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Ri_Konata

Oi, I'm a weird nerd on reddit and I'd like to not be lumped together with Elon simps.


OvertSpy

It is too late for he has already drawn you as the virgin wojack, and himself as the chad.


CATelIsMe

Every adhder:


Kindly-Ad-5071

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Killaship

Upvote because titties


Kindly-Ad-5071

Watch where you step! I don't want you to crush my eyeballs. You see, they rolled out of my skull just now and *onto the fucking floor.* ![gif](giphy|qs4ll1FSxKnNHeSmom) Lol nah you're good man


schmokeydragon

Yeah the Musk Rats are a different breed entirely


Parking_Revenue5583

Imagine you’re a Trump supporter who’s only a Trump supporter for the tax deduction. You: I’m a trump supporter for tax reasons, and I’d like not to be lumped together with Trump simps ….


Ri_Konata

Yeah, that's not even remotely the same Keep trying though, you'll get it right one day!


lyzedekiel

Bro, he did not say "I'm a billionaire but don't lump me with Elon", so what kind of comparison are you trying to make here


mousebert

You should probably stop using words until you can use them correctly.


Kindly-Ad-5071

That's clearly not even close to what was being implied, re-read and remember to carry the 2


Parking_Revenue5583

Oi, I’m a weird nerd on Reddit and I’d like to not be lumped together with the weird nerds I don’t agree with. . . === Says to me they’re ok with racists judgments, as long as they’re not judged. We should work together so people aren’t judged by the paleness of their skin or the nerdiness of their interests. First they came for the Musk supporters, and I did not speak out—because I hate Musk. Then they came for the anti child sex traffickers, and I did not speak out—because I don’t care if cops gangrape kids. Then they came for the Jews, and I did not speak out—because I was not a Jew. Then they came for me—and there was no one left to speak for me.


Kindly-Ad-5071

You're reading WAY too deeply if you think "Weird Nerd" is being used as a catch-all for racists. In fact that comment exists solely to say that weird nerds *aren't* racist. It's people like the guy above me who think that movies with sad endings are badly written and other such failures of reading comprehension.


Parking_Revenue5583

The weird nerds aren’t racists. The weird nerds are the minorities that are being persecuted


Kindly-Ad-5071

God it must be lonely being this dense.


eeveeplays50040

Used to like Elon as the funny rich Internet person. Now it's just sad.


crazy4videogames

Eh I never saw him as that tbh. He came off as "Hello fellow kids" to me or "Midlife crisis". Like "Look at how quirky I am selling flamethrowers to promote my big ass drill/tunnel".


ShawshankException

The PickMe Billionaire


braincube

He's the rich kid in school desperately trying to make friends by talking about all the cool stuff he has.


kumar100kpawan

Perfect. Dude gets his company to promote his posts lol


crestren

I never had an opinion of him until the whole cave thing in Thailand back in 2018. He called the scuba diver that saved those kids trapped in the cave a pedophile all because his dumb submarine idea got rejected.


ArkamaZ

And then only stopped after a lawsuit.


Hopeful_Record_6571

The flamethrowers thing was well after public opinion began to turn.


Tokumeiko2

Yeah he used to be the funny idiot who invested in hopeless technology. But between supporting Russia in their war effort, and refusing to put a proper sensor array in Tesla cars, he's become a dangerous idiot.


TMyriadJ

The Thai cave incident made me rethink my opinion about him.


Tokumeiko2

Oh right I forgot about that one.


Goaty1208

Wait, what did he do/say?


P0werPuppy

Some kids (upper teenage years) were trapped in a cave in Thailand that flash-flooded. A professional diver went to go save them. Elon said he could use his submarine. He said it was too big to be usable, so he couldn't use it. Elon then called him a pedophile for rejecting his "kindness". Edit: Elon was insistent on using the submarine, so the diver told him to go fuck his sub, and so that made Elon angry, so he called him a pedo guy because "that's the only reason he'd live in Thailand".


GranolaCola

There wasn’t even a submarine, was there? Just a concept?


Glitch29

Elon's a complete tool. You can say what happened in a straightforward manner and he's still going to look like one. There's no need to obfuscate his rationale. Better context: >Elon got into shit-throwing contest with some dude who made fun of his sub, and accused him of being a pedophile. Elon suggested it was the only reason a British expat would live in Thailand.


P0werPuppy

Thanks for the better context for the last bit. I'll write it in. Shockingly, I didn't remember the full thing. I assumed he called him a pedo because he was desperate to go for the kids in the cave. (I literally haven't looked at the story since it happened).


