Elon Musk Is TIME's 2021 Person of the Year
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Visionary. Showman. Iconoclast. Troll. How Elon Musk is reshaping our world—and beyond
  • mr_world [they/them]
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    3 years ago

    The richest man in the world does not own a house and has recently been selling off his fortune. He tosses satellites into orbit and harnesses the sun; he drives a car he created that uses no gas and barely needs a driver. With a flick of his finger, the stock market soars or swoons. An army of devotees hangs on his every utterance. He dreams of Mars as he bestrides Earth, square-jawed and indomitable. Lately, Elon Musk also likes to live-tweet his poops.

    Why not just have kings again? Really, what does it matter anymore?

    • emizeko [they/them]
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      3 years ago

      does not own a house

      am I seriously supposed to give a fuck if it is technically owned by a trust in his children's name or some shit

      the motherfucker lives in a house you fucking dishonest ghouls

        • BeanBoy [she/her]
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          3 years ago

          It’s an old character from The Best Show on WFMU!

      • Alex_Jones [he/him]
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        3 years ago

        Even if he didn't, this delegitimizes homelessness by acting like musk is anywhere near that lifestyle.

        He has secure housing and the ability to sleep wherever he damn wants. Being so wealthy you can literally live in a different hotel every day without losing profit is not the same as not having a home. Fuck media jeez

    • kristina [she/her]
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      3 years ago

      what a comical intro paragraph. truly, the greatest person on earth

  • Nakoichi [they/them]
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    3 years ago

    He tosses satellites into orbit and harnesses the sun; he drives a car he created that uses no gas and barely needs a driver.

    jerkoff gesture

    A car that barely needs a driver to kill pedestrians and all of its occupants.

  • Straight_Depth [they/them]
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    3 years ago

    Remember that both Trump and literally Hitler also hold this dubious honor, so swings and roundabouts, really

  • Blottergrass [he/him]
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    3 years ago

    Ebola fighters get 2014 but covid fighters/vaccinators don't get 2021?

    • fox [comrade/them]
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      3 years ago

      That's because orange man no longer president so pandemic over

      • kristina [she/her]
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        3 years ago

        or have a wine at brunch! remember, only those DUMMY REPUBLICANTS are dying of covid now! haha

  • GnastyGnuts [he/him]
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    3 years ago

    TIME magazine confirms, Elon Musk is at least as good as Adolph Hitler.

    • Wertheimer [any]
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      3 years ago

      Only half as good as Stalin, though. (1939 and 1942.)

  • Morosaurus [none/use name]
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    3 years ago

    TIME magazine is for kids, when was the last time you read an article from the TIMEs? I bet it was when you were a child.

  • Tervell [he/him]
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    3 years ago

    jesus christ that haircut gets worse with every new photo I see of it

  • Frogmanfromlake [none/use name]
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    3 years ago

    I remember being shocked when I first heard people unironically praise him. He just seems like a person who oozes sleaze.

  • Ram_The_Manparts [he/him]
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    3 years ago

    he drives a car he created that uses no gas and barely needs a driver

    They're going to rewrite history to where Musk singlehandedly invented the electric car aren't they.

    Fucking end me.