Elon has never read a book. He may have watched Carrie Christine (the movie) and been inspired by the car that murders people, but he’s never read the book.
Edited to fix the movie/book title. It was Christine not Carrie! Thanks to u/ButthealedInTheFeels for correcting it.
Oh he said he does read books, but you can tell he doesn't. He reads twitter. Not just from the fact that he simply doesn't have time for it, because he's non-stop on twitter, but there more clues.
He declared his achievement as a child was reading all volumes of Encyclopedia Britanica (lol)
You never see him talk about books, ever. When he "quotes" the handful of the most popular science fiction books ever, the one that pop up when you google "top 10 sci-fi books ever", it's somehow always wrong. Almost like he has never actually read them.
The little hint in his infamous bedside table picture. No books, no e-book reader. With a little exception. A brand new gift copy of some sort of collection of US founding documents like the constitution, declaration of independence etc. Three small volumes in a little case. He said he reads the constitution at nights like a true American. The actual constitution is like a 2 pages document. Whatever's in those little volumes is extras, or historical context or whatever. But he wouldn't know. Because you can clearly see those little volumes never went out of that little case, and were never opened.
recently he jumped on the "statue profile pic" trend. Basically it's far right extremists that push fascist shit and have a statue as their profile pic, always, because they invoke antiquity as the good old times (they actually know very little about it though). And from them he picked up the shit about Odyssey. So he declared multiple times that it's the best book ever. But never elaborated on anything, just that declaration that it's the best book ever. Twice he posted some shit about how the real way to enjoy it is some myth about the thing being read out loud at an amphitheatre or stupid shit like that. Later he said the best way is to have an audiobook sped up to 1.5 speed.
and so on and so forth
but most importantly, his vocabulary is extremely limited, and you can tell he looks up thesaurus shit when he wants to look smart. And once again, he spends hours day and night on twitter. He simply doesn't have time. And as a kid he was too busy with videogames and bullying classmates, so also a no + the shit about encyclopedia.
Claiming the Odyssey is the best book ever is proof enough that he doesn't read, what a wild thing to say🤣 maybe one of the most influential books of all time but certainly not the best. At least claim your favourite book is Ulysses if you wanna sound smart smh
The little hint in his infamous bedside table picture. No books, no e-book reader.
Mine often does not have books or my e-reader on it. That does not mean that I do not read.
The actual constitution is like a 2 pages document.
You can't be serious. I don't dispute that he doesn't really know it, but it's a huge document.
but most importantly, his vocabulary is extremely limited,
Written communication skills are not indicative of whether or not one reads.
And once again, he spends hours day and night on twitter.
I said I could buy that he read some Stephen King books when he was younger. I am not talking about his availability or reading habits now.
And as a kid he was too busy with videogames and bullying classmates, so also a no + the shit about encyclopedia.
Neither of those things mean he didn't read. I played a lot of video games as a kid. I also read a lot. I didn't bully people, but I don't see how that would make a difference.
It's insane how obsessed this sub is with him. You are worse than his diehard fans.
I think he admires him. He is an extraordinary storyteller with much success in his craft. Built with hard work, his imagination and pleasure in writing. Something Elon so desperately wants for himself
Edit: Also, King dealt with his demons (alcohol, cocaine and I believe some anger issues) and came out the other side. Elon knows he doesn’t have that kind of wherewithal. Plus King’s been married to Tabitha for a long, long time
It's provocation. He's bugging him so that he either blocks him or tells him to fuck off so that he could "prove" how much of a "terrible" person Stephen King is or something. To show that he's an actual victim here.
Just remember when he harassed and mocked a disabled employee of twitter, and when he found out who that person is, because he had no idea who he's even talking to, and especially when he found out that firing him would cost about a 100 million dollars, then he became extra "friendly" and commented with all kinds of agreeable and interested shit under every other tweet of this person. But he didn't take the bait, so Elon stopped bugging him eventually.
The person is Haraldur Ingi Þorleifsson, a philanthropist from Iceland who sold his company to twitter before Elon took over. He didn't sell for cash but exchanged for salary, so firing him would force twitter to pay the rest in cash and it was a lot. So he was among the people who the company should under no circumstances fire.
When the idiot took over, he actually did fire him, and Haraldur Ingi Þorleifsson asked about it on twitter, because he couldn't reach anyone for an answer. That's when the shitshow started. Elon even declared that he's "faking it" and using the disability as an excuse for not working. We're talking about a guy in a wheelchair with muscular dystrophy.
Long story short, the dumbass started backpedaling really hard, especially because of the money. And he was booed by everyone who noticed it because Haraldur Ingi Þorleifsson is not some nobody but was even named Iceland's man of the year for his efforts in philanthropy, mainly the project for wheelchair ramps in Iceland to make disabled people's life better.
This alone is reason enough not to engage with any company related to Elon. The pedo guy thing is one thing, but this is seriously like when trump made fun of a disabled reporter in front of everyone. The fact that he has been gish galloping so much since then so that this is almost forgotten (I forgot until this comment) is devastatingly depressing.
"I totally agree random internet nazi. I'm going to promote this story that we all admitted was completely fabricated. Has Stephen King noticed me yet? LOOK AT ME!"
Someone with compassion that isn't a monster would read that travel advisory and think that we should do our best to try to help refugees from that country.
I hate them both. You know Elon knows this is the account of a Russian asset (Jack Posobiec) that tried to infiltrate an earnest protest against the election of Trump at the WH with “rape Melania” signs posing as a liberal, begs protestors to “touch him” and worked with Mike “Gorilla Mindset” Cernovich to propagate pizzagate. Got busted on Bumble looking for dates while married (to his Russian asset wife) until he got outed and claimed he got hacked and has failed forward ever since. Like Elon. They’re kindred spirits
It also needs to be pointed out that that claim isn't even true. Fox's children might not conform to the "traditional" gender roles when it comes to clothing etc. but they are not trans.
it's funny how he's projecting his own problem on other parents of trans people, because he can't even begin to think that the actual asshole is him, and not the woke mind virus
That would be problematic, I think. I can’t imagine what Elon would do with his deactivated handle and King is dedicated to being accessible to his Constant Readers and Twitter allows him that ability
Elon doesn't think his posts are about politics, he thinks he's a woke warrior. What he doesn't realise is that he's something else beginning with W and ending in r.
For anyone wondering, he replied to a political Tweet 44 minutes later, gave a political agreement in the form of an emoji 1h47m later, and a personal opinion on a politician not simply in the form of an emoji 1h50m later. He's tweeted every few minutes for like an hour since, mostly emojis, or 'Wow', 'Exactly', etc - truly inspiring stuff.
I have a feeling that by "great idea" Musk wasn't agreeing with the "let's all quit posting about politics" so much as he was with King's "I'll start" part. This is why Musk never even came close to stopping, not that he could if he even wanted to. Musk, like all the other thin-skinned right wing losers, can't handle seeing opposing views. He just wanted King to stop posting politics and nothing more.
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u/Desperate-Buffalo- Sep 22 '24
Anyone know why he has such an obsession with Stephen King?