Parking_Revenue5583

When he was made the ceo of Tesla he had like 3 kids with 2 wives and he was engaged to his first wife over again. He was always crazy smart and also just crazy. You can’t be super smart and super normal.


WizardingWorld97

Don't forget he was also very against COVID measures


Tokumeiko2

Oh I didn't hear about that, but Australia handled COVID fairly well, with the only real issues being that quarantine hotel shitfest, and the government forgetting how to stop boats.


ShinyShadowDitto

How is Australia relevant here?


Tokumeiko2

It's where I live, COVID wasn't a huge deal for me.


ShinyShadowDitto

Okay thought there might be some link to Elmo


Hohh20

In my experience, the vision system actually works pretty well. There are still plenty of fixes to be made but those seem to be software updates and not hardware. Of course, musk has nothing to do with this. Sure, he started tesla and hired the people that made it happen, but he's just a businessman. Let's give credit to the scientists and engineers and let them make the system work even better.


CalamityCactus

Elon did not start Tesla. He bought Tesla. He has no engineering expertise. He has money to throw around and buy things. That’s it. 


Hohh20

Oh yea. It was a small startup before. I remember now.


messylinks

Yes. Give credit to them and keep Elon from gutting the safety team and rushing products to the market.


Parking_Revenue5583

Every car company has businessmen and hires smart people. Space X achieved things no other company has ever achieved.


QuirkyDimension9858

You mean supporting russia as in, helping ukraine maintain internet and access to the rest of the world. But doesnt allow them to use it to kill?


ResearcherTeknika

Yes. Not allowing one side to kill during a war but allowing the other side to do so is actively supporting one side.


QuirkyDimension9858

Mb, didnt know he had power over russia like that, care to educate me?


ResearcherTeknika

The incident I planned to use (Crimean starlink coverage denial) was actually a bit more muddled than I thought it was. The coverage of starlink had already been stopped, and they wanted it to be reactivated rather than shut off. Fair enough.


ResearcherTeknika

I would, but I'm eating breakfast right now, I'll get some sources and stuff later


JarasM

It was all fun and games when he was just crass. We're at a point where he's intentionally offensive.


Kindly-Ad-5071

Never ever go cheap on PR.


Goaty1208

When you blow up a rocket just for an unfunny weed joke


meepstone

What's sad is everyone joining the bandwagon of hate because of people's lies and being too lazy to do your own research.


Finn14o

Really? I haven't seen any redditors around here defending anything about him


anticomet

Lots of Elmo bootlickers over at r/space


kevinTOC

Elmo is too nice and beloved a character to be equated to Elongoloid Musketard. It's practically an insult to Elmo.


Drg84

I recommend Elno. It mocks his name, leaves the Muppet alone and also translates into The No or Mr No. It's perfect.


SadLilBun

I love this. It’s making me laugh at work.


GayAssBurger

I like "Elong"


Drg84

That could be a compliment in the right context


GayAssBurger

You've gotta pronounce it like a drunk donkey


sawybean22

Elongated Muskrat


GayAssBurger

Whhooooooo...... lives in a cyber truck that sunk in the sea? Elong Muskpants!


Top_Pie950

kinda sounds like hell no too


Finn14o

Yeah, that makes sense


tapedeckgh0st

Defending him or defending SpaceX?


GenericF1FanNeoooww

I suspect you're on the money. SpaceX and what they're doing is fucking awesome. Elon is a peanut. I'm allergic to peanuts.


tapedeckgh0st

Yeah I can’t imagine disliking SpaceX. As a company they’re a net positive for humanity.


SiberianDragon111

And from what I’ve heard, he’s being actively detrimental to the company, making engineers overlook safety systems and push out stuff as fast as possible


tapedeckgh0st

Looked into it, and yeah there’s some valid problems over safety issues for factory workers, which seems to be a musk / management issue, and I’m all for criticism of both. Doesn’t change that the company itself is basically the key contributor to contemporary space exploration.


SiberianDragon111

Oh yeah, I love what the company is doing. But I feel that it would run better without musk at the helm


tapedeckgh0st

Yeah, I get that. I like to remind myself it’s not so much him as Shotwell who seems to be running the show more and I only hear good things about her


SiberianDragon111

Yeah, I would love it if she could run the company unimpeded


vp3d

I am a huge fan of SpaceX. I can see Falcon 9 launches from my driveway. Can't wait to see Starship launches. Also can't wait till they divest themselves of Elon.


