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Post by rbanffy » Mon, Jan 20, 2025, 11:19 PM UTC

AnimalMuppet wrote: post #4

qsdf38100 wrote: post #2

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Given that Trump actually won Pennsylvania by 2%, he's casually bragging about something that isn't actually true - at least the "in a landslide" part isn't true. But then, Musk knowing vote counting computers better than anyone isn't true either (though Musk may be arrogant enough to think it is). So I think this is just Trump throwing out fact-free hot air that he thinks makes him look good.

Indeed. No sane person would let him know of a conspiracy to commit election fraud in his favor.

He's the kind of guy that robs a bank and comes to the office the next day driving a Ferrari.

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Post by popalchemist » Mon, Jan 20, 2025, 11:19 PM UTC

qsdf38100 wrote: post #2

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Yes. Did you see the earlier clip where he says they rigged it, explicitly?

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Post by michaelsshaw » Mon, Jan 20, 2025, 11:23 PM UTC

HaZeust wrote: post #9

hayd wrote: post #5

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When has he ever been funny? He's orders of magnitude less interesting than Trump when it comes to comedy. He has the demeanor of a robot, pre-programmed to the emotional intelligence of a smart teen between his nihilist and existentialist years.

He is talking about Trump.

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Post by HaZeust » Mon, Jan 20, 2025, 11:24 PM UTC

michaelsshaw wrote: post #13

HaZeust wrote: post #9

Earlier quoted context omitted.

When has he ever been funny? He's orders of magnitude less interesting than Trump when it comes to comedy. He has the demeanor of a robot, pre-programmed to the emotional intelligence of a smart teen between his nihilist and existentialist years.

He is talking about Trump.

Previously said "He might not everyone's cup of tea but he is funny."

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Post by qsdf38100 » Mon, Jan 20, 2025, 11:25 PM UTC

AnimalMuppet wrote: post #4

qsdf38100 wrote: post #2

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Given that Trump actually won Pennsylvania by 2%, he's casually bragging about something that isn't actually true - at least the "in a landslide" part isn't true. But then, Musk knowing vote counting computers better than anyone isn't true either (though Musk may be arrogant enough to think it is). So I think this is just Trump throwing out fact-free hot air that he thinks makes him look good.

Musk may not know vote-counting computers better than anyone else, but he certainly has the influence and leverage that would greatly help with such a task.

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Post by qsdf38100 » Mon, Jan 20, 2025, 11:26 PM UTC

popalchemist wrote: post #12

qsdf38100 wrote: post #2

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Yes. Did you see the earlier clip where he says they rigged it, explicitly?

No I didn't. In the same rally?

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Post by like_any_other » Mon, Jan 20, 2025, 11:28 PM UTC

Perhaps inserting in-auditable black boxes into elections was a bad idea to begin with.

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Post by clipsy » Tue, Jan 21, 2025, 12:02 AM UTC

michaelsshaw wrote: post #8

So, now along side "manufacturing", that's two things that Elon Musk knows more about than anyone else. All while tweeting 200+ times a day. How does he do it? Having a billion dollars must give you supernatural abilities to learn and produce more... Or just spend your money convincing gullible idiots because you don't actually know anything.

> So, now along side "manufacturing", that's two things that Elon Musk knows more about than anyone else. All while tweeting 200+ times a day.

Don't forget being the best player in the world at multiple time-consuming video games!

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Post by zfg » Tue, Jan 21, 2025, 12:27 AM UTC

AnimalMuppet wrote: post #4

qsdf38100 wrote: post #2

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Given that Trump actually won Pennsylvania by 2%, he's casually bragging about something that isn't actually true - at least the "in a landslide" part isn't true. But then, Musk knowing vote counting computers better than anyone isn't true either (though Musk may be arrogant enough to think it is). So I think this is just Trump throwing out fact-free hot air that he thinks makes him look good.

> though Musk may be arrogant enough to think it is

He is:

https://www.nbcnews.com/tech/tech-news/musk-pushes-debunked-...

Musk wouldn't trust a computer program to count votes, but he does want you to trust a computer program to drive a Tesla.

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Post by talldayo » Tue, Jan 21, 2025, 1:41 AM UTC

rbanffy wrote: post #10

hayd wrote: post #5

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I am very optimistic for Russia and China.

A quarter of Russia's economic exports are still not fully sanctioned, and more yet are under threat from unmanned surface vessels that have (so far) respected the civilian designation of their tankers and freighters. Donald Trump could walk away the from Ukraine table entirely, but it would only push Putin closer to the proverbial red button.

China is facing the butt-end of a 30 year population crisis with a replacement rate below 0.5 in some provinces and has a subprime mortgage crisis that threatens to make 2008 look like a fairytale. They disproportionately rely on imports that cannot be sustained during a conflict and stockpiles that will not last their population even a month.

I'm sure both of them are optimistic too, but you overestimate America's influence if you think Trump is capable of saving them from the consequence of their own devices.