• viva_la_juche [they/them, any]
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      3 years ago

      Elon had pretty bad hair loss back around the time he was buying in to PayPal. He clearly spent some money on correcting it since, some people say he has plugs but I think he has a system tbh bc the level of hair loss he had usually means you can’t get enough plugs to cover the loss. ( This is another pic I usually see get shared, I swear there’s another that’s more advanced but I can’t find it atm)

      He recently tried to buy twitter for about that amount of money

      The joke is that he’s trying to keep people from sharing those photos instead of him just trying to control a major corner of new media

      • Dirt_Owl [comrade/them, they/them]
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        3 years ago

        Oh, I didn't recognise him.

        Yeah it sucks that people think hair loss is more shameful then, you know, trying to control the media.

          • bombshell [none/use name]
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            3 years ago

            You have have the most crooked teeth and nose and the most fucked up jaw and you cannot be ugly as long as you’re a good person.

            That's not what lookists believe. They love ridiculing the appearance of others, no matter what the reason.

              • bombshell [none/use name]
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                3 years ago

                Lookism is a term that describes the discriminatory treatment of people who are considered physically unattractive. It occurs in a variety of settings, including dating, social environments, and workplaces. Lookism has received less cultural attention than other forms of discrimination and typically does not have the legal protections that other forms often have, but it is still widespread and significantly affects people's opportunities in terms of romantic relationships, job opportunities, and other realms of life.

                http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lookism

        • doublepepperoni [none/use name]
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          3 years ago

          The thing about rich guys and their hair plugs is that it is in that juicy intersection of money and vanity, like your average Joe cannot afford cultured capybara ball hair transplant treatments or whatever

          It's in the same vein as that one Chinese emperor drinking mercury or Peter Thiel sucking the blood of teenagers; rich and powerful assholes trying to buy their way out of their own mortality

          • MikeHockempalz [he/him]
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            3 years ago

            that one Chinese emperor drinking mercury

            Not to be a well actually nerd or anything but this actually happened to several Chinese emperor throughout history lol. Drinking mercury in the pursuit of immortality is it asily the funniest way to die tbh