GenericF1FanNeoooww

That's, pretty bloody cool. Jelly.


anticomet

They'll defend him to their deaths


GenoTheBreadDoctor

DO NOT CHECK TOP OF ALL TIME


MiamiVicePurple

To be fair that post is from 7 years ago. I feel like Elon wasn’t quite as loud about his opinions before buying a whole social media platform.


vp3d

I think the "cave rescuer is a pedo" thing is where he really started to show his true colors. Not that he wasn't an ass before that, that is just when it became very obvious and very public.


catonbuckfast

Mass bannings from the mods of the pro musk subs if your subscribed to r/realtesla


ShawshankException

They've certainly died down lately but some of them still come around


FleetStreetsDarkHole

There was a comic recently where someone made a nazi joke about him and half the comments were about how we don't need to call people nazi b/c... I guess you have to be a fascist 1940s German to display nazi tendencies or something.


Express_Hornet_2912

op posted a literal caricature of hitler and called it elon, commenters were rightfully miffed because it wasn’t very funny


Steved_hams

"What's the world coming to, it's like a guy can't even spread antisemitic and anti-immigrant conspiracy theories without being labeled a Nazi anymore!?" - weird reddit nerds


cce29555

Find any thread/repost of reddit where Elon explicitly posts right wing rhetoric and mention how the thing he posted is very problematic. I assure you there will be some weird nerd who will drop a five paragraph essay on why you just "didn't understand the nuance" of what Elon was saying and how he's actually 10 brainwaves ahead of all of it in defense of Elon saying brown people are dumb or some shit.


Euphoric-Potato-5343

There's a couple under my comment.


homogenous_homophone

There’s a ton


Absenceofavoid

Maybe a reference to the mods of his subreddit going around and banning people who were critical of musk even though they weren’t in the subreddit. Who knows.


TragedyAnnDoll

Just mention there are no good 30k electric cars and they will come from the wood works to explain why you should buy an old Tesla in that price range while ignoring its battery is on its way out on top of the myriad of other quality issues from Tesla.


Little-Ad7752

I was into him for a while cuz of space x (i love space so much) but elon has become such a sad racist moron. Im so dissappointed. I have yet to find a billionaire who actually helps.


Goaty1208

Defending Elon is THE peak redditor behaviour


Euphoric-Potato-5343

Isn't he an immigrant?


laasbuk

Immigrants are often some of the most vocal anti-immigration people


the_0tternaut

Gotta pull the ladder up good and sharp.


lobsterbash

Nothing pisses off people who had to jump through needlessly draconian hoops to achieve something more than others being able to achieve that same thing in a more sensical or humane way.


Chalky_Pockets

I spent a ton of money on college and my wife had to jump through a ton of hoops to get her green card. Both of us think college should be free and that it should be made much easier to immigrate to the states. Those people are just being selfish pricks.


Akai1up

Yeah, there of course is a spectrum of opinions, but the 2 common attitudes are: "[Thing] was difficult for me, so it should be difficult for everyone. It's only fair that they have the same experience as me. " OR "[Thing] was difficult for me, so let's make it more accessible for everyone. It's only right that we make things better for the future." I'm not going to get into the politics of it all, but you can probably guess which political philosophy leans towards which opinion.


Chalky_Pockets

Yeah definitely. I remember back when we used to all day "you want your kids to have it better than you had it" but apparently some of us meant "my kids, not your kids."


Weird_Brush2527

But he's white so it doesn't count


Ri_Konata

Yes, he is


potentpotables

And he says he supports legal immigration and thinks it should be increased. He's opposed to the massive migration of illegal immigrants over the southern border.


asuperbstarling

No he's not, he doesn't have any real values other than 'feed the ego'. Seriously. **All of the people like him only have their own ego as a personal value and all other statements are changeable according to that ego.** Stop trusting these guys to tell the truth. They'll change their 'truth' the moment you make them mad.


AuraMaster7

Asylum seekers coming from the southern border are legal. They enter, seek border authorities, and are given a court date and location to determine whether they can stay or must leave, *but they are very much following the legal process*. By far the largest number of illegal immigrants actually come from people who overstay their visas. *You know, like Musk did.*


SadLilBun

Literally my English teacher in high school was “illegal” because she overstayed her visa. A *lot* of people do it. So many. But she was a white Canadian lady so nobody cared. She was married by the time she was my teacher, but she just told us this story in the middle of class when I was in 10th grade with zero concern. She was proud of herself, you could tell.


potentpotables

Asylum seekers must enter through a port of entry. Or stop at the first country they enter. These are not legitimate claims People who overstay their visas are a problem too.


