The richest man in the world everyone

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Tar_alcaran@sh.itjust.works · 194 pts · 19d (31 replies)

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.

OwOarchist@pawb.social · 98 pts · 19d (19 replies)

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.

gh0stb4tz@lemmy.world · 47 pts · 19d (3 replies)

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

cokeslutgarbage@sh.itjust.works · 13 pts · 18d (2 replies)

I think about this all the time. If he just built electrified trains everywhere in the world and ended world hunger, I wouldn't even bat an eye if he also wanted to start a weird sex cult (with consenting adults). Chute dude, i'd probably sign up to incubate one of his sons.

gh0stb4tz@lemmy.world · 6 pts · 18d

Your handle/name made your last sentence even more amazing.

boonhet@sopuli.xyz · 2 pts · 17d

Tbf if he just built electrified trains everywhere in the world, he'd run out of money before finishing a single continent.

Think about it: He doesn't have a trillion dollars (or even a few hundred billions) in liquid cash. It's all in the perceived value of Tesla, which is about 30x overvalued (price/earnings being around 300, 10 is considered a normal healthy value). The more electrified trains everywhere, the fewer cars needed.

daannii@lemmy.world · 17 pts · 19d (6 replies)

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

You wouldn't need hookers.

Whostosay@sh.itjust.works · 19 pts · 19d (1 reply)

Bitches do be lovin food

Cricket@lemmy.zip · 3 pts · 19d

lol

cheese_greater@lemmy.world · 8 pts · 19d

His dick dont werk tho

shweddy@lemmy.world · 6 pts · 19d (2 replies)

No one would need hookers everyone would be so well fed and happy and stress free that everyone would want to reproduce.

lightnsfw@reddthat.com · 2 pts · 18d

Fuck that. If I'm well fed and happy I'm going to want to keep rolling, not deal with some shitty screaming brat for years.

hanrahan@slrpnk.net · 0 pts · 18d

several billion more mouths to feed would start more problems

hardcoreufo@lemmy.world · 9 pts · 18d

Dude could be universally loved and become a living saint if he spent his money for good. Instead he'll just be remembered as just another greedy pathetic rich asshole.

TheEighthDoctor@lemmy.zip · 4 pts · 18d (1 reply)

Best I can do is:

  • Hookers and blow
OwOarchist@pawb.social · 4 pts · 18d

I'll take it.

Zirconium@lemmy.world · 3 pts · 19d

Legos and plastic kits!

Untamed_Star@lemmy.blahaj.zone · 2 pts · 19d

You think anyone would feel any happiness for that if they are already a trillionare? he probably would be more worried about wasting his money.

If those people cared at all they would at least donate 1% of their income and donate more percentage as they get more money.

NotMyOldRedditName@lemmy.world · 0 pts · 18d

He cant solve world hunger, money isnt the problem, and liquidating the stocks to do that would wipe out the value of what his stocks are worth leaving not enough money anyway.

Its an incredibly complex problem.

He could likely do something about it in specific isolated western countries though.

M137@lemmy.today · 0 pts · 19d (1 reply)

Thinking hookers are connected to happiness says no good things about you as a person, and I in no way mean that as a negative to sex workers.

kayzeekayzee@lemmy.blahaj.zone · 8 pts · 19d

What about blow?

galaxy_nova@lemmy.world · 28 pts · 19d (3 replies)

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.

TheFriendlyDickhead@feddit.org · 16 pts · 19d (2 replies)

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

Cricket@lemmy.zip · 7 pts · 19d

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.

galaxy_nova@lemmy.world · 3 pts · 18d

You’re probably right. I do wonder though if you could become a billionaire and outweigh the harm you have to do to become one once you achieve that marker but it’s certainly a tough question. Especially with no guarantee you’ll even make it to that height then you could become essentially evil for nothing. Plus who’s to say you don’t lose yourself in the process. The difference between a multimillionaire and a billionaire is certainly quite vast.

Semi_Hemi_Demigod@lemmy.world · 20 pts · 19d (1 reply)

Except he doesn’t have a trillion dollars. He’s got assets he can borrow against that he claims are worth that much and people believe him.

