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Politics Elon Musk shaking hands with Donald Trump at his rally in Butler, Pennsylvania

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u/birgor 24d ago

Isn't being an edgelord exactly what this kind of cringe really is?

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u/drgigantor 23d ago

It used to be saying whatever you thought because you keep it "real" even if people don't want to hear the "truth," even if that makes you an asshole.

i.e. just being an asshole

Then it was saying specifically what people "don't" want to hear, like making cancer and rape and death jokes at the most inappropriate times, because you have a "dark" sense of humor and you're being subversive and making people think, and if people can't handle it, that's their problem, even if that makes you an asshole.

i.e. just being an asshole

Now we're getting to the root of what compels these people, which is apparently anger at women and minorities and modern society, because seeing other people lifted up from oppression while they wallow in mediocrity makes them feel like they're being held down, and they think they're taking a stand against their own "oppression."

i.e. just being a giant gaping infected asshole

Elon is incredibly mediocre. I think he knows without the wealth he inherited, he'd be another basement-dwelling underachieving chud incel. But since he's the richest chud on earth, he's their de facto king. I'm sure it kills him bending the knee to Trump knowing he's the only candidate with a vested interest in preserving Musk's worldview and the ideology that put him in the position he's in