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[–] 194 points 2 months ago (31 children)

Money can absolutely buy happiness, but you have to be capable of feeling it. A trillion bucks would let anyone do amazing things that could make you incredibly happy.

However, the process of getting a trillion dollars requires that you're an evil psychopath incapable of experiencing pleasure.

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  • [–] 98 points 2 months ago* (19 children)

    Just think about how much happiness you'd get from:

    • Completely solving world hunger, single-handedly.

    • Massive vaccine roll-outs to eradicate or nearly eradicate some of the worst diseases.

    • Giving every single homeless person in the US a free house to live in.

    • So much hookers and blow.

    And after all that, you'd still be a billionaire. Just getting started.

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  • [–] 47 points 2 months ago (3 children)

    The world would also celebrate your existence, not despise you.

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  • [–] 17 points 2 months ago (6 children)

    Solving world hunger would get you an endless parade of pussy.

    You wouldn't need hookers.

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  • [–] 28 points 2 months ago (3 children)

    Yeah I agree, if I was a billionaire I’d be spending a lot of money on things that don’t just benefit myself, and I’d hope that’d make me happy at least a little bit. I think the not having happiness part comes from the hoarding part of it.

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  • [–] 16 points 2 months ago (2 children)

    But you wouldn't be a billionaire. There are people in the world that do good, they just don't get as rich because they care about people

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  • [–] 7 points 2 months ago

    Exactly. I believe that becoming a billionaire is necessarily a symptom of some kind of mental illness because of what it takes to do so. Most people would be unwilling to do it.

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  • [–] 9 points 2 months ago

    There have been studies done that suggested money can buy happiness but only to a certain extent. I think the cap was somewhere north of the upper middle class. Enough money where you didn't ever really have to worry about bills or ever going broke, while also being able to travel and vacation several times a year.

    Past that point increasing the amount of money didn't increase the overall happiness of the person.

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    [–] 107 points 2 months ago (7 children)

    Never forget that Elon is such a colossal looser, that even Epstein, the most despicable piece of shit on earth, wanted absolutely nothing to do with him.

    This is the type of special that Elon brings to the world.

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    [–] 57 points 2 months ago (20 children)

    Is there a particular reason to think this is not really his mother? Or is the joke to simply assume that?

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  • [–] 58 points 2 months ago (5 children)

    Yes, i wondered the same. I don't want to assume this is correct just because it fits into my worldview.

    I did a bit of digging. This post is bullshit. There are multiple photos from the event and the cake around. And the account, as far as is can tell, is run by his mother.

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

    The left and the right are NOT the same. Only one of them works at least in the general direction of a future that can work, for everyone.

    But the level of lies, propaganda, deception, gaslighting absolutely is. Every single time I read something implausible, like this, and dig deeper, it turns out to be complete and utter BS, like some left mirror version of Trump. ALL of it.

    Again, the lies are on the same level, not the policies.

    This photo shows the exact opposite: A heartfelt congratulations post from a mother, a wonderful cake. Note how they decided to lie about this, even though they could easily have talked about the family relation that is NOT intact, his daughter. But no, they don't want to talk about his daughter and how he treats her. They want to smear the mother-son relationship with lies.

    And I would also point out that criminals who have not yet been convicted by a court (and never may be in this case, different problem) have the same right to a great birthday party with loving family as everybody else.

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  • [–] 52 points 2 months ago

    One time Elon posted about how he can't be out of touch because his grandmother was poor, and his "mom" immediately replied and agreed with him, but it sounded like she was confusing his dad's mom with her own mom, so everybody assumes Elon was posting as her and fucked it up.

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  • [–] 31 points 2 months ago* (11 children)

    Flip a coin. She looks evil enough to love Elon.

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  • [–] 36 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago) (1 child)

    I see no friends and family in those pictures. Even his a.i. generated fantasies make him look like a loser.

    (edit: fixed typo. Thanks, hperrin)

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  • [–] 34 points 2 months ago

    I'd almost feel bad for him if he wasn't such a massive piece of shit.

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  • [–] 34 points 2 months ago

    I may be sad, but I’ll never be former trillionaire stuck on the internet sad.

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  • [–] 26 points 2 months ago

    Even grok knew better than to burn tokens generating some friends in those pictures.

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  • [–] 22 points 2 months ago

    Billionaireism is a disease. Help us fight it.

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

    Sometimes I feel kinda sorry for him for how alone he is, I can't imagine it, although it's pretty much his own fault for being so terrible.

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    [–] 18 points 2 months ago (1 child)

    I live in a so-called progressive blue state that has a lot of Democrats. I see more and more of them driving new Teslas around. To me, all Tesla owners—especially those who purchased their vehicle in the last couple years—are just authoritarian Trump supporters. Prove me wrong.

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    [–] 18 points 2 months ago (7 children)

    He is only 55! Thats a rough 55 for having all the money in the world. I don't mean go get plastic surgery, but you would think he would be able to take better care of himself. Man, imagine what he would look like if he was never rich? For starters no hair.

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  • [–] 11 points 2 months ago (5 children)

    Rumor has it he tries all the anti-aging experimental stuff, and of course that would take a toll.

    Ironic.

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  • [–] 8 points 2 months ago

    M'twenties

    https://public.bnbstatic.com/image-proxy/rs_lg_webp/static/content/square/images/e633bf55be854700a8fd94c26b338640.jpg

    The present muskrat is the "good looking, money muskrat". Without the money he would look like a goblin, as his skinsuit tries to match his soul. "Taking better care of himself" could have only been fixing that soul of his.

    I know other billionaires are super duper evil too, with fettid insides. I'm saying that's just how much worse his is. The things he wants to do to humanity are top tier, once-every-few-generation horrors. They are so bad, other rich people, thiel not included, just can't keep up.

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  • [–] 15 points 2 months ago (1 child)

    Money can’t buy him the one thing he can’t have: enough.

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    [–] 15 points 2 months ago (3 children)

    I really like the dildo cake.

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    [–] 10 points 2 months ago (2 children)

    Well yeah, there’s only so much you can do to fix mental and personality issues. The things wrong with Elon cannot be fixed by money alone.

    For us normal folks though? You just TRY to be unhappy while getting your dick sucked by a supermodel in your million dollar Ferrari parked in front of your mansion the size of a French palace. Physically impossible.

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    [–] 8 points 2 months ago

    Wow. That's sad.

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  • [–] 8 points 2 months ago

    richest MAN in the world

    Is being awfully generous to that sack of shit.

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  • [–] 8 points 2 months ago (1 child)

    If you read her post with a female evil laughter after the read, it all makes sense.

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    Man, my 4 year old would probably love a space themed birthday. Or dinosaurs. Or batman.

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