Crashumbc@lemmy.world · 3 pts · 18d

While true, he's easily worth half that in accessible funds/loans.

TranscendentalEmpire@lemmy.today · 9 pts · 19d

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.

cavitationfetishist01@quokk.au · 4 pts · 18d (2 replies)

Science says the money turns you into that, as well as them being more likely to get the money in the first place.

It literally destroys your brain. The alienation from real life, from friction, from thinking.

Crashumbc@lemmy.world · 4 pts · 18d (1 reply)

I can see that but, I'd rather have my brain destroyed by money than poverty. The constant hunt for your next meal or just a roof over your head. The constant anxiety for any kind of security at all.

Yeah I'll take the money path thanks.

cavitationfetishist01@quokk.au · 1 pts · 18d

Oh, who are you inheriting from?

SorryQuick@lemmy.ca · 3 pts · 18d

Money doesn’t buy happiness, at least not in a healthy long-term way. What it does do however is eliminate sources of unhappiness.

wirebeads@lemmy.ca · 107 pts · 19d (7 replies)

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.

Rothe@piefed.social · 6 pts · 18d

It is not true that he wanted nothing to do with him. The mails shows that Musk did attend Epstein parties. He just had to beg one time for it though.

MalReynolds@piefed.social · 5 pts · 18d

Loser is what Elon is, looser is for stool, also Elon. Carry on.

A_norny_mousse@piefed.zip · 2 pts · 17d

I've seen this repeated a few times, and it never sits right with me, because it sounds like Epstein's opinion on somebody suddenly matters.

There's plenty evidence to make the case against Mee-lon without resorting to a systematic pedophile's opinion.

BlonksClown@lemmy.world · -45 pts · 19d (3 replies)
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kbobabob@lemmy.dbzer0.com · 56 pts · 19d

I know how to spot them.

Edit: I couldn't resist

athatet@lemmy.zip · 5 pts · 18d

I bet he fuckin can’t.

Untamed_Star@lemmy.blahaj.zone · 4 pts · 19d

They probably can. But what are your sources Elon can do it? And in how many languages?

KurtVonnegut@mander.xyz · 57 pts · 19d (20 replies)

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

Gloomy@mander.xyz · 58 pts · 19d (5 replies)

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.

Stern@lemmy.world · 20 pts · 18d

Plenty of real stuff we can still hate him for though: the video game cheating, transphobia, epstein stuff, transphobia, doge, list goes on

wulrus@lemmy.world · 9 pts · 18d (2 replies)

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.

DarrinBrunner@lemmy.world · 4 pts · 18d

have the same right to a great birthday party with loving family as everybody else.

Of course they have the "right". That doesn't mean anyone has to support it.

But, yes, there are plenty of true reasons to hate and mock this asshole without making shit up.

atzanteol@sh.itjust.works · 3 pts · 18d

Aye. Poor critical thinking is a human trait, not a partisan one.

Aeri@lemmy.world · 1 pts · 13d

To be fair the circumstances are such that it's not too much of a stretch which says a lot about the man.

yogurt@lemmy.world · 52 pts · 18d

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.

Duamerthrax@lemmy.world · 31 pts · 19d (11 replies)

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

PlaidBaron@lemmy.world · 27 pts · 18d (3 replies)

Ngl fam. She looks like she's about to skin 101 dalmatian puppies to make her coat.

pachrist@lemmy.world · 7 pts · 18d

Nah, just some indigenous workers who are under their emerald quota for the day. Dalmatians are so blasé.

A_norny_mousse@piefed.zip · 2 pts · 17d (1 reply)

Not too far from the truth, except she wouldn't do that herself of course.

Dookieman12@piefed.social · 19 pts · 18d (3 replies)

She looks evil enough to skin a toddler alive because she needs a dinner napkin

JasonDJ@lemmy.zip · 16 pts · 18d (2 replies)

Hide yo kids. Hide yo dalmations.

Tollana1234567@lemmy.today · 6 pts · 18d

temu cruella deville south african version. she cant match Glenn close's cruella.

cavitationfetishist01@quokk.au · -2 pts · 18d

Yeah. Yeah I'd go there though.

