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[–] TomMasz@lemmy.world 34 points 2 years ago (7 children)

Any armchair psychologists care to weigh in on Elmo?

[–] Restaldt@lemmy.world 46 points 2 years ago (3 children)
[–] Fedop@slrpnk.net 19 points 2 years ago

Honestly, I think it's that simple.

Radix malorum est cupiditas: the root of evil is greed. Or more colloquially, the love of money is the root of all evil.

One of the few things I'll hang on to from my religious childhood.

[–] TranscendentalEmpire@lemm.ee 10 points 2 years ago (1 children)

Plus, hell hath no wrath like a nerd who stumbles into power.

My reductive opinion is that nerds come in two main flavors. Ones that are upset that the world is unfair, and are empathically motivated to change it for the better.

And then there's ones like Benzos or Elon, the nerds who see the world as a totem poll. Totem poles where they have been placed below their true position in life. They don't want to get rid of the totem pole, they want to make it bigger, and they want to be at the top, so they may punish those who got in their way.

[–] whoisearth@lemmy.ca 0 points 2 years ago

No amount of money can hide the void inside of them where they'll never be the star athlete. Never get the girl. It's all a sham. None of their relationships are deep, meaningful or "real". They may show a vaneer of confidence on the outside but inside they're rotting as they seethe.

In a way it's like, despite all the wealth and power, they still have nothing.

I actually don't put Zuck in this group because

A. He's a robot B. I actually think he'content despite being a douche

Tl'dr: don't be rich pls. Be happy with your small lives like I am.

[–] LemmysMum@lemmy.world 18 points 2 years ago (1 children)

Stop attributing the name of one of the most beloved, friendly and wonderful muppets to ever exist, and who provided countless people decades of joy to that fucking shit stain Elongated Muskrat.

[–] WhiskyTangoFoxtrot@lemmy.world 10 points 2 years ago (3 children)

No. Fuck Elmo. Sesame Street was better when it was about Big Bird.

[–] Corkyskog@sh.itjust.works 5 points 2 years ago

Also Elmos favorite "food" is wasabi... what kind of masochist is he?

[–] CaptnNMorgan@reddthat.com 1 points 2 years ago

Grover all the way

[–] meliaesc@lemmy.world 18 points 2 years ago

Many issues, will never change.

[–] Basil 14 points 2 years ago (3 children)

Brother, you don't need to be a psychologist to call narcissism

[–] emptiestplace@lemmy.ml 3 points 2 years ago

I'd ask for the number but I'm afraid I already have it.

[–] Player2@sopuli.xyz 1 points 2 years ago

You technically do need to be

[–] Metal_Zealot@lemmy.ml 5 points 2 years ago

Melon Husk got brain rot

[–] Nommer@sh.itjust.works 5 points 2 years ago (2 children)

World praised him as a savior with Tesla and starlink. His ego ballooned and now he can't control it

[–] BigBenis@lemmy.world 4 points 2 years ago

Remember his cameo on Iron Man 2? Back when he was considered the real-life Tony Stark? I recently re-watched that movie and the cringe I felt from that scene physically hurt.

[–] Twelve20two@slrpnk.net 4 points 2 years ago

It also works in favor of other billionaires and corporate entities like BlackRock and The Vanguard Group (among countless others). He gets to publicly be a jabroni, and they get to carry on with fewer eyes on them and their practices

[–] exocrinous@lemm.ee 1 points 2 years ago (1 children)

Accusing Elon of mental illness doesn't do any good. It implicitly absolves him off responsibility for his actions, while encouraging harmful stereotypes about mental illnesses.

[–] Coreidan@lemmy.world 4 points 2 years ago (1 children)

Weird take. Having a mental illness doesn’t absolve you from responsibility. Where do you get this bullshit from?

[–] exocrinous@lemm.ee -4 points 2 years ago (1 children)

Not in the personal sense of guilt, but in the sense of personhood. When you say Elon's actions are the result of an illness rather than a free unbiased choice, you're saying that such actions, such evil if you'll excuse the evocative language, cannot be the result of a person but must be the doing of an illness

[–] Coreidan@lemmy.world 4 points 2 years ago (1 children)

Illness or not he’s a fucking asshole who deserves to eat shit

[–] exocrinous@lemm.ee -3 points 2 years ago (1 children)

Yes, that was the position I started my argument from. Why are you saying it like it's an argument?

[–] Coreidan@lemmy.world 4 points 2 years ago (1 children)

Because you think having a mental disease absolves you from your actions. Wrong.

[–] exocrinous@lemm.ee -5 points 2 years ago (1 children)

No I don't. You don't really understand what this conversation is about, do you?