• Vipsu@lemmy.world
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    4 days ago

    If Musk is ready to lie about his gaming achievements then can we really trust anything that comes out from his mouth.

    I mean who cares if Musk is bad at POE2 but the fact that he goes to such lengths to lie about how good he is in a videogame tells a lot about his character and personality.

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      He’s a narcissist. Of course he’s the best at this and everything else he does. Any evidence to the contrary is division by zero.

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        narcissism is a lack of empathy and conpassion. it is not thinking you are better than others.

        An example of how a narcissist would think would be “I barely know anything about this subject and you know even less than I do so you must be a fucking idiot if you know less than my dumb ass”

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          Lack of empathy is a sign of narcissism sure, but so is a pathological need for praise and to feel superior to others.

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            Yes and that need stems from deep insecurity. Narcissists are insecure, but don’t show it. Their whole superiority act is just that, an act. Very convincing, because it’s what they -want- to be, and when people praise them it’s like a confirmation. They’re addicted to it. That’s why they lash out at anyone who sees through it. When you praise them, they’ll treat you like the best friend/lover they’ve ever had, but once you take away the praise… well they become a nightmare.

            See it like this: nobody who is actually self-confident needs to get a constant stream of praise to be happy.

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      I’m honestly shocked that you have to ask someone if you can trust him.

      He is without a doubt the least trustworthy person on the entire planet. Even less so than Putin i would say.

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        Musk has his loyal fanbase who have been impressed by his achievements with Paypal, Tesla and SpaceX.
        Honestly he seemed all right before 2020’s but after that he’s slowly become more and more radicalized.

        Fortunately his behaviour is alienating a lot of his fanbase, unfortunately they’re getting replaced by more far right fans.

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      He made a post using command line lingo too, but anyone with even basic knowledge of those commands can tell you that both the syntax and the way he alludes to them are wrong.

      It’s the equivalent of slinging a guitar in a picture to look cool but pressing the side with the strings against your belly.

      1000083817

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      4 days ago

      It’s like what Trump would do if he were younger and cared about video games.

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      The guy can’t miss an opportunity to demonstrate his character and personality. This seems both extraneous and consistent - it’s more of the same data. I think we’ve got his number.