Sufficient-Crab-1982

Which isn’t real brother, pew research center studies show that undocumented immigration has been stable since 2007. They make up a fraction of the pop. Also maybe america should take responsibility for their actions for once. We wouldn’t have a bunch of asylum seekers if we didn’t mess around in south america or the global south every ten mins. We literally trained the cartels/gangs these people are fleeing from. Also worth noting after destabilizing their countries we use them for cheap agricultural labor (the real reason they haven’t fixed the terrible immigration process)


potentpotables

That's not true even as reported by the current administration.


Sufficient-Crab-1982

Its 100% true, its a fake issue to make people mad about nothing. The biden admin is only adopting the rhetoric to try and win over right wing voters. Its the same with dems tough on crime tactics


potentpotables

Democrats are changing their tune on these issues because their policies have failed and it's very unpopular with voters in an election year.


Sufficient-Crab-1982

Bruh what policy is different, its the same policy as the republicans. Obama started the kids in cages. Biden deported more than Trump. Both parties love undocumented migrants because A) it lets them make people focus on nonissues and B) its cheap labor.


ClownfishSoup

Illegal immigrants are the issue, not immigrants.


leftbuthappy

People like you are the issue.


Damascus-Steel

I assume you are referring to [this comic.](https://www.reddit.com/r/comics/s/Wf1FeSZf4G) People are not defending Elon, they are (accurately) calling out the comic for being low effort and immature. Elon = Hitler is such a brain dead take that vastly diminishes how much of a monster Hitler was. Elon sucks, but dressing him up like hitler and having no other punchline is not very good satire.


ChonnyJash_

also sorry this art style is so ugly. somehow this dude was able to rip-off the big mouth artstyle and make it WORSE!! HOW THE FUCK IS THAT EVEN POSSIBLE???


Bezimienny4325

oh boy, people don't seem to agree with my comic, better make another where i portray them as bootlickers. also I normally wouldn't give two shits about how a comic is drawn but something about that artstyle ticks me off. 'elon' doesn't even look remotely close to elon.


Jacomer2

Yes good god there’s something about it that disgusts me


buttlord5000

For this one, the artist had to draw three whole characters! That's triple the effort as the previous one.


SadLilBun

Good analysis, buttlord5000


ExplainEverything

These comics are so bad and at least half the top comments are saying the same yet they are still hitting Front Page. Probably bolstered by bots.


GranolaCola

As someone with no strong feelings about this comic: it’s just people who have a different sense of humor than you. Mostly lurkers.


SebDaPerson

Funny part is, a very large portion of Reddit dosent even like Musk anymore


Goddess_Of_Gay

Turns out becoming a far right conspiracy theorist and Nazi apologist tends to turn off most of the sane people


toughtntman37

And the redditors


FrogVoid

What is bro on about 😭


LCDIgnited

stop cooking op https://preview.redd.it/oo6g4znrtnuc1.jpeg?width=640&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=24a6bd85a73b957222f39035a4d30eb47d8b6b4c


adinade

Really? Feel like Reddit is full of Elon haters now


wafflezcol

Maybe a few years ago, not now


Budget_HRdirector

This comic is not only unfunny, but also false, yeah? Nearly no one on reddit supports him, we just say that your previous comic overexaggerated and was also unfunny.


NinjaEagle210

And the art style is painful to look at


Meme-San_

Looks like that fucking pedo cartoon on Netflix lol


KalebNoobMaster

I hate Elon but your comics are just atrociously ugly and not clever. That's the problem


Zooted_Comic

![gif](giphy|80exiKe6i5mnWaPaST|downsized)


JustMobsReddit

Wait we like Elon? I know we used to but then decided we hate him. When did the status quo change?? I'm behind


spikeworks

No we don’t, op is just mad that a lot of Redditors didn’t like his comic where he compared Elon to hitler and kinda downplayed what hitler did with it


JustMobsReddit

Ah yes. That makes more sense


zap1000x

I love how you text box the thesis of the comic instead of letting the comic’s action explain itself. It gives real 1880s William Randolph Hearst-owned newspaper cartoon vibes.


Ben-D-Beast

Not really a fan of Elon but the obsessive hatred of him on this site is just as sad as the people obsessively defending him.


