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[–] UltraGiGaGigantic@lemmy.ml 1 points 7 hours ago

I wish I could be on a unenjoyment vacation

[–] rational_lib@lemmy.world 23 points 1 day ago (1 children)
[–] Dagwood222@lemm.ee 11 points 1 day ago (1 children)

I never understood liking Elon.

[–] Vari@lemm.ee 13 points 1 day ago (1 children)

The cave rescue “pedo” comment was my turning point, like a lot of people.

He’s fucking repulsive. And an example of the worst humanity has to offer.

[–] Dagwood222@lemm.ee 4 points 1 day ago

Trump is older, and has had much more time to establish his credentials as a crumb.

Like any young gun, Elon has to double down to surpass the master.

[–] FauxLiving@lemmy.world 46 points 1 day ago (1 children)

The man has billions, he could retire and live a life of hedonistic bliss unavailable to any human in history.

Instead he chooses to meddle in politics and signal boost the worst portions of humanity.

I can't find any fucks to give.

[–] 100_kg_90_de_belin@feddit.it 12 points 1 day ago

The Neo-Nazi nepo baby of an emerald mine owner can't get enough hate

[–] fossilesque@mander.xyz 18 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago)

If I had his wealth, the world would be a different place and no one would know my name because I'm laying drunk on a beach somewhere. Then again, I'm not pathologically greedy (apathy), so I wouldn't be able to accumulate that all in the first place.

[–] iAvicenna@lemmy.world 23 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago)

Don't feel too special Elon. You are just the biggest cancerous tissue but nevertheless you are in the same category

[–] Sam_Bass@lemmy.world 6 points 1 day ago (1 children)

He'd best be happy its just online so far. IRL reckoning isn't so easy to ignore

[–] vaultdweller013@sh.itjust.works 4 points 1 day ago (1 children)

He can still ignore it. Ignorance is an active thing and if a .308 tears through his head guided by the wroth of Simo Hayha I doubt there'd be enough time for to realize he was shot before he dies.

[–] Sam_Bass@lemmy.world 4 points 1 day ago

Nice thought

[–] kevinsbacon@lemmy.today 126 points 2 days ago (2 children)

Stress can negatively affect one’s lifespan.

Let’s double our efforts.

[–] Diplomjodler3@lemmy.world 34 points 1 day ago

Fuck Elon Musk.

[–] Sterile_Technique@lemmy.world 20 points 1 day ago (1 children)

There are much more effective methods of negatively effecting his lifespan.

[–] 14th_cylon@lemm.ee 4 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Yeah, but some of them are legal and can be performed from the safety of your couch...

[–] Sterile_Technique@lemmy.world 2 points 1 day ago (1 children)
  • Safe and legal

  • Effective

Unfortunately we've reached the point where we do actually need to pick just one.

[–] 14th_cylon@lemm.ee 0 points 7 hours ago (1 children)

Well go ahead, I wish you luck.

[–] Sterile_Technique@lemmy.world 1 points 6 hours ago

Me? I'm sticking with safe and legal. I lack the skills and resources to have a sliver of a chance at carrying out the other path successfully, let alone walking away from it with my freedom or life intact.

It's weird how often people try to pin it on me personally when I point out that we're relying on a vigilante... it's like calling 911 to report that a building is on fire, and the operator asks why I'm not running into it with a bucket.

Don't get me wrong - I'd love to be the hero of the day here, but I'm under no delusion that that fantasy will amount to anything tangible. Apologies if my previous post gave you any false hope.

[–] Hossenfeffer@feddit.uk 4 points 1 day ago

He should walk about a bit in public, get a sense of the offline hate.

[–] captainlezbian@lemmy.world 4 points 1 day ago

Rich coming from someone whose openly a bigoted troll on and offline

[–] finitebanjo@lemmy.world 22 points 1 day ago

Sounds like he isn't getting nearly enough in person.

[–] Hotspur@lemmy.ml 37 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago) (1 children)

The only good bug is a dead bug! (Billionaire Undermining Government)

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[–] OhStopYellingAtMe@lemmy.world 45 points 2 days ago (2 children)

As if he doesn’t also have millions of hollow-brained adoring money-worshipping fans who think he’s the best thing since the third reich. That should balance out the hate.

