For those who aren't familiar with the term, it means believing something that probably shouldn't be believed, or being influenced to believe something that's not necessarily in your best interests.

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[–] 44 points 9 months ago (9 children)

Elon Musk in his early days. He was fresh, convincing and his ideas sounded good. It turns out they sounded a bit too good. With hindsight he really is the world greatest con-man. Why this still goes on its beyond me, though.

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  • [–] 8 points 9 months ago

    I knew of Tesla and SpaceX and I'd vaguely heard of him but didn't really care so I wrote him off as another rich asshole immediately. Then I had some friends raving about him going to Mars and saving the world. I almost bought in but within a few weeks of that happening he called the guys who rescued the kids trapped in a cave a pedo just because he couldn't use his sub. That started my hatred of the man.

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  • [+] 6 points 9 months ago* (last edited 2 weeks ago) (5 children)
  • [–] 10 points 9 months ago* (4 children)

    wild to think that whole house of cards of his collapsed because his PR person wanted a raise and being the greedy little ratfuck he is he refused.

    cleanly they earned it

    kimd of makes me wonder who all else out there is a complete piece of shit but we just don't know/realize it

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  • [–] 5 points 9 months ago (3 children)

    Never heard about this. Do you have a source I can get some further reading on this?

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  • [–] 4 points 9 months ago (2 children)

    don't have any links off the top of my head but it should be easy enough to find.

    it could just all be coincidence but the timing of public-facing downfall and that event seems too good to be true imo.

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  • [–] 1 point 9 months ago (1 child)

    Ok I'll have a look. Thnx for the interesting info

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