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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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[–] [email protected] 64 points 3 days ago (3 children)

BREAKING NEWS...

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

[–] [email protected] 19 points 3 days ago

Anyone who doesn’t laugh at Elon’s superior comedic talents and antics will be sent to a humor retraining camp

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[–] [email protected] 44 points 2 days ago (1 children)

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

[–] [email protected] 20 points 2 days ago* (last edited 2 days ago) (2 children)

he already revealed what he thinks is comedy when he talked about his pitch to SNL. it's unbelievable.

[–] [email protected] 17 points 2 days ago (13 children)

very curious what he pitched

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[–] [email protected] 5 points 1 day ago

I was sick of this guy at least back in 2022, and I don't work with the guy. Reading about his douchebaggery in his takeover of xitter was more than enough to flip the bozo bit on this guy.

[–] [email protected] 9 points 2 days ago (2 children)

All world-historical personages happen twice; first as Rasputin, then as Musk.

[–] [email protected] 7 points 2 days ago

We can only hope they all end the same way twice.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 2 days ago (1 children)

Rasputin had a huge dick whereas Musk is a huge dick. Math checks out.

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[–] [email protected] 9 points 2 days ago

Trump officials deserve everything that is coming to them, and that includes dealing with an attention-seeking narcissistic billionaire who owns their boss.

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[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 day ago (1 children)

From what I've read, this is kinda how he ran off the founders of Tesla.

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[–] [email protected] 17 points 2 days ago (1 children)

Probably, it's an unconventional opinion, but I believe one may on their own will take any drug as long as they are responsible about it.

There's the case of already awful person who doesn't understand anything, futher exaggerated by their keta binge, who doesn't even care about how they affect people's lives. All red flags, like it's a red corner in a soviet school. They shouldn't be judged on their drug abuse first, but by how they are careless and stupid by default.

[–] [email protected] 30 points 2 days ago (1 children)

Being intoxicated while making important decisions that affect the future of the country doesn't count as "responsible," IMO.

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[–] [email protected] 5 points 2 days ago (1 children)

This can't be the timeline I'm living in.

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[–] [email protected] 21 points 3 days ago

Despite fitting right in. Weird.

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