Post #2520805

2026-01-15 10:31 UTC

Yeah he had quite a few people in the geek / tech world that liked him or at least were indifferent. Then he started losing his shit quickly followed by getting all MAGA political. He probably would have been happier had he not gone all Nazi, or if he always was that way, at least kept it to himself. Now he is sad everyone hates him lol.

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@baatliwala@lemmy.world 2026-01-15 10:51

I think the first time people (like me) started realising how he truly was when he called one of those Thailand rescue divers a pedophile. He went fully mask off in barely any time after that. Because how quickly he switched I still wonder if he is someone like Kanye who needs to be on meds otherwise he just can't help himself saying absolutely insane stuff.

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@fizzle@quokk.au 2026-01-15 10:45

It seemed more sudden and severe than just "oh some people didn't not like him and then things changed". I didn't know much about him really but he seemed to be investing in tech that could really shape the future, which I thought was "progressive". Like when the first Tesla hit the market "big oil" had been suppressing the EV industry forever and putting your money behind something like that was bold and progressive. Now he's a Nazi supporting conservative nutty governments all over the world.

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@realitaetsverlust@piefed.zip 2026-01-15 11:23

Yeah, I was one of those. I actually thought he was a cool dude. Especially his "I'll do something I thought of this morning, no idea if it works maybe it'll cost me billions lol" attitude is something I almost admired. I was also kinda happy when he bought twitter because I really thought the platform would improve. But yeah, I then noticed the platform would not improve and when he went into politics, I lost every ounce of respect I had for the dude. Now I'd like to see him running headfirst into a chainsaw.

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