Be sparing with swears and use them as layups or punctuation.
Think about syllables and rhythm like one would do in a rap or roast battle. If it's too long, split it into multiple insults.
Keep in mind your cultural sensitivities. For example, in the UK it's pretty universal that the only swears more offensive than "Cunt" are ethnic and cultural slurs. I also learnt from my Romanian friend that a lot of the worst insults from there are centred around the mother or the sister.
If use your cultures' sayings and idioms, which are more widespread in English than people realise, as shorthand.
Practice, practice, practice.
Use these guidelines and you'll have your enemy's soul demoralised and destroyed their therapist will need a therapist. Happy insulting, ya bastards! 😊
One of the most powerful rallying images for racists is the "foreigner" raping/killing "their" innocent white women. It was fertile ground for a disinfo campaign. It triggers a runaway emotional response in some susceptible people. The web agitators already tested this when something similar happened in Germany and Sweden.
Wait, the UK is the one on the brink of civil war? Yeah, that's dumb even by his standards. Stop reading shitty conspiracy blogs, Elon. If there was a child trafficking cabal you'd already be in it.
A lot of those on the right are pushing violence and civil war hard as if they are going to capitalize on it. Oligarchs and Nazis have been trying to install their preferred government since the 1930s. They twist the Bible and patriotism into blasphemous perversions to get a desperate and fearful underclass to join in, but they too will end up in the Nazi work camps.
People are not taught about the plot to seize the White House in schools because the rich control what is taught in schools. Every person should read about Major General Smedley Butler, the one they wanted to install as dictator and the greatest Marine ever but he is nearly erased from history because he stood up to the rich folks.
War where these moocs wouldn't last 5 minutes, they have practically been defeated already. Collectively they have the intellect of a mole, and inevitably most of them are already known to the police.
Also the UK famously doesn't allow its random citizens to have guns. Obviously gun control laws work because there were no guns at the riots, if there was going to be any guns anyway, that's where they would be.
Let's not get into the fact he's worth more than the GDP of most nations and has more international impact, or that he's an American citizen commenting on British politics and being reacted to officially by Britain.