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“I have been in the same room with Elon, and he always tries to be funny. And he’s not funny. Like, at all,” a senior Trump administration official told Rolling Stone. “He makes these jokes and little asides and smiles and then looks almost hurt if you don’t lap up his humor. I keep using the word ‘annoying’; a lot of people who have to deal with him do.”

Musk’s insufferable behavior has caused several high-ranking officials to walk out of important meetings and sincerely question if he was high on drugs, the publication reports, while Secretary of State Marco Rubio is said to be barely able to hide his immense dislike of the DOGE chief and State Department officials routinely call him “Crazy Uncle Elon” behind his back.

Other officials have suggested subjecting Musk to a mandatory drug test, which he has said is a “great idea” for federal employees, as a way to push him out of the door. The Tesla CEO has denied taking any illegal drugs, although numerous people claim to have witnessed him use LSD, cocaine, Ecstasy, and mushrooms behind closed doors, the Wall Street Journal reports.

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[–] DicJacobus@lemmy.world 8 points 2 days ago

Im tired of pig fucking fascists regardless if they're funny or not.

[–] hperrin@lemmy.ca 32 points 3 days ago (3 children)

Musk is so poor all he has is money.

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[–] theblips@lemm.ee 24 points 3 days ago (1 children)

A shy guy who desperately wants to be a nerd's nerd somehow gets tangled with the party of RAM truck buying adult frat bros who see themselves as "alpha". I just can't figure out the culture fit, and articles like this don't surprise me at all. Like, isn't Trump the kind of guy who would endlessly bully someone for saying they play videogames at all?

[–] TimeSquirrel@kbin.melroy.org 16 points 2 days ago (2 children)

There are two main types of "conservative" now. The old school big truck lovin', god-fearin', beer guzzling, anti-environmentalist yeehaw types, and the "newer" 4chan-posting, edgelording, neckbearded, gamergatin', crypto-lovin' internet troll types that have arose in the last twenty-five years with the proliferation of the Internet. Elon is trying to fit in with the latter.

[–] InternetCitizen2@lemmy.world 4 points 2 days ago

"newer" 4chan-posting, edgelording,

You mean asmongold grandpa?

[–] Kbibble@lemm.ee 6 points 2 days ago

^ This. Never forget, Trump's first term was pushed to success by 4 chan. He is and always has been a 4chan president. He is the emolbodiement of everything /b/

[–] Kolanaki@pawb.social 199 points 4 days ago (10 children)

numerous people claim to have witnessed him use LSD, cocaine, Ecstasy, and mushrooms behind closed doors

It's amazing that he can do LSD, mushrooms, and ex and still have zero empathy.

[–] termaxima@jlai.lu 112 points 4 days ago* (last edited 4 days ago) (6 children)

Those substances are empathy multipliers, unfortunately multiplying 0 always yields 0…

If his brain doesn’t possess the ability to empathize, there’s nothing for those substances to enhance.

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[–] themadcodger@kbin.earth 48 points 4 days ago (1 children)

Yeah, that was my first thought that he really hadn't because unless he micro-microdosed or just said he did to be "cool", which is on brand for him, there's no way he did hallucinogins and still came out the other side like that.

[–] SynonymousStoat@lemmy.world 44 points 4 days ago (13 children)

From my understanding he's a big proponent of the simulation theory, so he's probably cool with being a shit person because it's all a simulation anyways. I'd wager that he sees himself as a player in a video game and he's going for high scores.

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[–] j0ester@lemmy.world 6 points 2 days ago

I don’t believe anything what this Administration says.

[–] forkDestroyer@infosec.pub 17 points 3 days ago (1 children)

I'm a killjoy: I doubt that this article is accurate, or if it even matters. I think articles like this exist to placate. I wouldn't trust anything that a "senior administration official" tells Rolling Stone.

[–] Woht24@lemmy.world 7 points 3 days ago

Absolutely, these looks like a pat on the back to everyone to make them feel better about Elon and their country.

Reeks of bullshit.

[–] Neverclear@lemmy.dbzer0.com 117 points 4 days ago

Oh you're tired? You're enabling fascism and you're fucking tired? You're endorsing human trafficking and all you are is tired? You're profiting off of the complete dismantling of our fucking country and the best reaction you can muster is walking out of a meeting beacause you're TIRED???

Go suck a fucking barrel.

[–] medicsofanarchy@lemmy.world 5 points 2 days ago

Trump administration photoshop in 3, 2, 1...

[–] SouthEndSunset@lemm.ee 19 points 3 days ago (1 children)

I’m a bit confused, cause Trump isn’t funny. It must be awful to be in a room with either of them.

[–] hperrin@lemmy.ca 14 points 3 days ago (1 children)

Trump is funny to conservatives. The kind who laugh at the attack helicopter joke. Elon isn’t even funny to conservatives, which is kind of impressive.

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[–] ZeroCool@lemmy.ca 99 points 4 days ago* (last edited 4 days ago) (23 children)

You're telling me the guy who thought this was hilarious, isn't funny?

Yeah, that tracks.

Edit: For anyone OOTL he walked into Twitter HQ with a sink and tweeted "Entering Twitter HQ - let that sink in!"