I'd kill her after, but I would.

Sidyctism2@discuss.tchncs.de · 18 pts · 18d

Oh god. She has major "mom from futurama" vibes

lightnsfw@reddthat.com · 7 pts · 18d

She looks like the fucking joker.

Tollana1234567@lemmy.today · 6 pts · 18d

is she his MOM?

ThatWeirdGuy1001@lemmy.world · 9 pts · 19d

He's well known for having alt accounts so he can stroke his own ego

Almacca@aussie.zone · 36 pts · 19d (1 reply)

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)

hperrin@lemmy.ca · 23 pts · 19d

Kolanaki@pawb.social · 34 pts · 18d

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

Catoblepas@lemmy.blahaj.zone · 34 pts · 19d

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

hardcoreufo@lemmy.world · 26 pts · 18d

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

homesweethomeMrL@lemmy.world · 22 pts · 19d

Billionaireism is a disease. Help us fight it.

medievalistdruid@lemmy.world · 19 pts · 19d (9 replies)

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.

Hadriscus@jlai.lu · 5 pts · 19d (2 replies)

For real I may be too sensitive but this post had me feel genuine pity

No1@aussie.zone · 10 pts · 19d

If only Elon had a smidgeon of the empathy that you have, he would be a much better person.

cavitationfetishist01@quokk.au · 2 pts · 18d

As long as you don't get in the way of any mercy killings, I think you're fine.

wheezy@lemmy.ml · 4 pts · 18d (5 replies)

Don't ever feel bad for a Nazi. It's ok. You're a human and want to think that there is some good or humanity in everyone. It's natural. This is the exact thing that he and Nazis lack though. Don't feel bad.

kolmaskommentoija@sopuli.xyz · 1 pts · 18d (4 replies)

No. Do feel bad for them, but do not let that affect your actions against them; let it pass over like a wave. Keeping our humanity intact is important, even if it hurts.

wheezy@lemmy.ml · 2 pts · 18d (3 replies)

Getting angry when you should get angry is healthy. Punch a Nazi. It keeps your humanity intact.

kolmaskommentoija@sopuli.xyz · 1 pts · 17d (2 replies)

Getting angry is only one possible response, people are different, and there is nothing wrong with it. But I agree, we should still punch nazis. But also, it does not have to feel good. No one should force themselves, to become something, they are not.

wheezy@lemmy.ml · 2 pts · 17d (1 reply)

When met with the crimes of empire, Gaza, Iran, Cuba, and countless more. When met with the crimes of power and wealth, Epstein, Musk, Trump, and countless more. Those that abhorre these acts and those that enact them must make sure that their hate is pure. It is a flaw of the compassionate to extend that same compassion to those that are responsible for the crimes they claim to detest.

It's entirely reasonable to criticize "how people feel". Because their feelings do not remain only their heads. They interact with the world through those feelings. And if their hatred and anger is not pure, if it has doubt, they will advocate to prevent justice.

People can "feel" how ever they want. But when those feelings bring them to telling others to "not punch a Nazi" (symbolically here), in that moment, they are just defending a Nazi from the consequences of their actions and denying justice to victims.

kolmaskommentoija@sopuli.xyz · 1 pts · 17d

People can “feel” how ever they want. But when those feelings bring them to telling others to “not punch a Nazi” (symbolically here), in that moment, they are just defending a Nazi from the consequences of their actions and denying justice to victims.

I agree with this fully, though. But nobody here has said not to punch nazis, just told they feel bad about it (figuratively).

