When your post about a hard R gamer 
spawns a struggle session 
The best part is that he's not even a good gamer
His Elden Ring build was pathetic in a way that even his fanclub couldn't defend
Int/Dex build, so mostly mage with some weapon skills. Shield in left hand, staff in right with rapier & claws fast switch.
Change armor from heavy to medium for fast roll or tank.
Move talismans around a lot.
Many small hits in a row to damage stack is important.
Summon!
Literally admitting that he uses the "easy mode" button as the cherry on top lmao
That whole thing is genuinely confusing.
The complete lack of coherency and talking about mechanics that do not exist or are not relevant is the kind of thing chatGPT comes up with if you ask it to invent a new build and explain how it works.
Yeah, it's all over the place because he doesn't understand any of the game mechanics. Something like "I'm still figuring it out, but I'm enjoying int magic and dex weapons" is what a normal person would say.
has to pretend to be a 1337 gamer to impress dorks on the internet.
remove all mentions of his name and you'd think they're talking about a 16yo.
I was like this when I was 13. Nice to know the second richest man on earth is a literal racist manbaby.
wow he spends some of his free time gaming? that must mean that he's WORKING EVEN HARDER to make those billions in the time he isn't spending gaming. So he's not just making 84684684168146814 dollars per second he draws breath through sheer hard work, he's actually making 18146841941984984984928942928429494982928 dollars per microsecond instead, once you subtract all the gaming where he's not working
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Battle_of_Polytopia
Players play as one of sixteen tribes to develop an empire and defeat opponents in a low poly square-shaped world.
Low poly cyber truck 
Platforms
Android, iOS, Windows, MacOS, Switch, Tesla
Fucker loved this game so much he made sure it ran on his cars
He would be so easy to get riled up. As a certified troll. I would love to talk to him.
he’s got all the money in the world — enough to do literally anything he wants to do — and he’s still a miserable loser with no satisfaction in his life. amazing microcosm of america and indeed capitalism writ large
Death to America
It's not a big deal? It's a huge fucking deal, mom. Every time you answer the goddamn phone and disconnect me it counts on a loss on my record. That's fucking permanent, mom. Everyone online is going to think your son is a fucking loser, I hope that's what you wanted.
Gamers may be one thing, but he is an even more wretched creature, he is a mobile gamer.
DAE LE SUPERIOR TO LE CHESS
*disclaimer: chess' fandom is full of Reddit-brained misogynistic bazingas too.
"Heated G!mer Moments" where someone has to do a racism or a violence under justification of consuming a treat are not far off from "I'm drunk lol" excuses for roughly the same behavior.
It's already horrible people having enough social lubricant to be as horrible as they already were, waiting for expression.
That just sounds like autism. Y’all don’t get to be ableist just because the target is a billionaire. He won’t see your comments, but your autistic comrades (including me) will.
Because I see people making fun of autistic traits. You think ableism requires a specific mention of a disability?
You saw someone saying they found certain traits obnoxious, ascribed those traits to all autistic people, then chose to take offense
Thank you for telling me, an autistic person, that I'm wrong about an autistic trait and that I'm wrong for finding offense in people making fun of said trait. Where would I be without NT "allies"?
No one of my acquaintance has ever made the mistake of thinking I'm neurotypical, nor am I interested in being your ally and I don't think this posture you've chosen to take is doing much for your cause
Oh am I being too uppity? Do I need to be civil when telling people not to be ableist? Or should I just shut up about casual ableism because it might scare off the NTs who don't want to self crit?
No. You're just wrong. But this is going nowhere so I'm disengaging. Be well comrade
you're inventing reasons to be offended
That's literally just a right wing talking point. Fuck off.
Just because some traits are exhibited by autistic people doesn’t mean that all people who do are autistic. The context can change whether we judge something as acceptable or not.
I am not going to try to a layperson diagnosis of Musk so I can’t say whether he’s on the spectrum or not, but he at least has demonstrated that he’s a cruel, abusive, emotionally manipulative, immature manchild. These are not traits that are intrinsic to autism, he’s genuinely just a shit human being on every level. Some traits do lead to autistic people having reactions with some similarities, but I don’t wanna just jump to the defense of Musk because a thing he’s done is similar to the behavior of an autistic person. There is potential for a ton of behavioral overlap between autistic people and allistic people, and for behaviors exhibited by people with a whole host of other causes.
I am on the spectrum and while I’m loathe to do the “I’m X and I don’t find Y offensive” thing I just don’t see it. Just stating my perspective, I’m genuinely sorry that this stuff has bothered you, but I am trying to seek understanding yknow?
I am not going to try to a layperson diagnosis of Musk
He has literally said he's autistic.
but I am trying to seek understanding yknow
Have you never had your trust betrayed? Even for something small it can feel like absolute shit. It's literally about trouble regulating emotion, a very common autistic trait.
I find it kind of worrying that you’re being more charitable to Elon Musk than someone who has stated outright that they’re trying to come to an understanding of your viewpoint.
