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Wow. What a review, explaining the whole completely insane world in a few paragraphs.
I had not come across the Wetiko before, but then I don't know any Algonquin. Looking it up, I definitely see your point.
Intriguing! Would love to hear your thoughts on Peter Thiel next.
Well, I once played a short chess match against him. I won 3.5-1.5.
Weird, he spends his time online being the most pathetic petty bore.
A biography of ketamine addicted Nazi Trillionaire responsible for maybe millions of deaths. I wonder how this book will glaze him.
Paige wrote: "A biography of ketamine addicted Nazi Trillionaire responsible for maybe millions of deaths. I wonder how this book will glaze him."
Oh, I really wouldn't say it's glazing him. If anything, it paints him as worse than that.
Elon Musk is the Erling Braut Håland of civilization.
He certainly has scored a lot of goals against it.
Erling is a good human being so any comparison to Elon borders on the slanderous. Vik bort fra meg!
Absolutely. Benji, your anti-Norwegian racism is appalling. There is nothing wrong with being big, blonde and beefy!
Manny wrote: "He certainly has scored a lot of goals against it."
Hahaha. Update: Elon Musk is the own goal scoring Erling Braut Håland of civilization.
Stian wrote: "Erling is a good human being so any comparison to Elon borders on the slanderous. Vik bort fra meg!"
Absolutely. Erling is a treasure, a meme-weeding meme that breaks the destructive Muskian cycle of meme repetition. My apologies.
You are absolutely right, Manny. And I will allow that comparison, Benji!
Wow. Was unaware of this book on Musk, a person I have long found terrifying (and that feeling predates his association with Trump which turns the whole thing into grotesque.
And my take? Musk clearly used Trump while Trump was thinking the opposite is true. Trump is…not a wise man.
I am as irritated by Elon as the next guy. But as long as he brings us to Mars I am a fan boy.
Hasn't he given up on Mars? Or maybe there's been another change of plan, it's hard to keep up.
Liedzeit wrote: "I am as irritated by Elon as the next guy. But as long as he brings us to Mars I am a fan boy."
Fixed it.
"But as long as hebrings us goes to Mars I am a fan boy."
Good point carol! He said he wished to die on Mars. He did add "just not on impact", but I've read enough fairy stories that I know you need to be careful with the fine print in this kind of scenario.
Some things in life I prefer to remain perplexed about. My heart can’t handle intimate knowledge of the insane mindset of the rich and famous. Your review has spared me the need to delve any deeper into the subject, and for that it belongs at the top of the leaderboard.
If Musk has directly or indirectly affected the position of my review on the list, I must say I'm flattered. But alas, it's almost certainly just another Goodreads software glitch.
Kids, don't be bullies. You may live to regret it.
Mommalibrarian wrote: "Kids, don't be bullies. You may live to regret it."
It occurred to me to wonder whether the bullying was by white kids, Black kids, or both. ChatGPT-5.5 finds many stories about severe bullying by white kids, including one incident where Musk was thrown down stairs and beaten badly enough that he was hospitalised. It finds no stories about bullying by Black kids; on the contrary, it says he had a close Black friend, whose funeral he attended after he was killed in an accident. This would have been extremely unusual at the time. I checked the links, they are all legit. All the more difficult to understand where Musk's current views about South Africa came from.
Manny wrote: "Mommalibrarian wrote: "Kids, don't be bullies. You may live to regret it."
It occurred to me to wonder whether the bullying was by white kids, Black kids, or both. ChatGPT-5.5 finds many stories a..."
I think that, in this case, you can take the boy out of apartheid, but you can't take the apartheid out of the boy. He hid his racism just as long as it was uncool to demonstrate it, and now Trump has made even the most overt racism acceptable.
I don't care about his childhood; he is a nazi with a trillion dollars. He is an educational example of the relationship between capitalists and fascists, but he is also very dangerous to democracy.
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I had not come across the Wetiko before, but then I don't know any Algonquin. Looking it up, I definitely see your point.
Intriguing! Would love to hear your thoughts on Peter Thiel next.
Well, I once played a short chess match against him. I won 3.5-1.5.
Weird, he spends his time online being the most pathetic petty bore.
A biography of ketamine addicted Nazi Trillionaire responsible for maybe millions of deaths. I wonder how this book will glaze him.
Paige wrote: "A biography of ketamine addicted Nazi Trillionaire responsible for maybe millions of deaths. I wonder how this book will glaze him."Oh, I really wouldn't say it's glazing him. If anything, it paints him as worse than that.
Elon Musk is the Erling Braut Håland of civilization.
He certainly has scored a lot of goals against it.
Erling is a good human being so any comparison to Elon borders on the slanderous. Vik bort fra meg!
Absolutely. Benji, your anti-Norwegian racism is appalling. There is nothing wrong with being big, blonde and beefy!
Manny wrote: "He certainly has scored a lot of goals against it."Hahaha. Update: Elon Musk is the own goal scoring Erling Braut Håland of civilization.
Stian wrote: "Erling is a good human being so any comparison to Elon borders on the slanderous. Vik bort fra meg!"Absolutely. Erling is a treasure, a meme-weeding meme that breaks the destructive Muskian cycle of meme repetition. My apologies.
You are absolutely right, Manny. And I will allow that comparison, Benji!
Wow. Was unaware of this book on Musk, a person I have long found terrifying (and that feeling predates his association with Trump which turns the whole thing into grotesque. And my take? Musk clearly used Trump while Trump was thinking the opposite is true. Trump is…not a wise man.
I am as irritated by Elon as the next guy. But as long as he brings us to Mars I am a fan boy.
Hasn't he given up on Mars? Or maybe there's been another change of plan, it's hard to keep up.
Liedzeit wrote: "I am as irritated by Elon as the next guy. But as long as he brings us to Mars I am a fan boy."Fixed it.
"But as long as he
Good point carol! He said he wished to die on Mars. He did add "just not on impact", but I've read enough fairy stories that I know you need to be careful with the fine print in this kind of scenario.
Some things in life I prefer to remain perplexed about. My heart can’t handle intimate knowledge of the insane mindset of the rich and famous. Your review has spared me the need to delve any deeper into the subject, and for that it belongs at the top of the leaderboard.
If Musk has directly or indirectly affected the position of my review on the list, I must say I'm flattered. But alas, it's almost certainly just another Goodreads software glitch.
Kids, don't be bullies. You may live to regret it.
Mommalibrarian wrote: "Kids, don't be bullies. You may live to regret it."It occurred to me to wonder whether the bullying was by white kids, Black kids, or both. ChatGPT-5.5 finds many stories about severe bullying by white kids, including one incident where Musk was thrown down stairs and beaten badly enough that he was hospitalised. It finds no stories about bullying by Black kids; on the contrary, it says he had a close Black friend, whose funeral he attended after he was killed in an accident. This would have been extremely unusual at the time. I checked the links, they are all legit. All the more difficult to understand where Musk's current views about South Africa came from.
Manny wrote: "Mommalibrarian wrote: "Kids, don't be bullies. You may live to regret it."It occurred to me to wonder whether the bullying was by white kids, Black kids, or both. ChatGPT-5.5 finds many stories a..."
I think that, in this case, you can take the boy out of apartheid, but you can't take the apartheid out of the boy. He hid his racism just as long as it was uncool to demonstrate it, and now Trump has made even the most overt racism acceptable.
I don't care about his childhood; he is a nazi with a trillion dollars. He is an educational example of the relationship between capitalists and fascists, but he is also very dangerous to democracy.