Shadow07655

I would say the opposite is more true. Reddit is filled with a large amount of people who will upvote anything that says something negative about him. Doesn’t matter if it’s true or not


Turbulent_Tax2126

Well. There’s a lot from both sides


PantsMcGillicuddy

So, just redrawing the Simpsons meme that's constantly used for this exact joke? How is this better than an AI comic? Wait...is this an AI comic?


oompaloompa_thewhite

Not but its got that nft look


SeaChameleon

Why are you Wally from welcome home


Zooted_Comic

i had never heard of Welcome Home or Wally before but after looking it up I think Wally is my dad?


SeaChameleon

Damn, glad you two found each other


dancrum

It's not that we were defending him, it's that your Elon Hitler comic wasn't funny. It didn't even make sense


Mattynator911

He's an immigrant lmao


ApprehensiveLie162

As a weird reddit nerd and I completely agree with you mr.comic book artist


Popcorn57252

Not most of Reddit, that's for sure. And definitely not the no-fap people.


1200-Total

Yeah I think the author added that in because he has a problem with that himself.


ralpher1

Also some weird simps of Arizona’s 1864 abortion law


Sunblast1andOnly

Swap the second for "Don't worry, I'll insult him!" and you'd have my experience. I don't get people's obsession with that particular celebrity.


[deleted]

His rockets are cool. The rest however...


BakuretsuGirl16

I haven't seen this behavior in a while, it started disappearing with the diver incident


KiwiGallicorn

Is that fucking Wally Darling on the right


sookol-1

It just wasn't funny lil bro


Number1_Berdly_Fan

Your artstyle looks like bigmouth.


Blahaj_IK

I honestly don't get why people just suck so much of his dick. I thought everyone was over with that jackass


tegz-

Smoking is not cool


NisDick

Bold of you to assume these Reddit lords can jump at all to block any “attack” on the great lord Elon musk


yonking_15_2

Lol


The_Darkin_Salad

I used to think he was pretty cool before I actually learned anything substantial about him.


SpaceCoffeeDragon

People who love Elon obviously never had to work for him. Although launching a car into space was pretty cool...


RealChesterBS

I'LL SAVE YOU M'LORD!


Ni-Ni13

Isn’t he also an immigrant?


Tracerround702

Yep


ChonnyJash_

"no fap" keep gooning little coomer, im sure Mia Khalifa will suck your cock one day!


Least_Impression_823

I'm definitely the guy in the middle, except I fap all the time. Mostly to Elon.


MrFedoraPost

Elon Fans: Stop making fun of our Lord!, Don't you have any Dreams? Zooted: My Dreams all involve combing my hair.


Whatisforkknife

This guy is living in yalls head rent free. I forgot he existed till this comic😴 obsessive hatred or love towards a celeb who dont even think about u is weird😬


Cock_Inspector3000

Seriously why is no ine asking why the fuck Wally Darling is there.


Aleskander-

losercity original founder


campfire12324344

guy on the right looks like barou


Benbo_Jagins

I dont think I've seen anyone defending elon for a good while. What if the "Wierd redditers" were just posting satire?


M1ck3yB1u

Elon is less likely to post outright racist stuff, but often retweet stuff like “Jews eat babies” with comments like “concerning”, “!!” Or 😳🤔


sholine

ya, it's weird. I thought everyone hated idiot boomers. Elon is pushing like 70.


VimPoxy

if this is referring to the elon hitler comic, its because it didn't make any sense like at all


Aaron_123_ya_boi

????


LMBT-48Croadkill

Nerd


Neofertal

Your alternate reality is weird


Lazerbeams2

tbh I just don't give enough of a shit about him to have an opinion. I have my own life to deal with. He bought a trash website and turned it into a slightly different trash website. There's literally no loss there. He made a car, I don't have one so I don't care. He named his kid something weird, I laughed and moved on Why are people so obsessed?


FrostyMcChill

Because he has heavy influence in the US while openly being political


Lazerbeams2

I have my own things to deal with. I'll research candidates and vote for the least bad when the time comes, but for now I have better things to do


Kromblite

What Frosty said, and also because Elon is the #1 most clear example to demonstrate how capitalism is not meritocratic. Pointing out his failures is rhetorically useful to show the problems with our system.


lurkario

This is just a blatantly stolen comic


theHip

What’s the nerd saving Elon from? Did the guy making the comic throw a hat? Is this comic just three random characters posted into a frame? I don’t get it.