[–] Quill7513@slrpnk.net 45 points 2 days ago (1 children)

I used to get death threats online pretty regularly. It definitely doesn't balance out. That said, Musk has earned this. I'm not going to feel sad about a guy doing a fascist coup having his feelings hurt when people don't like it

[–] ragebutt@lemmy.dbzer0.com 42 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago) (3 children)

I work in gender affirming care that includes pediatric populations and have my services listed online for referrals. It’s not super common to be fair but every once in a while I get an email or voicemail that’s like “you’re a child abuser and you should die” or some shit. It’s why I specifically say voicemail; I don’t answer calls to my business phone bc of this. Everything gets screened and I call back. Thankfully it’s infrequent and this has been enough to ensure I never have to engage with these people.

You’re absolutely right though. I’ve posted about my work before and people will sometimes be like “thank you for doing what you do”. I appreciate that, and those comments outnumber these threats, which again are not very common, but they stick out. Even the ones that don’t wish me dead. Once I got an email that just said “f*g enabler”. I don’t know why I remember that. It was years ago.

It’s the knowledge that someone out there absolutely hates you and wants you to die without knowing anything (really) about who you are, I think.

The really sad part of this is that this is a core part of the minority stress model; that feeling constant oppression from the world around you is noxious and has measurable consequences on physical and mental health. If he and his dumb racist, sexist, transphobic, homophobic, etc cronies reflected on their experience and practiced empathy for even a moment they would realize that this stress is something experienced almost constantly by someone on their hit list, because of them.

Edit: while I appreciate the positivity I genuinely didn’t mean for this to be a “please give me positive support” thing. I dunno I always feel awkward posting about this because it’s like I’m fishing for compliments at the expense of one of the most marginalized communities out there. You don’t need to thank me, though I do appreciate it quite a bit

[–] SarcasticCephalopod@lemmy.world 6 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Thank you. I can't find the words to express how much I admire you for doing the work you do despite the hate. I'm sorry we live in a world where the work you do inspires such vile sentiment, but I'm grateful for people like you making the world less horrible.

[–] ncc21166@lemmy.blahaj.zone 9 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Thank you immensely for doing what you do, and for persevering through the difficult parts while doing it. You're exactly the kind of hero we need more of. I'm sorry there are still so many terrible people.

[–] hovercat@lemmy.blahaj.zone 18 points 1 day ago (1 children)

You've made the world a far better place than any of those shitstains could ever hope to. However little it may mean, you're improving and saving lives, and we're all thankful for it.

[–] Catoblepas@lemmy.blahaj.zone 11 points 2 days ago

It should, if it’s organic. It probably ruins the magic when you know a large portion (who knows, maybe even a majority) of them are either literal bots or paid participants in disinformation campaigns.

I hope the level of hate grows and moves into offline hate. That shitbag doesn't deserve a single moment of peace. Break him.

[–] Zidane@sh.itjust.works 24 points 1 day ago

I hate him offline too!

[–] AlecSadler@sh.itjust.works 19 points 1 day ago

Keep it up everyone! Maybe we can get him to overdose or have a heart attack or something.

[–] tired_n_bored@lemmy.world 28 points 2 days ago (1 children)

Elon if you're reading this I'm really sorry. In fact I believe we should make you feel even more pain, garbage.

[–] Sterile_Technique@lemmy.world 8 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Better if he didn't feel anything at all.

[–] watson387@sopuli.xyz 7 points 1 day ago

Ever again.

[–] peteypete420@sh.itjust.works 21 points 1 day ago

Fuck you Elon!

[–] slumlordthanatos@lemmy.world 11 points 1 day ago

Fucker has been getting cyberbullied practically non-stop since he bought Twitter. If anything, it's not stressful enough.

[–] gedaliyah@lemmy.world 11 points 1 day ago

"Wah! This hate isn't supposed to be at meeEEE!"

[–] GladiusB@lemmy.world 13 points 1 day ago

Well that's what happens when you groom your stepdaughter

[–] expatriado@lemmy.world 17 points 2 days ago

if he only reads X.com comments, i am afraid you're going down a path I can't follow

[–] pyre@lemmy.world 14 points 2 days ago (1 children)

if he's still around, it's not as stressful as it needs to be.

[–] 14th_cylon@lemm.ee 2 points 1 day ago

Just look at how he looks. It's not just drugs, I think the stuff does add up.

[–] itsgroundhogdayagain@lemmy.ml 11 points 2 days ago

I feel bad for the world's richest attention seeker.

[–] BetaBlake@lemmy.world 9 points 2 days ago

He can stress on these balls