My pont is: if you are a soldier on a war front, you do not have to hate the enemy, or their leader, or anyone, to shoot them. You just have to know they will kill you, your family, and destroy your culture, if you do not. Telling people they should feel only pure hatred towards monstrous people seems reasonable, since you are correct they do not share the compassion nor deserve it - but it is not a requirement for fighting against evil. If you cannot hold a steady hand, even knowing faltering will kill your loved ones, kids in gaza, countless other victims or cause some other horrendous thing, you have to find the resolve in you, to do it anyway. But that resolve does not require hatred, it can be even just the love for someone else. If you punch a nazi, the emotion driving your resolve does not matter. What matters is doing it, even if you feel that empathy, because you believe what you are defending, is worth it.

timewarp@lemmy.world · 18 pts · 19d (1 reply)

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.

moncharleskey@lemmy.zip · 4 pts · 18d

I live in the south and just spent a week in the PNW. While the lack of lifted trucks was nice, there wereso many damn Cybertucks and model Ys. I rarely see a CT here but they were everywhere out there. It was wild. Beautiful place though.

HeyJoe@lemmy.world · 18 pts · 18d (7 replies)

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.

HCSOThrowaway@lemmy.world · 11 pts · 18d (5 replies)

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

Ironic.

lightnsfw@reddthat.com · 12 pts · 18d (2 replies)

I heard jumping in a swimming pool with a toaster stops you from aging.

Raiderkev@lemmy.world · 5 pts · 17d

Too much water. Has to be a bathtub to really get the anti aging working. Also, need to make sure it's not one of those woke GFCI plugs.

MML@sh.itjust.works · 4 pts · 18d

Has to be plugged in though

hardcoreufo@lemmy.world · 6 pts · 18d

I love watching the anti aging grift the billionaires spend their money on. You can't fight age but you can age healithily. That requires a healthy diet, exercise and stretching which is the one thing they won't try.

samus12345@sh.itjust.works · 4 pts · 18d

Nouvellalia@lemmy.world · 8 pts · 18d

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.

SatansMaggotyCumFart@piefed.world · 15 pts · 19d (3 replies)

I really like the dildo cake.

_stranger_@lemmy.world · 6 pts · 19d

it's like 90% AI generated fondant, the worst possible taste and texture

stylusmobilus@aussie.zone · 3 pts · 19d

They even tried to put little ribs on it

No1@aussie.zone · 3 pts · 19d

I thought themoon base was an ornate bong lol

AllNewTypeFace@leminal.space · 15 pts · 19d (1 reply)

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

timewarp@lemmy.world · 1 pts · 19d

He's got so much dough he's in bread. He's a bruncle.

FinishingDutch@lemmy.world · 10 pts · 17d (2 replies)

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.

boonhet@sopuli.xyz · 4 pts · 17d

Money doesn't buy happiness, but it's comfier to cry in a Mercedes than a Lada

Englishgrinn@lemmy.ca · 4 pts · 17d

I disagree - I could easily be unhappy in that scenario and I think I'm pretty normal*. I get that normal is subjective, but I'm not like on medication, or in treatment for anything.

I think I would immediately be really insecure about having to buy sex and how the only reason people love me is my money and I'm incapable of intimacy from a genuine place. I think I would immediately feel shame at having purchased a Ferrari while not knowing anything about cars. I think I would feel guilty having a big house to live in all by myself, and probably would never buy it to begin with.

That isn't to say I couldn't make myself happy with money -I could give a fuckton of it away to worthy causes and basically feel good about myself immediately despite not really working very hard or personally accomplishing much. That feels like a cheat code to me. "Yeah, I didn't lose twenty pounds this year like I wanted or write my novel despite having tons of free time, but I gave away a Billion Dollars to cancer research and another Billion to RAICES and another Billion to the ACLU and another Billion to the Trevor Project. So basically, I'm fucking awesome." But even then, I think over like a decade or similar, the lack of personal involvement would eventually make me embarrassed.

I think that's why hiring sycophants (or now building them from AI) is such a popular remedy for the obscenely wealthy. A chorus of voices to drown out your own insecurity about how you didn't earn it, didn't use to better yourself, didn't find real happiness. And why reality checks drive these people nuts.

Graymouzer@lemmy.world · 8 pts · 18d

Wow. That's sad.