[–] termaxima@jlai.lu 69 points 4 days ago* (last edited 4 days ago) (2 children)

Keep in mind this is the absolute funniest he has ever been. A pun with a punchline and no setup.

The best he has ever done is get 50% of the way to a mildly funny joke. With his trademark inability to read the room on top !

(and don’t tell me that’s because he’s autistic. I’m autistic, we’re disadvantaged in this domain but we can learn to do it all the same. He either doesn’t know or doesn’t care, most likely the latter.)

[–] sp3ctr4l@lemmy.dbzer0.com 44 points 3 days ago* (last edited 3 days ago) (1 children)

Fellow autist here,, here's my funniest Elon moment:

The cybertruck reveal, softball pitch into the window.

Musk audibly gasps and says 'O-oh myfuckinggod.'

Comedy gold.

That moment, right there, that was the high water mark.

Then, the window cracks, and shortly afterward, his entire general public facade and reputation begin to crack and shattet as well.

I do appreciate a visual metaphor.

[–] Ensign_Crab@lemmy.world 22 points 3 days ago* (last edited 3 days ago) (1 children)

I don't know.

He did just recently get bullied off a livestream because he bought an account, claimed to be a world class PoE 2 player, and then died to a tutorial boss.

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I'm autistic, which results in me deconstructing and analysing jokes instead of laughing (often to the displeasure of the people who think I didn't find their joke funny – I promise, if I'm taking the time to disassemble your joke that means I found it funny and want to understand why).

The flipside is that I occasionally crack out carefully engineered bangers, because I understand the importance of a setup, building expectations and putting the brain on one track of thought, then capping it off with the "derailing" of those expectations. The shorter you can get it, the less time the brain has to get off track on its own, diminishing that derailing effect.

Of course, getting the inspiration and figuring out a way to put that into practice is it's own unpredictable beast, and some jokes just fall flat despite my effort. Sometimes I misread the room or the audience too. I'm not a particularly talented comedian.

But at least I'm not a setup without a punchline.

[–] merc@sh.itjust.works 30 points 4 days ago (12 children)

I've never seen anybody put that much effort into a pun.

Puns are never very funny. The best you can normally hope for is a small chuckle. And yet he went with a full, big, heavy prop for a tired pun.

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[–] rayyy@lemmy.world 21 points 3 days ago

They are definitely NOT "tired" of his money though.

[–] Not_mikey@slrpnk.net 39 points 3 days ago

He's so used to being the boss and having everyone always laugh at his shitty jokes that he thinks he's funny.

He's not a politician and has no charisma or any way of getting people to do what he wants outside of ordering them to, which is why he'll never do well in politics where building and maintaining relationships in your coalition is one of your main jobs.

[–] miss_demeanour@lemmy.dbzer0.com 63 points 4 days ago (3 children)

BREAKING NEWS...

President Musk issues EO declaring he's funny.
First Buddy Trump agrees.

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[–] Aeri@lemmy.world 24 points 3 days ago (2 children)

"behavior has caused several high-ranking officials to walk out of important meetings and sincerely question if he was high on drugs"

Bet you dollars to donuts that he is, so, yes.

People are leaking to get Musk kicked out. Imagine how ill-behaved one must be to get kicked out of that room.

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[–] opus86@lemmy.today 23 points 3 days ago

The richest man in the world isn't trying to help you. He's helping himself to whatever he wants. Super bad idea.

[–] ArchmageAzor@lemmy.world 44 points 3 days ago (16 children)

He probably thinks "lolrandom" humor is the peak of comedy.

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[–] DarkDarkHouse@lemmy.sdf.org 15 points 3 days ago (2 children)

I choose to see the good in Elon; he may have finally made the cheese hat too cringe to wear.

[–] Randelung@lemmy.world 13 points 3 days ago (1 children)

But at what cost?

At what cost?

[–] DarkDarkHouse@lemmy.sdf.org 12 points 3 days ago

To lose the Wisconsin Supreme Court election: $21m.

[–] Raab@lemmy.world 11 points 3 days ago (1 children)

As a wisconsinite this deeply upsets me

[–] DragonTypeWyvern@midwest.social 3 points 2 days ago (1 children)

Your culture is wrong, I'm sorry

[–] Raab@lemmy.world 3 points 2 days ago (1 children)
[–] DragonTypeWyvern@midwest.social 3 points 2 days ago (1 children)

Cheese is food not fashion!

[–] Raab@lemmy.world 3 points 2 days ago (1 children)
[–] DragonTypeWyvern@midwest.social 3 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Can you eat the so-called cheese hats?

No, the cheese is a lie, the crimes never end

[–] Raab@lemmy.world 3 points 1 day ago (1 children)

I have unironically seen an edible cheese hat. Check mate

Very well, I withdraw my complaint against that one specific champion of truth

[–] Mustakrakish@lemmy.world 11 points 3 days ago

Not to mention the constant k-hole he seems to be in

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

Elon has control of nearly all government systems including the Treasury. How does Trump and company think this will go when they finally come to heads?

Hint: Trump will lose. Badly.

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