You say as you're doing it.
Where I then say I am giving my perspective and this doesn’t make me inherently correct for being autistic. I’m explicitly stating that I’m not more correct or virtuous or something by stating my experience with autism and how it has influenced my own, personal perspective.
Have you never had your trust betrayed? Even for something small it can feel like absolute shit. It's literally about trouble regulating emotion, a very common autistic trait.
Oh yes I have, and I understand it on the small and large scale betrayals. I have had the course of my life inexorably altered by the personal betrayal and lies of people I thought were close friends, who were also autistic. They were autistic people, who also happened to be scumfucks that were emotionally manipulative liars.
Which seems like the case with Musk. He is a condemnable piece of shit, and I don’t think his behaviors can be solely attributed to being ND, because as demonstrated by plenty of people here and around the world, there are plenty of good supportive kind neurodivergent people who may exhibit the same traits of autism as Musk, but are not reprehensible shitheads like this billionaire apartheid profiteering scumbag.
I never said his entire personality is attributed to autism. I'm talking about the specific behavior mentioned in this post. He didn't do anything manipulative or abusive here, he got mad then didn't talk to her for the rest of the day while he was still feeling that emotion.
trying to come to an understanding of your viewpoint.
Sorry. I just fixed my comment before seeing your reply.
My point though is that he has demonstrated publicly a history of emotional manipulation and abuse and while it could be a reaction based on a sense of betrayal triggering a response as you posit, it could also be more manipulation and a way to excuse it by using the game
Maybe I’m completely off base here but I feel like he doesn’t warrant the full interrogation and depth of understanding we’re granting him here. I personally have experienced the sense of betrayal and emotional upheaval at the tiniest things before, and I have been with (actual) good friends who have done so as well. I am willing to come to an understanding with them so we can treat each other with respect and good will. I have no compulsion to do so for Musk 🤷
Also aside, I variety of responses you’ve gotten here doesn’t mean it’s only NT folks who disagree, and I don’t think we need to approach a disagreement with comrades in a space with a not insignificant proportion of ND people with hostility. Though I fuckin know how tiring it can be having to re-explain your thoughts multiple times, I don’t think the reaction is the best for fostering that understanding
it could also be more manipulation and a way to excuse it by using the game
Or it could be that the fact that it's coming from him is being used to excuse ableist behavior. You could swap in literally any other autistic person who would have reacted that way, and the ableism in this thread would still apply.
That’s literally why I’m talking about context though. We could substitute him for another neurodivergent person and there would be a different response because they’re most likely not a multibillionaire apartheid profiteering emotionally manipulative abusive scumbag. I’d be more likely to label these responses as ableist behavior if there weren’t also a history of other reasons why the incident might be Musk being shitty to his partner rather than him having an emotional reaction caused by his neurodivergence. He’s had multiple divorces & breakups for the exact reason of him being enormously shit to his partners.
Having context doesn't mean all of his behavior is because he's an asshole billionaire. Most of it is sure, but this isn't.
I don’t see how you can claim that with authority when there is not insignificant behavioral overlap, especially when (presumably) you do not know the man.
If someone says your (general "you", not you "you") words make them uncomfortable, you should be understanding regardless. Like I said in the first comment, Elon Musk won't see any of these comments, but comrades who have had similar experiences will. Clearly it struck a nerve with me and some of the responses to me made it even worse. Stuff like this (and this has happened before) makes this site not feel like a safe space for me as an autistic person.
Should we not think he's a piece of shit for berating and casually firing employees
There is a big gap between that and getting mad and not talking to someone for a bit.
At some point I think it's necessary to distinguish to what degree parts of his behaviour are expressions of neurodivergence and to what degree they're expressions of simply being a bad person who has no interest in anything except his own whims and desires.
I do distinguish that, and in this case it's the former. It seems like other people are not able to distinguish that and are instead attributing everything to the latter.
You're the one conflating all petulant and childish behavior with autism. I don't behave this way and my neither does my equally autistic partner, so is "stable and mature" behavior also autistic?
Trouble regulating emotion is a very common autistic trait. It's also considered "petulant and childish" in the eyes of NTs. And that's exactly what I'm seeing in his response to having his trust betrayed.
We're not mocking him for showing autistic traits. We're mocking him for displaying
traits.
Not all autistic people are gmers. Nor is gming addiction something only autistic people get.
It's about the response to having your trust betrayed, not games specifically.
In the end, it's impossible to say for sure whether Elon Musk has autism without a formal diagnosis. While his communication style and behavior may suggest that he is on the autism spectrum, there are other factors that could be at play.
I don't know if he got autism. For sure there are plenty of other reasons why he acts like that. With labels and without.
If it means anything to you I made a comment about this voicing similar thoughts
I've already said this isn't a bit. And I've gone on to give extensive explanation.
Assuming that an autistic person calling out ableism is a bit is pretty shitty, whether or not you agree with the callout. Please don't do that.