Trigger2_2000@sh.itjust.works · 8 pts · 18d

richest MAN in the world

Is being awfully generous to that sack of shit.

liking625@lemmy.world · 8 pts · 18d (1 reply)

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

a_postmodern_hat@lemmy.world · 4 pts · 18d

Now jam a crap in it, you puke! slap

a_non_monotonic_function@lemmy.world · 6 pts · 19d

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

Tollana1234567@lemmy.today · 6 pts · 18d

hes really happy birthdaying himself.

tutter@lemmy.blahaj.zone · 6 pts · 19d (5 replies)

The cringe that keeps on giving 🥰

ShaggySnacks@lemmy.myserv.one · 5 pts · 18d (4 replies)

That cringe is what probably why Epstein and Company didn't want Elon Musky on the island, no matter how bad Elon Musky wanted join.

IronBird@lemmy.world · 2 pts · 18d

can't make fun of him like trump, just slightly too self-aware.

Slashme@lemmy.world · 1 pts · 18d

He also couldn't get into Berghain - which I only know from a Von Wegen Lisbeth song.

And he said it's because they wrote "Peace" on the wall. Does he hate peace that much?

tutter@lemmy.blahaj.zone · 1 pts · 18d

might be the most tragicomic piece of lore ever that

Tollana1234567@lemmy.today · 1 pts · 18d

elon musk must be too Pedo-helialy or wierd to be one with the "normies". he would be like the ones that walmart and amazon wont hire as employees, and they hire anybody.

zod000@lemmy.dbzer0.com · 6 pts · 18d

I'm 99.9% sure you are right on this. Just to be sure, would anyone mind giving me a few billion dollars for a Brewster's Millions type of experiment?

f1error@lemmy.world · 5 pts · 19d

The world's richest loser. Such a sad man.

petrichornetrainfall@piefed.social · 4 pts · 19d

Money cant buy happiness but debt can buy suffering for pennies on the dollar.

plyth@feddit.org · 3 pts · 17d
daannii@lemmy.world · 2 pts · 19d

Wow that's sad. And by "sad", I mean pathetic.

Grandwolf319@sh.itjust.works · 2 pts · 19d

Nah, this just means that Elon can’t buy happiness with money

pelespirit@sh.itjust.works · 1 pts · 19d (5 replies)

FYI, this pic was blocked on voyager. Have no idea why, but it might be a setting?

Suru@mander.xyz · 11 pts · 19d (3 replies)

I'm also using voyager, and the picture is perfectly visible to me.

pelespirit@sh.itjust.works · 1 pts · 19d (2 replies)

What setting would that be?

Suru@mander.xyz · 2 pts · 19d (1 reply)

I haven't the faintest. I don't think I've changed any settings since I downloaded the app.

pelespirit@sh.itjust.works · 1 pts · 19d

Me neither, weird.

No1@aussie.zone · 1 pts · 19d

So Voyager blocks Nazis?

I'll have to check it out.

green_link@lemmy.world · 1 pts · 18d

his shit rockets have barely made it off the fucking launchpad let alone even getting into space or near the moon. fucking loser.

mountainRadish@lemmy.world · 0 pts · 19d (3 replies)

I am mentally retarded and I can tell when I see a fellow retard. He is definitely mentally retarded, but I think a bit more than me, I thank Allah for that.

JoeBigelow@lemmy.ca · 2 pts · 19d (2 replies)

Why is removed censored but retard isn't? What about fire retardant? It makes the fire removed, by retardation.

mountainRadish@lemmy.world · 2 pts · 19d

What do you mean by "removed being censored?

Remove is not a bad word!?

I don't get your comment.

Fire retardant don't stop fires, they retard it, meaning slows it, so in warehouses you have ceiling with fire retardant which slows the spread of fire but doesn't stop it.

A cool tidbit, until recently, I used to think I am intellectually disabled, but I am not, I am just have mental retardation. So I am intelligent and smart just have a slow processing speed

Dookieman12@piefed.social · 1 pts · 18d

If you've ever called someone an idiot or moron, that's just as wrong (arguably more wrong) as calling someone a retard. Look up the "euphemism treadmill".

All of these terms were used to describe the same people and fell out of favor when people started using them as pejorative terms.

psycho_driver@lemmy.world · 0 pts · 18d

Looks like a giant anal intruder special edition rocket.